Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1924, Page 3

NEAR AS AVIATORS LAND AT LABRADOR Last Big Obstacle Cleared in Hop From lvigtut to : American Soil. AIRMEN JOYOUS, SEE REST OF JOURNEY EASY| Have Fully Succeeded, Except Of- ficially—Coolidge Praises Record. ‘ By the Associated Prese. U. S. S. RICHMOND, AT ICE TICKLE, LABRADOR, September 1.— The first circumnavigation of the Blobe by air was virtually completed with the arrival on the Labrador coast late yesterday of the American Army world flyers. Hopping off from Ivigtut, Green- land, at 6:29 am. eastern standard time, Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and his companion drove their powerful sea- planes oyer the 572-mile stretch of water without mishap and alighted at Ice Tickle at 1:18 p.m., thus com- pleting the hop in 6 hours 49 min- utes. The arm of the Atlantic separating Greenland and Labrador is notorious for its ice and fogs, but conditions were aimost ideal for the flight. A slight mist along the Labrador co early in the morning cleared away ater and the planes were helped on their way by a wind out of the northwest, which at times brought | their speed to as high as 126 miles an hour. Show Strain of Hop. The four men—Lieut. Smith and his mechanician, Lieut. Leslie P. X in plane No. 2, and Licut. Eric H.| Nelson. in No with Lieut. John Harding. jr., as his assistant—showed the phy train of the journe, the suspense of the long day they left Kirkwall in the carly in August. hut cxpressed ke oy at urriving azain on North Amer- ican soil, declaring their world jour- ney practically ended. They were met with a warm wel- come from the Richmond, a detail of sailors trom the destroyer Lawrenc and a few fisher folk from along the | barren coa. well newspaper | men and photographers, who had awaited their arrival since early in | Augast. MAKE LAST WATER JUMP. y and | Thousands Hear Gen. Patrick| Radio Greeting to Men. The American world fiyers in every way except officiall ceeded in thelr enterprise. The 4 back on the North American conti- nent, in Labrador, having made the 570-mile hop from Ivigtut, Greenland, | Yesterday, apparently without mishap. | The success of their last all-water Jump, across a sea usually blanketed | in fog and beset with iceberg was reported tersely in a message recei d at the Navy Department from the| Smith and Eric on, it said, both had reached Ice Tivkle five miles from Indian Harbor. Labrador. at 3:18 p.m., Eastern standard time, yesterday, and added, “all well Congratulatory messages were im- mediately dispatched to them by| President Coolidge, Dwizht F. Davis, | Acting Secretary of War, and other high officials, all of which are to be made a part of their service records. No details were at the Navy Department night, = rec dur SFEE T, en Apples—_lledrt nor, Md. Take Tight on_ne yrice P 4796. 710 Morte for Perc . N M. Walker. 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Richmond through a number of other stations. The safe arrival of the fiyers be- came generally known last night to thousands of listeners-in when the WCAP announcer broke in on Roxy's concert from New York and after stating the flyers had arrived safely in Labrador. announced that Gen. Patrick would radio them a message of greeting. His message, delivered some time later, was heard by the fiyers themselves and by thousands of other listeners-in in all parts of the country. Arrangements for broadcasting this message and for its reception on board the Richmond were made by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Text of Patrick Greeting. Gen. Patrick’s message follows: “I am unusually fortunate,” sald the general, in addressing the fiyers, “because while 1 am speaking to you €0 many of the American people can hear me and join in this message to you upon your arrival on the North American continent. 