Evening star., 1924-07-31
fContinued from First Pase.)

can world girdlers hoped into boats
and began a tour Of the Scapa Flow
the cold. grave of Germany's once
powerful battle fleet, which was sunk
mast still protrudes from the tossing
waves here and there, marking the
last resting place of a once proud
Teuton warrior.
Much time was spent examining the
wreck of the Hindenberg. once the
nels, masts and part of its forward
deck are above the surface. This
afternoon the aviators, accompanied
by officers from the Richmond. visited
the picturesque little town OF kirk
wall, twelve miles from where their
cruiser home is anchored.
Arrival Is Thrilling.
The arrival of the American flyers
at Kirkwall yesterday afternoon was
an event to thrill every American
with a spark of patriotism smolderr-
ing in his breast. Long before they
were expected to arrive, crowds be-
gan assembling from every accessible
point, and lined the seawal near the
historic little capital Of the Orkney
Islands, eagerly watching the sky
for first sign of the air adventures
approach
Hours before the Richmond. sleek
flagship of the cruiser squadron. had
dropped anchor and officers and men
were on deck with glasses When
noon arrived, and no word had been
received of the aviators the tension
reached a point where no one seemed
able to stay still, and the quarter
deck was a veritable scene of nervous
anxiety.
Just Brief Message.
1t was just exactly $40 o'clock In
the afternoon that the first word OF
the flyers was received aboard the
Richmond to relieve the tension 10
some extent at least. 1t was just
brief message, that they had hoped
Off from Brough at 1920 o'clock in
the morning. According to the closest
calculations. it was figured they
should certainly have arrived befor
the messages, and the anxiety or the
watchers on the Richmond was re-
newed with added tension.
Then, Just few minutes BEFORE :
o'clock. they appeared out Of the blue
distance = three specks hurtling
through space almost dead-on for the
idly tossing cruiser. Closer ano
closer they drew, the noise OF @ thelr
motors rising in a symphonic cres-
cendo from a faint hum to swishin9
roar as they finally swept over hill
southwark from the Richmond IN V.
shaped formation at an altitude ol
about 1000 feet.
Land In Perfect Line.
Gracefully circling the mainland
and the cruiser once. they oroke
formation with a precision that maze
ones nerves tingle win Joy 1n ano
landed on the tossing bosom OF Hou.
ton Bay in a perfect line. The water
was rough. but they settled into the
waves with as much ease as though
it had been CLASSY calm. Lieut.. Smltl
was the first to alight: followed
Taxying up to the buoys that had
been made ready for them by Mai
Davidson of the Army and Lieut.
tached to the Nays light cruiser
division. the aviators made theil
ships fast, and answered hail from
a motor sailer that had put out from
Richmond to offer any services pos
sible The flyers responded that be-
fore going aboard the Richmond they
would do a little work.
Accordingly they literally worked
like Trojans The Richmond sen,
each ship $50 gallons of gasoline ane
new supply of oil. For three hours
the aviators and a number of help
ers worked, making their plane:
ready for the hop that vas scheduled
for today, tightening here and ex.
amining there. Finally they leapec
into a waiting barge from the cruiser
were received by Rear Admiral Ma
gruder.
Took Time on Trip.
1t was never-to- be forgotten
spectacle in that remote part of the
world. the American planes bobbing
up and down on the waves, their olive
drab fuselages, yellow and silver
wings and red. white and blue tails
flashing the challenge of the century
lateness of their arrival the flyers
said they had taken their time from
Brough in order to break in their
new motors as carefully as possible.
Our trip vas delightful," they
agreed in unison.
the pilots said they had throttled
their motors down to one-haif revo-
lutions and had maintained that EN-
cheney the entire distance from
Broush. There was fog. at Brough
when the pilots took the air, and
at Aberdeen, Scotland, they were
obliged to fly above the clouds Al
Dunkans Bay, however. they emerged
from tho bank and experienced clear
weather the remainder of the trip.
Next Hop 562 Miles.
None Of the flyers looked tired. hav.
ing been in the air only hours and
40 minutes, a short hop compared
with some of the 16-hour grills they
had faced earIier in their. journey
The next hop, to Horna Fjordr, viii
measure 562 miles by airline. Hav'
ing prepared their motors even before
they cooled, the pilots went to theil
staterooms and began talking OF tht
trip.
During the conversation Lieut. Mel
son dropped down in his bunk, fas'
asleep, a minute after he had nut
tered drowsily that his motor nae
been rough as hell" but had showr
loads of power" Lieut.. Wade con.
Cured with Nelson. declaring thai
the vibration Of his motor shook hin
Through and through" Severa
times, he declared, he looked back tt
make sure that the tail of his shiy
had not been shaken of.
Compasxes Fail to Function.
All of the planes except that -o