The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-20
ATTACHMENTS OF ARMY AND NAVY
 HERE FOR RACES
Saturdays Test to Pick Three United States Representa- tiVeS In International
 Balloon Meet

With the exception of Lieut.. R. $. olmstead, who is expected today, ths army detachment, in command of Lieut.. Byron T. Burt, is all on the ground. Lieut.. w. Turnbull from Love field, Dallas, Tex, arrived yesterday with a detail of eleven men, who are to have charge of the imitation and release of three SO,000-foot balloons that are being relied on to establish a new national record.
 The navy detachment, in command or Lieut. Raffe Emerson, who won second place. in last years army and navy race at St Louis is on the way here and Will arrive some time this afternoon. A re- cent arrival is W. w. Morton, represent ing the Goodyear Company, Akron, ohio' When the list is completed the lineup will probably be as follows: Army three balloons, Nos. B. 2, 1, commanded py Lieutenants Burt, Mcintyre and Thomp- son, respectively; navy, one balloon, com manded by Lieutenant Emerson; army balloon school, Fort Omaha, A. Leo Stevens Goodyear's, Ralph H. upsoh' present holder of the Gordon Bennett in- eernational trophy; II. l.. Honeywell, J. S McKilden, E. S Cole, Arthur C. Hos lins, Capt J. NJ. OReilly and Bernard Von Hoffman, who will each haV2 charge of a St. Louis balloon William S. Assman Roy r. Donaldson and War ren Rasor, who will represent Litt'e Rock, Ark, Springfield. Mo. and BrooA- vile, Ohio, respectively.
 A number of passages are being Fe- served for the press representatives, anu a huge collection of literature descrip- tive of Birmingham, is being prepared for distribution throughout the journey All the balloons will be provided w'eh blank /reDorts which will be filled out with approrate data, and dropped pS means of parachutes in towns ana VII lages en route. In this way tabs VIII pc kept on all the contestants throuSnoue the race.
 When inflated to capacity, the balloons will hold sufficient gas for a fourty- eight-hour run, but to provide against contingencies like that encountered py Hawley and Post in 1910, when they were lost for four days in the forests ol northern Canada, weeks provisiohs are taken along. In hls log, brps'o"' the winner of the international tropnv VI 1907. gives the following inventory: our lunch basket was filled with some sahu- wiches. eggs. outlets, some cold poultry bread sausage and chocolate Thfea half bottles of Burgundy were to keep us warm during the night. For the mofu- ing we carried some hot coiiee " thermos bottles, while during the aas we were going to drink cold tea anu cider" This was back in the oays pe fore prohibition No announcement has heen made as to the character or qoa'- titv of liquid refrcshment to be earfieh on this trip, but it is safe to say that none of the fleet apprehend being over halIed en route by either revenue po- lice or law enforcement officers.
 Commencing Thursday next, locai ni ganizations look for an invasion or uis tinguished government vlsitofs' ooth aral and state. The Secretary of War and inc Secretary of the Navy have been invited. together with heads Of Vario1S bureaus in Washington. Several accept ances nave already been recelVed'