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Show STATUE TO I Jr& smcp II leuUnLu Monument of Navy's (I First Great Command- II er Unveiled Today JH Washington, April 17. The monu- M ment to John Paul Jones authorized H by congress in 190G. when ?50,000 was J appropriated lor tho purpose, waa jfH unvoiled at tho entrance to Potomac tM park today. Charles Henry NIehaus P of New York was the scplptor se- fH lectod to muko the statue, and lie rep- resented the great sea fighter as be fLH stood on the deck of tho Bonhomme H BIchard during the engagement with f the'SorapIs and other British vessela H off the coast ot England September 20, i 1779. He wears the costume of the 'J naval officers of the period. His left iVH hand rests on the pommel of hfa kH sword, while his right band is clinched BH in sympathy with his compressed lips. I John Paul Jones was the first great jH commander of the American navy At f jH tho ceremonies today President Taft jl and General Horace Porter were the 7 only speakers. George von L. Meyer, JH secretary of tho navy, w-as presiding H officer and Admiral Dewey pulled the H cords that rclcasod. the flags about iM the heroic figure. H |