Show hn Paul l Jones A U il s r rg t tn n g 4 41 1 N y Y 7 1 F II i ehl JO Jeer ty t l OJ or 1 cot OOk d t er kl It f b I 11 c Oo nn v Y O SCOTT WATSON tUe fa fik ru 1 THE sixth of July SOT years a ago o there was born In Kirl Kirkbean bean Coun- Coun re lle i I ty of or Kirkcudbright t Scotland to a gardener er named John Paul a n son I s IX who was destined to toom OB om I K play a role In the found- found l se fit ing of or a new nation For Fortne the first twelve years of n 11 p. p ing ng D John Paul for he was wast t hIs hIs father lived the life k l of t his time and there was wasI I et indicate the high destiny him Then In n 1759 he hep of t ced to a Whitehaven p t d in the American went ent to sea And It was It that this Scotch lad was vas wasi y J Te n t iame fame was to become the i American naval na officer of or IW pp ton n and one of or our great tai Of all time k l jj Americans the name John JohnIs Do Is a familiar one but the thee en e knowledge of or him Iss is isto s to that plc pIc battle re d Bonhomme Richard and cW during which Jones ut- ut Ite b mortal words I have not noto o D fight But there Is so soA soUI UI A of of ot Interest in his career 1 n n In our school book his- his lit It deserves wider knowl- knowl od d Ph ns of his adopted country i ing if It for no other his with Uh the early history of ot oft t Jc taU banner should give him sted ted me That Flag and I are area Jo a U to ice ce said Born the same ble bIe same hour We cannot eh ch or In death So Ion long eh cb goat oat we shall float together 1 sink we shall go down 1 iet J t I b b boy who ho went to sea in inI j I t to U became a Il ship own- own ad idd was making voyages to tse D nr Sidles dies les and to India In the I the Js brother William Paul by a certain Wll- Wll rand became j f a prosperous I dRi J t en n he De died John Paul in- in Thereupon he add add- i d c s to his name and settled planter In America which ter OT rt It was the count coun coun- r t d end selection since the age to g ea 1 fI not long to carry foron for- for on to b become a S Vir- Vir ir man For the outbreak of mm Ion i brought with it the 3 the rebellious colonies j i 11 1 15 with navy which to cope U. U with th Ith the Mistress of the theS theire S t f t ore ire especially to waylay fig supplies to the British lW Q n. of the early acts of or the theer n er congress was to choose a ai 1 i f In gander four capI cap- cap I Tte ne number of fir first i second cond to he lieutenants and provide Vf em im m. This new navy was ee be W v England affair and the thel l 1 chief in chIef was Commodore to Ot nt is from Massachusetts leers who were not New j were rere Nicholas 1 BIddle BIddie ofa of a and John Paul Jones of or d ct st task was arming and Int res f flagship h of the fl set of ot othe ils ls given to Commodore b he e t t. t was the Black mack Prince a hip which was renamed In January 1770 1776 Commo Commo- I i s arrived In Philadelphia i Il ard rd his flagship As heed heed he ed 1 r rf fr the side Captain Salton- Salton eDt l p the signal and Lieu Lieutenant tenant ge Twos was flag lieutenant hois holst- holst t rs A a fred Alfred two flags The one tU ed to the mizzen peak d Vj p of or tile the United Colonies onIes red tind Union nag hag of ot thirteen ed Ad d and white stripes with tack ruck In the upper left hand re a In the future the field of or orbe b be e the Its is white stars was to a ap- ap P Pd d Jf Othe e main peak penk he ran up t flag one of or the famous D. D flags the lie first of ot which hado haded had ted ed b by Benjamin enJamin Franklin o about John Paul Jones Jones' with our national flag t return from this voyage h he distinguished him him- f f and skill skit 1 when the j ln tn ln chief tot I displayed a u timid- timid lV ck of skI skill not In keeping a l ab b position Jones was wa en command of the Providence a I 1 gun brig With her he lie captured 1 1 prizes along the Atlantic coast and OP on October 10 1770 he lie was made cap captain tain tamn and given command of the Alfred Alfreda a gun 24 un vessel On this ship he lie Se setout set setout 1 out on his cruise which resulted Inthe Ir In the capture of ot seven sc British vessels essel which he brought ht Into port at nt Boston Convinced that more good could be accomplished by harassing the British in their own waters than by attacking their shipping ofT off the