Show would raise arnolds ship celebrant want to recover royal savage sunk over century ago lot after fight with br t sh albany N acting on behalf of tl e state of new 1 ork the late champlain tercentenary commission having charge of the celebration dur ing the week of july 4 next of the three hundredth anniversary of the discovery by samuel de champlain of the lake which bears his name made application to the government for per mission to raise from the lake all that remains of the hull of the royal sav age flagship 0 gen benedict arnold commanding the american fleet in the first naval engagement of the revola alon for nearly years the hoyal sav age has lain on the lake bottom close to where on october 11 1776 after arnold had given desperate battle to a british fleet twice the size of his own she went aground and was aban cloned arnold transferring his flag to the congress and making his escape in the night it Is granted th royal savage will be raised and shown on the lahe during the week of july 4 divers have found that while the superstructure Is gone the hi 11 Is in tact if it Is in good condition steps doubtless will be taken to rebuild the old vessel on its original lines historians of this country are agreed that however base a traitor to his country he afterward proved benedict arnold made a gallant fight overwhelming odda from the deck of the koyal savage |