Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-22
WAR DEPARTMENT
PLANS RECEPTION
Of WORLD FLYERS

WASHINGTON, July 2O.-Plans
were under way at the war depart
ment last night to give royal well
&C .e home to the American around
world flyers, soon to span the
Atlantic ocean.
There will be receptions and cele-
brations from the time the flyers
first touch native soil at Boston,
Mass, until they take off from
Washington on the last trans-conti-
mental leg of their world journey.
Major General Patrivk, chief of
the air service, has taken personal
charge of the plans for the home
coming celebration, and will officiate
at all ceremonies.
Patrick will fly to Boston to meet
the men who SO triumphantly have
dared the dangers of the air. He
has invited Secretary of War Weeks
to be persent at the occasion.
.cI the flyers land at Boston,
the leap from Pictou harbor, Nova
Scotia, will have been their last
water flight, and they will change
from pontoons to wheels at the Mas
sachusetts flying field, They W.
remain there one or two days.
Civic officials of Boston already
have queried the war department as
to how far they MY go in paying
the tribute of the city to the avia-
tors, and the reply has gone back:
'Go as far as you like.
I ,ionf0n9nt
Smith and his companions will fly
to Mitchell field, Long I;land, where
their engines will be overhauled.
They will take off for Washington
the following day.
At Washington the biggest recep-
ton will take place. General Pat
rick and the entire personnel of the
army and navy mean to show the
adventures of the air just how
much their exploit is appreciated.
Hundreds of people will meet
them as they land at, Boiling field,
and brother officers viii. carry thc
! on tneIr shoulders to waiting auto
mobiles. Then they will be received
by the members of the cabinet anu
probably by President Coolidge.
Their first night in Washington
will be a quiet one. The flyers Will
! be allowed to. spend = as they
/ please. But the second 'Ght an of
/ ficial reception will be given in their
! honor.
Ranking officers Of the army and
navy, members of the CABINET
| the diplomatic corps, and other
prol ..ent people will be invited, II
present plans are followed
On the second day, the flyers Will
/ oFf
San Diego by way of Dayton, o.;
st. Joseph, Mo, and Cheyenne, Wyo.
los ANGELES FIELD MADE
TERMINUS FOR AVIATORS
WASHINGTON, July 20.-Clover
Field, on the outskirts of Los An
geles. Cal, has virtually been Sc
| iected as the official terminus for
| the army round the world flight.
/ Air service officials are known
! strongly to favor Glover Field as the
| finishing point although they are re-
/ serving an official decision on the
| question until the filters return TO
! the United States and more definite
/ Information regarding weather condi-
! tions prevailing at that time Is OBJ
/ tainable.
Glover Field was the actual start
/ ing place of the flight although Seat
| tie, Wash, was the pivot for the
/ first division of the world tour and
/ the place from which the aviators
/ left American soil.
/ AS the plans are now shaped II is
proposed that the filters leave Wash
! ington for the West Coast, following
! the routs to Moundsville, w. v, Day
ton Ohio, and thence along the air
mail line across states east Of the
| Rocky Mountains and PERHAPS as
far west as Sacramento, Cal, before
turning south to Glover Field.
The trip from Washington west
will be made as expediticusly as pos
sible. being considered by the air
/ service merely as the last lap of the
flight.
Officials here realize that once the
world flight has been accomplished.
competitive tests to break the record
of the army filters will be started
generally. For that reason the air
service intends to arrange the sched-
ule for the last lap with a view to
making the record as difficult as pos
sible for other fliers TO break.
A. leisurely trip win be arranged,
| however. for the fliers return east to
give the people Of the country an
opportunity to see the men and the