Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-23
FIRST BYRD SHIP
LEAvES SATURDAY
Two 0theE Boats viii De-
part Later for Antarctic
Voyage.
BY the Associated Pl~ss.

BY the Associated PIccss.
NEW YORK, August 23.-Comdr.
Richard E Byrds expedition to the
Antarctic gets definitely under way Sat-
urday with the sailing of the bark
City OF New York, first Of three ships
which will carry his planes and equip
ment to the hopping-oH place for the
Pole.
Aboard the stout littlel ship will be
81 Of the 10 men who comprise the ex-
peditlonary force, the largest and best
equipped ever to dare the a1uth Polar
seas on a mission of exploration.
Comdr Byrd and the remainder Of
the party will sail some time in Septem-
Der on the whaler Larsen and the
Chelsea, the two other ships Of the
fotilla. They will carry with them the
expeditions four planes and the re-
mainder Of the equipment.
Scout Present.
The last member of the Byrd party.
. Paul A. Siple. Erie, Pa. Boy Scout, has
taken up his duties as orderly To- the
commander. He was selected from
among six Scouts recommended by Scout
councils throughout the country as best
equipped for the demands of the expedi-
ton. He is a freshman at Allegheny
College, Meadville, Pa, and hopes to re-
sumo his studies on his return two years
hence. He is scheduled to sail on the
City of New York.
The City of New York is under the
command OF Capt Frederick c. Melville,
If Norma MHIFiiio
author OF sea stories and creator of
"Moby Dick" the great white whale.
He has been going to sea since he was
IS years of age. He is now "A.
The bark is equipped with sails and
auxiliary engines, but will use her sails
whenever possible to conserve the fuel
supply. She will proceed down the
coast and across the Caribbean to the
Panama Canal, thence across the PacI-
fic to Dunedin, New Zealand, voyage
of 1900 miles. At Dunedin other sup
plies will be taken aboard for the $500
mule voyage to the base at the edge OF
the Ross Sea.
Take 100 Dogs.
Many of her crew expect to do double
duty. as seamen on the voyage down
and then as part of the land force when
the shore base is set up. Top1grapher,
physicist. aerologist, musician, cog team.
driver all will help make sail and
carry on with the other duties OF the
deck force during the voyage to the
edge of civilization.
The last of the four planes TO be
used on the expedition-the tri-motor-
ed Ford, Floyd Bennett. stopped at
Cleveland last night en- route to New
York from Detroit The plane was
flown by Bernt Balchen, Byrd's chief
| pilot, and Dean Smith.
The other three planes. a Fairchild
monoplane. a Fokker universal, and a
small three-place cabin plane built at
| Buffalo already are at Miller Field.
| Staten Island. Harold June. who, with
| Balchen. will probably accompany Byrd
| on the actual flight TO the Pole, is en-
gagged In testing the Fairchid plane.
! The Fokker has already passed the
rigid requirements. as has the small
cabin plane which is to be used only
for short hops between bases.
One hundred dogs now being pur-
chased in northern Canada for the ex-
petition are to be brought here from
Quebec in September on the steamer
Fort st. George, now making a cruise
in Canadian waters.