1 know that we have all followed you hourly on your flight around the world. We have been with you in spirit through the regions near the Arctic Circle, across the Pacific Ocean, down through the China Sea, over the Indian Ocean into the tropical climate of Indiz, across the Arabian desert and final- ly in your hazardous crossing ot tbe north Atlantic. “Not that we have ever doubted your successful completion of your mission. From the time when 1 handed you your orders, bade you Godspeed and you disappeared on the first flight of your long journey, not one has passed when 1 was un- certain of the outcome; not one hour when I did not know that 1 should have the great pleasure of welcom- ing you home. And I can say t thi confidence in you has been shared by all of our peopie. Success Recognized. “We are t history that many of you! ors in exploration and dis their expeditions successful, but that hievements have been disre- arded or unrecognized by their own countrymen. You will find on your ational determination that s story shall not re- peat itself. These United States never sent forth an expedition to accomplish a ' greater purpose. This country of six of its sons; and how its accomplish- ment is viewed you will very soon learn. But there is one way in which we | well imitate the great explorers | nd discoverers of the past. Without | eption these ing men at the end of their voyage or expedition ways drew apart, knelt in p thanked God for the privileg had been bestowed upon them. of us now with bowed heads and humble hearts offer up our thanks | m: THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, WORLD FLIGHT GOES BACK TO 1509 FOR PARALLEL IN MAGELLAN FEAT Completion of Trip Marks Greatest Achievement in - History of Aviation—Review Shows Dangers Overcome. With their arrival today on the At- tanic coast of the North American continent the round-the-world fiyers of the United States Army Air Service completed the most marvelous achleve- ment.in the history of aviation to date —the virtual encircling of the globe in heavier-than-air machines. Before the flight was begun Maj. Gen. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service, said the completion of it would be a feat of importance paralleling that of Magel- lan, who, in 1509, was the first man to circumnavigate the globe. The story of the historic and record- breaking flight compares with the most gripping adventure tales of fiction. Like the pioneers of any expedition blazing a new trail, these intrepid air- men, the first to fly around the world, of necessity had to be men of courage and with nerves of steel. Notwith- standing the carefully laid plains for the trip, there were certain hardships which could not be avoided—those that must necessarily accompany an under- taking of such magnitude, compelling as it did flights in all kinds of climate ranging from the frigid Arctic weather of the North Pacific late in March to the near tropical conditions encount- ered in the Far East in June. Elements Treacherous. All manner of weather had to be contended with, the elements ap- parently having no sympathy with the laudable ambition of these men to be the first to flv around the world. Treacheious gal violent rains and blinding blizzards were en- countered in the Alaskan regions be- fore the fiyers hopped off the North American continent for the first at- tempt of airplanes to wing their way across the Pacific. Fog was a dan- gerous factor, and when the aviators reached down into the torrid zone in the far East they encountered tropical winds and rains, and in India ran into a sand storm. What misfortune or ill-luck there was in the adventure seemed to at- tach itself to the commander and the flag plane of the squadron. Maj. Fred L. Martin, who was flight com- mander at the start, had a series of mishaps along the North Pacific coast of the North American Con- tinent, culminating in his flag plane, the Seattle, crashing into a mountain on the Ala peninsula. Maj. Mar- tin and his mechanician, Sergt. Alva Harvey, escaped unhurt, out their plane was destroyed. Nothing wi heard from the two men for 10 days, despite a thorough search of the re- gions, and hopes for them were about to be given up when a radiogram from Maj. Martin to the chief of the Air Service announced their ¢, This accident eliminated Maj. Martin and his mechanician from further participation in the flight. Delayed Flight Two Weeks. When the accident occurred Maj. Martin was pilotlng his plane in a fog toward Dutch Harbor on Un- ka Island to join his companion to the all-wise Creator that this lit- tle band which we sent into the Wes has come to us safely out of the East, | having been the first of all genera- | terrestrial sphere by air. And so I/ welcome you and bid you good-night.” | President Coolidge in his m age | said their “return to North American 0il following circumnavigation of the rth b is an inspiration to the ident, “has been fcl- lowed with absorbing interest by the people evervwhere and vou will be welcomed back to the United States with an eagerness and enthusiasm that I am sure will compensate for the hardship you have undergone. Your countrymen are proud of you. Your