Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-06
LOS ANGELES GETS
ORDERS TO MEET
U!NDBERGH AT SEA
DirigibIe to Extend First Wei
come Home Friday Far
From Shore.
WILL ESCORT MEMPHIS
TO NAVY YARD DOCK
presidents Own" to Accompany
Flyer Along Avenue-Recep-
tion Plans Perfected.

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Angeles, bearing many Of the sur
vivors of the Shenandoah in her crew,
will give the first official welcome to
Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh, hero of
the New York-to-Paris flight, far out
at sea Friday as the U. S. S. Memphis,
bearing Capt. Lindbergh to Washing
ton, approaches the Virginia Capes.
The Los Angeles will escort the
Memphis throughout the daylight
hours Of that day and Saturday up
to the navy yard dock, Rear Admiral
William A. Moffett, chief Of the Bu-
reau Of Aeronautics, Navy Department,
informed the citizens committee ap-
pointed by the Commissioners at the
request of the Presidents cabinet COM
mittee, at it's meeting today in the
Richard r. Blythe, was in conference
with the executive committee.
Thousands to Greet Him.
Riding in the Presidents car, ac-
companied only by John Hays Ham
mond, chairman of the citizens eXecu.
tive reception committee, and escort
ed by "the Presidents Own" troop
Of Cavalry from Fort Myer, Capt.
Lindbergh will be welcomed to the
National Capital by hundreds Of thou
sands Of his fellow citizens.
At the navy yard he will be greeted
by an official committee of Govern
ment officials most interested in aerial
progress and by representatives of
the greatest national organizations, so
as to make the welcome home" as
impressive as possible and one of
congratulation from all the people of
the United States.
His mother Mrs. Evangeline Lind
bergh of Detroit, is expected to ac-
company Miss Mabel T. Boardman,
chairman of the Womens committee,
and will probably be allowed the right
to be first to greet her boy.
1t was positively determined to-
day that the Navy Yard will not
be open to the public. The entire
citizens. committee will be admitted
to the yard by passes issued by the
Secretary of the Navy and signed by
the commandant of the yard. News
paper men and photographers will
also receive limited number of
passes from a list prepared by Frank
B. Moves, chairman of the publicity
committee, through cooperation with
James ID. Preston, superintendent of
the press gallery at the Capitol.
American labor was given a prom
inent part in the preparation for the
reception today when William Green,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, was placed on the citizens
executive committee, and Vice Presi-
dents Frank Morrison and A. G. Hay.
den were added to the general citizens
committee.
Aerial Plans Perfected.
Plans for the aerial demonstration
as perfected were made public today
after the report to the executive COM
mittee by Admiral Moffett.
The Los Angeles, Admiral Moffett
said, will meet the Memphis as far
at sea as practicable" leaving to
Condr. Rosenthal the duty of deter
mining just how many miles off shore
he should pick up the cruiser. Then
the huge airship, the admiral ex-
planned. will escort the ship until
nightfall, either remaining in the air
in the vicinity of the vessel or re-
turning to Lakehurst. At all events,
the big ship must again join up with
the Memphis at daybreak Saturday
morning and float majestically above
the young captain all the way to the
Navy Yard.
Carries Many Invitations.
The Los Angeles will carry invi-
tations received by the citizens COM
mittee, which will be dropped aboard
the cruiser from aloft for Capt. Lind
bergh to study in order that he may
| determine which ones he can find the
| time to accept and be prepared to so
inform the committee on his arrival.
| These invitations will be taken to
Lakehurst Thursday afternoon in a
| Navy plane, which will take off from
the naval air station at Anacostia.
Augmenting the reception to be
given Capt. Lindbergh by the Los
| Angeles crew, will be the command
! ing officer of the aircraft squadrons,
scouting fleet and number Of his
planes, 'yho will fly out to sea as far
as practicable, estimate a rendezvous
so that the planes from his force can
return to base and land before dark
Sixteen torpedo, eleven fighting and
five observation planes will be avail
able for this escort.
Saturday morning the aircraft
squadrons scouting fleet commander
will put his maximum force available
in the air, escorting the Memphis up
the river, arranging relays if neces-
sary, so that the maximum force
will be available from Alexandria up
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