Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-08
Ovation at Boston
Continued from PAGE One)


Another plane, the Boston, was
wrecked when engine trouble forced
it down in the Atlantic between Scot
land and Iceland. Lieutenant Leight
Wade, pilot. and Lieutenant l.. NJ.
Ogden, mechanician, resumed the
fight in the Boston ii from Pictou,
n. S.
Today great throng at the Bos-
ton airport and a delegation of high
ranking army, navy and civil officials
rendered tribute to the arriving air
men. The fliers We're greeted with
the national salute Of u guns. Gus
tomarily accorded only to presidents
and to the rulers Of foreign powers.
Harbor and city joined in the pane
monium of shriekiny whistles, ring :
ing bells and roaring sirens as the
planes escorted by II land flying ma
chimes, circled the harbor as the aft-
ators after alighting were taken TO
the reception barge.
Then the great crowd of $4,000 ct
the airport fell silent aid stood uii-
covered while band played the M
ticnal anthem and Home Sweet
Home.
IL Planes in Escort
The flyers were met Tar up in the
Maine coast by Major General Mason
NJ. Patrick, chief of the air service.
and assistant secretary OF wal.
. Dwight +. Davis, with IL planes.
With the world flyers in advance in n
triangle, the escort made the trip Il;
IL huge spearhead formation, some
what higher than The round the
world planes. At the tip of the
srearhead was General Patrick.
They reached Boston Just before .
I - L., y..l~ tow oil pl IN aIt
10 minutes later taXins, easily to the
! while whistles blew and the anti
aircraft guns doomed their salute.
For five miles the shores were lined
with spectators. a launch put OFT
to meet the planes and the avtatots
were brought to the official recer-
ton barge where officials Of the
army and navy. city and state. were
drawn up in line to receive them.
Striding quickly up the gangplank
came Lieutenant Smith, commando
of the fight, with General Patrick at
, his side and behind him the CON-
Lannon's of his fight.
AS Lieutenant Smith took his first
step toward the receiving line a man
handed him Il portable radio mouth
piece. with the words: Your mother
is listening in at Los Angeles"
Hello folks" Lieutenant Smith
said. in a low voice. IT'S good to be
with you again"
\ military band struck up the Star
Spangled Banner and the flyers stood
at u stiff salute. Then came their
formal introduction TO those in the
receiving line.
1T gives me the greatest OF pleas
ure,' General Patrick said, ito intro
duce to YOU the men who made the
. first flight around the world
The cheers broke out again. The
flyers cast formality aside and with
hearty liandshakes and CHEEKY re-
joinders to the greetings of their
hosts they passed down the recep-
ton line.
They stepped ashore and amid tho
clicking of cameras recorded their
names in the visitors book at the
Airport. Then they swung back in
an automobile to the barge, talked
for q moment with n score of news
! paper men and were taken across
tie harbor to automobiles which con-
: veyed them to their hotel.
An airport officer who talked with
the airmen before they left for South
Poston said that their physical con-
dition was splendid and that they
needed only rest. He quoted Lieu
tenant Smith as saying:
Were darn glad to get home. The
feeling that comes but once In Il
lifetime came to us when we moored
for the last time in Boston Harbor.
We knew we were going to fly with
wheels from now on--no more pom
toons.'
Tonight the three planes were
guarded by harhpr police boats aug
mented by quartermaster corps
cutter which was to throw its
searchlight around the planes from
time to time throughout the night.
At o'clock tomorrow morning the
work Of getting the planes to dry
land, re-conditioning them and re-
placing the pontoons with wheels Is
TO begin.