New-York tribune., 1905-07-23
JONES'S BODY ARRIVES
SHIPS NEAR ANNAPOLIS.
Coffin VIII Be Transferred 90
1cademy To- mOrrOIC.

Annapolis, Md. July 22.-Rear Admiral Charles
ID. Sigsbee's squadron. with the body OF John
Paul Jones board the Brooklyn, reached
point fifteen miles below Annapolis tonight
All details OF the transfer Of the body from
the Brooklyn to the Naval Academy have been
arranged The ceremonies to be simple. the
'pomp and circumstance" being reserved for the
time OF the removal Of the body from the tenn
porary vault into which 1t will be placed on
Monday, to it's permanent resting place, the
crypt OF the fine new Naval Academy chapel
This will likely be a year hence.
Rear Admiral sigsbee viii arrange all the de-
tails of the affair board the ship. and matters
connected with the shore exercises will be looked
after by Rear Admiral James Fl. Sands. super
intendent of the Naval Academy. Admiral Sigs-
bee will be In general command OF the eOrtese as
senior officer present The wireless communi-
cation between the ships of the squadron and the
Naval Academy has been the medium of a COM
plete understanding. The ships of Admiral Sigs-
bees squadron tomorrow morning will take up
their position just outside Annapolis harbOr and
about five miles from the Naval Academy wharf.
where the French cruiser Jurien de la Graviere
is now anchored At 10 a m, Monday, the body
will be conveyed to a point on the north sea wall
of the academy grounds by the naval tug Stand
ish, and as the cortege moves from the landing
place fifteen minute guns viii be fired by the
academy battery. The burial party, after u
short march, will be joined by all the officers at
tached to the academy attired in white service
uniforms.
The pallbearers will be Rear Admiral James
II Sands, superintendent of the Naval Acad-
emy; Rear Admiral Charles HI. Davis. command
ing the second division Of the North Atlantic
squadron; Captain Benjamin F. Tilley. COM
manding the battleship Iowa; Captain E. d.
Taussig. commanding the battleship Massachu-
setts; Captain William H. Reeder, commanding
the battleship Alabama. and Captain E E. Ger
vais. commanding the French cruiser Jurien de
la Graviere. There Will be eight body bearers.
seamen from the different vessels of the feet.
and eight seamen from the French cruiser will
act as honorary body bearers. The escort Will
consist of four battaiions of sailors from the
American fleet. a battalion of sailors and ma
rines from the academy and a detachment OF
fifty sailors from the Jurien de la Graviere All
the midshipmen at the academy, consist
ing of the battalion, two hundred strong. formed
Of the newly admitted members of the fourth
class viii parade without arms. The body will
then be deposited in the temporary vault. and
no considerable crowd is expected by the acad
envy authorities. as there will be little to see
There will be service, and the whole affail
is expected to be over In quarter Of hour
The chapel In which the body Is TO find its per-
manent resting place will in all likelihood not
be ready before spring
The French cruiser Jurien de la Grayiere
which will represent France on the occasion, ar
rived of Annapolis shortly before noon. and q
Salute of twenty-one guns was exchanged with
the Naval Academy. Later. visits were ex-
changed by Captain e E Gervais. commanding
the vessel and Admiral James H Sands. su-
perintendent OF the Naval Academy.
Admiral Sgsbee's feet was met off the Vir.
ginia coast by the battleship squadron OF the
North Atlantic feet In two divisions the first
being under the command Of Rear Admira
Evans and the second commanded by Rear Ad-
niral Davis. The three squadrons approached
the Capes together. the vessels under command
Of Rear Admiral Evans leading and the Davis
and Sigsbee squadrons closely following. Ad-
miral Eyans's squadron passed into lower Chesa-
peake Bay at 40 a. Then came the Sigsbet
squadron. Following were the vessels OF Rear
Admiral Daviss squadron. The Sigsbee and
Davis squadrons proceeded Immediately VI
Chesapeake Bay bearing the body of Adrnira
Jones toward Annapolis. while the vessels OF
Admiral Evans's squadron said farewell TO the
other fleets and proceeded TO Old Point Com.
fort, Va.