Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-25
PRESIDENT AT THE FUNERAL
Delivers Address on Life and Work Of John
Paul Jones
MANY OleSTAHEs ATTEND CEREMONIES
Body of First Hero of American
Navy f. Laid TO Rest at the
United states naval
Academy.


ANNAPOLIS Nd. April A.-with Pres.
ident Roosevelt, Ambassador Jusserand
and many other dignitaries present, the
ceremonies incident 10 the reintombment
OF Paul Jones were held here today.
President Roosevelt said:
On behalf of the American peonle.
wish TO thank our ancient ally. the great
french nation, that proud and gallant ma
u Ioh, 70 whose help we once owed It that
Stars and Stripes the victory that has
given him deathless fame, and to whose
Vpurtesy We now owe II that the body of
the long dead hero has been sent hither
ana that to commemorate the reception OF
Lle uiuStrlous dead squadron of French
"arThs a mas come to our shores.
Inc annals OF the French navy are filled
win the names Of brave and able seamen,
each OF whom counted death as a mistress
When the honor of his flag was at stake,
anu among the figures of these brave men
mere loom the larger shapes of those who,
IKE Tourville, Duquesne and the Bailn de
sunren, won renown as feet admlrals in
In martial prowess
In addition to welcoming the diplomatic
anu otnclal representatives OF France here
present, let me also express my heartiest
acknowledgements to our former ambas-
sador to Paris, General Horace Porter, to
owe 1t that the body Of John Paul Jones
has been brought to our shores.
When the body was thus brought over
wrote to me. each asking that II 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 be living force Is here I'm Anna
polls where year by year we turn out the
midshipmen who are to officer In the fu-
dead man stands frst Moreover, the flu
ture naval officers. who live within these
walls walls. VII VII find In the career Of the man MAJ,
merely a subject for admiration and
respect, but an object lesson to be taken
into their innermoSt hearts. Every officer
deeds of John Paul Jones. Every officer In
our navy should feel in each fiber of his
energy, the professional capacity. the in
donlitable determination and dauntless
scorn of death which marked John Paul
Jones above all his fellows.
Proud Memories.
The history of our navy, like the history
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
Barry and Macdonough to Farrakut and
Dewey. These memories include brilliant
Victories, and also, now and then. de-
feats, only less honorable than the VIC
tories 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. IT is
we'll for every American officer TO re-
member that while surrender may oil
may not be defensible, the man who re-
fuses to surrender need never make a de-
Tense. The one fact must always be eX-
planned; the other needs no explanation
Moreover, he who would win glory AND
honor for the nation and for himself must
not too closely count on the odds; II ne
does, he will never see such day as tha'
when Gushing sank the Albemaile
In his fight with the Scraps, Jones
ship was so badly mauled that his OPP
pcnent hailed him. saying; Has your
ship struck? TO which Jones answered
II have not yet begun to fight" The
spirit which inspired that answer upbore
the man who gave it and the crew whe
served under him through the fury OF tbs
battle, which finally ended III their tri'
umph. 1t was the same spirit whicr
marked the Cumberland and the Con
though less fortunate fate The Cumber'
land sank her Rag Aging. and her guns
summoned to surrender, Morris replied
Never! I'll sink aiongside? and made
his word good. immediately after th'
Cumberland was sunk the Congress wa;
attacked, and her commander, Lieutenan
Joe Smith, was killed. After night
Ing until she was helpless and being un
able TO bring her guns to bear, the shiI
was surrendered; but when Smiths father
Old Commodore Joe Smith, who wa'
on duty at Washington. saw by the dis
patches from Fort Monroe that the Con
gress had hoisted the white nag he saiS
quietly, "Then Joe's dead" Surely nj
tsinty of SG his boys Behavior than the Of,
commodore showed he possessed whei
he thus spoke; and no naval officer coul'
hope TO win a final epitaph.
should Emulate Their Deeds.
! We have met today to do honor to tn
! mighty dead. Remember that our word
| of admiration are but as sounding bras
and tinkling cymbals If do not y!
steady preparation and by the cultivation
of soul and mind and body At ourselve
/ so that in time of need we shall be pre-
! pared to emulate their deeds. Let ever.
| midshipman who passes through this in
| stitution remember, as he looks upo
! the tomb of John Paul Jones, tina
! while no courage can atone for tn
| lack of that efficiency which comes onl,
| through careful preparation in advance
| through careful training of the men, an
| careful fitting out OF the engines of war
yet that none of these things can avail
| unless in the moment of crisis the hear
rises level with the crisis. The nav
| whose captains will not surrender ar
sure in the long run to whip the nav
whose captains will surrender, unless tn
inequality of skill force is prodigious
| The courage which never yields can no
| take the place of the possession Of goo
/ ships and good weapons and the abilit
| skillfully to use these ships and thes
weapons but its presence Will often atom
4 for many other shortcomings, and If wit
/ IL are combined the other military quail
/ ~ e., -.