The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-12-24
Rosendahl Says His Faith
In Rigid Airships
Still Exists.
DEFENDS LANDSDOWNE.
Urges Retention and Continued
Development and Operation
Of Big Airships.
RuLLETIN.

the House today by Representative
Wainwright of New York, for
mer Republican assistant secre-
tary of war. Mitchell's charges of
incompetence against ranking
army officers, and even the Sec
rotary of war, could not and
should not go unpublished, he said.
Representative Schafer, Repub-
Iican, Wisconsin, denounced the
sentence of Colonel Mitchell, COM
pairing the action to the German
imperialistic policies"
Washington, D. c. - e. The
Shenandoah disaster falls in the
category of an inevitable accident"
Lieutenant Commander Charles E.
Rosendahl, senior surviving officer of
the dirigible crash in Ohio last Sep
TENDER, declared today in final argu-
ment before the naval court Of inquiry
into the accident in speaking for the
surviving officers and men of the ship.
"Indisputable evidence shows"
Commander Rosendahl asserted, shat
in spite of heroic measures taken the
disaster could not have been averted.
The commanding officer did everything
known to airship science to save his
ship"
Faith in Airships Lives.
although we are survivors Of one
Of the worst air accidents that has
ever occurred, we nevertheless have
not lost faith in rigid airships. We
urge upon this court the advisability
Of its recommending the retention,
continuation and furtherance of rigid
airship development and operation in
the navy"
Commander Rosendahl declared the
court held zone OF the most searching,
complete and comprehensive investi-
gatinos, technical and otherwise, ever
conducted" and paid tribute to many
witnesses for their ability, knowledge
and candor.
Of some others, however, he did not
speak in such favorable terms. Con-
corning Colonel William Mitchell, he
said:
at was apparent this witness had
no expert knowledge of his own rela-
tive to the Shenandoah disaster and
any further examination of the wit
ness to adduce testimony expert or
otherwise or information of any val
ue on this subject would have been
unnecessary as we'll as futile"
Commander Rosendahl quoted ex-
tensively from the record to show
that Lieutenant Commander Zachary
Lansdowne, the commander Of the
Shenandoah who lost his life in the
disaster, had acted with complete
liberty and without undue Interior
ence from Washington, ana declared
that to insinuate that "he would
jeopardize his crew and his ship will
fully and knowingly, not only APP
proaches the height of absurdity, but
ISLANDERS the dead"
The speaker defended the structural
integrity of the Shenandoah as "un-
questionably excellent" and said her
valve system, frame and after parts
were sound.
Indications, are report to Secre-
tary Wilbur will be completed with
little delay.
The last argument was made Ey
Lieutenant Commander Rosendahl who
summed up for the survivors Of the
Shenandoah.
The report of the court, which is
headed by Rear Admiral Hilary P.
Jones, will be sent to the judge advo-
cate general of the navy for review
before being transmitted to Secretary
Wilbur.
The resolution, which Senator King
asked to have temporarily laid aside,
would authorize the president to name
delegates to. represent the United
States.