| Show FIND OF THE DID D. D A. A R. R Descendant of John Paul Jones' Jones Sister Discovered HE lIE E IS A POOR BOY IN PARIS PARIS District of Columbia Daughters of American Revolution Will Educate Edu cate Him and Ask That He Ho Be BeI Appointed to Naval Academy t I 4 By GEORGE CLINTON CLlNTON Wasl Washington District Daughters of ot the American Revolution have made up their minds that a boy of ot the JohnPaul John JohnPaul JohnPaul Paul Jones family blood shall he be givena given ghen a 11 place in the sea service of this coun coun- try They have had to go to France France to find such Buch a boy but they have f t nd and nod their hope is that when be he is tour lour or five years older ho he can be brought t to this country and entered at the United States naval academy The name of ot the boy whom the Daughters have bave discovered Is Duvall He Me Is a direct descendant of ot a sister of ot the Scotch American sea lion Hon The history of ot his discovery may not be uninteresting One of ot the tho members of at the District ot of Columbia chapter of ot the Daugh tera of at the American Revolution Mrs bertson while In Paris some little I time ago learned that a grandniece of John Paul Jones was living there ther In ln poverty With some American friends she called caned on the old lady and found her In a n. condition bordering on dire need although her daughter was doling do- do ling what she ehe could for tor her bet support Americans living In London were told by Mrs R Robertson bertson of or the opportunity that there was to do something for tor a collateral descendant of f the man who made one of ot the greatest sea fights o of history y A A. A considerable sum of money was raised and sent to 3 an American official In Paris but before the money could be put to use the I Intended beneficiary died The contribution con was given to her daughter but It was found that the mother bad had died dij In debt and that It was necessary to use the money to pay the funeral expenses and and outstanding claims Will Educate the Lad The daughter of at the admirals admiral's g grandniece Is s in straitened circumstances circumstances circum stances herself Her husband Is a soldier and there Is one son The Daughters of the American Revolution Revolution tion intend If it they can to o provide for forthe the education of or the boy and later to Americanize him and to enter him by ty a presidential appointment at large as a cadet at t the United States naval Academy at Annapolis It does not follow ollow necessarily that because young Duvall has the blood of the John Paul Jones family In his veins be he will take naturally to the sea and to sea fighting when sary It may turn out BO so so however hut but at best It Is a lottery t A grandnephew of ot Nap Napolean lean the Great graduated at the United States military academy at West Point He showed no evidence of ot greater military military mili mill tary genius than did the rest of at his classmates A curious story Is told at West Point of at another Bonaparte grandnephew of Napoleon I. I This ThIll co collateral lateral descendant wa was wal given ghen an appointment to the United States o military academy but he did not report reo report re- re port vort at the institution with the other plebes of the year The class which he the was supposed to enter had been examined physically and mentally and fits pits members had either been found proficient or deficient Then young Bonaparte accompanied by relatives came mo to the academy and was waa taken Immediately to the hospital where there was a board of ot surgeons ts- ts They examined him and said that he was not physically strong enough to undertake the course The cadets at the academy heard at atthe atthe the th time that the e Bonaparte boy was waa rejected because be he was not tall tail enough to meet the service requirements require require- meats ments If It this were the case It la is possible that the service regulations were were responsIble responsible for tor an unwise re re- re- re Napoleon I. I was a short man and In Inmany many ways was physically a frail trail man Size Sire does not make the Tire of Being Social Aids Aida From the confessions of ot a man army aim army connections It may be said Bald that all Is not Joy with the military and naval attaches of ot the American service who are on duty In Washington with White House studies as side Issues of or the regular routine The places of aids to the president president- social aids Washington calls them them them- are arc much sought but It Is declared that after a few tew months of ot It most or of orthe orthe the social staff start officers get tired unto death of their work and long for tor the sound of ot boots and saddles at a frontier post or an order for a a Journey to the Philippines It must not be supposed that the military and naval na aids alda of th the president preBl dent h have ve nothing to do except to attend attend at nt tend him personally when bo he Is givIng giving ing official receptions at the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House or is making one ono of or his bla rare visits to some social affair Young Ulysses S. S Grant the third was one of or Mr Roosevelt's aids but now DO now he Is engaged In engineering work during a large part of ot the day at Washington barracks Young Lee once drilled a troop of cavalry over at at Fort Myer when the pre president had rio xio need of his services s and the other officers past vast and present did and do things pertaining to their military calling when they are not In the midst of ot things social Bunch of of Officers Ordered AwaRe Away Awa Re Recently an order was Issued t send send- nd I 1 I In ing awa from frn Washington twenty five army officers who had been a serving rr Ing here four years or more Th Tilt highest ranking officer who received i orders was Brigadier General Wether- Wether spoon who for sometime has bas been head hend of the war college He will go goto goto goto to take command of oT of a southern de department I de-I General line has been In Washington for a long time and