Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11
Lindbergh Briefs

| Besides Mrs. L1ndDergn, one OtHel
woman was permitted to go to Tho
Washington Navy Yard to greet the
transatlantic fight hero. She is Mrs
Edith Nourse Rogers, a member OF
the official congressional reception
committee.
"This was a mans achievement
was a phrase used effectually by Miss
Mabel T. Boardman, head of the
Washington woman's reception com
mittee for Mrs. Lindbergh. in stem.
ming the demands for membership on
that committee.
An airship winging its way from
the Statue Of Liberty TO the Eiffel
Tower will be one of the features of
the fireworks display to be given to-
night at the Washington Monument
| grounds as a part of the Lindbergh
reception.
In addition to Comdrs. A. C. Read
and Richard Evelyn Byrd, three other
distinguished flyers are to have places
in the official reception stand at the
Monument Grounds. They are Comdr.
H. G. Richardson, who started on the
Navy transatlantic flight in 1919, only
to be forced down at the Azores. and
Lieuts. Leigh Wade and Eric Nelson
OF the Army acknowledgement flyers.
The semi official reception COM
mittee, which greeted Lindbergh at
the ship today numbered SO, includ-
ing high Government officers and
leading citizens of the District of
Columbia as well as % members Of
Congress.
AS he neared Washington on the
Memphis, Lindbergh passed the spot
on the Potomac where Samuel Pier
pont Langley made his unsuccessful
attempt to fly a heavier-th an-air
machine on October 8, 1903.
Lieut.. Al Williams, naval flyer and
holder of the unofficial speed record
OF 302 miles an hour, has been invited
by New York City officials to act
as New York representative pilot in
the reception of Lindbergh there on
his arrival Monday.
Every military unit in Washington
will stand by" for emergency call
during the As hours Col. Lindbergh
is in the National Capital
The welcome to Lindbergh inspired
hitherto unknown bards in large num-
bers to break into poetry. with re-
suit that Washington newspaper
offices have been deluged.
Included in the group of famous
aviators who greeted Lindbergh here
was Comdr. George Cook Sweet, re-
tired, first naval officer to fly in an
airplane under orders. Comdr Sweet,
who made the first flight in Wright
plane in September, 1908, now lives
in Waterloo, n. Y.
Sometime during the IS hours he
will be in Washington, Col Lindbergh
will make calls of courtesy at the
French, British and Belgian embassies,
to express to the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of those countries his per-
sonal appreciation of the courtesies
shown him by their governments and
people.
A din of whistles roared it's wei
come at Alexandria as the Memphis
passed. with the crew lined UP at at
tention, row boats and canoes and va
rious small boats and even the streets
at Alexandria were packed and jam
med with crowds, and the Alexandria
Fire Department turned on it's siren.
The first band to welcome Lind
bergh to the Capital was that Of the
Vincent B. Costello Post of the Amer
lean Legion. aboard a boat which the
Memphis passed off Fort Foote 10
miles from Washington. The must
clans were dressed in red and white.
William Mitchell, commander of the
post, was believed to be aboard.
The patrol boat 203, which was to
proceed the Memphis as signal, 80
minutes ahead, pulled into the escort
squadron at 800 am. The patrol boat
144. Lieut.. Comdr. S. S. Yeandle, aide
to the commandant of the United
States Coast Guard, reached the Mem
phis near Marshall Hail. Lindbergh,
dressed in a gray suit, waved hearty
greeting from the bridge and smiled
broadly. Col. Lindbergh wore no hat.
The sun was shining brightly and the
air hero appeared to enthuse to the
prospect of a beautiful day for the
great welcome ahead Of him as he
talked eagerly with Admiral Burrage
on the bridge. The first private boats
from the Capital to meet the Mem
phis was the Sea Sled Of Carl Corby,
which greeted Lindy below Mount
spray, as she slipped with the Mem.
phis and the patrol boat 144.
The flagship of the escort squadron
few the Coast Guard and Navy stand
ard flag, known to the service az "thc
five spot of clubs" The patrol boat
203, after pulling into the escort,
signaled she would proceed and carry
her red Burgee flag into the Capital
as the official arbiter of IdndberRh