Evening star., 1924-11-25

first fun view Of tie Capital Of the Ma
ton.
Goes Over War College.
At the south end OF Boiling Field
the diriGible made a graceful turn
toward the Washington Monument
in which position she afforded a
splendid view to the thousands be-
low. On and over the city she few.
offering to every one below chance
to SEE this most famous OF all diri-
gibles She will continue her flight
o ut the District until 2;30 or 2:4t
o o'clock-depending on the time OF ar
rival OF the President and Mrs. Coolidge
Business in the Government de-
partments virtually stopped as thou
sands craned their necks for look
at the Nations new monster Of the
air. Navy. officers watched her per
formances with the greater interest
because II was her first trial on this
side Of the Atlantic, her first venture
in the hands of American naval men
and the first time she had taken the
air using helium instead OF hydrogen
In her imitation tanks.
The appearance over the American
Capital of Zeppelin in her war paint
during the eventfui days Of IT could
scarcely have demoralized more COM
pletely the work a-day life of Wash
ington. But today's visitor found
orly a whole-hearted welcome, both
symbolized a new friendship between
the land of her nativity and the coun-
try to which she has come.
Greeted by Two Planes.
Two planes. one Army and one
Navy. were in the air when the ZR-a 3
broke through the fog from the
northeast. They few toward her In
battleplane formation in mode of at
tack, but it was for he purpose OF
begin the first to greet the ship on
her first nigh anywhere since her
delivery to the Navy at Lakehurst
above and another playing below the
three craft offered a pleasing picture
to those on the ground. Had the ZR-
8 been inflated with hydrogen these
planes would not have been permitted
to approach so closely on account of
the possibility of an explosion.
Crowd at Bowling Field.
BY the time the zR-3 circled the
Washington Monument, proceeded to
Arlington and over the Tomb OF the
Unknown Soldier and headed for
Was ashington again the spectators on
the Army side at Boiling Field in
creased more than 100 per cent The
little group of automobiles parked
near the officers quarters grew until
1t stretched almost to the entrance
OF the field.
800 Ready to Aid Landing.
Out on the field 900 sailors, attired
in white caps, jackets and canvas
ieggins and looking their very best
stood lat ease" waiting for the Zep-
pelin to land In order that they may
carry out the most important and
delicate operation of the entire trip
hauling her down. This ground force
was trained in theory only by Lieut.
Charles Rosendahl OF the naval air
station at Lakehurst, n. ]. AS there
was very little wind at the field
1t was not expected there would be
any difficulty In handling her.
About 800 pounds is the weight the
sailors will have to pull down and
hold down until the ship is ready to
depart The Shenandoah, while be-
ing landed on the Pacific Coast by m
inexperienced crew. was buffeted by
tho wind and the force lost control,
with the result that slight damage
was done to her nose. While the ZR-s
was circling the downtown section
the sailors, augmented by two com.
panies of marines, were lined UT
parallel with the field and q final re.
hearsai was held.