Evening journal., 1905-07-25
HONORS FOR BODY
OF JOHN PAUL JONES
GUNS SPEAK HIS RANK AS THAT OF REAR
ADMIRAL OF OUR NAVY-PLACED IN
A TEMPORARY TOMB
" AS
SPECTACLE

Annapolis, Nd, July 25-John Paul
Jones. variously styled Commodore and
Admiral. has taken definite rank in
American history, for the body was re-
ceived yesterday on the soil OF the
country he served so well with the
honors of a Rear Admiral.
This rank was spoken by the guns
of two republics joining in salute. No
more impressive scene has ever been
witnessed at the United States Naval
Academy than that attending the land
ing yesterday Of the coffin containing
the body of this Revolutionary hero.
1t was an appropriate and touching
recognition of the enterprise Of Gen.
Horace Porter that Rear Admiral Sigs-
bee showed when he ordered the jaclSies
OF the Brooklyn, after they had wrap
ped the coffin in the folds of the Union
Jack, to spread over it the beautiful
flag owned by the patriotic American
whose zeal perseverance and private
fortune made possible the events Of
this day.
1t was near the noon hour when the
bugler's call sounded Taps" and
brought to a close this most interesting
international event Five weeks ago
Rear Admiral Sigsbee left Tompkins-
vile as commander-in-chief of a
squadron of cruisers that will go down
in history as the John Paul Jones
fleet" With his flagship, the Brooklyn,
and for consorts the new cruisers Gal
weston, Tacoma and Chattanooga, he
made a voyage of 1000 miles, and ac-
complished his mission without an ac-
cident or hitch in the program, and.
after extending the courtesies of a
dinner on his flagship to Capt. f. r.
Gervais Of the French cruiser Jurien
de Ia Graviere, the Admirals feet
weighed anchor at midnight and left
for Tompklnsvile About the same
time the Jurien de Ia Graviere departed
IN the direction of Martinique.
Early in the day the four battleships
Alabama, Illinois, Iowa and Massa-
chusetts-comprising Admiral Davis's
fleet of convoyers left for Hampton
Roads to rejoin Rear Admiral Evans's
battleship squadron.
The body Of John Paul Jones, en-
cased in the lead coffin in which it slept
forgotten for more than a century in
a French cemetery. has been recased
in an oak coffin of exquisite design
trimmed with silver and covered with
In the temporary receiving vault
Henceforth the ashes of this hero
will be sacredly guarded by the
country he served. A year hence they
VIII be removed to the crypt of the
new abbey under construction on the
Aeademy grounds, there to become the
centre of a group of immortals in
American naval history.
WEATHER TURNS TO FAIR.
The weather attending this ceremony
throughout seemed strangely typical of
this restless spirit The fleet bearing
his body came up the Chesapeake an
one Of the nercest storms ever known
at this season and early this morn
ing the clouds We're lowering threat
eningly. But almost instantly the
scene changed as the tug Standish left
the dock on her way to bring the coffin,
and the sun shone.
The actual ceremony Of landing the
body occupied about four hours. The
tug Standish left her dock at 740,
headed for the fleet Before she had
proceeded far the cracks of the ships
guns were heard ushering i'm the days
program by an exchange of salutes.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee first saluted the
navy yard with thirteen guns, and
Rear Admiral Sands responded. Then
The guns of the Jurien de la Graviere
broke forth in salute of Rear Admiral
SigSbee. and the United States feet
of eight war vessels responded. The
exchange Of salutes had already ended
when the Standish, in command of
Lieut.. Wiley, L. S. ~. with small
crew. drew alongside the cruiser
Brooklyn and the Standish's COM
mander began shouting orders through
a megaphone.
FLAGS FOR THE COFFIN.
1t had been arranged that the coffin
should be lowered from the Brooklyn
IN time 70 enable the Standish to start
on her return trip by 9.2O sharp. AS
the Standish came near the Brooklyn
her commander could plainly see the
coffin resting on the after deck, ia
which IL had been removed early in
the morning by the BrOoklyn's jackies
On the journey over from Cherbourg
the coffin had rested on a bier construt-
ed on the port side of the half deck
just adjoining Rear Admiral Sigsbee's
cabin. There IL was under marine
guard night and day.
The coffin was wrapped in the beau