The New York herald., 1921-01-20
Naval Court of Inquiry
Hears Story of Ontario
Wanderings.
MEDICAL OFFICER CALLED
Explains Third Member of
Party Now III Has Form
of Shell Shock.

A-559S sitting at the naval air station
at Rockaway Point. learned yesterday
from Lieut.. Walter Hinton what II
failed to hear from Lieut.. Louis A.
Kloor Jr.. on Tuesday-that the third
man in the flight and subsequent wan
derings in northern Ontario, Lieut..
Stephen A. Farrell. fell from exhaus-
ton several times" and at another time
FLEW In a rage" when message was
delivered TO him.
Lieut.. Hinton did not say what Far
rell's actions were, but stated that on
both occasions he made statements that
do not consider fair to repeat. due TO
his overwrought nerves and condition.
His statements at one time led the two
others TO discuss taking the knife away
from him." Lieut.. Hinton said. and con-
tnuing without him.
Rear Admiral George W. Kline pre-
siding at the inquiry halted Hinton's
testimony and sought to have Lieut..
Farrell called Immediately before the
board and give his version. Instead DR..
r. F. Neuburger medical officer OF the
station testified Lieut.. Farrell Is in the
sick bay" a sufferer from tonsilts.
from frostbite and other effects OF his
arduous travel, and exhibiting mental
symptoms known in medicine as ex-
haustion psychosis." He continued:
'He shows extreme restlessness and
irritability. In my examination I noticed
he shows slight confusion of thought
and a slight degree of perplexity. He
shows extreme psychomotor excitation,
which is a prominent symptom of exhaus-
ton psychosis, making the patient very
active and inclined TO violence. be-
lieve this condition to be due to severe
exhaustion. prolonged anxiety and worry
and extreme exposure during this trip.
This condition Is similar 10 shell shock.
doubt whether any permanent disabil
ity will result as II has been my OBJ
servation that most people recover from
exhaustion psychoses of this character.
May Testify To-day.
The medical officer declared. however.
that Farrell may be able TO take the
stand this afternoon or tomorrow morn
ing Farrell. who Is Al years old. suf
fered most severely on the trip DR.. Neu-
burger said. He lost eleven pounds and
his heart action has been impaired
slightly. Hinton lost twenty-one pounds
but otherwise escaped with aching
muscles snowshoe blisters and a FROST
bitten nose tip. Lieut. Kloor had these
same setbacks but did not lose any
weight.
Lieut.. Hinton took the stand after
Lieut.. Kloor. the pilot, had added a
few details to the account of the ball
loon voyage he related Tuesday. He
gave virtually the same description of
the flight that Lieut. Kloor gave up 10
the point of the balloons landing In the
woods twenty miles northeast OF Moose
Factory. ont. lie explained then how
he lost his flying suit. through losing
trail by the side Of which ne had
left It while hunting for aid; told how
good he was at lighting fires when the
others were unsuccessful, and brought
a smile from the inquirers as he de-
scribed the eating of the first OF their
three carrier pigeons.
This was toward night Of the second
day" he said. "Kloor dressed IL and !
broiied II. We decided the best way 70
divide II was for Lieut. Farrell TO take
one portion OF the breast and the other
and Lieut. Kloor the remainder of the
carcass. Lieut. Kloor thought he had
larger share and gave us each a wing
from his portion"
"Feli From Exhaustion"
Lieut.. Hinton continued:
"On Thursday. December IS. we got
under way at daylight IN great hopes
of reaching the house on the bank OF the
river which we figured the creek we
were on emptied into. We continued
until i A. NJ Lieut.. Farrell being very
tired. we decided to stop to build fire
and have an hours rest At 12 o'clock
we proceeded. At 1920 Lieut.. Farrell
fell from exhaustion several times Il
would be unfair for me 10 state--while
he was In THE exhausted and fainting
conditou--the remarks that were passed.
But / called Lieut.. Kloor and consulted
him as TO the advsability OF taking th~
knife from Lieut.. Farrell and going on.
as suggested by lieut. Farrell. with the
orly hope IN mind that We could find
assistance. as ! fully believed the house
W. were looking for was just around the
eorner.
Lieut.. Farrell gave me his money.
which amounted 10 S94. and said You
keep t. IL any one gets through, you
WILL suggested that Lieut.. Farrell
try to come TO where we could build a
fire. which we built a few yards from
the spot. On talking over what could
be done ] suggested taking off his flying
suit. as Il had considerable to do with
his playing out"
Kloor was the only one who could
sleep az night. Lieut. Hinton said That
same night. after Farrell dropped from
exhaustion. Hinton located the pole star
and he and Farrell debated its probable
angle OF declination. The next day Far
rell discovered the ice on tho creek
would bear their weight. so while Hinton
accompanied Farrell down the creek
Kloor won't ahead to where II Joined the
river. Hinton said he again stayed be-
hind with Farrell when Koor ran TO
catch up with 'he Indian they saw
After describing the routine Of the
long dog sled trip from Moose Factory
90 Mattice. Lieut. Hlntonwreached the
point where he had volunteered 10 con-
vey 20 Farrell the orders OF Secretary
Daniels not 20 talk for publication. lie
cor tinued
"On entering the house whero he was
requested him 20 return with Me 90 the
car. as VIC had received some very i'm
portant teograms which concerned him
lie flew IN a rage and made statements
which 90 not consider fair 10 repeat.
due 20 his overwrought nerves and
condition. I do not consider that he
was responsible for what he said or did.
left the house and returned 20 the
car. Lieut. Farrell came over about
hfteen minutes later and all differences
we're made right and no further con-
troversles on the matter were mentioned
from thst time on