Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16

-, ~ nj Arlhg'on. where tho
"ouIu oe accessible 10 u much g-o,. grave
Der OF visitors from ell uart. 80 'a,'T num-
try. '' VI Tie cgga-
Inc deepest gratitude is felt nv a.,
TO General Horace Porter, re-.r.'. PEOPLE
can ambassador 10 France fo- 81 A''=fi-
ent research, carried on a; his nv, r''S's'-
which resulted in locat!%g tho -. t'+se.
the American commander A. 70 o;
known, Paul Jones grave Was = d''y
most century. AT the c.csa -. - .uT al
lean revolution he returned Ia F. ,l.e Amer
'housh never renouncing his Ama-tro.,' ana
zenship, he took service under Ct.,tt'ah ciu-
Russia and commanded tie ,,a't''tT'Ee u
against the Turks In the R,ark 80" LaNy
was a sad chapter in his slo-, -. ms
career. W nile successful. as he ALL" eroic
on me sea, ne was the victim a, - vas
rigues, ana finally, disguised ~ M
service. he returned 10 Paris p. NE
died In by no means affiueut ci-,,. +n.'e he
and WAS buried In it'll. Pro,.s.1s'LJes,
etery that was afterward conderrr'is' CEN
very resting place was forgotten ava MS
TO locate the cemetery neccssita,e5 s I'm
far back into the city archives sung
The search for the body WIS L,,,
long time. many false trails hr,,e ny ~ ior
TIL finally 1t WAS located and the To-, IoA'
fin in which the original burial uas 'o:-
was disinterred. The French go,'a.. haue
was exceedingly courteous both in .'tttht
the search and afterward In turri,,, ing ~.
the remains to the American go,,err. uN,r
General Rouvier, the French Premier -. ~
the transfer. first to Special Ambass ,,'lue
Loomis, who, in turn, consigned tha,, =,
General Porter and Admiral Slrshoe 20
whom they were to be conveyed 10 ~
United States. '"e
OF Jones record II Is UNNECESSARY >.
speak. 1t IS one of the first lessons ..
every American schOolboy. and Of la,o 49,
been repeated a length in every magazine
In the land. He was long spoken Of hv tba
British. who suffered at his hands. as ,bs
notorious American pirate" but his mama
was a terror TO every coast town in the
united kingdom during the latter part q,
the American revolution. Probably tha
briefeSt and yet completcSt record OF his
services was found in his own Handwriting
among Jones papers after his death II
says simply:
IN 1878 ]. Paul Jones armed and en-.
barked in the first American shin OF var
In the revolution he had twenty three hat
ties and solemn rencOntres with the enemy
by sea, made seven deSCents in Britain ana
her colonies, took OF her navy two shins m
equal and two Of superior force many store
ships and others constrained her TO fo-tity
her ports, suffer the Irish volunteers. de-.
sist from her cruel burnings in America.
and exchange as prisoners Of war the
American citizens taken on the ocean and
cast into prison of England as traitors, nj.
rates and felonS.' "
That is all. yet It sums up a brief llfe's
great work. There is nothing of detail in
that record. Yet his fight with the
Scraps will be ranked in all history as
the most desperate action ever fought at
sea. How desperate 1t was is Indicated by
the fact that 80 per cent of the cOmhatants
on both sides were killed or wounded in
the action, and after the British ship of SUI
perior force had struck her colors Jones had
to transfer the remnant OF his .crew from
his own sinking ship TO the prize he had
captured
Such was the man whose body Is now on
It's way to the United States, and which
will find at least its temporary resting place
in the beautiful grounds of the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis.