Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-11
L|NDDERGH SMILES
AT GREETING AT SEA
Flyer Stands on Bridge as
Planes Swarm About
Memphis in Salute.
CONTINUED from First Psge)

passed between the chesapeake Cdpe'
of Charles and Henry and headed III
the Chesape Bay for Washington.
Monster torpedo planes circled ant
lowered over the ship, and then Wen
into the offing and dropped to 10 fee
above the water, racing to cross thu
bows of the great ship. AS eacf
passed her prov, they zoomed up to {
higher altitude--the aviator's salute t
one of their number. And they came
in ever-increasing numbers, like bug:
fitting here and there, until 80 plane:
darkened the sky over the vessel, later
10 be augmented by a Navy and al
Army dirigible.
Memphis Is Sighted.
The destroyer Golf, bearing news
paper men and photogra piers, head
ing full speed out from the capes, had
steamed but a short while when the
lookout reported to Capt. E. d. Lang
worthy that the Memphis was sighted
one and a half points on the starboard
bow. There she appeared coming
through the mist which lowered over
the horizon. growing more distinct as
the two fast ships approached rapidly
from opposite directions. Quietly, with
bridge hoisted the vari-colored flags
which announced the name of the de-
stroyer, and the Memphis answered,
and signaled for permission to come
alongside.
Capt. Langworthy steamed his ship
past the port side of the cruiser. Lind
bergh was on the port wing of the
bridge with Admiral Burrage, COM
manding the United States Naval
Forces in Europe. He waved a hearty
welcome as the Golf passed by. When
he cleared the escort, Capt. Langwor-
thy made wide sweep as the cruiser S
speed cones dropped, the Navy signal
that her engines had stopped. Then
the Golf came between the escort and
the cruiser, and stopped, closing in to
within a hundred feet of the cruiser,
or in the language of the sea in hail
ing distance"
LifebOat Is Lowered.
! There was a shrill pipe from the
Bo's'ns whistle, and seamen scam
spered to the lifeboat to lower away.
In it climbed II. +. Blythe, Lindbergh's
personal representative, and +. S. Hay
ward, assistant surveyor Of customs of
the Port of Baltimore, who was to
examine the declarations of the Off
GERS and crew of the Memphis, for
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon had
issued orders that the flyer was to be
given customs courtesies, which means
that he will not have to pay duty on
anything he carries. AS the small
boat moved between the two ships, in
"a sea Gained by the lee made by the
Memphis, the newspapermen hailed
Iindbergh, and still cameras clicked
off ia
of reel. :
Before the destroyer had cleared the
capeS, eastward bound, a radio mes
sage from the press was sent to the
conquerer. 1t read:
1.-THE Press of the United States is
represented aboard the United States
Destroyer Golf by, SO correspondents
and cameramen who extend a cordial
welcome.
! The passengers and packages aboard,
Signal flags flew aloft and the cruiser
and escort got under way. The Golf
awaited the return Of her boat, and
when taken aboard, she fell into the
wake of the little fleet, and the officer
Of the deck prosaically logged:
sighted United States cruiser
Memphis, f1omeward bound from Eu.
ropean station, with Col. Charles Lind
bergh aboard as passenger. Transfer
red two passengers and personal eft.
fects of Col. Lindbergh aboard"
! So the Navy recorded in its log Tor
future reference this historical event.
Naval Airplanes Sighted.
! AS the Golf fell in behind the col
hmm, the planes from the Naval Air
Station were sighted, four of them
droning over the fleet for many min.
n q
the capes they came in increasing
numbers, and out of the sky from
most everywhere. Then the Golf
closed in again on the Memphis, and
newspaper men asked for q sema-
phore interview with Lindbergh, but
he failed to answer.
The Golf Joined the Memphis IN lat
itude SO degrees So minutes north,
longitude IS degrees IL minutes west,
or just 80 miles due east OF Cape
Henry.
Four destroyers left Cape Henry
shortly before noon, picked up the
Memphis and started the escort. They
came crashing through the Atlantic
at 25 knots, stirring up great white
wakes, which were first sighted by the
sookouts. The destroyers Worden and
Brooks had the starboard protection,
while the Sands and Rueben James
had the port protection. A stiff east
erly breeze was blowing, which stirred
up a choppy sea, which sent the little
scouts bouncing and bobbing up and
down as they steamed ahead.
When the Golf went close to the
Memphis Capt. Langworthy mega
phoned that he had passengers and
personal effects Of Col. Lindbergh. In
one of the packages was the National
Guard uniform, on which the spread
eagle emblem of colonel had sup
planted the two silver bars OF the
captain, an increase in rank bestowed,
,ipon him by the Governor of Mis-
eouri since he made his famous flight.
1t was Just 1922 o'clock when the
vari.colored signal flags on the Mem.
phis went aloft, signaling land no."
and it was then that Col. Lindbergh
saw again his native shores. as the
Cape Henry lighthouse appeared over
the horizon. The Memphis and her
escort slowed down. but the Golf
crashed through the escort, and again
passed close aboard, and Lindbergh
was given a mighty cheer.
Then appeared craft of all descrip-
tons, each flying the signal flags
ZBH, the international seaman's Ian
guage Of Welcome" To each in
turn. as it came within signal dis
tance, the Memphis responded for
Lindbergh XOR, or thank you.
AS soon as the Memphis and her
escort passed the line marking the
passage from the Atlantic Ocean to
Chesapeake Bay, they turned right
and headed slowly northward, the es-
cort to carry them as far as the York
River, while the Memphis steamed
during the night alone. The Golf de-
tached herself and proceeded into the
naval operating base at Hampton
Roads. there to drop her passengers.
and the planes and dirigibles at the
same time returning TO their stations.
their duty well done.
Guests at Luncheon.
The members of the press were the
guests at luncheon aboard the Golf of