branch of the service realized the honor you have won for it. My congratulations and heartiest good | wishes to you at this hcur of ycur landing." Dwight F. Davis, Acting Secretary of War, in a message to Licut. Lowell H. Smith, flight commander, said: “The War Department welcomes you to this continent and congratu- lates you on the success of your won- derful flight around the world. Your bra hardihood and modesty have | been worthy of the highest traditions | of the Army. More particularly to you as leader of the flight I desire to ¥y that your courage, skill and de- rmination have shown you to be a fit successor to the great navigators of the age of discovery. The Air Service, the War Department and the whole country are proud of you.” In arother message, addressed to the other flyers on the world flight squadron, Mr. Davis said: “The War Department welcomes you to this continent and congratu- lates you on the success of your wonderful flight around the world. Your bravery, hardihood and modesty have been worthy of the highest tra- ditions of the Army. The Air Service, the War Department and the whole courtry are proud of you.” The communications will be supple- mented by others from high Govern- ment officials and foreign missions when the aviators reach Boston, the first stopping place scheduled for them upon ‘their re-entry of the United States proper. 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Snyder is said to have admitted The commander. due to a crack in the crank shaft which caused a leak- age of fuel, was forced down on the flight from Seward to Chignik, April 15, and he and Harvey were forced spend the night in their plane. They were found the next day by the destroyer Hull, both men suffering somewhat from exposure. Two weeks were required to obtain a new engine for the Seattle from Kanatak, 120 miles distant, and in the meantime the other flyers rested at Dutch Har- bor waiting for the commander to join them. Maj. Martin left Chignik on April 30, and shortly after noon bumped into the mountain. When no word had been received from him the next day alal the fishing boats in the region were urged to aid in the search for thetwo men in the waters south of the Alaska peninsula, while dog teams took up the search on land. Later an Army airplane scouted over the territory. After the crash Maj. Martin and his mechanician retrieved some of their food supplies from the wreck and started down the mountain side. Seven days elapsed before they came upon a trapper's cabin at the south- ermost point on Port Moller Bay. They were exhausted. There they found food and rested for three days, then walked to the beach, whence Martin sent his radiogram to Wash- ington. In it he said the two men nwed their existence to concentrated food and nerve. Others Ordered On. ‘When it became apparent that Maj. Martin could not continue the flight orders were dispatched to the others to_proceed without him. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, who suc- ceeded Maj. Martin as flight com- mander, was the victim of virtually all trouble that was encountered after that, but it was minor trouble compared to the accident which befell Maj. Martin. Lieut. Smith had con- siderable engine trouble and at one stage of the flight in Japan his fel- low flyers were obliged for a day to proceed without him. At Calcutta he suffered a broken rib in a fall from a culvert on the flying field. Russians Inhospitable. With one exception, the aviators were hospitably welcomed every- where they landed and the various governments co-operated in looking after the needs of the airmen, as well as providing entertalnment for them. The one exception was when the squadron hopped off the North Amer- ican_continent for its flight across the Pacific, a distance of 878 miles, and to accomplish which it would be necessary to break the existing non- stop seaplane flight of 792 miles. A severe storm encountered en route forced the flyers down off shore at Komandorski on an island owned by Russia. The Soviets refused permis- sion to land, but the Americans had gotten out of the storm and were ready to take off again just as the Russians’ decision was received. The most arduous part of the flight was the northward trip along the Pa- cific Coast of the North American con- tinent. Encountering heavy storms, both rain and snow, as well as strong winds and the accidents tp Maj. Mar- tin’s plane, the fiyers were frequently delayed several days at a time. After the three who completed the trip reach- ed