Evening star., 1942-10-27
Officials Pay Tribute
To John Paul Jones
In Navy Day Rites
Gather at TidoI Bosin
Monument to Honor
Hero Of Revolution
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1T is by the sea today that we
must move to free. the oppressed
people Of Europe and Asia from the
heel OF Germany and Japan"
This determination was expressed
by Admiral Wilfred r. Patterson of
the British Naval Commission to the
United States, as some 800 repre-
sentatives Of the Navy, veterans and
patriotic organizations of the Dis.
trict gathered at noon today for a
Navy Day tribute at the John Paul
Jones monument. gEs
And this seemed to be the con-
vlctlon OF the men and women, of
the service and from civilian ranks.
who lined the banks of the Tidal
Basin at Seventeenth street to place
wreathes at the base of the monu-
ment erected to the memory of the
man who breathed into that new
born body-the United States Navy
the breath of vibrant life and un-
dying loyalty and patriotism which
is today our assurance of the pres
erVation of our liberty and our for
tunes and the safety of our loved
ones and our homes"
Calls Set AnglO-U. S. Bond.
The sea, said Admiral Patterson,
who substituted for Admiral Sir An
drew B. Cunningham, chief of the
British Naval Commission, called
from Washington on official busi-
ness, is an everlasting bond between
this country and the British.
The war, he said, has welded a
new understanding between the sea
forces Of the United Nations-one
that will bring eventual victory.
That spirit of mutual trust and
confidence and comradeship, which
Is so natural at sea, is what we
must all have within and between
the services, and within and be-
tween the people of the United
Nations" Admiral Patterson de-
clared.
This Nations Navy has suffered
great losses and has scored great
victories, he observed. "You NAV
have more losses, but even greater
successes. Your men at sea are
doing a splendid job and you and
we are proud of them"
Lauds Work of Men on Shore.
But due credit, he continued, must
be paid the seaman ashore, the
stan who work out the plans, who
organize the conveys, the trade pro-
lection, the administration. the
building OF ships" These men, he
added, build the foundation upon
which the men at sea score their VIC
tories.
He concluded: THE foundations
of your Navy were we'll and truly
laid by John Paul Jones. He was q
great seaman and he was a great
man with fine sense of duty. You
will remember his action with the
British frigate Scraps, and his words
as he stood on the quarterback of the
'Bonnehomme Richard shattered
and sinking: Sir, I have not vet
begun to fight That is the spirit
which fills us all today, and that is
the spirit which, overcoming all diff
culties, will lead us to victory"
Admiral Patterson was introduced
by Rear Admiral Adolphus Station,
past commander of the Military
Order of the World War, who in
voked the Almighty to inspire in
our fighting men" the courage and
spirit of John Paul Jones.
Sketches Life Of Jones.
Cant Pntarf n
of chaplains of the Navy, in his
invocation. asked Divine help "for
those who fight for us today on all
the seas of the world and for our
Allies who stand with us in this
battle for Righteousness"
The life Of John Paul Jones was
sketched by Rear Admiral Harry G.
Hamlet, former commandant of the
Coast Guard, who declared the ia
ther OF the American Navy will re-
main Immortal in the minds and
hearts of this Nation.
The influence of John Paul Jones
on the Navy today lis as real and
vital as it was upon the struggling
Navy OF more than $50 years ago"
Admiral Hamlet said. Surely it
must be that the heroes in our Navy
today, whose valiant deeds we learn
sbout almost daily, as we'll as those
thousands whose heroism does not
come to notice, have been, each and
every one of them, inspired in his
acts and supported in his travail by
the example of John Paul Jones'"
Sounds Civilian BattlI Cry,
The morale and patriotism Of the
civilian population must not be for
got IN this war, Admiral Hamlet
added. Their battle cry, he stated,
IS: Contribute, sacrifice and work
for victory"
The Navy Band, under the direc-
ton OF 1t. Charles Brandler, pre-
sented 15-minute concert to open
the program, inerspersed the af-
fair with music and closed the day
with the Star Spangled Banner"
The British national anthem was
played at the conclusion of Admiral
Pattersons talk.
1t Col E. S. Bethlehem directed
the placing of the wreathes, the
first of whichc, from Secretary of
Navy Knox and the Navy League
of. the United States. was presented
by 9Comdr. Edward A. Hayes, USNR,
and w. Royce Powell, chairman of
League Navy Day.