The Paducah sun., 1906-04-24
NATIONS TRIBUTE
TO FIRST ADMIRAL
John Paul Jones Now Sleeps
i'm Memorial Room.
Body Removed Today From Naval
Academy to Bancroft Hall
With Ceremonies.
ADDRESS By THE PRESIDENT.

Annapolis, Md, April 24.-Com-
memorative ceremonies over the
body of John Paul Jones, the first
American admiral, was held today.
President Roosevelt, admirals of the
American and French navies, and
many other distinguished citizens
participated. An address was made
by President Roosevelt, French Am
basssdOr Jusserand and General
Horace Porter. There was deep in
terest in the exercises.
The ceremonies consisted of the
removal of the body of the first ad-
miral from the tomb in the naval
academy, where it was placed when
brought here from France last year,
to a memorial room in Bancroft
Hall.
The President said:
On behalf OF the American people
| wish to thank our ancient ally, the
great French nation. that proud and
gallant nation, TO whose help we
once owed 1t that John Paul Jones
was able to win for the Stars and
Stripes the victory that has given
him deathless fame, and to whose
courtesy we now owe II that the body
OF the long g-dead hero has been sent
hither. and that to commemorate the
reception of the illustrious dead
squadron of French war ships has
come to our shores.
The annals of the French navy are
filled with the names of brave and
able seamen each OF whom counted
death as a mistress when the honor
Of his flag was at stake; and among
the figures of these brave men there
loom the larger shapes of those who,
like Tourville, Duquesne, and the
Bailli de Suffren, won high renown
as feet admirals, inferior to none of
any navy OF their day in martial
prowess.
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In addition tc welcoming the dip
lomatic and official representatives
of France here present. let me also
express my heartiest acknowledge
ments TO our former ambassador to
Paris. General Horace Porter. to
whose jealous devotion we particu-
larly owe 1t that the body OF John
Paul Jones has been brought to our
shores.
When the body was thus brought
over the representatives of many diff
ferent cities wrote to me, each ask
ing that II should find its last rest
ing place in his city. But feel that
the place of all others in which the
memory of the dead hero will most
surely be 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 we this day celebrate.
not merely a subject of admiration
and respect. but an object lesson to
be taken into their innermost
hearts. Every officer in our navy
should know by heart the deeds OF
John Paul Jones. Every officer in
our navy should feel in each fiber
of his being the eager desire to EMU
late the energy, the professional ca
pacity, the indomitable determiua-
tion, and dsuntless scorn of death
which marked John Paul Jones
above all his fellows.
Our Navy's History.
The history of our navy, like the
history of our nation. only extends
over a period of century and a
quarter; yet we already have many
memories of pride to thrill us as we
read and hear of what has been done
by our fighting men Of the sea. from
Perry and Macdonough to Farragut
and Dewey. These memories include
brilliant victories. and also. now and
then. defeats only less honorable
than the victories themselves; but
the only defeats TO which this praise
can be given are those where. against
heavy odds. men have stood to the
death in hopeless battle. 1t is well
for every American officer to remem-
ber that while surrender may or
may not be defensible the man who
refuses to surrender need never
make a defense. The one fact must
always be explained; the other needs
no explanation. Moreover he who
would win glory and honor for the
nation and for himself, must not too
closely count the odds; II he does. he
vii. never see such day as that