Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-19
MEDALS
FOR MODEST
HEROES
NATION, STATE AND CITY
HONOR WRIGHT BROTHERS
Dayton Proud Of Men Whose
Ingenuity and Persistence
Has Brought Dawn of Sue
cesSfuI Aerial Navigation.

IBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire
Dayton, O.. June 1S-W Wilbur ant
Orville Wright the aviators, today re.
ccNed the medals awarded them lN
act OF congress, by the legislature OF
Ohio and by their home city of Day
ton.
Immediately after the ceremony the
Wrights hurried to their factory tc
/ prepare for their departure tomorrow
for Washington where next week they
| will resume their flights for the gov
| crnmcnt.
Wilbur Wright on receiving the me-
dals made a speech IN which he Iik-
ened an inventor to a poet, saying
| that neither poet nor inventor would
suffer from indifference il their wants
| We're really known. He declared that
| in his belief if Il Shakespeare or a
| Tennyson could be created by public
subscription, public sentiment was
such in America that whatever was
necessary would be forthcoming in
stantly
General James Allen, chief signal
officer, representing Secretary Dick
! inson presented the national medals,
Governor Harmon Of Ohio presented
the ohio medals and Mayor f.. T..
Burk hart Of Dayton gave the local me-
dals The presentation ceremony was
held in the fair grounds. Behind the
Wrights on rising tiers OF seats. sat
2. 500 school children dressed in red,
white and blue and arranged to rep
resent an American flag.
Baron Takahira, the Japanese, ann
bassador who was present at the op-
ening was suddenly called to Washing
ton before thf eonell'
After the presentation ceremony the
crowds witnessed a parade Of floats
depicting the Development Of locomo-
tion in America This was headed by
an Indian runner and after the vari-
Gus stages from the OK cart to the au-
tomobile had been shown was con-
cluded by an aeroplane with the sug
gcstion that the route for speeding
would be among the clouds.
In presenting the government med
ais General James Allen, chief
signal officer of the army represent
ing the secretary Of war. gave his
tory Of the relation between the Unit |
ed States government ana the Wright
brothers in the purchase of an aero
plane.
He said that So far as he knew the |
contract entered into by the Wright
brothers for furnishing the govern
ment with a heavier than air flying |
machine, was the first public contract |
made by any government for aeronau-
teal appliances He also spoke Of
the flights of the Wright brothers both |
in America and abroad, concluding his
remarks along this line by saying that
to them is due the great credit of first
publicly demonstrating to the world
the practicability of dynamic flight.
The success of the Wright broth
crs has not been due to chance" said
General Allen, but to their persist
cnce daring and intelligence in scien-
tifcally working out the different
parts which go to make up their ma
chine and practically testing the same
i'm flight Orville and Wilbur Wright
have, by their genius and preservence.
done honor to the United States The
United States in return has sgnally Of
i'it0 AuNii bN Il INAilA itHOlullOll u
It's congress and the presentation
Of these medals, designed by the
secretary of war in accordance
With that resolution and With the
cooperation of the Sc ~etary of the
.reasury struck at the United States
mint in Philadelphia.
within the past few months Mr.
Wilbur Wright has made domonstra-
ions in the presence of the king of
England king Of Spain and the king
IF italy and the ambassador at Rome.
las also flown AS passenger with ,
I1r Wright. These two distinguished
sentlemen have therefore received
most distinguished honors both at I
,ome and abroad"
General Allen described the medal I
lurng his speech. It bears a fac /
imile of the great seal OF the United
states. the date Of the joint resolu- ,
ion of congress providing FOR the me- {
ais and the words Of the resolution d
In recognition and appreciation of G
heir ability. courage and success in I
avigating the air." 7
ON the reverse side is a cherub q
earring the torch of enlightenment !
lying over the earth and the inscrip-
ion shall mount up with wings as t
ngels" a
Governor Harmon in presenting the J
ledal for the state. said in part I
Mankind long ago mastered the q
ri OF the fish and the waterfowl but il
hey looked helpless Of emulation al 4
ne birds of the air. The aspiration
, fly through the air has besct man !
ind i'm all ages The balloon was a
vented. but it had to float at the n
Iercy of the winds. Ii was merely A y
umsy plaything, curiosity. only C.
le intellect of man could make wings p
II his body. He must fly by machin- d
Y nicely adapted to the difficulties a
be met AID moved by captive 4