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THE NI'I'ED STATES CONSTITUTION AND HMSV .IAVA q December 29, 1812 uTo the Senate and House of Representatives. AI lay before Congress a letter with accompany- irom Commodore Bainbridge, i ' VResolved by the Senate and House of Represen- g his captur e tatives of the United States of America in Cone a. The circumstances of g mbled, hat the President oi the United the issue of this combat afford another instance a is hereby, requested to p of the professional skill and heroic spirit which i i ' ' preva of b0 b ommodore Bai and crew command the highest prais ing the second instance in which the condition I 0 the 0f the captured ship, by rendering it impossible 'g d b 0 of the gal- to get her into port, has barred a contemplated i d vices of Captain reward for successful valour, I recommend to the ' i ' , hi d crew, in the consideration of Congress, the equity and pro- p h irigate java, after a success- priety of a general provision allowing m such C3565! both P35 : a fair proportion Oi H. Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives the value whim e to the captors on W. H. Crawiord, Pres. of the Senate, Pro, Tem. the safe arrival and sale of the prize. March 3, 1813 James Madison Approved: James Madison
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N Av A L H E R I TAG E J OHN PAUL JONES set the pattern for aggressive, resolute fighting which has always been the ideal of the U. S. Navy. The heritage of our modern Navy is a vast montage of individual maritime achievements. Whether the ship be wooden, sail, armored, or atom powered, the indomitable spirit of fighting, sea faring, American men have made our country the bastion of the free world today. To John Paul Jones went the honor of first hoist- ing the Stars and Stripes over an American man-of- war, the USS RANGER, of receiving the first na- tional salute in Quiberon Bay on February 14, 1778, from France. In command of the BONHOMME RICHARD he defeated and captured the SERAPIS off Flamborough Head, giving our Navy its famous fighting words upon an invitation to surrender, I have not yet begun to tight. With such inspiration thousands of American sailors have followed in his wake, making individ- ual courage collectively the spirit of our Navy. Commodore Edward Preble, like John Paul Jones, tilled his oHicers and men with esprit and fighting courage. Some of Preblets boys became the great leaders of the War of 1812, Stephen Decatur, James Lawrence, Thomas Macdonough. Perry swept Bri- tish sea power off Lake Erie. Hull and Bainbridge in the CONSTITUTION, along with Decatur in the UNITED STATES, established American naval power on the high seas during the first year of the War of 1812. As our nation grew in stature in the family of nations, so did our naval officers grow in stature as diplomats. Typical of their exploits was Commo- dore Matthew Galbraith Perry's negotiations with the Emporer of Japan in 1853-54. Our war between the states developed the same kind of lighting men. David Dixon Porter became famous on the Mississippi River. Captain Raphael Semmes in the commerce raider, CSS ALABAMA, alone captured sixty-nine union ships before he was destroyed off Cherbourg, France by Winslow in the USS KEARSAGE. Perhaps the outstanding Civil War naval hero was David Glasgow Farragut CtDamn the torpedoes, full speed aheadl'h, whose fleets enforced the blockade of the Confederacy. JOHN PAUI. JONES, 1747-1792 tCECEl-IA BEAUXi One generation of fighting men breeds its suc- I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT , JOHN PAUL JONES' QUAlIFICATIONS 0F REPLY TO CAPTAIN PEARSON OF THE SERAPI THE NAVAl OFFICER IT IS BY NO MEANS enough that an officer of the Navy should be a capable mariner. He must be that, of course, but also a great deal more. He should be as well a gentleman of liberal education, refined manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor. He should be the soul of tact, patience, justice, firmness, and charity. No meritorious act of a sub- ordinate should escape his attention or be left to pass without its reward, even if the reward is only a word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate, though, at the same time, he should be quick and unfailing to distinguish error from malice, thoughtlessness from incompetency, and well meant shortcoming from heedless or stupid blunder. Reproduction of paintings in this section are by courtesy of the U. S. Naval Academy COH'iHUEd ex, page Museum, the United States Naval Institute, the Naval Photographic Center, Chief of Naval Operations. the Commandant of the Marine Corps. and the Electric Boat CompanyJ
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