The Irish standard., 1908-07-25
|CoNVERT SONS OFF NAVY
I Some Of the Distinguished Sons
Of the Nation
who Have Taken Passage In
'.SsS Peters Barque.

sS0A0W SO large percentage OF con-
sNerts as the army, it yet has given
ssfus q number of distinguished men,
while the convert relatives OF naval
sEomcers are legion, says Scannell
Eo.Neill in the Rosary Magazine for
ffduiy.
s,s. From the beginning Of our navy.
with Commodore Barry. to our own
day there has been constant
fgtream of conversions from the ranks
I of those who go down to the sea in
/ tships. Commodore Rarrys two wives
Iwere converts, the second Mrs. Barry
being granddaughter Of John Austin.
WHO came over with William Penn.
mrs. Barry and her sister, Miss Mary
/ EFAustin, with other ladies Of Pniladel-
!!phia, made and presented to Paul Jones
( this nag Of the Bon Homme Richard.
/. Old Commodore Jacob Jones cav his
4 entire family pass over into the good
Il Ship Of the Fisherman, and the great
pest grief of his long life was when
/ HE stood over the open grave Of his
dearly beloved daughter, the sanity
FSister Mary stanislaus, OF the Sis
tiers Of the Visitation. Georgetown.
fEfster "Stannie" as she is affection
lately called, was beautiful charac-
ter, and the example of her holy life
tE;was the means of bringing into the
4 Church her brother, Lieutenant Jones,
lend his son, also a lieutenant in the
tlnavy, her sister Emily and ner two
u nephews, one of whom became a
lpriest.
iss Commodore Theodore Hunt. who
served under cambridge in Tripoli,
twas another early convert. He was a
cousin Of General Robert e. Lee, and
I s1s remembered as a man Of great abil-
l1ty and blameless life.
/ s IL, Looking over the roll, we find among
/ the passengers in st. Peters ship
1.-TWO great-grandsons Of Benjamin
Franklin - Rear Admiral Andrew
/ i.Allen Harwood and Commodore
lBache.
! Is Rear Admiral Harwood first served
| under Porter. and was the speciai
/ messenger to bring to the United
i Estates the ratified treaty with Ma
Ifples. He held various important po-
ssftfons in the navy, such as COM
mander of the Cumberland. Of the
Mediterranean squadron, inspector Of
ordnance and chief of Bureau Of Or
dnances and Hydrography. During
| the Civil war Harwood was COM
81 nnandant at the Washington Navy
Yard and Of the Potomac f1otilla, and
5Esecretary Of the Light House Board
4 His volume entitled Law and Prac-
Etice Of the U. S. Navy Courts-Mar-
( tails is an acknowledged authority on
/ this special subject. Mrs. HARDWOOD,
who preceded her husband into the
Church. was a daughter Of Rear Ad-
niral Luce. U. S. N.
1--WE have spoken Of Commodore
sRache in Convert Sons Of Kenyon"
r. Years ago, and perhaps today,
very popular book in naval circles
twas From Refer to Rear Admiral"
narrating the various steps by which
Benjamin F. Sands rose from the low.
1 est ranks to that of a distinguished
naval commander.
t.ss Rear Admiral Sands saw service as
~ ~ early as the Mexican War, and he
rendered valuable aid during the civn
SssllVRar. He was for years superintendent
IMP the Naval Observatory in Wash
angton. After his conversion to the
gkGatholic faith Admiral Sands edited
lsaAA who knew him by his childlike
y Hath and strict observance of his relie-
Hfapn. His son. the present Rear Adj
Il tmiral Sands, is worthy son Of /.
worthy father.
4 6 Rear Admiral selfridge and Rea,
5slsA dmiral Beaumont are two more
i neroes Of the Civil War who became
n EG;atholics. Beaumont was commando,
aFok the Aroostock, Of the North Allan.
Il kae squadron, at Fort Darling, of =
u Eanonltor on attacks on Charleston
I harbor and Fort Fisher. while he late,
aEaommanded the Mackinaw.
mother hero of the Civil War. who
kMas converted through the exampls
Ik AL his wife, a daughter Of Admiral
RElsands. was Rear Admiral samue
lRhodes Franklin. a younger brothe,
lseaf General Franklin. U. S. A. He wa.
b1norn in Pennsylvania, in 1925. an6
Afered the navy as midshipman a,
ssaea age of 16. He took part in thu
sssaval operations of the Mexican War
lNnd was for time in Brazil. On hi.
sturn to the United States Adm,ra,
a 4 sl]hFsanlslin was for some wear. ,nstruoto,
h Esasfef Minneapolis.
he was with Admiral Thatcher in
& separations against Mobile, aud was