American coast he lie began urging con congress ress to allow him to carry the war against England England England Eng Eng- land across the Atlantic Accordingly on June 14 1777 congress appointed him to the command of ot the Ranger a anew anew anew new ship of 18 guns recently completed completed completed com com- at Portsmouth New Hamp Hamp- shire In the very same hour that the resolution giving him command of the Ranger was passed there was vas also passed the historic resolution which brought into being the Stars and Stripes And nd It was this circumstance circumstance circumstance circum circum- stance which Inspired Jones' Jones statement statement state state- ment that he and the flag were twins And It is here that the stories of John Paul Jones and our national emblem emblem emblem em em- blem began to run In parallel channels channels chan chan- nels a story which is little known to most Americans and which has been brought out by a new book The National National National Na Na- Flag by Willis Fletcher Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son published recently by the Houghton Doughton Hough Dough ton company Upon taking command of the Hanger Ranger Jones immediately immediately imme Imme- began benn preparing the ship for forthe forthe forthe the trip across the Atlantic Although there Is no record of ot the date when he raised the Stars and Stripes over her tradition says that it was on the Fourth of July Of Jones' Jones cruise of ot 28 23 days in BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish water with the Ranger it has hns been said For daring and success It was unsurpassed In the annals of na naval al history In addition to capturing the Drake he burned the tile shipping In Whitehaven and oft off Carrickfergus and made his name one of terror along the coasts of or Great Grent Britain But the months which followed Jones' Jones success In the Ranger were months of anxiety for tor him also Most of his troubles however were ashore rather than afloat He was finding It very difficult to pay his men sell his prizes and secure a squadron for tor another another another an an- other and greater cruise which he hadIn had hadIn In mind At last an old East Enst India merchant ship shill was secured renamed the Bonhomme Richard In n compliment compliment compliment ment to Benamin Franklin and to this was joined the Alliance a 3 02 32 gun frigate and three small French vessels The commander of ot the Alliance Alliance Alli Alli- Alliance ance was Capt Pierre who as Jones wrote to Franklin was ap a crazy man If It as Jones had complained that the Ranger was WIlS a poor fighting ship because It was cranky slow and of trifling force he soon found that the Bonhomme Richard was worse Her lIer hull was rotten and later luter In his great battle battIe with the one of the heaviest guns blew up at nt the start forcing a whole battery to be aban aban- The crew was a m mixture ture of or Americans and Europeans and with the untrustworthy support of or the crazy his venture was a perilous one at best But disregarding his many handicaps Jones sailed from France on August 1 H 1779 1770 By September September Sep Sep- 22 he had hud nearly completed the circuit of the British Isles had captured 17 vessels and thrown the entire coast const into a n state of or perpetual alarm What Jones could expect If he lie were defeated and captured was shown by the British authorities proclaiming proclaiming proclaiming pro pro- claiming him as the pirate Jones a rebel subject and criminal of or the state On September 21 2 off Flamborough Head Dead Jones met the Baltic trade a convoy of ot 41 vessels escorted by the and the Countess of ot Scar Scarbor Scarbor- or- or ough Then followed the historic engagement engagement en en- ga ement of ot which It has hns been said the annals of ot the American navy contain con con- lain tain no finer liner example e. of ot skill courage and leadership than that found In the duel off ocr Flamborough Head Rarely has 1119 a n commander who won his fight contended with such overwhelming ob ob- ob- ob The story of Jt that en engagement engagement engage engage- ment Is too familiar to need retelling here how here how Jones soon realized that the would destroy him In a n along along nIon Ion long range battle how he be outmaneuvered outmaneuvered out out-maneu I vered