Evening star., 1924-09-08
World Flyers Reach Ne'o York
After Flight From Boston
Forecast of Rain Storms Mouing TO,Uard Capital
From, Ohio May Cause Delay of
Several Days.

will fly directly down the park to the
river andw heel across to Boiling
Field, taxing across 1T as soon as
they land and halting directly in
front of the small grandstand, in
which will be seated high Govern
mcnt officials, leading officers of the
Army. Navy and Marine Corps. men,
bers of the diplomatic corps and pos
sibly the President.
Gen. Patrick will welcome the men
to Boiling Field and Secretary of
War Weeks. or his official representa-
tive. congratulate them in the name
of the War Department. The public
has been cordially invited to partici-
pate in these ceremonies and special
arrangements will be made for park
ing the hundreds of automobiles that
are expected to bring the spectators
to the field. Immediately after the
short, official ceremonies of welcome.
the people will be permitted to go out
and personally welcome the flyers
and make a thorough examination of
the machines that have all circled the
world.
The flyers headquarters in Wash
ington Will be the Willard Hotel
There they will occupy the Presiden-
tial suite and several adjoining rooms
Immediately after a short luncheon
at Boiling Field they will be taken
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companied by a police escort, and go
first to the War Department to Off
cially pay their respects to Secretary
Weeks. They are expected to then
visit the White House and go imme-
diately to their rooms in the VIII
lard.
To BE Generals Guest.
In the evening they will be the
guests Of Gen. Patrick at a private
dinner, at which only a few special
guests will be present. They will
be driven to their hotel early and
retire Immediately, so as to get a
good nights rest and be fit for their
next hop. in the morning, to Dayton.
Ohio. Next they will stop at Chi
caEo, st. Joseph, Mo-; Fort Crook.
Neb.: North Platte, Neb.; Cheyenne,
Wyo.; Rock Springs, Wyo.; Salt Lake,
Utah; Salduro: Rero. New; Sacra-
mento, Calf; Eugene, Ore, and
thence to Seattle.
Dates for the various sections of this
transcontinental flight depend upon
conditions from day to day az the flight
proceeds, and cannot be fixed in ad-
vance except in the most tentative way
The degree to which the schedule is
subject to alteration was emphasized
today in the dispatch received BY the
Air Service from Gen. Patrick.
Experts to Study Planes.
With the flight completed at
Seattle. the world cruisers will turn
southwark again travelling to Rock
well Field by way of San Francisco,
Santa Barbara, Santa Monica to San
Diego. The machines will be sur
rendered by the crews which carried
them around the earth on their
arrival at Rockwell Field and be given
over into the hands of experts as
SC embled there for the purpose Of
making the detailed mechanical
study.
Army Air Service experts are
awaiting with growing interest an
opportunity to read the wordless
story of the flight around the world
written in the mechanical condition
of the world cruisers at the end of
their journey. The tale will be told
In the course of a minute inspection
to which the planes will be subjected
at Rockwell Field, San Diego, after
the first air trip around the earth
has been completed.
The machines will be COMPLETELY
disassembled. Every part will be ex-