John Paul Jones Commemoration at Annapolis, April 24, 1906

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...I directed Admiral Davis to lead and pilot up the bay, speed 10 knots, distance 300 yards. Admiral Evans's division proceeded to Hampton roads, and when my column was about 9 miles distant from Admiral Evans's column I half-masted the colors of my column, but, from the vessels of the third division only, hoisted the American national ensign at the fore and the French national ensign at the main. Although during the whole expedition I had in my division the virtually untried Galveston, only recently commissioned, and the Tacoma and Chattanooga, also new vessels, we did not stop on the passage across nor on the return passage by reason of any defect of the engines or other mishap. I stopped the column once on the passage to Cherbourg, as already stated, to transfer some men from the Tacoma to the Brooklyn, and stopped once on reaching soundings southeast of Nantucket Shoals in order to get an up-and-down cast with the lead line and a sounding by wire and sounding tube, in order to compare the depth shown by the sounding tube with the actual depth shown by the line. Part rv On the afternoon of the 2 2d I formed the two divisions of vessels in double column, distance 400 yards, interval 500 yards, my division on the left and Rear-Admiral Davis's division on the right, and in this formation I anchored the squadron below Thomas Point light-house and out of sight of Annapolis, also distant from Annapolis about 7 miles, at 7 p. m. The next morning, at half past 8, the squadron was got under way, and we steamed to Annapolis roads in the same formation. There we anchored at 9 a. m. in the same formation. We found there the French cruiser, Jurien de la Graviere, Captain Gervais. In order to distinguish my vessels as composing the division connected with the John Paul ...