Evening star., 1924-09-01
AIRMEN EAGERLY WAIT SIGNAL
TO START FLIGHT TO CAPITAL
Safely Complete Journey Just Fipe Months and T,co
Weeks after Taking Of-Last Lap
Offers Smooth Flying.

come to the aviators as they circled
the bay and easily settled on its sur
face close to their flashing buoys.
Greeted by MnEruder.
Rear Admiral Magruder and Capt.
Gotten. commander of the Richmond.
hurried ashore in a ships barge and
greeted the flyers as they stepped on
the continent of North America for
the first time in months and II
days-when they hoped off from
the Pacific coast and began their long
jaunt around the world by air. They
were wearied to the point of exhaus-
ton, due as much to the anxiety of
delays in Iceland and Greenland as to
the physical strain of the journey,
but were jubilant in spirits.
Grasping the hands of the naval
officers and newspaper men. all four
of the Army officers expressed the
| keenest joy at being home again, and
Immediately began discussing the
prospect of starting off on the final
stage of their globe -circling flight.
They regard the circumnavigation of
the earth by air as virtually an ac-
complished fact, with their safe ar
rival on their home continent.
AS fitting compliment to the
Army flyers, Admiral Magruder and
Capt. Gotten had planned to have a
scout plane from the Richmond fly
out and escort the world flyers into
the harbor. This was abandoned.
however, when Lieut.. Sallada. pilot
ing the Navy machine, was unable
to take off in time. The Army pilots
were then obliged to find the harbor,
aided only by the smoke from the
Richmond's stacks, but with his usual
skill Lieut.. Smith had no difficulty
laa biS comma n inns afa1y home
Paid Honor on Ship.
After completing the task Of MAX
ing their ships saf:. the flyers were
taken to the Richmond in Admiral
Magruder's barge, where the ships
crew stood at quarters as an excep-
tional honor to them. AS the flyers
| were piped over the Richmond's side,
a battery of cameras clicked a pho
tographic story of the end of the
| long journey to North America and
all hands hurried Immediately to the
after deck.
There Rear Admiral Magruder read
| to them President Coolidge's message
| of congratulations and as the COM
! mander of the light cruiser squadron
shook the hand of each Of the Army
aviators again, the ships crew broke
| all bounds of restraint and cheered
| and tossed their hats into the air.
Lieut.. Smith showed how quickly
| he can think for the safety OF his
precious planes when he selected
emergency moorings for them on the
east side of Ice Tickle harbor in
stead of the regular buoys because
| a wind was beginning to kick up
| rough sea. The flight commander
also chose a particularly smooth part
| of the bay in which to land, Lieut..
| Nelson following him quickly to the
| surface of the bay.
ExkimOs Fearful.
Although the Eskimos in these
parts knew several days ago that
| the Americans would come hurting
| out of the air to their land, the ex-
pressions that swept their faces as
| the planes actually came roaring
down upon the bay were looks of
| blank amazement mingled with terrible
fear. They approached the flyers
gingerly, as though they thought
| they were some sort of gods. They
were simply stricken dumb, having
stoutly refused to believe the stories
sailors had told them of how the
| Americans would arrive.