The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-22
France 10 Unite With This
Country in Doing Honor to
Memory Of Famous Sea
Fightcr--The Life
Story Of Paul
Jones.
nv Walter Edward Harris.
III. Regular Corresp.

s next TUESDAY. But tncT VIII iiOt Ic"t
even then, for rs soon as the Memorial
Chapel which is being erected at me
Naval Academy at Annapolis is com
plctcd. once again the dust Of the great
s sailor will be removed, this time 10 what
Is expected to be It's final resting l,lace
In the crypt Of the chapel, The fInnl
removal viii not be MARKET by crfc-
monies Of any character ~ NE tli' ,,s8
fer Will be OF the simple nature 81 the
removal Of the body Of General Grant
from It's temporary resting place on XIV
ersidc drive. in New York.
The exercises on Wednesday afternoon
will be most elaborate. special tram
viii 70 over to Annapolis from this city
< henriIig the President, cabinet officers
q and other officials OF government. me
Il exercises will DO held In the nrlnory OF
the Naval Academy. said to be the FIN
rst building OF the kind In the world.
The presiding officer and the orators OF
the day will occupy a platform IN 'hs
centre OF the great hall and the BODY OF
Paul Jones will rest on a pier IN iron.
OF the stand II isM at present W
temporary vault at Annapolis.
Secretary Bonapartc will preside ana
tho president M Jusscrnnd, French An-
rassador TO the United states General
Horace Porter and Governor War1ie'd,
s or MARYLAND will deliver addresses.
Cabinet officers, senators ana represeu-
4 ~,
md Nigh officers OF the army and navy
m, marine corps viii be present, as well
ns tie governors of the Thirteen Original
states, with their staffs, and deie ga
. tions from various patriotic societies.
/. throughout the country.
& Part Of French Fleet.
II Tic officers and men OF the frehcn
fleet. which viii be in the Severn. OH
Annapolis Mt the time. ana OF me a'. ,,.i,,
lean battlcship and cruiser SQUADRON VII ",
take mart in the ceremonies. me prl-
rnde OF midshipmcn will attend III
hndy md the naval militia Of Mary
lnnG will be pdradcd. One OF the strik-
IN. features OF he e.. cmonies VII PC
the singing OF patriotic hymns ~ tne
celebrated Oratoro Society, OF si'a ,ila
more. composed Of several hundred
,ra,ned voices. under the direction Of
q Joseph Pache. 1.-THE Star spanglcd
& Banner will be sung Immediately after it
President Roosevclt's address,; =, -
Ainrseillalse,'' after N. Jusserands
spcccli Gfofua by Handel, after Genera
Porter's speech; MARYLAND, My Mary,
lhnd, after Governor MARRIED. ah' ana
'.How Sleep the Brave.
&IAt the conclJsion of the services, M
,,cmains OF Admiral John Paul Jones, es-
corted by an imposing array OF millthrS,
will be borne by body-bearers TO Ian
croft Hall, to DO placed In an alcove IN
Memorial Hall. where It Will remain un,
til the crypt In the Memorial Chapcl shal'
have been completed.
An Interesting Life Story.
The lifo-story. OF Paul Jones is as In
tcrcstlng as that OF any OF those nose enar-
srv, who immortalzed their names by
their efforts to start tho great republic
~ tho western world on her career OF
glory. Cabinboy at twelve; an officer
nj seventeen; captain at twenty IN me
merchant service Of the North Atlahtlc;
West Indlaman and virginia planter VI
before he had reached the age OF TWEEN
,v-seyen. Lieutenant In tho navy ut
twenty-egl,t, captain at twenty-nlne,
commodore at thirty-two; the naval
3 hero OF all the world at thirty-t1ree;
knight Of France the protege OF kings;
H tic bet, OF, queens and princesses or tho
blood; thanked by congress, the trusted
friend OF the great washington him
/. self the associate OF Jefferson, Frank
4 lin, Alexander Hamiton and La Fayctte.
AT thirty-sx the special envoy OF Amer
lea at Paris, charged with the duty OF
adjudIcating and collecting international
claims: at forty. voted a gold medal by
congress; winning victories over the
Turks as vice-admral In the Russian
navy; figure In the French Rcyolu-
tion.f dead at forty-fi five: voted n pub
liz funeral by the French National
Assembly,; disinterred one hundred and
thirteen years afterwards, and brought
back to the American shores, that MS
ashe snght rest In the land for which
In had done so much In the war of in
dependence. 5atn
X Romantic AS Fiction.
,rbnt ia the story of John Paul Jones
i in outline unique in some respects. and
ns romantic as that OF an imaginary
character OF fiction. Although Jones
wns such an intense partisan of the
cause Of the COLONIES IN the STRUGGLE
against British tyranny, he was born az
Arbigland, Scotland. July 6. l7A7,& It IS
said his father was gardener me
FAMILY name was Paul, to which the cele-
hrntcd sailor added the name OF Jones
wears afterwards for some reason never
Satisfactorily explained, He was appren-
4 ticed to a merchant OF Whtehaven. In the
American trade. when he was Twelve
wears OF age. His first voyage was 70
Virginia, where he had an elder brother'
, Who resided near fredericksburg, on his
own farm, engaged In cultivatlng topacco.
John Paul Jones spent some time. at IN
teryals, at fredericksburg. but It Is be-
Ieved that he and his brother were not
entirely friendly. However. Jones IS
known 10 have been at Fredericksburg
In 1773l arranging the affairs of his
brother, who died childless ana intestate.
Il ~ WIS RpOul lHlS tlilc S''ttl LILO ''of'S
OF Jones was ,dded to the family name OF
Paul. Erlof to his brothers death,
Jones had zen engaged in the slave
trade. but {litted It In disgust; after
wards com Ihnded the Betsy of London,
and spent some time In the West In
dies. engaged IN commercial pursuits and
9pecuaticns,
Immediately on the outbreak of the
war With Great Britain, Jones offered
Mia services to the colonies and when
Inc navy vas organized he was appointed
senior lieutenant on the Alfred, the flag
,hH If aIsmall squadron which sailed
10 me Bahamas and did considerable
!, damage u the British shipping. In
May, lTT6, Jones was given the command
Of a small vessel, the Providence. Ho
made cruise to the Rermudas and Nova
Scotia. CAPTURING 16 prizes III less than
len weeks, and destroying the shipping
Ind f,sheryat Canso and Isle Madame,
Nova scoth. The same year Jones
made another cruise In the Alfred and