so have all aU the other officers who with him will take up the march Now it must not be supposed that tha all of these officers will bemoan their faE fate Th he bemoaning will be on the tha part of ot theIr wives and daughters who prefer preter Connecticut avenue as a 8 promenade and the White Houses House and cabinet drawing rooms for tor afternoon teas and receptions to the gravel grave walk bordering the drill ground and the small amaH parlors of ot army quarters for walking talking and nod social functions The Tha ladies ladles love Washington and many anold an anold anold old campaigner has tins been Indexed to get a n transfer to this city by the importunities im of ot his wife or hIs bis daugh ter tar for tor In many thany cases army wives and daughters are the real co commandIng command command- mand Ing log officers when It comes to domes domes- t tl affairs It has often been said that WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington has killed more soldiers than the battlefield particularly older soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers who after years of ot campaigning and regular life lite In the open find thata that thata a diet of ot chicken salad and lobster a n ain ala la in Newberg and postponement of or the sound of at taps until long after midnight mid night havo have not been conducive to health Many of the old ones want to change the office chair for tor the saddle and to get back to beef beet and coffee as mal mainstays stays of food and drink t. t There are a few ranking army om officers cers however who knowing the debilitating de de- debilitating Influences of or Washington life ure have made up their minds that they will get their exercise somewhere away from the dancing floor and so they have Joined the country clubs where they play golf gait and follow tollow tile the ball bail as strenuously u lY as as' they ever followed Tel fol lowed the Indian on the western war warpath warpath warpath path or the bob bolo bolo man through the rice Jungles of ot the Philippines I Sponsors Are Amusing A few weeks ago as was duly published In the press because of I tha human Interest of ot the oc occurrence occur occurrence ur- ur rence renee the Society of Naval Sponsors Spon Spon- sors composed of at young women and women not so young who have christened christened chris chris- t ned vessels of ot Uncle Sams Sam's na navy ry objected to allowing a young Michigan woman to enter the organization because because be be- because cause the ship which she ha had l christened chris chris' christened was a collier and not a war ves vez sel el They drew the line lne at coal but why they did no one understood because because because be be- cause the collier Is Just as essential to the success of at a fi fleet et In a fight as asIs asIs asis Is the battleship which It supplies with the means of ot locomotion lightIng light light- Ing log and gun fire Everybody t thought ought when the BO- BO clety was formed that It was was tobe a democratic a affair r. r Some people have c changed hanged their minds Washington was somewhat amused quietly at l least east when the Society of Na Naval al Sponsors Spon Span sors 8 was formed It Is a sort of ot a way half patriotic way half social organization organization or or- organization and It lg Is prepared seemIngly seemingly seem seem- i to do Its duty at the call but n no o one yet has hIlS found out what I Its duty is to be be Cant Can't Help Being National One thing Is certain the Naval NaTal Sponsors' Sponsors society is thoroughly na t ional The governments government's policy being t to o name Its battleships and Its Its' cruisers for tor states and cities It becomes becomes be be- c comes omes certain that eventually there will be representatives In the organization or Iron fron all parts of the Union This condition wilt come because because- Its It ItIs ItIs i Is s the rule Inviolate to ask some native native na na- t tive lve daughter of ot a state or city to c christen the ship which bears the s state tate or city's name and the membership membership member member- s ship hip In the society is made up of ot the women women and girls who have broken the bottle on the prow of at atthe the ships ashey as t they hey have gone down to to their launch launch- l Ings Mrs John G q 9 South of or Frankfort Ky Is a member of or the society Some people think she ought to be Its Its' president pres presS i ident dent for tor she Is the only member of nl the on who did n not t break a bottle of or champa champagne e on on a vess vessels vessel li prow Mrs South christened the hat bat Kentucky an and she christen christer q 3 It with w water ter drawn from the sprint on the farm on OD which Abraham Lincoln Lin coln coin was born Water was not the only used at the christening for sev severn ra Kentuckians who stood at the boat side as she went sliding Into the tho wa ter threw bottles containing whisk against her armor and baptized hei hel helwith with something stronger even than champagne Secretary Meyer eyer Works Standing Secretary of ot the Nivy vy George Von r. r L. L Meyer is said to believe that his efficiency as a cabinet officer at the outset of his career was Impaired by following the custom of ot other cabinet officers of ot sitting down at their desks when when at work Mr Meyer stands up LIP when he does his writing and siti sitE down only when In conference with visitors who are we weak k In the tbd legs al all l least ast s so sri It js Is' reported by veracious persons persons A Washington n chronicler has ered that Mr M Meyer yet brought ave from Massachusetts with wish him a bU E piece of furniture fitted only to the thi work of ot tho the man who Is standing up This standing up-standing furniture is the des deal that Mr Mr Meyer used In his office when he was presiding om officer er othe o 0 othe the lower branch of the Massachusetts legislature Its arrival at the thi navy department It Is said create something of a n. sensation because it liso li II so big that at a distance It locked Ilki Uke a church organ or an gurdy hurdy piano I |
