The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-28
HAWKER AND AIDE
RECEIVED BY KING
AND GIVEN MEDALS
Immense Crowd in Front Of
London Palace Cheers Dar-
ing Australian and British
AviatorS Upon Appearance.

LONDON, May Is, Harry @. Hawker
and Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie
drieve were received by King George
at Buckingham palace this merning,
King George bestowed on Hawker and
drieve the insignia OF the mir force
cross, They are the first actual recipl-
ents Of this order
An immense crowd gathered in front
OF buckingham palace to witness the
arrival Of Hawkor and Grieve, who were
loudly cheered when they made their
appearance. The crowd also gave them
an ovation when they left tho palace.
The air force GROSS with which King
George decorated Hawker and Grleve
Is a new honor which Is bestowed for
devotion TO duty"
y, The sopwith alrplano driven by
HaWker on his unsuccessful attempt
to fly across the Atlantic, started from
$40 gallons, Half OF this amount had
been used when the alrplane alighted
In the SEA near the Danish tramp
steamer Mary, In talking Of the voy-
age, Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie
qrieve said today in his opinion the
future OF aerial navigation lies In the
perfection OF wireless equipment for
airplanes, by which the machines may
Forced to Start.
In further statement made to the
Daily Mails correspondent at Edln-
burgb Tuesday, Harry g, ilawker said
We started because the weather was
better and the moon was dying fast,
and II we had not started then wa
might have missed the chance of being
first across, The Americans were of,
Thay were very serious propositions,
They had one leg to 80 and we had
one TO SO. We knew that one American
machine had reached the Azores and
reports came that all three we're thore,
That was very serious and we had de-
clded overnight with Capt Raynham
(Which was TO attempt the flight from
st. Johns In Martinsyde machinol
that we would start II the weather was
at all hopeful.
"As matter of fact We went away
on fewer weather reports than we mad
had any day previously, II was a
splendid get.off-,-mueh better than we
had expected, We passed over Quidl-
vdi at 1900 feet, heing six miles from
the alrdrome In straight line, jolly
good climb with that load We saw
Raynham and his machine, surrounded
by crowd and waved him goodbye,
marss Sf reretiUn aRS en ws sIr sss sfrisa i
| 1.ondon~last night from Northern Scot
| land Such enthusiasm az was shown
| In the greeting OF the two intreplt
| airmen probably never has been ex'
ceeded except In the times OF corona
lions.
The crowds began gathering early II
the afternoon along the route from ths
railway station to the Aero club, where
Hawkar and Grieve were formally well
coined on behalf of London, When the
train pulled into the station, the entire
line over which the procession was tc
pass was jammed with cheering people
Notables in Line.
Arriving IN London, headed by ar
Australian band and a body of Austria
liam troops and large number of auto
| mobiles, Hawker and Grieve passed
| through the densely packed streets OF
| the way to the Acre club, In the pro-
| cession were the mayor and the coun'
| Cilors of St pancras and deputatiot
| Of the Royal Aero club, including Gen
| Brancker, the duke of Atholl and othel
| famous airmen Another delegation II
| the parade, which was accompanied by
| a band, was composed of workers from
| the Sopwtth works, where the machin,
| in which Hawter and Grleve attempted
| to span the ocean was constructed,
The first official welcome was ac
| corded the airmen Mt the station at st
| Pancras by the mayor OF that borough
but still another was given them inside
the Aero club building. After the cere
mony at the Aero club the avatorI
were entertained by the Sopwltl
| workers,
Asked whether he would make an
other attempt to fly across the At
antic, Hawker said last night: "
| don't know, 1t depends upon the Sop
with firm