Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-02-24

| won place for themselves IN the
records of the country and others
have not, but none of them perhaps
is so enshrined in the hearts of Amer
leans as are some Of the old ships
which once carried the flag to vic
tory.
Recently the fact has been published
that only comparatively small num-
Der of the middies who will graduate
from Annapolis in 1922 will be al
| lowed to enter the sea service. 1t
also has been said that those VINO
are given their diplomas and who are
to be turned back into civil life will
add just so much to the preparedness
personnel Of the American people.
The young sailors who enter the serv-
ice and those who do not will carry
through life, however, the memories Of
the old academy and of all it's ira
ditions and reminders of past deeds
of American ships and American
| sailors.
It is well worth while for Americans
to visit the Naval academy, for there
they will get something of that spirit
of devotion which the graduates OF
the institution have always shown to
their country. Within the walls Of
the academy grounds stands the
beautiful chapel within which rests
the body of John Paul Jones, who was
the hrst captain of the American navy
/ flying the Stars and Stripes to cause
an enemy ship to strike its colors.
John Paul Jones, by general consent,
was in the truest sense the Father Of
the American Navy.
Many Victories, Few Defeats.
At Annapolis are gathered the
trophies of the sea and there are
many of them, for the defeats of
ships of the American navy were so
few that line or two Of history's
pages is sufficient to record them. In
the grounds Of the academy are monu-
ments to the sailor officers who gave
up their lives in battle with the foe,
| or with the elements which respect
the flag and sailors of no nation.
Historians trouble themselves little
with the details of such trihing
things as the disposal of the spoils
of war, save those which have value
In hard cash. The worth of trophy
in sentiment is matter of small con-
Germ to the chronicler Of deeds.
At the Naval academy may be seen
Perry's pennant which few from his
! flagship, the Lawrence, at the battle
of Lake Erie. It is a red ensign with
| the words of Captain Lawrence en-
broidered on it in white letters-Words
that ever since have been the rallying
cry of the American navy, Don't give
up the ship" Captain Lawrence had
been killed in the action of his ship,
the Chesapeake, with the British ship
| Shannon only a few months before
Perry engaged the enemy, but Law
rence's last injunction to his men ale
ready had become the American sail
ors watchword. The Lake Erie flag
| is in an almost perfect state of
preservation.
They may not say, much about 1t
at the Naval academy but the effect
of the defeat of the Chesapeake by
the Shannon-one of the few defeats
Of the American navy-is felt in the
service to this day.
Name Chesapeake Not Liked.
Eighteen years ago the Navy depart
ment built a splendid full-rigged ship
for the practice cruises of the
Annapolis midshipmen and at the
launching it was chrlstened Chesa-
peake. 1t was turned over to the
academy authorities and then there
was much muttering among the old
sailors. The name Chesapeake was
connected with defeat and no matter
how brave was the fight that it's crew
made, the ship had struck it's cOlors
| to the foe and the name was as
ISOLATED with disaster. There was
another christening and the Chesapeake
became the Severn-a fitting name
for the Severn river flows by the
academy walls.
The flag of the British brig Boxer,
Captain Blythe commanding, captured
by the American brig Enterprise off
the coast Of Maine, is in the keeping
of the Naval academy. Captain Bur-
rows. the American commander, was
/ Killed III Tic very uOuL VI LIS FAStOAJs
Near the Boxer trophy are the flags
Of five Of the British vessels captured
by Perry at the battle of Lake Erie,
the Lady Provost, the Hunter, the
Little Belt, the Chippewa and the De-
troit. With the Erie flags are those
Of the Confidence, the Beresford, the
Chubb and the Linnett-British YES
sells sunk or taken by Commander
McDonough at the battle Of Lake
Champlain.
Charles Stewart, the American
grandfather of the one-tfme Irish
leader, Charles Stewart Parnell, made
possible the addition of two flag
trophies to the Annapolis collection.
Stewa captured two British men-of-
war, the Cyane and the Levant, which
he fought near the Madeira islands.
When SILK Hose Were First Worn.
It appears that Henry II, when pre-
pairing for the marriage of his sister
in 1859, first had the idea or silk hose,
and that at that epoch-making event
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