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Show GIVES BARRY HONOR REAL TATIIEIt OF THE NAVY, SAYB DIU3COLL. . " Though Facta Seem to Bear Out This Assertion, John Paul Jones Will Always Be American Naval Hero. If anyone had to nnawor tho question ques-tion Tight oft tho bat," who was' "father of tho American navy," no doubt tho roply would bo John Paul Jones. No other man who over commanded com-manded n ship In tho navy has been accorded such honors as lias boon paid to this daring Scotchman who cast his lot with tho American colonies and fought tho English with so much gallantry. gal-lantry. Thcso honors aro such as should bo paid to tho greatest American Ameri-can sailor, and no doubt many of our peoplo bollovo that John I'aul Jones is tho greatest of our Bailors. Hepre-Rontntlvo Hepre-Rontntlvo Drlscoll, of New York, rises to dispute this assumption. lie snya tlmt tho honor of being tho "father of tho Anictlrau navy Is duo Commodore Harry." After many years the United States has determined to honor this officer of-ficer and has provided that a monument monu-ment shall bo ort'eted to him. Drlscoll Drls-coll In n congressional address has eulogized eu-logized liarry and placed him on a plnnnclo abovo that or Jones. Drlscoll Drls-coll has this to nay to provo that Harry Is entitled to tho llrst placo In our naval tinnnls. "At tho brenklng out ot tho war" of tho revolution ho was mastor of tho Illack Prince, tho line" t -"int ship In America. Sho wus -...chased by tho first congress, armored for war, and made tho first battleship of the first lleet, under the first commodore, and named tho Alfred, after tho father of tho KngllBh navy. Ho won tho first naval victory of tho war in tho continental con-tinental sei vice, and returned tho first prize captured from tho enemy In command com-mand of tho Lexington, which was named ufter tho first battle of tho revolution, rev-olution, and was tho drat ship that boro tho continental Hag to victory on tho ocean. During tho Inst three years of tho revolution ho was tho first offl-cor offl-cor of tho navy. Ho fought tho last battlo of tbu war In command of tho Alliance, tho last and lies ship of tho continental navy. Ho was appointed In 1794, and continued (list In command com-mand until ho died, In 1803." Ho points out that John Paul Jones after hi3 victory over thp Sorapls nover returned to this country, bnt remained re-mained In Kuropo nnd received high honors from Franco nnd Unssln, while liarry remained In tho servlco from tho beginning to tho end. Of courso, tho record of Harry Is splendid and ho Is entitled to all tho honors that can bo paid him, but there Is something some-thing In tho record of John Paul Jones that appu.ls to every orson with blood In his veins. Ho was a man that "did thin:.'." and no matter what others oth-ers may have done tho brilliancy of his exploits were such as to exclto tho admiration of the Amorfcan peoplo for all tlnio. |