The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-20
Party Spends Day on Reserv-
alton Examining Facili-
ties and Equipment.
WILL LEAVE FOR
NEW ORLEANS TO-DAY
Members of Board Make
Trips in Airplanes and
Kite Balloon.

The Commission on navy yards
and naval stations visited the aero
nautic station here Sunday and spent
the day on the reservation. The
party left Central wharf at nine
o'clock OF board the Destroyer Roe
and steamed up the bay as far as
Mdscogee wharf, where a turn was
made, and the run, back past the city,
and out into the gulf.
The trip ended at the outer buoy,
where the vessel turned and came
back to the atronautic station, lard
ing at the new pier With has just
been completed. Landing at the sta
ton at Ills, board was met by Col
Davis, of Fort Barrancas, and with
the party and officers a tour of in
spection was conducted through the
erecting shops, hangers, and ali other
buildings on the reservation, inside
the enclosure.
At one o'clock luncheon was served
to the board and members Of the
party at the home of Captain Mus
TN, eommSndex 8 the station, and
Immediately afterward the inspection
was resumed
During the afternoon the greater
amount of inspection WIS done, for
then it was the equipment, and gen
eral facilities which were under eX-
animation. Two members of the
commission were taken up in the new
Kite balloon, the second which has
arrived here recently. The big craft
was allowed to rise about 600 feet.
so that a good birdseye view could
be obtained of the entire reservation
! and surrounding country.
When this was completed the COM
missioners were taken to the hangers
where some of the airplanes were in
Captain Muslin and Lieutenants Nc
Donnell and Corey piloted three
machines with three members of the
board as passengers. Flights were
made out over the bay, and az high
attitudes, so that more complete
view could be gained of the entire
country than was possible from
| the stationary balloons.
Every member of the board seemed
| we'll pleased with the station and the
manner in which the fork is being
| conducted here, and expressed their
approval of Pensacola, and the sta
| ton. Several members of the board
who had visited this city previous
~ to the present visit, expressed
pleasure and the great changes which
have taken place. for the betterment
and growth of the city.
| All were impressed with the har-
Dor, and the depth Of water which is
available, and the general organiza-
ton of the naval station here
/ After the inspection was COM
| pleted, the members of the party re-
turned to Pensacola, leaving the
board in conference with Col. Davis
On the party were, besides the mem
| bers of the commission, Captain
| Muslin, commander of the aeronautic
station, John A. Merritt, Lieutenant
| Commander r. A. McCreary, James
Muldon, George Hertey, w. A.
Blount, ST., c. f. Dobson, and w. A,
Blount, Jr.
/ On the party was Captain Sturte-
want, head of the Army Engineering
Corps, for this district, with head
quarters at Montgomery. He ar
rived in the city Saturday night with
the board, having Joined it at Mont
9omery, on their way from Wash
ington.
The inspection of the station will
be resumed this morning when c. E
Dobson and the board will go to tbs
station by motor, and remain unit
noon when the board will depart fol
i New Orleans to inspect the navy
: yard there. From New Orleans tbs
! trip will be made to the Pacific
coast, the board returning to Wash
ington in December when it is prob
able that the findings on the trip vii
be made public.