Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-24

this hope and because love yol and all
who are dear 10 YOU. wrote the President
on the instant of reading your letter on
the eth on the sub ject of rs adoption in.o
orrrayv. | did il Eecause was eratlhed III
doing II while know ii was UNI ecessary'
The sincere respect ard high esteem III
which the President holds you IS s'leh
that there is TO qualification within the
regular exercise of his functions willch ne
would withhold from you.
Tho sipuifrant thing aro1t Jefferson
nrcdiction is that on July 10, loo%'
Samuel Francis du Pont was made a rear
admiral in the United States Navy. Jeiief-
son knew what to anticipate from tn1
grandson of the man who had hclpeu
negotiate the purchase OF Louisiana from
France. and who had teen ClsunS'lsiiep
IN mary WAYS as a statesman anu iilah u
affairs in that country In his ADDRESS
made at the unVelllng at the star le III
/ du Pont Circle. " ashington, on DccenhI
/ her 20 1854, Senator Thomas I bayaId
thus summed Nlp his career
"From December 1918, onward IN
| war and peace. afloat and ashore, nc qili-
| pentlv. and with intervals OF lelSue le"
and of short duration, served his country
Until June 1865; for eleven years as
/ ml0Snln11Ant iOI ~ AthlS si7 - -
for thirteen wears as q commander LOT
soven years as n captain; and for three
vears as rear-admiral; giving part even OF
| his childhood, his entire youth, and the
whole of his mature manhood to taithi ui
puhlic service. Itmight be noted that nc
attained the high rank that was his re-
ward orly three years before hls dca'h-
Admiral du Pont commanded the .las'
wooden and the first iron t:eet oi th'
American navy; he assisted in the organl'
cation of the Naval Academy at Annapolis
IN 1s45. and he commanded.in the mos'
brilliant naval engagements Of the AleXl
can and Civil Wars During the MeXlcaI
War he was in command OF the tyane
doing blockade duty after the conqnes
of California. The exploits OF the yan'
we're among the most splendid Of tina
conflict The personal gallantry OF tn
then Commander din Pout underwear
severe tests several times, the most re
markable having been when he lande'
100 Of his officers and crew ln the tace 9
an enemy military force Of vastly s'iperio
numbers, and at the head Of this httt
band fought his way to the relIet q IN
brave Lieutenant Haywood and his garr
son IN the mission house 81 San Jose
where thev had long been hesieged
! This incident was tIlt SuIJttt ~ = 'i'NNNi
in Congress BY Daniel Webster
The browning act of his career was
tbe outbreak 81 the Civil War. Nhe
travel from the North 10 Washington vs.
INTERRUPTED and all communication Wit
the CAPITAL broken off. Captain q Por
{ without waiting for any special authorz;
ton, ordered officers, men and artiieT
to the Chesapeake to keep the way ope
, , for the passage Of troops In june, lSh
hc was called 10 Washington and maC
president Of board which. after clahora
examination and study of the Atiant
and Gulf coasts by mears If the maj
and documents ii the Coast ~urve,
made exhaustive plars which guided Il
naval operations az tho war lie Y:
made flag officer at the Atlantic Rlocl
aiding SQUADRON. and in November. lsb
No commanded the naval forces whlC
raptured the Port ROYAL forts and harbo
This was one Of the most brilliant and stril
ing successes Of the navy during the wa
Congress adopted q special resolution