Evening journal., 1920-06-09
BALLOONS READY
AT Legion SHOW
Army Air Service Exhibi-
.tion at Twenty-ninth and
Market Streets
100 IN COMPANY;
PARACHUTE LEAPS

What Is expected to be the most
novel and entertaining aerial exhipi-
ton ever given In Wilmington. will
De staged this afternoon and evening.
az ule American Legion Exposition
ket streets.
The exhibition will be given by the
Eighteenth Balloon COmpanv. of fhe
United States Army Aair Service. and
VIII be continued every afternoon and
evening, for the remainder OF the
week Work OF initiating the three
Dig gas bags brought 90 the city from
me proving grounds al Aberdeen.
Md, yesterday afternoon, was begun
this morning. The exhibitions will IL
lustrate aerial warfare. air scouting
and methods OF detecting an enemy
and Wlrelessing his presence 90 The
ground below There also viii be
daring parachute leaps from the bal
looms whenever the wind is favorable.
The Balloon Company, armed with
tw0nty big army motor transports and
three motorcycles, came from the
proving grounds, at Aberdeen, Nd.
Last week the company gave eXhi-
billions on Boiling field. Washington.
From Wilmington it win go 10 Phila-
delphia for a week, and thence 90
llAi lobul - a. INot LiNuttuuut
Harvey II. Holland Is In command,
aided by Second Lieutenant Max n.
Mayer. Five or six more trucks and
fifteen men viii come up from Aber-
deem today 10 join the party This
detachment will be in command Of
Second Lieutenant +. G. Cook.
The company camp presented a
| fetching sight this morning. The
trucks were drawn up in orderly ar
ray, tents were pitched In military
precision and the c0mmissary,
kitchen and mess departments were
operating as evenly as n they had
been In Wilmington a month.
The company has brought two cap
tive observation balloons, each Of
which contain 1900 cubic feet OF hy-
drOgen and one spherical dirigible
balloon, which contains 5000 cubic
| feet. Then there Is a complete wire
| less telegraph Outlt and also a wire
/ less telephone system. 10 viii be the
first time a wireless phone service
/ has been given public exhibition
| Two hundred and nfty tanks OF hy-
drogen have arrived by freight TO in
late The gas bags.
Just before the opening Of the cir
Gus every afternoon and night when
the wind is favorable, parachute leaps
will be made from the balloons by
| Lieutenants Holland and Meyer. These
leaps are said 20 be spectacular in
the extreme and should furnish genu-
inc thrills for the big crowds which
are expected 10 go 10 the grounds To
witness the earial exhibition and tho
! Legion Exposition and Circus. Ad-
mission 10 the grounds viii be free
as heretofore, the army giving The eX'
hibitiOns 10 aid in It's work or re
lcruiiing. Lieutenant Herbert A. Rus
sell. in charge OF The local army no
cruiting station, and the detachmen
under him. will keep open house a
the army booth, where application
for admission TO the service ana Nooa
tiOnai training, which accompanies II
will be received.
In the vocational line, besides tn
wireless telegraph and telephone W0rH
the Balloon Company has brought VIII
10 a complete rolling machine shop
! which should prove most interesting
to those mechanically inclined, AM
especially those who would like Z
learn the trade Of a machlnist and a
the same time draw service pay.
While the company was entering
the city yesterday afternoon, coming
over from Newark, one OF the trans
, port trucks skidded in the rain OF
: Union street and turned over. Tw
men on 10. corporal and private
were hurried 10 The street, and at frs
= thought - be seriously injured. The
were taken to a local hospital an
their wounds dressed. Much TO IN
surprise Of Lieutenant Holland las
night, they reported for duty. smilin
over their cuts and bruises.
The show in the main tent OF tn
circus this week Is generally vote
better and brighter even that Una
given last week. The Royal Uyan
Japanese troup and Rex's comedy mul
, have proved diverting additions, Will
Powers elephants have added wa