Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-01-27
LAST HONORS PAID
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
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to the basemt Mt TO witnesses
the final deposit of the bones of the
hero. While all this was going on
the national flag was lowered at half
mast on the official staff of the Acad-
emy.
A congregation that practically
taxed the capacity Of the Chapel as
sembied to hear the memorial sermon
preached by Rev. U. S. B. Pierce,
Chaplain OF the United States Senate.
Rev. Evan w. Scott, Chaplain of the
Naval Academy presided over the
preliminary services, including the
Scriptural reading. etc. Chaplain
Pierce selected his text from Exodus
3:5, Put off thy shoes from off thy
feet for the place whereon thou
standest is holy ground.
That the path of duty is the way to
glory was the point upon which the
preacher laid greatest emphasis il is
the guiding mark through the lands
and the seas, he said. Truth, free
dom and liberty he pointed ort as
among the virtues they are not things
in the air, but treasured realities.
But, he said that is not the occasion,
nor are mine. the lips to recount the
heroism of the man whom we honor
today, and it is not so much that we
recall the memory of this great hero
as it is the cause he espoused
Truth, he said, is one of the weak
est things in the world, until it finds
human champion in the hands of
some great man. Chaplain Pierce re-
ferred to the illustrious characters Of
Jones, Washington and Lincoln, and
then speaking directly to his auditors,
he said time is now that the Divine
Power needs men and women OF cour-
age like those of you here present ;
men and women who will make the
heroes and heroines of the world.
"We must give ourselves as we are
tolHim in the name of the country
we love-" he said in conclusion.
following the religious service the
chapel basement was thrown open
that those of the official party and
the public as well might inspect the
tomb of the illustrious sea fighter.
The crypt is beautiful in design and
is built of marble and bronze. The
marble used is what is known as
Grand Antique, veins of black and
white, taken from the Pyrennes
mountains. The main base 10 a
large marble slab, upon which is
mounted in heavily wrought bronze
figures of dolphins and other scroll
work, and then the main body Of mar
BILE in which the casket is encased.
The lid is of marble, upon which is ex-
uuisitely carved oak leaves. symbolic
of the WOOD material used in the
construction of warships in Jones'
time.
The west lobby is the entrance for
visitors and is reached by a stone
stair at the side of the Chapel. A
broad corridor runs around the tomb.
On either side of this corridor are
stone piers, the space between form
ing inches for the reception or sar-
cophagi, tablet and trophies. The
linte Is over the pier caps are carved
with awave motion for the whole dis
tance of the corridor Around the
center of the crypt are eight mono
lithie columns of Grande Antique de
Pyreenes marble, supporting a dome
20 feet in diameter, on which is
painted a reproduction of the north
ern heavens, embracing the constel-
lations of Ursa Minor with the Polar
Star, Ursa Major, Draco and Perseus.
The sarcophagus is placed under
this dome. The complste sarcophagus
stands seven and half feet high and
weighs about twenty-one tons. The
head of the body was placed toward
the south. In the circular band of
marble around the base are the names
of the ships commanded by the great
sailor, as follows: Ranger, Ali
ance, Bon Homme Richard, Provi-
dence,. Serapis, Alfred and Ariel.
The inscriptions, which are placed
at points of the crypt are three in
number, as follows:
"For more than century the NOR
tai remains of our first great sailor
lay in an unknown grave, lost to his
country. The nation is indebted to
Gen. Horace Porter for his patriotic
effort in the discovery and identified
tion of the body"
John Paul Jones, 1747-1792, Uni
ted States Navy He gave the natior
its earliest traditions of bravery
and heroism. Erected by Congress
after his death, 1912"
"The Bon Homme Richard, the
Ranger, the Providence, the Serapis,
the Alfred, the Alliance, the Ariel"
The architects who designed the
crypt are Warren & Wetmore, of
New York The sculptor who exc
cuted the models for the sarcophagus,
capitals, holdings, ETC., is Sylvan
SaIieros, and the bronzes are from
the Tiffany studios.
Shortly after the ceremony Super
intendent and Mrs. Gibbons entertain
ed at luncheon at their quarters in
Blake Row. The guests were: Sec
retary Of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer.
Go Iernor Phillips Lee Goldsborough,
Congressman and Mrs. L. P. Padgett,
Mrs. Grant, Mr.. and Mrs. Winthrop
Chandler, Mr.. Charles w. Stewart,
Mr.. Sylvan Salerios, Congressman
A. w. Kopp, Mrs. Foster and Miss
Phillips, Lieut.. Commander and Mrs.
L. c. Palmer, Mr.. Whitney Warren,
Chaplain and Mrs. u. C. B. Pierce,
George w. Logan. Miss
Wetmore, Mr.. and Mrs. Greenough,
Senator and Mrs. Poinde xter, Senator
and Mrs. johnson, Mr.. Allen, Judge
menhar of ConOrass