The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-16
ried out the work of test pilot, flying all types of American airplane equipment.
 One Of The Best 4

. ried out the work of test pilot, flying all | types of American airplane equipment One Of The Best T Lieutenant Wade is considered ont of the best pilots in the American aii service. He has had considerable photo ! graphic work and participated in many i photographic expeditions of note, chiei among which being the mission carried out in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont in 1921. He participated in the bombing ma, neuvers which resulted in the sinking of three German ships off the yirginia coast. He now holds the altitude rec ord for the Martin bomber. Until re gently he has been the engineer officer at Boiling field, D. c. | Lieut.. Leslie P. Arnold-Lieutenaii Arnold, alternate, was born at New Haven, Conn.,, August 26, 1898. En. listing in the aviation service during the war, he received his ground instruction at Princeton university and his flying | training at Issoudun, France, where Inc later served as flying instructor until sent totthe front with the first obserya- tion squadron. He served with this organization in the zone of advance until the close of the war. Upon the entry of the American forces into the area of occupation Lieutenant Arnold moved up with the first observation squadron and remained until his return to the United States in July, 1919. He then began special training in photographic work and graduated from the Air Service Photo. graphic school in 1922.
 His total flying time is 1,600 hours, of which 800 hours are dross-country, Now stationed at Boiling field, Ana. costia, D. c.
 Lieut.. LeClaire D. Schulze (alter. nate), was born at Los Angeles, Cal, July 5, 1891. He received the degree of A. B. from the University of Cali. fornia in 1915, and D. J. from Leland Stanford university in 1917. Enlisting in the aviation service dur ing and was. commissioned a first lieu ing and was commissioned first lieut.. ten&nt in April, 1918. He served in France and upon completing flying in. struetion at Tours proceeded to Italy for mOnOplane pursuit training. He then returned to France and served at the third aviation instruction centre as fly ing instructor, test pilot and engineer officer throughout the war. '. Lieutenant Schulze's total flying time is 1 400 hours, of which 500 are cross country.
 Officers Speciality Trained,
 In preparation for the round the world flight the above-named officers training at Langley field, Va. Courses in navigation and meteorology, as ap- piled to the route, have been given by tv,a n,,A14fsaA ko A4 khsa supplemented by actual flying of the for water flying and equipped with the latest air navigation instruments.
 In addition to the four officers regu- larly constituting the flight party, there will be four enlisted men, well qualified for a long and arduous flight. 4 C.,
 Description Of Equipment
 The airplanes used by Major Martin were designated by Donald Douglas and constructed entirely at the plant of the Douglas company, Santa Monica, Cal. Douglas ranks as one of the foremost aeronautical engineers in the United States, being know especially for his design of, heavy weight carrying air planes for commercial and bombing purposes.
 The Douglas World Cruisers. as they are known, are designed as both land and water types, being readily converti- able by tile interchangeable feature of wheels and pontoons. Construction of the fuselake is entirely of duraluminum. Wings are of wood and fabric The en- zine is of the Liberty type with latest Improvements. s-
 In the 'round-the-world squadron will be four Douglas cruisers. Scattered at various points around the globe will be the equivalent, in parts, of 15 extra Liberty engines and about POO per cent replacements in the airplanes then4 selves. At points along the routes where flying will be entirely over water, extra sets of pontoons have been stored. Altogether 14 sets of pontoons have been provided.
 Following is general description of the world cruiser
 F The fuselage is made in three de-