Paul Campion was a contre-amiral (rear admiral) in the French Navy.[1] From 18 February 1904 to 2 February 1905 he was Chief of Staff of the French Navy.
On 21 April 1906, a squadron of three armored cruisers, under Rear-Admiral Campion's command, arrived at Annapolis to honor John Paul Jones after the identification and return of his body from Paris to the United States that month.[2]
- ^ "Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1906, (In two parts), Part I: Mr. Bourgeois to Ambassador McCormick". Office of the Historian. 2 April 1906. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "John Paul Jones: Commemoration at Annapolis April 24 1906" (PDF). United States Government Printing Office. p. 13. Retrieved 16 November 2024.