The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 31, 1949, Page 7

Seminoles, Awaits Disposition By FRANK W. LOVERING, Written For The Citizen _ The gallant old frigate Constellation: which once raced to § West from Havana in of if fi & r cities ii if] ef F ! ! , | f a dismantled two years at the Charlestown Na- the shadow of her full-rigged answer to a letter from William A,| ties of the port here from 1831 to 1838, that Indians were threatening the isolated little along disposition of an indifferent sister, restore her. The | FRANK W. LOVERING not. needed dnd on February 9, sail and moved up the Gulf to her home sta- ——_—_—_—___—_. ! somewhere, in’ his- tory, the Constitution appeared : the role of the Constellation. ‘Ths weiter in the course of years af Key West research, ran into @ referende that led to inquiries @t Neyal headquarters in ee | before being ordered to Newpo! 1894, amemorandum ordering the “U, S. Training Ship Constella- tion” to Newport “before Decem- ber 5” of that year. She put out of the Patomac | harbor there. at West and the added fact that the Capt. E. W. Hinton sign. | Constellation once hurried here | River and had a mighty narrow Mewhere Mea , ve ft toy ss tab, that the escape in a teriffic'storm, “being Constellation was ordered out of ;@tiven ashore with 20 men Mevena harbor on a mission) board.” Following» galvage she, whieh. whether it frightened; WS taken in'tow for Newport, awey the Indians or not, was in having lost two” anchors swhen| ® position to make it hot for them ; cast adrift in Chesapeake Bay; | if they ventured this way. The) -T)he Constelltion’:~ originally | Constitution was on Mediter-; carried 36 guns and was. rated at renean sation at the time commanded by Capt. Jesse D.” Biliot. There is no evidence that Capt. Elliot ever served on the, Constellation ‘The Constitution never reached Key West until December 31,; 1992. She arrived in tow of the mine-eweeper Grebe on a tour ef United States ports. After the eeuine for whieh she had been OW condition “by the” and patriotic gifts of the Nation's whool children. the. frigate. was returned to the Charlestown Wavy Yard and. warped: to the wer again, to continue as a me- mortal to Uncle Sam's earliest ventures a-sea. The Constellation lay 52 years at the Newport. R. 1 Naval Train- ing Station. The late” President Franklin D. Roosevelt saw . her there during a defence area in- apection August 12, 1940, and premised she should be vecom- missioned. This ceremony took place August 24th and the. fri- gete was shortly put under tow for Howton where since she has tons, displacement. Her cost was $313,314. Built in Baltimore when George Washington was) President in 1797, the frigate was towed to that city for partici- pation in the Star Spangled. Ban- | ner Centennial. Enroute she put in at Norfolk where guns were shipped. and spars -installed. This gave the square-rigger the | spect abe had in the old days a4 a sea-freighter, In’ 1799 she co ed herself ‘with glory ‘when Capt. Thomas Truxton. with 300 dogs defeated the French frigat« L'Insurgente “in a ‘memorable! four-hour battle off the West Indies. This: was, Feb. 9th. In’ 1802 she had a gallant part in the war with Tripoli, and struck terror to} the British Navy in the War of 1812. Now the Constellation is in the news again. Baltimore, where she was built, has filed a claim for her hulk and an organization in that city has been established by 150 former Navy and Coast | Guard men to have the historic} F rain-mak- me roca Tower of Babel never see completion,” declares the Rev. J. J. Jordaan. | — gate’ He ip erm on the unani-' JAMES. mous decisi two communi-{ March 3}, a the Dutch Reformed: Ja Teoabcrg, Obi He Chureh to petition the South dite school African prime minister to intro-' duce legislation prohibiting such experiments: The Seriptures made it clear that none but God could control rain, it’ was de , entered news-; and part-time reporter. After | 3 becoming a; » publisher he | Estimates of the cost of re- storing the Constellation range up to several millions of . dollars, Bross said. Post 10,000 has begun acampaign to collect a fund but returns have been meager till now. (Maybe President. Truman may be influenced to take a hand because of his love for Key filiated with the Veterans~of {4 Foreign Wars Post No. 10,000. | The Post is getting in’ touch with every VFW group in the country seeking a united front in governor. to rebuild the vessel and return’ Harding in 1920 on the League of her to the place of her birth. ' Nations issue, returned to pub- “Ship Captain” Edward E. lishing and built up a big chain commander . in Pacific . waters during the second -world war, says his men propose the ancient! i THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1949 more and anchored as a National A . ‘ %, i " ; Today is a strong day. Today’s | Se ere ec MONI Hh ANE TAs con tale tot aon seal will probably attain to some com- parative high. position in life. There axe Success and honor, and ever the station.in life. It is a day of executive ability, and firmly; plated. : } VFW Post 10,000 congressional and public support; was defeated for President by Bross, a Coast Guard’ lieutenant: ! of papers. Your Horoscope fighter to be towed back to Balti-j : and, other things being equal, | many. influential friends, what- | Mail The Citizen to Relatives on a mercy mission against fear- ed redskin marauders). In addition to the desire of Baltimore to have ‘the frigate sent “home” as a museum _ piece, Boston, Newport, R. I., and Mar-! ous. 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