the Far East there was little delay aside from that planned for them, but despite this they were 16 'days behind the original schedule when they ar- rived at Paris July 14. This was due to the unusual delays that were caused before the men left the North American continent. Time Record Ignored. The primary purpose of the flight was to determine the physical practi- cabllity of an around-the-world air route with heavier-than-air machines of present development. In making the plans for the flight no considera- tion whatever was given to attempts to make a time record because the suc- cessful completion of the feat, regard- less of the time required, was the majn object. It was this that caused Maj. Gen. Patrick to decline a proposi- tion of British air officials to make the flight a sporting proposition in competition with A. Stuart MacLaren, the British aviator. The latter started his attempt to fly around the world in to implicated Roberts and John Cor- rigan. Some Absent-Minded. From Arkansas Thomas Cat. Uncle Daniel Bernard Haley of Pea- vine Ridge is so absent-minded that the other night when he heard him- selt knocking the mshes out of his pipe he called out, “Come in.” the opposite direction from the Ameri- cans March 25 from Southampton. Notwithstanding that the American fiyers were not out ta make a time record their feat will stand as such, since they were the first to complete the trip, until some other aviator does it in less time. > Achleving thelr main. object the avers incidentally brought to the Daited States another honor—that of being the first nation to make a flight across the Pacific Ocean—as it was the first to make the flight across the Atlantic. These honors are about all the glory the flyers will get out of their record-breaking and history- making performance. It was recently disclosed in Washington that their only additional reward will be a let- ter of commendation, written by Sec- retary of War Weeks, to be attached to thelr service records. The Secre- tary asked .Congress at the last ses- sion to permit him to promote certain junior officers in recognition of un- usual service, having in mind at the time Lieut. Russell L. Maughan for his dawn-to-dusk flight across the con- tient. and the round-the-world flyers. Secretary Weeks expressed regret that Congress falled to authorize him to promote the world fiyers or give ‘them some decoration for their ac- complishment. Started on March 17. The flight was started March 17 from Clover Field, Santa Monica, Calif., the squadron being made up of four planes as follows: Seattle, flagplane, with Maj. Fred L. Martin as pilot and’s anician; Chicago, Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, pilot, and Leslie P. Arnold, me- chnician: Roston, Lieut. Leigh Wade, pilot: Sergt. A. M. Ogden, mechani- clan; New Orleans, Lieut. Eric H. Nel- son, pilot, and Lieut. John Harding, jr., mechanician. On the first day the squadron hopped to Sacramento, covering 370 miles of the journey which was esti- mated between 27,000 and 30,000 miles. The second leg of the journey W 550 miles to Seattle, where the fiyers arrived March 20, after stops at Fugene, Ore, and Vancouver, Wash. They were delayed at Seattle by bad weather, and in making minor repairs to the planes until April 6, when they hopped to Prince Rupert, arriving the same this point that the urred to Maj. Mar- the Seattle being dam- anding. countered Storms. April 10 the air cruisers did 300 miles to Sitka, Alaska, where un- favorable weather delayed them three after which they again took nd went 610 miles to Seward. stretch they encountered storm, but they re- sumed their trip April 15, for the 450-mile flight to Chignik, which proved to be the last of the trip for aj. Martin with his companions. It vas during that flight he was forced down near Cape Igvak by the de- fective crank shaft, Lieuts. Smith, Wade and Nelson flew from Chignik to Dutch Harbor, 400 miles April 19 and remained there until May 3, when they were directed to proceed without Maj. Martin. On that day the three remaining planes covered 350 miles, which brought them to Atka Island. After a delay x days they hopped 530 miles v 9 to Attu Island, the farthest st bit of land belonging to the North American continent. Delayed for Week. Another delay of seven da occasioned by unfavorable weather., but the birdmen got away for the flight across the Pacific on May 16, an although they encountered rain, snow and fog for nearly half the dis- . they arrived safely in Kash v, Paramashiru