Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-02-01
OF THE D. A R.
Descendant Of John Paul Jones'
Sister Discovered.
HE IS A POOR BOY IN PARIS
District Of Columbia Daughters Of
American Revolution viii Edu-
cate Him and Ask That He Be
Appointed to Naval Academy.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.


up their minds that a boy of the John
Paul Jones family blood shall be given
! place In the sea service Of this oun
try. They have had to go to France
% rnd such a boy. but they have found
aim. and their hope is that when he is
TOUR or five years older he can be
Drought to this country and entered
At n United States naval academy.
name of the boy whom the
daughters have discovered is Duvall.
de is a direct descendant of a sister
Oh the Scotch-American sea lion. The
history of his discovery may not be
un~interesting.
One of the members of the District
OF Columbia chapter Of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution. Mrs.
Robertson, while in Paris some little
time ago learned that a g~randniece OF
John Paul Jones was living there in
poverty. With some American friends
she called on the old lady and found
Ger In a condition bordering on dire
need. although her daughter was do
ing what she could for her support
Americans living in London ere
told by Mrs. Robertson Of the oppor-
tuntty that there was to do something
Tor a collateral descendant of the mar
VINO made one of the greatest sea
lights of history. A considerable sum
OF money wa raised and sent to an
american official In Paris, but before
the money could be put to use the
intended beneficiary died. The con
trlbution was given to her daughter,
but 1t was found that the mother had
died in debt and that 1t was necessary
TO use the money to pay the funeral
expenses and outstanding claims.
viii Educate the Lad.
The daughter of the admiral's
grandniece is in straitened circum-
stances herself. Her husband is a
soldier and there is one SON.. The
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton intend, If they can, to provide for
the education of the boy and later to
Sdhi1S ulH anu W SuCSL niA
by a presidential appointment at large
as a cadet at the United States naval
academy at Annapolis.
1t does not follow necessarily that
because young Duvall has the blood
of the John Paul Jones family in his
veins he will take naturally to the
sea, and to sea fighting when neces-
sary. 1t may turn out SO, however,
but at best it is a lottery"
A grandnephew of Napolean the
Great graduated at the United States
military academy at West Point. He
showed no evidence of greater mill
tary genius than did the rest Of his
classmates. A curious story is told
at West Point of another Bonaparte,
a great-grandnephew of Napoleon l..
This collateral descendant was given
an appointment to the United States
military academy, but he did not re-
port at the institution with the other
'plebes" of the year. The class which
he was supposed to enter had been
examined physically and mentally and
Its members had either been found
proficient or deficient. Then
Bonaparte, accompanied by relatives,
came to the academy and was taken
Immediately to the hospital where
there was a board of surgeons ts.
sembled. They examined him and
said that he was not physically strong
enough to undertake the academic
course.
The cadets at the academy heard at
the time that the Bonaparte boy was
rejected because he was not tall
enough to meet the service require
ments. II this were the case, it is
possible that the service regulations
were responsible for an unwise re.
lection. Napoleon /. was a short man
and in many ways was physically a
frail mar. Size does not make the
soldier.
Tire Of Being Social Aids.
From the confessions Of a man
with army connections 1t nay be
said that all is not joy with the
$50
military and naval attaches Of the
American service who are on duty in
Washington with White House studies
as side Issues of the regular routine.
The places of aids to the president
social aids, Washington calls them
are much sought, but 1t Is declared
that after a few months of IT. most of
the social staff officers get tired unto
death Of their work and long for the
sound of boots and saddles" at a
frontier post or an order for a journey
to the Philippines.
1t must not be supposed that the
military and naval aids OF the presi-
dent have nothing to do except to at
tend him personally when he is Civ.
ing official receptions at the White