The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-09
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first Government employees to see
him az the general public will be
barred from the yard.
Major Edwin B. Hesse, sunerin-
tendent OF police, today requested
that Washington children be per.
mitted to occupy positions along
the curb along the line of march
and that adults stand to the rear.
1T Is only fair to permit these
children to see the aviator" Hesse
said, land I will issue orders to all
policemen to see that this plan is
carried out"
At 3 p. m. today a Navy scouting
plane, carrying written orders, con.
gratulatory messages and invita-.
tons, will leave the Naval Air Sta
ton, Anacostia. for Lakehurst, n. ].
The orders win be delivered to the
commander of the Navy dirigible.
Los Angeles, and will outline the
part the Nays queen OF the skies
is to play in the reception.
The messages and invitations are
to be delivered by the iirigibla to
Colonel Lindbergh, aboard the II. s. s.
Memphis far at sea sometime to.
morrow.
Los Angeles Ready to Sail
The Los Angeles will leave Lake.
hurst early tomorrow morning.
heading directly to sea so as TO in.
tercept the Memphis. Sight of the
huge air leviathan will be Colonel
Lindbergh's first official intimation
of the reception awaiting when he
steps ashore at the Navy Yard Sat
| urday noon.
Approaching the Memphis from
astern. flying very low. the Los
Angeles will slow down to the speed
of the cruiser and lower the mes
sages aboard on long line.
The dirigible then will escort the
ship until nightfall. 1t will be
Joined in the afternoon by "C6mai.
rons," the aviation squadron OF the
scouting fleet. composed of 80 naval
airplanes.
Uniform Due Tomorrow
Colonel Lindbergh's National
Guard uniform, with the silver
spread eagles of a colonel substi.
tuted for the captains bars, will be
put aboard the Memphis tomorrow
afternoon.
The Army Air Corps hopes to de.
liver the uniform by lowering 1t to
him from an Army TC dirigible.
IL this is found to be impracticable
it will be sent out on a destroyer.
1t is expected that the colonel will
wear his uniform when he comes
ashore Saturday, though this will
be left to his own judgment.
Comdr. Richard Evelyn Byrd,
U. s. NJ, retired, the first to fly
over the North Pole, today was
added to the list Of famous airman
who win meet Colonel Lindbergh
at the Navy Yard.
The Lindbergh reception commit.
tee has been deluged with requests
for seats in the grandstand at the
Washington Monument. where Pres
ident Coolidge will greet the flyer
at about l p. m. Saturday.
Every seat in the stand has been
exhausted, although the stand has
been enlarged four times.
The stand can be made no larger
without cutting off the view of the
public. which is to be massed on
the slopes of the knoll rising up to
the base of the Washington Mont.
ment, the committee announced.
Hughes Award Planned
Colonel Lindbergh is expected to
accept an invitation Of the United
States Flag Association to attend
ceremonies on the east steps of
the Capitol at p. m. Should he
attend the services he will be
awarded the Cross of Honor of the
Association and will be made by
Charles Evans Hughes, founder of
the association.
The Missouri State Society, in
the absence of a reply from Colonel
Lindbergh to it's invitation, is going
ahead with plans for a reception
to the flier at $3.50 p. m. Sunday
in the Hotel Washington.
Missouri is the home OF Colonel
Lindbergh, he is a member OF the
Missouri National Guard, his air.
plane is named for the States
leading city.
Roxy Will Be On the Job
The hackers of his flight are Mis-.
sourians, it was pointed out by the
society. and Charles P. Peyser is IN
charge of arrangements.
The National Press Club recep-
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