The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-25
President Delivers Elogistic Ad-
 dress at Annapolis
CITY THRONGED WITH PEOPLE
French Warshlps Were On Hand to Assist In Doing Honor to the Great Naval
 Hero.

Annapolis, Mir, April 24.-Reverently att tended by the official head of the nation he loved and served so we'll by the ann bassadorial representative of the land in which he died by the chief executive of the state beneath whose sod his bones will find their final rest by naval repre- sentatives of the United States and France, and by thousands of the men and women of the country whose first admiral he was, the remains of John Paul Jones were today placed in the crypt be- meath the grand marble stairway of the Bancroft hall there to rest until the completion of the chapel in which they are to be deposited.
 Crowds such as Annapolis has not known for many years, if before. lined the streets, stood expectantly about the railroad station long before the train bearing President Roosevelt Mrs Roose- welt, members of the cabinet, the French ambassador, and a large number of dis tinguished naval officers and civil digni- taries, was expected.
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 Nearly three-quarters of an hour be- 1 hind schedule time the train entered the shed. The President Immediately entered an automobile, and. led by the cavalry man, the party proceeded to the Naval academy
 1 As President Roosevelt entered the grounds national salute of twenty-one 1 guns boomed out from the old United 1 States ship Hartford, once the flagship Of Admiral Farragut. Drawn up opposite the residence of the superintendent to receive the head of the nation was the marine battalion and the Naval academy band.
 An elaborate luncheon. given by Ad- mral Sands at which there were about l5O guests, preceded the formal exercises 1 of the day.
 Early this morning the casket contain ing the remains of the long dead admiral had been removed from the temporary VI 1t in which it has rested since being brought from France and deposited in the new armory of the Naval academy. There it was placed a little to the right of the center,' in front of the speakers s stand
 Hidden by Union Jack. l The oaken casket was quite hidden from view by Union Jack and upon 1t rested two crossed palms. wreath of green, and the sword presented to the great na- val commander by a King of France Nearby q sentry continued the vigil that l has never ceased since the cabinet, re- 1 covered after so much patient labor by ] Gen. Horace Porter. first rested upon American soil
 1 Out in the bay, miles distant, but most of them clearly visible from the Naval academy, rode at anchor three great war 1 ships flying the tri-color of France. the Admiral Aube, the Condo and the Mar seilles, frst-class cruisers all. under the command of Admiral Campion. Beside them were the United States battleshps Alabama, Indiana. Illinois and Iowa. the cruisers Cleveland, Minneapolis, Des Moines and Denver, and the yacht May flower.
 From these came more than 15O0 sailors and marines, 200 of the former being from the French vessels They were formed into long lanes of brawny men, lining the route to the armory taken by President Roosevelt and other dignitaries.
 When the President entered the armory 1t was to face 10000 standing, cheering men and women.
 Secretary of the Navy Charles J Bona parte introduced President Roosevelt, who, rising again, was greeted by burst of applause. He said in part:
 The President Speaks.
 "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 It that John Paul Jones was able to win fame. and to whose courtesy we now owe 1t that the body of the long dead hero memorate the reception of the illustrious dead a squadron of French warships 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 Ballli de Sunfren, won renown as fleet admirals inferior to none of any navy of their day in martial prowess.
 Tn addition to welcoming the diplomatic and official representatives of France here present, let me also express my heartiest acknowledgements to our former ambas- sador to Paris, General Horace Porter, to whose zealous devotion we particularly owe 1t that the body of John Paul Jones has been brought to our shores.
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 When the body was thus brought over the representatives Of many different cities wrote to me, each asking that It should find its last resting place in his city But feel that the place of all oth- CTS in which the memory of the dead hero will most surely Ae living force Is here In Annapolis. where year by year We turn out the midshpmen who are to officer in the future the navy among whose found- CTS 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 subject for admiration and re- spect. but an object lesson to be taken into their innermost hearts. Every of fecr in our navy should know by heart the deeds of John Paul Jones. Every of ficer in our navy should feel In each fibre of his being the eager desire to emulate the energy, the professional capacity. the