The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-23
.BODYOF JOHN PAUL
REACHES |: !! AMERICA A \ | |.
Brooklyn and Squadron.
Passed Through Vir-
GINA Capes.
THOUSANDS WITNESS
IMPOSING SPECTACLE
Body Now on Its Way to An Al !.
napolis, Where It Will Jill Be Be
Laid in ItsaLast Resting
Place Great War M
ships Fire sa-
lutes.
ny Associated Pree.ss.]

(By5 Associated Press.) AZ. tSst
II NORFOLK, VA, July 90. In tie early
light OF midsummer morning the body
Of John Paul Jones was brought back
to-day through the Virginia capes3 to
the land Of his adoption. i
Z! cottagers at Cape Henry Ocean View
and Nviloughby Spit lined the shores to
admire the pomp OF the first American IN
adn,irars return to his own The ght
as the ships passed the line vas one ' OF
stately grandeur and beauty.
Across the bow of the great cruiser:
Brooklyn as she passed II Oceai, View
sailed little schooner To those VINO
looked this appeared pattetlcally puny
and small in ontrast 5to&the magnificent
flag ship. And yet US stray schooner.
was almost as large us The Bon Homnle
Richard, aboard which John Paul Jones
stood as she sunk. with the broadsides
OF the scrapis pouring In upon her. many
( Of his men wounded and dying. until
the captain OF tho serapis stopped the
lighting for a moment to six him IT. ne
was ready to surrender. Nj }
1--WE have not begun to fight yet, was
the answer. s.35 ~ ri
Imposing Sight
Under threatening sky, the three
divisions Of the North Atlantic fleet,
headed BY the big battleship Maine, nag
ship OF the comn,ander-in-chief. Rear,
Admiral Evans bore maj estically down
the capes, and at 1920 the long line Of
battleships, forming the escort 70 the
ashes OF John Paul Jones, slowed In the
hold OF the cruiser Brooklyn. Assed the
capes. l6i5s f,ss e.
The first division OF the battleshlp
squadron, separated from tho second d.
vision OF the squadron. and the third
sqadrpn. under Rear-Admiral &c Charles D.
Slgsbec's command, after the entrance
to the ca pes wa $ rea ched. .33
The big batleshp Maine did not lead
the long line Of battlestips and cruisers
up the bay, but instead Captain N. f..
Niles, u. 8. NJ. commanding Rear Adml-
raj Evans's flagship, headed the big yes
sol for Hampton Roads, The battleshtps
Kearsarge, kentucky and q Missouri fol-
lowed the Maine into the roads.
The second division OF the battleship
squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral
Charles II Davis, U. 8. N, con tinued In
n northward course up the bay headed
by the flagship Alabama Of the second
division. The battleships Illinois, Iowa
and Massachusetts, following the flagship
In regular formation. and the Brooklyn,
ryln8 5Lne IlhS u S'i'''
D. sigsbee, u. s.. N. followed the second
division Of the battleship squadron In the
capes and up the bay, the protected
cruisers Chattanooga, Commander 4.
Sharp; the Galveston, Commander VIII
liam G, Cutler, and the Tacoma, with
Commander Reginald r. Nicholson, coming
after.
Transfer Body in Launch.
When the nngship Brooklyn came on
tho Capes. orders from tho Navy Depart
| ment lnstructing the commanding officer,
CAPTAIN John Fl. Hawley, y. S. N, not to
try 10 enter the Severn River. were trans
mitted to the ship By wireless telcgrnphy.
The Brooklyn, will accordingly not ven
t,rc closer to Annapolis than the mouth
Of the severn. The orders were Issued
MS n precau tionaryi mensury to prevent
the grounding OF the cruiser. The Brook
lyn il a vessel of 9,2l6 tons displacement
In accordance with these orders, the re-
mains Of the American hero now nearing
the last resting place. In the soil of his
nativity, will have to be transferred to
Annapolis on n launch, from the Brook
lyn, which will anchor about two miles
from the Naval Acndemy reservation, The
battleships accompanying the funerN
cruiser also reclaim below, with the Brook
Ign. "a s55 Ri 4 silss y
The two fleets met yesterday morning
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