New-York tribune., 1907-04-07
New Buildings at Annapolis
Nearly Ready for Their
Proper Display.

sSearly three hundred standards captured in
naval actions by ships of the American
navy from their foes are now sa1tly housed III
the Naval Academy, at Annapolis Nearly nOuI-
,-cor,a Of these had been captured before the
Spanish-American Var, which added TWO nun
drsd more trophies OF battle to tD3 list OF IN
SIGMA Of American naval vaior. These hung
in the hall Of tie Naval Institute in the ord
nance and gunnery department OF the NaNai
Academy until the work on The new -N@F@'
Academy began. when they were taken from tiie
walls and boxed for safety until the tilhe snouiu
arrive when they were 10 elnhiiazoh the vans
Of the new institution and, in their mural draD-
ings tell again the story of The conflicts IN
witch rbe,, we're won. Ten years have passed
since then and the time has now arrived 10
nlace t,ero where The youths who are to be the
future olncers Of the American navy, ana CT
izens and strangers also, may again see IieIE
inspiring folds ..
with the memorial hall in Bancroft Han M
ished and the chapel. IN its fine proportions ap-
rroachins completion. the Naval ACADEMY au-
thorlties have asked the Navy Department sl 70
designate by formal order in which buildings
the standards Of victory shaH pe SET UP anu
are awaiting its answer.
The flags taken IN the Spanish-Auerleah war
embrace those captured in the ba1te al Md
mia Bav and off Santiago and at porto hOo'
Il was neck-anG-neck race as to Whloh pi''i'0ii
of the military service should have the mono.
OF possessing the Porto Rican nag. s. - s,li
Miles thought that lie had been TIE mrs. 10 @ I1at
down the colors of Spain, but l-leutSl..I-C .,'s
Corlr1anderl II. =. Huse O. ). N OF nAIl'ScII e,
feet had pulled them down three houIs Deny, ,,,,,
General Nfiess effort and this nag IS now num-
f,erad aTnoue the TWO hundred Al The -NaEdA
Academy ana IS duly designated by sultdD49
tascrirtion commemorative q me eN Neiil- !,
The naval history 0f the hepuDLtr 1l' ,cI.I
traced by these flags, from me var oL 81
down 10 the last gun of the latest war VIZ VIZ.
S-,sfr No ensigrs of the naval engagements
u the Revolution, the war WIN me i'sL osts ~
states and the conflict with ITlpon are ~ IN ~
list bat there shown InS JacA oL ~ ~.
(,,,ane and the ensign Of the LeFant, capIuiea
~ "Gld Ironsides,' together WIN 'lie eIl9'e
rnd ss,unant of the Guerriere. Ihe ensign or
-. f-,,r4fgl, l,rio Reindeer. captured by the
American soop ol war Wasp in lSlH. IS another
- -, 7e,,.sl treasures Of the Col-Il1ry- At the
ca,1tllre Of York CTor0ntoi, Canada, on Apil =.
1912 bv The combined forces of NolnlnoaoiS
1eoac. C;halncey and General Pike, an English
royal standard was captured lAs 'i9,l.
given by Commodore Chauncey IN = ie''eI 70
The Secretary Of the Navy. Whlch Sala,
sir. i have the honor To present 70 you, pi
the hands of Lieutenant Dudley; me bTilisi,,
STANDARD taken nj York tbs gsth Of Apflt I
last accompanied hT the mace over Wiich
huns a human scalp. These articles we're laheh t.
from the Parliament House by one OF my OH
GERS and presented 10 me. The scalp caused
10 be presented TO General Dearborn. VINO, De
Ieve sstiu has il in his possession
Tnc mace and wooden lion "hlch IS sald 10
have stood in front Of the Speakers chair are
also at the Naval Academy.
The United States holds a flag that was capt
ured on February ., 1893, off Nevis, " l., from
the French Ihis was the standard Of the
French frigate Insurgente, mounting forty guns
fnd commanded by Captain Barreault. The
capture was mace by the United States frigate
Constellation. that had served in the Tripolitan
War and still is in the service Of the country
BLOODY FIGHT RECALLED.
l The ensign of the British frigate Conhance
b is another trophy of the war Of 1872. The Con-
fiance, 3 guns the brig Linnet, is, and the
sloops Club and Finch. II guns each, were capt
ured on september H. 1914. of Platsburg Lake
Champlain. by the American squadron, under
Commodore Thomas MacdOnough after an
action of two hours and twenty minutes. Among
the trophies NOn by 'Old lronsldes. the frlgate
Constitution, is tie ensign Of the Java. This
WAS formerly the Renomme that the English
had captured from fhe French She shared the
fate Of the Gueuiere, which came from the
Constitutjou ~ THE ficbt tool, fIace off the
coast OF Brazil on December %. 1872 The Java
was 50 badly injured She had 10 be set on fire and
blown up. Her wheel however was saved and
put on the Constitution. whose wheel had been
enot on carry IN the action congress gave Cap
tain Bainbridge medal
The ensign Of the Boxer was taken of Port
lano' Ne. on the An OF september. 1913, in a
fight with the English brig of that name nv
the brig Enterprise, Lieutenant William Bur-
the Enterprise 10
The ensign of the English cutter Landrai. 1
guns and % men, was capflred win fl7ar vessel
N The English Channel on July II. 1914, after
g desperate resistance. by the American prva-
teer schooner Syren, guns and 50 men, Cap
TAIN J. u, Daniels. The Syren sailed from Balti-
more. The crew of the Engishman were taken
q New York but the Englishmen recaptured
The Landran on her way across the Atlantic.
Ihe ensign and pennant Of the Detroit the
flagship Of the English squadron on Lake Erie
captured on September 13 1913. by the Amer
iean squadron under Commodore Perry. are stil
preserved
The ensign OF the Macedonian and its figure
mead are among the trophies at Annapolis The
AAaceoonlan, an English frigate commanded by
Captain Garden mounting 40 guns was captured
on October -, 1912, by the frigate United
States Captain stephen Decatur, mounting "a
guns