Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-08

which he rides will not proceed at a
rate faster than Is miles an hour, sc
as to afford the largest possible num-
Der of persons a chance to see and
cheer him.
Admission to BE Limited.
1XImission to the Walter Reed
grounds Sunday will be limited to
those holding passes, Gen. Rockenback
said, and the executive committee
urged that the public should not in.
trude, but allow Col. Lindbergh to
carry out uninterruptedly the sole
purpose of his visit thereto mingle
with and cheer the disabled.
The definite route over which Col.
Lindbergh will be escorted to Airing
ton Cemetery, and thence to Walter
Reed and later to the Capitol grounds,
will be announced tomorrow, follow
ing q study now being made by Gen.
Rockenback in consultation with Maj.
Hesse, superintendent of the Metro
politan police force.
More than so patriotic organiza-
tons in Washington are fighting for
a chance to have special exercises in
honor of Lindbergh, Gen. Rockenback
emphasized today, in explaining the
problem that the committee and mill
tary authorities are wrestling with.
After leaving Walter Reed Hospital.
Lindbergh will be escorted by Mr..
Hammond to the east front of the
Capitol TO participate in the vesper
flag service. 1t is expected that he
will be escorted back to the temporal ~
White House about Gas pm.
Col. Lindbergh will lay wreath on
the tomb of the Unknown Soldier"
Returning he will be protected along
the route by motor cycle policemen.
He will be brought back across the
Francis Scott Key Bridge, and along
@ street to New Hampshire avenue
and thence out Sixteenth street. The
Sixteenth street route is chosen be-
cause it is a wide street and will give
more persons a chance to view the
young hero. He is expected to reach
Walter Reed Hospital about o'clock
and to remain there for an hour and
a quarter or an hour and half.
Program at Hospital.
The plans at the hospital. where he
is to visit with the disabled veterans
of all wars, as thus far arranged by
Brig. Gen. James M. Kennedy, u. S.
A., commander of the reservation, are
as follows:
The party will approach from Six
teenth street and proceed to the front
of the hospital. where they will he
met by Gen. Kennedy and his staff,
along with the disabled veterans who
can be assembled outside the hospital.
This number of veterans will include
those from Mount Alto and the Naval
Hospital. who are to be brought to
Walter Reed by the five large veteran
organizations, the American Legion,
the Grand Army. the Spanish War
Veterans, the Disabled Veterans
Union and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
The carriages will be conducted to-
ward Georgia avenue, where they
will be parked until called for
Col. Lindbergh will have an oppor-
tunity to visit among the patients so
far. as ne wishes and along with his
program other patients will be as
sembled in the wards of the main
building who cannot leave their beds,
whom he may visit as he desises.
The names of the House members
appointed by Speaker Longworth, who
were today added to the general citi-
zens' committee and who are to have
seats in reserved section on the
Monument Grounds, are:
Fred Brftten, Illinois, committee on
naval affairs of the House; w. Frank
Jones, Michigan, committee on mill
tary affairs of the House; Adam NJ
Wyant, Pennsylvania, interstate and
foreign commerce. of the House; W.
c. Ramseyer, Iowa; Robert l.. Bacon.
New York: John NJ. Evans. Montana !;
Jeff Busby. mississippi: r. Walton
Moore. Virginia; Sol. Bloom, New
York; William p. Cole, Maryland.
Although Col. Lindbergh will not
be able to visit Virginia. the Dominion
hopes to be first to welcome him to
his country, according to plans being
studied by Gov. Byrd. Gov. Byrd and
group of Virginians hope to stand
by the Memphis in another vessel
when she passes by the Virginia Capes
and at least shout a SALVATION through
megaphones, while the State eXecu.
tive may board the cruiser to journey
TO Washington. The governor is the
brother of Comdr. Richard Byrd, who
flew to the North Pole.
Will Pause at Cape Henry.
The Memphis, it is said. will have
to pause at Cape Henry long enough
to take aboard a pilot and those
sponsoring the welcoming idea say
they will extend some sort of re-
ception if it is nothing more than
shouting a salutation through mega
phone.
The governor said he also had the
same information from officers at
Langley Field, Fort Monroe and
Fort Eustis in connection with an
effoffrt to have them participate in
kirEinia'S fPtinp of the fiVing na In