The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
NATION HONORS PAUL JONES.
ADMIRAES BODY LAID TO REST
AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY.

Hero-RooseVelt, Jusserand, Porter
and Warfeld Speak to Many NOtables.
r A%NNApoLIs, April q The nation honored
John Paul Jones to-day. The oasket in
which the body OF the founder Of the
American navy lies was transferred from
a temporary vault to a permanent resting
MA ce in Bancroft Hall, in the NavalAoademy
grounds.
To-day is also an anniversary Of the
engagement in which John Paul Jones
with his little sloop of war Ranger, whipped
the British frigate Drake.
There were thousands OF people he re,
Including President Roosevelt and a body
OF distinguished officials and citizens such
AZ Annapolis has not seen for man a year.
The ceremonies were a series Of beautifully
set spectacles in which hundreds Of sailors,
French and American, the middies, the
marines and two troops OF Cavalry p~artici-
patet,
President Roosevelt, NJ. Jusserand, the
Ambassador of France, Gen. Horace Porter,
formerly Ambassador Of the United States
70 France, and Gov, Warfleld of Maryland
spoke in the afternoon.
Gen. Porter was enthusiastically APP
plauded when he arose n again when
he concluded. The President was the
first to speak. He mentioned Gen. Porter's
name and was interrupted by applause.
The sam thing took place when the French
Ambassador mentioned Gen. Porter.
The main part Of the programme was
carried out in the big Armory Of the Naval
Academy. Secretary of the Navy Bona
rarte presided. AT one end of the great
room was the Oratorio Society of Balti-
more, $50 voices.
In the middle, close to the wall. was the
speakers stand. In front, guarded by
eighty petty officers, four French and
four American, was the casket containing
all that remains of Admiral Jones.
The first Richard Gale was John Paul
Jones's first Lieutenant. He fought with
him on the Bonhcmme Richard when
the Scraps was taken, and Jones regarded
Gale highly. When the war was over and
the American Admiral won honors in the
French court he received a beautiful gold
mounted sword from Louis XVI. To-day
this sword rested on the top of the casket,
between two wreaths of evergreen. 1t
was given to the country by Richard Gale
Of Philadelphia. to whom it came as a heri-
tage. One of Jones's dying requests was
that the sword be sent to his old Lieu
tenant.
Around the armory walls the midshipmen
were lined in company formation. In the
balcony at one end there were fifty or more
sailors, French and American, and at the
other end the members Of the Marine Band
from Washington added a touch Of color
with their brilliant red coats. In another
portion of the armory part of the Mary
land State militia, in the uniform Of minute
men, added quaintness to the scene.
Directly in front Of the speaker stand,
and only a few feet removed from the casket,
were the French and American officers. Adj
mIral Dewey sat close to Admiral Campion,
commanding the French squadron, and
behind we're Admiral Campion's personal
staff and the officers of his feet, mingling
with American Naval officers.
In the course of his speech the President
lauded Admiral Dewey, turning and smiling
on the Admiral as he did SO. There was
an outburst of applause and the President
INTERCEPTED into his speech:
You see, my fellow countrymen, Presi-
dents are all right in their way, but it is
well in life to have such a memory as the
first of May"
The President came to Annapolis at /
o'clock. He travelled on a special train and
with him was a large party. Mrs; Roose-
welt spent most OF the day with Nine.
Jusserand, wife Of the French Ambassador.
Among others on the Presidential train
were Secretary of Navy ~Bonaparte, NJ.
Jusserand, Secretary Root, Brig. -Gen. Bell,
representing the Secretary OF War, Gen.
Elliott, .commandant OF the Marine Corps,
Admiral Dewey, Speaker Cannon, nearly
all of the chiefs Of bureaus of the Navy
Department and many other naval officers.
Many of the party we're accompanied by
ladies.
Two other special trains brought official
delegations from Washington. They car
ried many Senators and Representatives
and Government officials. -
When President Roosevelt entered the
armorv the Oratorio Society sang The
Star Spangled Banner and the audience
presented the President as the Commander.
in-Chief Of the Navy, and therefore the most
fitting person to speak first. The President
said:
ON behalf of the American people l
wish to thank our ancient ally, the great
French nation, that proud and gallant
nation to whose help we once owed it that
John Paul Jones was able to win for the
STAR and Stripes the victory that has given
him deathless fame, and to whose courtesy
we now owe it that the body OF the long
dead hero has been sent hither, and that
to commemorate the reception OF the
illnstrious dead a squadron OF French war
ships has come to our shores.
The annals of the French navy are hlled
with the names of brave and able ame
each of whom counted death as a mistress
when the honor of his fay was at stake:
and among the figures of these brave men
there loom the larger shapes of those who,
like Tourville. Duquesne and the Baill de
SIfren, won high renown as Fleet Admlrals,
inferior to zone of any navy OF their day IN
martial piowess.
In addition to welcoming the diplo-
matte and official representatives of France
here present, let me also express my hear
test Acknowledgements to our former AM
hasSador to Paris, Gen, Horace Porter, to
whose jealous devotion we PARTICULARLY
owe it that the body Of John Paul Jones
has been brought to our shores.
When the body was thus brought owe
the representatives Of many different
cities wrote to me, each asking that 1t
should find its last resting place. in his
city But | feel that the place Of all others
in which the memory Of the dead hero
will most surely he a living force is here
in Annapolis. where year by year we turn
out the midshipmen who are to officer in
the future the navy, among whose founders
the dead man stands first. Moreover, the
future naval officers, who live within these
walls. will find in the career OF the man
whose life wa this day celebrate, not merely