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L3oA/GPESS PASSED RESOLUTIONS
//V H/5 HONOR PRESENTED HIM WITH
A GOLD MEDAL AND COMMISSIONED
HI/A HEAD OF THE NAVY AN HONOR
WHICH HE RIGHTFULLY DESERVED.
C 3 eantime the British government
DENOUNCED JONES AS A PIRATE —AND
PUT A PRICE OF 10,000 GUINEAS
ON HIS HEAD.
Ambassador Porter
SEARCHED AND FOUND THE REMAINS IN ST. LOUIS CEMETERY, IN PARIS,
EiRES "Theodore Roosevelt ordered Rear Admiral. Sigsbee to proceed
with a squadron to France and bring back the body. In July of
THE SAME YEAR THE CASKET WAS PLACED l/W A VAULT AT ANNAPOLIS.
On Jan. 26. ioi3 Jones' body, with due ceremonies, was placed in the
CRYPT OF THE BEAUTIFUL NEW /VAVAL CHAPEL..
BEGINNING NEXT WEEK - CAPTAIN JOHN BARRV. FATHER
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American Naval Heroes by AUGUSTUS I ROBINSON
YEARS AFTER THE REVOLUTION,
the Russia/v Empress Catherine , who
WAS THEN AT WAR WITH TURKEY, INVITED
Jones to lead her fleet.
HE BECAME A RUSSIAN ADMIRAL
Ly AND COMMANDED THE SQUADRON
ini the Black Sea where me
INCREASED HIS FAME BY WINNING
VICTORIES OVER THE TURKS.
Jl |K, » ’’L/ ■> *-’ '■■ >NiX55s«.
uMJE WAS AWARDED THE
cross of the Order of military mbatt
AND MADE A CHEVALIER OF FRANCE.
Ot THE OPERA, A laurel
WREATH WAS HUNG OVER H/S HEAD,
but Jones left his seat
A N ACT OF MODESTY THAT IS HELD
UP TODAY AS A MODEL- FOR
FRENCH SCHOOL.BOYS.
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OEWOT/O/V TO H/S COu/VTRV BE AA/
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-JO EA/OS A THRILLING STORY
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FZjfter HIS SERVICE WITH
Russia he returned
TO FRANCE AND LIVED
IN RETIREMENT.
EXPOSURE HAD
WASTED HIS STRENGTH
HE BECAME ILL AND
died in Paris on the
EIGHTEENTH OF JULY. 1792
AGED AS YEARS.
(ZJOT cnTIl YEARS
AFTER H/5 DEATH DIO
MEN COME TO KNOW
PAUi /ONES AS A
MODEL NAVAL OFFICER
High-minded in his
PATRIOTISM PURE IN
hi s life Elevated
IN HIS SENTIMENTS
AND AS COURAGEOUS
A5 A LION.