Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-23
Remains Of Commander Of Bon Homme
Richard Arrive from France.
WILL Be LANDED MONDAY At ANNAPOLIS
Crew Of French Cruiser Will Have Part in
the Ceremony,
ADMlRALS WILL AT AS PkllBEARERS
Casket Will Be Carried from Brooklyn by
Eight seamen,
MlRALS WILL AlT AS PkLLBEARERS
FINAL lNrsRIENr IN NEW CHAPEL
There VIII BE No service Tomorrow
the Formal Ceremony Being POST
poned Until Completion of the
Building Next Year.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 22.-All details Of
the transfer of the body of Admiral John
Paul Jones from the United States cruiser
Brooklyn to the Naval academy have oeen
arranged The ceremonies are to be SIM
pie, the 'pomp and circumstance" being
reserved for the time Of the removal OF the
body from the temporary vault, into which
It will be placed on Monday, to its per-
maneit resting place, the crypt Of the
splendid new Naval academy chapel This
will likely be year hence.
Admiral Sigsbee was in general command
of the cortege as senior oflcer present
The wireless communication between the
ships of the squadron and the Naval
academy has been the medium of COM
plete understanding. The ships anchored
for the night fifteen miles below Annapolis
Tomorrow they will take up their position
about FIVE miles from the Naval academy
wharf, where the French cruiser, Jurien de
la Gravier. is anchored.
Body lands Monday.
At 10 a. m. Monday the body will be con-
veyed to a point on the north sea wall of
the academy grounds by the naval tug
Standish and fifteen minute guns will be
fired by the academy battery. The burial
party, after a short march, will be Joined
by all the officers attached to the academy,
attired in white service uniforms. The
pallbearers will be Rear Admiral Sands.
Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, command
ing the second division of the North At
lantic squadron; Captain Benjamin f. Til
ley, commanding the battleship Iowa; Cap
tain e. D. Taussig, commanding the bat
tleship Massachusetts; Captain William II.
AI,l,a apA Can
tain f. f. Gervais, commanding the French
cruiser Jurien de la Gravier.
Eight Body Bearers.
There, will be eight body bearers, seamen
from the different vessels of the fleet, and
eight seamen from the French cruiser will
act as honorary body bearers. The escort
will consist of four battalions of sailors
from the American fleet. a battalion of
sailors and marines from the academy and
detachment of fifty sailors from the
Jurien de la Gravier.
All the midshipmen now at the academy,
consisting of a battalion 200 strong, formed
! of the newly admitted members OF the
| fourth class will be paraded without arms.
\ The body will then be deposited in the tenn
| porary vault. No considerable crowd is
expected by the academy authorities, as
| there will be little TO see There will be no
service and the whole affair is expected to
| be over in a quarter of hour. The
chapel in which the remains are to find
their permanent resting place will in all
likelihood not be ready before spring.
Escort Passes Norfolk.
| NORFOLK, Va. July z2.-Tne body of
! Admiral John Paul Jones, recently found
in Paris as the result of a search inspired
| and conducted under the direct charge of
General Horace Porter, former United
States ambassador to France, passed in
the Virginia capes this morning on the
United States cruiser Brooklyn under Rear
Admiral Sigsbee, the Brooklyn having as
escorts across the Atlantic from France
| the cruisers Galveston. Tacoma and Chat
tanooga.
OF this coast the feet was met by the
battleship squadron of the North Atlantic
| feet in two divisions the first being under
the command of Rear Admiral Evans and
the second commanded by Rear Admiral
! Davis. The three squadrons approached
the capes together, the vessels under com
mand of Rear Admiral Evans leading and
the Davis and Sigsbee squadrons closely
following.
Upon the vessels reaching Cape Henry
Admiral Evans squadron, composed of the
battleship Maine as flagship. the battle
/ SnlpS MISSOURI kentucky ana hearSage
passed into lower Chesapeake bay at 7:1C
O'Clock
Then came the Sigsbee squadron in the
following order: The flagship Brooklyn
the cruisers Galveston, Tacoma and Chat
tanooga. Following these were the vessels
of Rear Admiral Davis squadron, which
entered the lower bay in this order: Tn,
battleships Alabama, Illinois, Massachu
setts and Iowa.
The exact hour of the passing in of tn,
sigsbee vessels was 7:2O. and the Davi
squadron Immediately afterwards Tht
Sigsbee and Davis squadrons proceeded i'm
mediately up Chesapeake bay, bearing tn,
body OF Admiral Jones toward Annapolis
Nd, its last resting place, while the YES
sells of Admiral Evans squadron said fare
well to the others of the fleet and pro
ceeded to Old Point Comfort, Va. enrout
to Lambert's Point. where the battIeship
will coal.
Admiral Evans Reports
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The NAVY de
partment today received a telegram fror
l Rear Admiral Evans. commanding IN
= North Atlantic fleet, announcing the ar
I rival of his squadron of battleships. an
? Rear Admiral Sigsbee with his feet a
cruisers, bearing the body of John Par
5 Jones, in Hampton Roads. The first dl
= vision, consisting OF the battleships Main,
= Kentucky, Kearsarge ana Missouri hav
anchored in Hampton Roads; the secon
n division, consisting of the Alabama, IN