Evening star., 1911-08-21

starting from college Park
aviation field. Lieut.. Harry Ar
mold and Capt. Charles de Forest
Chandler. in a Wright biplane,
flew to the National Guard en-
campmcnt at Frederick this
morning. The trip was forty-one
miles air line, and was made in
fiity-two minutes. This includes
the time that has to be subtracted
for rising and landing, both OF
which consume some minutes, so
the trip was quicker than could
be made by any other convey
ance.
Two machines started on the
fight. the. Wright and Burgess
Wright. The latter, Lieut.. Thom-
as Dewitt Milling and Lieut. r.
c. Kirkland, had engine trouble
over Kensington. Nd, soon after
starting and had to land. In
doing so it was injured and did
not continue the trip.
S,ecial Dispatch 10 The star
CAMP ORDwAY. FREDERICK. Nd.
August 2I-For the first time in history
an aeroplane called on brigade OF ma
tional guardssnen in camp. when Capt.
c. de Forest Chandler and Lieut.. Henry
IT. Arnold landed as gently as a pet dove
In their Wright machine just as the in
fantry OF this brigade was starting out to
q
the war game.
The two officers landed at 1:23 o'clock
am. having left College Park at 6:34
O'Clock They supposed that Lieut.. Mill
ing and Lieut.. Kirkland would arrive in
half an hour. having no idea that the
second machine had stopped en- route.
This was no idle flight to get up an
appetite for breakfast. although the two
aviators acquired something that resem-
bled voracity by the time they were es-
corted into the mess tent behind brigade
headquarters The flight taught the two
officers something that will perhaps be
OF great value in learning the art OF
scouting 100 feet in the air.
The cncamp2ient. owing TO the neutral
tint Of the canvas. was invisible to the
aviators until within three miles OF the
camp. While the houses of Frederick
were visible twenty-five miles away. the
location of the camp was a puzzle until
the esgle-eyed Chandler espied tre-
m.ndous white cross. which had been
painted in the middle of the camp site
10 catch the eye of the men and to give
them an idea where to land. In other
words, the camp saw the aeroplane just as
soon as the aeroplane saw the camp.
G~n u~s-L< - 4 knn r~><
They sailed across country at an altitude
OF fifteen hundred feet. and did not have
TO change once. The camp was watching
for the visitors ever since reveille The
brigade staff with its tents facing Fred
erick over which the visitors must fly
had eyes on the sky all morning.
The men expected the plane to land
about O'Clock. The companies tha'
; were going out in the field TO be drilled
in company work in the attack were
hoping that they wouldn't be lying ha
on their faces in cover OF rag weed
Stimulating actual conditions, with the
novelty OF the day sailing over theil
heads, and they just barely got theil
wish
Some one saw a black speck in the SIX!
and shouted. Officers began getting ou
fead glasses and men began to leave their
the open field TO catch good glimpse
Several companies lined up to march out
in the field were ordered to stand stiff ant
not move. II was most trying occasion
for the inquisitive men in the ranks.
Mai Charles j. Fox, something Of ar
aviasor expert. grabbed a white towel
,ied IL 10 a stick and began signaling fu-
riously He stood near the white cross
which had been marked on the green
Geld. AS the plane sailed nearer and it,
engine was shut off 10 glide downward
men began 10 run out into the space FOL
landing. until Capt. Chandler had to vel
a warning from the sky. When a space
had been cleared he darted into a de
scendtng curve and landed in the middl,
OF the cross seemingly without effort.
Gen. Harries Greets Aviators.
Then came the cheering and crowd
ing. and n detail of mounted men from
the Signal Corps Company had to clea
the field. The two young officers .shool
hands with nearly every one in camI
and went up TO brigade headquarters
where Gen. Harries was waiting wit
a warm smile and a handshake. Al
Frederick thereupoE began to wend il
wuy toward camp. and by this after
moon the roads to camp were blocke
With the curious ones making thei
IContinued on Fourth Pase)