Evening star., 1909-05-25
WR|CHTS DUE IN JUNE
Lieuts. Lahm and FouIois to
Learn to Guide Aeroplane.
HERRING KEEPS COUNSEL
Contract Requires Delivery Of Ma
chine by May 2s.
HIS PATENTS MAY BE IN WAY
Presentation Of Aero Medal.
Brothers May Fly About
Executive Mansion.

The Wright brothers are expected at
Fort Myer the first week in June to
prepare for final demonstration before
acceptance of their heavier-than-afr
machine by the government.
The War Department has not yet
been notified of their intention, but
they will be here to accept their med
ais from President Taft on June 10. and
they will require several days before
that to assemble their machine. 1t is
understood at the Office of the signal
service that they will complete the
government contract and receive the
medals on the same trip.
At present there is nothing doing in
the aeronautic line at Fort Myer. The
dirigible has been shipped to Omaha
and Lieut.. Lahm and Lieut.. FoulOis
have gone with 1t.
They will return to Washington for
the fights Of the Wright machine.
Both of them will be trained in it's
use.
A third member of the aeronautic
squad will be trained by the Wrights.
These three officers will train other
men and officers of the army, who are
to be instructed in the use Of the ma
chine.
Herring Keeps Own Counsel.
Nothing has yet been heard from
A. M. Herring of New York, who was
to have turned his machine over to
the government by May %. He has
recently gone into business with Glenn
Curtiss Of -Hammondsport, who built
the motor for the army dirigibIe bal :
loon, but he has kept his contract for
an aeroplane as a personal asset and
has been working in New York.
Whether he will have anything to pre-
Q0Vprnnpnt
present month is not known. He has
,, intimated to associates that he is still in
volved with patents on his balancing de-
vice, and that this will have considerable
to do with whether or not he fulfills his
contract with the government.
1t has never been clearly understood
what the hitch was over these patents. 1t
is generally understood that the Wrights
ents on practically an identical device,
| and that the claims are now hung up in
| interference in the patent Office.
Glenn Curtiss, who, next to the Wrights,
is about the foremost practical aviator
Of the country. has announced his inten-
ton OF coming down to Washington to
see the Wrights fly. Augustus Post,
CORTLAND Field Bishop and other MEM
bers Of the Aero Club OF America will
also be here for the flights and for the
medal presentation.
May Fly Over White Lot.
The latter ceremony probably will oc-
cur south of the White House. If the
Wright brothers are willing it will be
made the occasion Of an exhibition flight
from the White House ellipse.
The regular demonstration Of the ma
chine will be given at Fort Myer, where
the trials were held last summer The
ground there has been cleared a little
more. The big balloon tent. one OF the
distractions, has been taken down
The Wright machine will be housed in
the shed which was erected there last
summer.
The signal service has been anxious to
find some better place around Washington
than Fort Myer for the trial Of aero
planes. So far 1t has not been able to
pick a suitable location.
There is big fiat stretch back of
Mount Vernon, and one place along the
upper reaches OF the Potomac. Neither
are conveniently located and nothing in
the way of practice ground has been Sc
iected.