Island, Ja- pan, thus completing the first flight across that ocean. Hopping off from Paramashiru May 19, they flew 500 miles to Yetorofu, and thre days later 354 miles brought them to Minato, on the main island of Japan. Good weather-at this point impelled the aviators to go on, and a second flight on May 22 took them 350 miles to Kasumigaura, the air base for Tokio. Here the aviators re- mained a week overhauling their ma- chines. During the time a series of festivals in their honor was held in Toklo. Resuming on June 1, the squadron winged Its way 350 miles to Kushi- moto, and the next day went another 350 miles to Kagoshima, the last stop in Japan. The aviators thus com- pleted the first flight over the Em- pire of Nippon ever made by United States Army men. Lieut. Smith, who had been act- ing commander since the elimination of Maj. Martin, was formally ap- pointed commander June 3 and the next day had his first bit of “com- mander’s luck” which had followed Maj. Martin from the outset. Leav- ing Kagoshima June 4 Lieut. Smith's plane developed engine trouble and refused to ascend. He directed Lieuts. Wade and Nelson to make the hop of 610 miles across the China Sea to Shanghai and he followed the next day, covering the distance in one hour and 15 minutes less than his companions required. A stretch of 555 miles to Amoy was covered June 7 and the next day they flew 300 miles to Hongkong. Smith Experiences Trouble. After a day’s rest in Hongkong the three planes made 500 miles June 10, bringing them to Hiapong, and the next day a flight of 800 miles landed them at . Tourane. Here Comdr. Smith experienced more engine trouble and a delay of five days was necessitated while a new engine was in- stalled in his machine. On June 16 the aviators reached the nearest point to the Kquator, when they flew from Tourane to Saigon, a distance of 530 miles. The route then led them to Bangkok, Siam, 675 miles away, which they covered June 18, and two days later a flight of 450 miles to Rangoon, Burma, was made. One of the planes upon descending collided with a cargo boat, damaging the wings, which necessitated a delay of five days for repairs. The 445 miles from Rangoon to Akyab were covered June 25, and the next day in going to Calcutta, a distance of 400 miles, it Wwas necessary to make a 10-minute detour out to sea to avoid a storm. The flyers remained in Calcutta un- til July 1, and in the meantime Com- mander Smith suffered a broken rib in a fall from a culvert on the flying field. However, he accompanied his companions on the flight to Allahabad, 475 miles distant. The flyers %ad little or no difficulty in Cochin CHina, where they followed the coast line, but they could not avoid the jungles' east of Delhi. Here for seven hours, according to a story by Lieut. Wade, the aviators flew over the treetops, fighting the winds, and were able to see plainly the wild beasts below. On one occasion, he said, a tiger was seen and he cpuld have shot him if ke had had a gun. Pass Indian Jungles. After getting beyond the jungles of India, the aviators experienced no trouble. Proceeding July 2 they made a hop of 500 miles, from Allahabad to tin's plane, aged in Umbella and the same day made an-| other short jump to Multan. July 3 they flew 475 miles to Karachi, their last stop in India, where they were again delayed by engine trouble. Leaving Karachi July 7 they made Charbar, Persia, 330 miles away, pro- ceeded 'to Bender Abbas, another flight of the same distance. A total of 875 miles were covered July 8 in flights to Bushire and thence to Bag- dad. The next day 480 miles brought them to Aleppo, Syria, and op July 10 they winged it approximately 600 miles to reach Constantigople. A day out of the planes was taken in Constantinople and.then successive day flights of 300 and 650 miles each landed them in Vienna July 13, an AIRMEN EAGERLY WAIT SIGNAL TO START FLIGHT TO D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1924 Ww would carry out the program wr- CAPITAL Safely Complete Journey Just Five Months and Two Weeks After Taking Off—Last Lap Offers Smooth Flying. (Continued from First Page.) and began their final hop across the Atlantic. They taxied up to their buoys in Ice Tickle Harbor at eight minutes after 1 o'clock, eastern standard time, and were welcomed back “home” by Rear Adniiral Ma- gruder, commander of the patrol fleet, and other elated officers from the Richmond. For three days they had been held at Ivigtut, almost within the shadow of their home continent, by