Pearson the British command command- at x t 3 N g E NW Jor hr Jy er how he closed In and lashed tf the Ule o Richard to the how the ance came to his aid how the crazy sent a broadside Into the Unprotected unprotected unprotected un un- protected side of ot Jones' Jones ship and how In the midst of or the shambles around aroundhim aroundhim aroundhim him with the Richard sinking under him Jones could still hurl brick back his defiant I have not yet b begun n to fight So he won his battle and Briton struck his colors As for tor Jonet Jonee colors the Stars and Stripes they played flayed a glorious part In the battle For the new flag was flying at the masthead of ot the Richard when It clos closed with the Once It was shot Sown down but It was Immediately rescued Ind raised again and there it sta stayed ed to the end for the Bonhomme Richard was so 50 shattered In the fight that there was no hope of ot saving saYing It So Jones transferred trans trans- transferred himself and his men to the captured As a matter of pride and sentiment he lie would not allow allow allow al al- al- al low the flag of the Richard to be lowered lowered lowered low low- ered but left It fi flying as DS the vessel sank with the bodies of or her dead Jones next sailed Into hito the Texel In Holland with the Seraphs tl tl-e tl e Countess Countess Countess Coun Coun- tess and his prizes But on December 22 Holland asked him to leave Outside Outside Outside Out Out- side a British blockading fleet was awaiting him but In broad daylight dalIght he took the Alliance boldly out of port outran the British v vessels sailed down the English channel and arrived safely In France It was to be another years before an American was to receive as wild a welcome in France as did Jones And that was when the Lone Eagle completed his successful successful success success- ful flight across the Atlantic The king of France gave Jones a 8 gold goll goldsword goldsword sword and made him a chevalier of ot France J Jones ones did not return to receive the tee acclaim of his own countr countrymen men until early In 1781 He reached Philadelphia Philadel phia February 18 of that year car where congress gave him a n vote of thanks and the command of or the America a anew anew anew new gun 74 ship then nearing comple comple- tion But the Revolution ended before before before be be- fore he could again put to sea With no more fighting to be done Jones could not content himself to go back to Virginia or to settle down to the tile quiet of commerce on the seas sens His restless spirit led him to seek naval service with Russia Russin He became a rear rear admiral and in 1788 1785 continued his brilliant exploits on the water by defeating the Turkish navy at the battle of ot Liman He returned returned returned re re- re- re turned to Russia Russin to reap his reward but he lie did not stay long He returned to Paris and there he died July 18 1702 1792 What followed Is a striking Illustration Illustration illustration tion of the old oIl saying about how a republic forgets For Ilor more than Ulan a hundred years the republic which he had helped establish forgot John Paul Jones at nt least so far fur as paying any honor to his ashes was waB concerned In 1005 Ambassador Horace Porter after a long search found Jones Jones' grave Inthe in inthe inthe the old St. St Louis cemetery for tor foreign Protestants Under Instructions from President Roosevelt his remains were exhumed and brought to the United States by an nn American naval squadron sent especially for or that purpose e. e They were taken to the United States naval academy and then Ulen as a 0 final Ironical touch to the way In which the richest and stingiest government In the world rewards 1 J Its heroes for neither his salary salar the mone money he the had advanced to the United States government nor his prize money was paid until a generation generation generation genera genera- tion after his death the casket containing containing containing con con- his body was left behind a staircase resting on a 11 couple of ot rough horses carpenter-horses In one of ot the buildIngs buildings buildings build build- ings at Annapolis for seven years Then when the scandal of this threatened threatened threat threat- ened to be aired In congress he lie was burled with the honors due duo him K gi by Western Newspaper Union Unton |