The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-05-23
FOR PAUL JONES',
AdmiraI's Body Laid to Rest at the
Naval Academy.
FRANCE JOINS IN CEREMONIES

Casket in Which Repose Remains OF
tho Founder s2 Americas Navy
Transferred to = Temporary Tomb inl
Bancroft H., Annapolis-Rooseveits
CS4Ierand, Porter and Warfield Speak
annapolis, Inadvertently attended:
~ the official head Of the Nation he
loved and served SO well, by the AM
bassador of the land in which he died,
by the Governor of the State and by
thousands Of men and women, the
body Of John Paul Jones was placed
in the crypt beneath the grand marble
stairway Of Bancroft Hall, in the Naval
Academy grounds, where it will rest
until the completion of the chapel
which is to be it's final resting place.
The day was also the anniversary OF
the engagement in which John Paul
Jones with his little sloop of war,
Ranger, whipped the British frigate.
Drake. 20
The impressive ceremonies began
with the arrival of the President, who
reached Annapolis shortly after noont
in a special train from Washington.
With him was a party Of distinguished
men, among whom were Secretary OF
the Navy B%onaparte, NJ. J%usserand.
Ambassador Of France to the Unitedl
States; Viscount Charles de Chambrun. I
Admiral George Dewey, Secretary Of
State Root, General Horace Porter,
Secretary and Mrs. Loeb, Surgeon-Gen
eral Rixey, Admiral Cowles and POST
mastersGeneral Corteiyou.
The party waS'driven directly to the;
Naval Academy, where formal honors
were paid to the President, the Na-s;.
tional salute being Cred and a battalion
of marines with the Naval Academy
Band being drawn up in front Of the
residence of the superintendent.
The President and other guests were
then entertained at luncheon by the
superintendent of the Naval Academy.
Tie guests We're the PRESIDENTIAL
party, the heads of departments of the
Naval Academy and the following Off
GERS from the French and American
fleets: Admiral Charles Fl. Davis, Adj
miral r. B. Bradford, Admiral Paul
Campion. Captain E. P. A. Gulprattet
of the Marseilles, Captain A. L. M
Huguet Of the Condo, Captain g. MI
Lefevre Of the Admiral Aube, and thel
commanding officers Of the American.
vessels now off Annapolis. 9
At 2 o'clock the ceremonies in the
armory began. The President was the
first speaker. followed by NJ. Jusse-i
rand, General Horace Porter and Goy-f
ernor Edwin Warfeld, of Maryland, in
the order named. Between each speech
there was music by a special choir OF B
300 trained voices. 5gt
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
in the armory the casket with the body
of John Paul jones' which up to that
time had been supported on a platforms
in front of the speakers stand, was
carried in formal procession by repre-
s~entatives of the sailors Of America
and France to Bancroft Hall, where 1t.
was deposited in the room designated
as Memorial Hall. The public was not
admitted to Bancroft Hall, the Presf-
dent and q very few sof the special
guests acting IS the lmourners, and,
these with the body bearers and
guards constituted theIprocession from
the armory. When the body was de-
posted, Chaplain H. d. Clark. Of the
Naval Academy, delivered the prayer.
Later, when the cryptsof the mag
nihcent. new chapel j. completed, the
body Of John Paul Jones will be re-
moved to It. the occasion being attend
ed with no other ceremony than the
simple prayer Of commitment. The
chapel, which lis the architectural
crown of the whole new Naval Acad-
envy, will forEi a fitting monument to
the Father Of the American Navy, and
the monument, as well as the casket
which encloses his remains, will be
constantly in the sight Of the youths
who are being trained to hold the Ma
tons commission in her naval force.