weather that would have made flying hazard- ous to the extréme. When they started yesterday, however, conditions were almost ideal for flying and al- though the gale sprang up after they had hopped off, it aided rather than deterred them, speeding their planes at times up to 126 miles an hour. Pass Over Heavy Fox. Dense fog curtains draped the straits for about 60 per cent of the distance between Greenland and Lab- rador, but along the home coast con- ditions began to clear early and when they hove into view over the watery ret. Alva Harvey as mech-fDorizon, like two tiny specks cleav- ing the atmosphere, they were fiying through a cloud'ess sky. Beneath them a calm harbor beckoned them to a safe landing and a safe welcome back to their native continent. That same sense anxiety that has marked the scenes aboard this trim cruiser, which had stood guard for the airmen from Kirkwall to lce Tickle every time they took the air, was again visible yesterday morning when the far-stretched voice of the radio announced that they were oft. Eagerly the officers and men awaited reports from the patfol ships that guarded every 100 miles of the ocean between here and Ivigtut. The first message came from the destroyer Coghlan, annogncing that the flyvers had darted pdst the first fifth at 7:20 o'clock. 1t was for all the wor'd like hearing the report ot a great horse race. Then the wire- less of the destroyer Mcikariand sputtered that they had passed the second, followed soon by like mes- sages from the destroyers Charles and Auburn. Then from the Lawrence came word that they had turned into the stretch and were running strong. Wind Velocity Drops. Those last 139 miles were covered in an hour and 54 minutes, the wind fall- ing toward the finish line to only about 20 knots. The thermometer registered 20 degrees and Mother Na- ture seemed bent on making up in some measxure to the herolc Americans for the agonized hours O!d Boreas has caused them when he fought to blast their hopes in the dim wastes of Arctic lands The first sight we aboard the Rich- mond had of the Americans was when they darted into view far off in the distance, flying low above the rocky islets that pepper the entrance to Ice Tickle Harbor. It was barren wel- come home for those sturdy Yankees this is a land where only a few hardy fishermen and traders care to live— but the Richmond and her crew made the welkin ring up here as it was never rung before. The Richmond had been belching great clouds of black smoke from her stacks for an hour, to serve as a sig- nal to guide the flyegs to the entrance of the harbor and the spot where their buoys had been placed. Above the roar of their spinning propellers, the shrill howl of the Richmond's siren screamed an ear-splitting we La Follette Speaks Over RadioToday Upon Labor Issues Senator La Follette, independent presidential candidate, today had a Labor day message for the voters of the country, prepared for deliv- ery by radio. Arrangements called for the link- ing with telephone lines of a dozen broadcasting stations for the use of *loud speakers” at vari- ous labor gatherings to increase the size of the candidate’s unseen audience, and for him to begin speaking, into a microphone at the studio of station WCAP here, at 3:30 p.m., Eastern standard time. Today's radio address was ar- ranged as a forerunner of the cam- paign which Senator La Follette plans to launch later in the month, probably with a speech in New York City. Before then, however, he may again resort to the radio to outline his views of campaign issues. - Triplets Get Big Names. BENTON, IIl, September 1.—Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lee of Benton, an- nounced they would name their new- 1y born boy triplets after the three presidential candidates, namely George La Follette, Thomas Coolidge and Ralph Davis. The smallest of the three weighed 3% pounds, while the other two tipped the scales at 5 pounds each. overnight stop having been made at Bucharest and a short stop at Buda- pest en route to Vienna. The fiyers went July 14 from Vienna to Paris, a distance of 650 miles. In the French capital they received one of the fmost enthusiastic welcomes of the trip and after a day proceeded to London, where a stay of ten days was sched- uled to prepare the machines for the hop across the Atlantic. From London the schedule arranged to bring the aviators to the Atlantic coast of the North American conti- nent included stops at Hull, England, then a jump of 370 miles to Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands; one of -275 miles to Thorshavn, Faroe Islands; thence to Hornafjord, Iceland, 260 miles; to Reykjavik, Iceland, 339 miles; to Angmagsalik, Greenland, the most northerly point touched in the Atlantic, 500 miles; to Ivigtut, Greenland, 500 miles, and to Indian Harbor, Labrador, 57% miles. The remainder of the trip will take the flyers to Cartwright Harbor, Labrador, 40 miles, thence to Hawkes Bay, Newfoundland, 290 miles, and on to Pictou Harbor, Nova Scotia, 420 miles. From the last point the avia- tors will begin to think of home, which to them after such a trip will be the entire United States. A flight of 520 miles will bring them along the Maine coast to Bos- ton, with only two more hops left, one of 185 miles to Mitchel Field, and another of 220 miles to Wash- ington. Originally it was intended to have the flight end at Washington, but a short time ago officials of the air service announced that they favored Clover Field, Cal, as the finishing point in order that the air route around the world actually would be completed. It is proposed to have the fiyers leave Washington for the cross-continent flight, following the route to Moundsville, W. Va.;' Dayton, Ohio, and then along the air mail line ‘as far west perhaps as Sacra- mento, Calif., before turning south to Clover Field. * Alr officials plan to have the trip west made as expeditiously as pos- sible in order that efforts to beat the record of the American fiyers, which are expected to bé started generally, may be made as difficult as possidle, come to the aviators as they circled the bay and easily settled on its sur- face close to their flashing buoys. Grected by Magruder. Rear Admiral Magruder and Capt. ! Cotten, commander of the Richmond, hurried ashore in a ship's barge and greeted the flyers as they stepped on the continent of North America for the first time in 5 months and 14 days—when they hopped off from the Pacific coast and began their long jaunt around the world by air. They were wearied to the point of exhaus- tion, due as much to the anxiety of delays in Iceland and Greenland as to the physical strafn of the journey, but were jubilant in spirits. Grasping the hands of the naval| officers and newspaper men, all four of the Army officers expressed the keenest joy at being home again, and immediately began discussing the prospect of starting off on the final stage of their globe-circling flight. They regard the circumnavigation of the earth by air as virtually an ac- complished fact, with their safe ar- rival on their home continent. As a fitting compliment to the Army fiyers, Admiral Magruder and Capt. Cotten had planned to have a scout plane from the Richmond fly out and escort the world flyers into the harbor. This was abandoned, however, when Lieut. Sallada, pilot- ing the Navy machine, was unable to take off in time. The Army pilots were then obliged to find the harbor, aided only by the smoke from the Richmond’s stacks, but with his usual skill Lieut, Smith had no difficulty leading his companions safely home. Pald Honor on Ship. After completing tha task of mak- ing their ships saf -, the flyers were taken to the Richmond in Admiral Magruder's barge, where the ship's crew stood at quArlers as an excep- tional honor to them. As the fiyers were piped over the Richmond's side, a battery of cameras clicked a pho- tographic story of the end of the long journey to North America and all hands hurried immediately to the after deck. There Kear Admiral Magruder read to them President Coolidge’s message of congratulations and as the com- mander of the light cruiser squadron shook the hand of each of the Army aviators again, the ship's crew broke all bounds of restraint and cheered and tossed their hats into the air. Lieut. Smith showed how quickly he can think for the safety of his precious planes when he selected emergency moorings for them on the east side of Ice Tickle harbor in- stead of the regular buoys because a wind was beginning to kick up a rough sca. The flight commander also chose a particularly smooth part of the bay in which to land, Lieut. Nelson following him quickly to the surface of the bay. Eskimos Fearful. Although the Eskimos in these parts knew several days ago- that the Americans would come hurtling out of the air to their land, the ex- pressions that swept their faces as the planes actually came roaring down upon the bay were looks of blank amazement mingled with terrible fear. 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