Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-13

| Sixty Army airplanes, ranging from
| the fast combat planes of pursuit
groups to the slower transport planes
| of the type Of the famous Question
Mark, will gather in peaceful rendezvous
| above the Capitol Building March 4
and then will turn their noses west
ward to roar down Pennsylvania avenue
above the route of the inaugural parade.
Their meeting at an altitude of 1000
feet above the spot where Herbert Hoo
yer will have taken the oath of Office
as President of the United States a
few minutes previously will mark the
beginning OF the parade.
Announcement was made today by
Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, assist
ant chief of the Army Air Corps, that
the planes will meet above the Capitol
and at the close of the inaugural cere-
monies will form into column and
pursue general course down the Ave-
nue. in advance of the land forces and
civilian parades. The group of planes
will pass in review before the presi-
Dental reviewing stand in front of the
White House, circle southwark around
the Washington Monument and fly back
to Boiling Field, where the formation
will break up. Planes of the various
tactical units of the Air Corps, each
in its own formation, will be included
in the group. There will be two five
plane formations of the observation type
of ship and one three-plane formation
of pursuit types from Boiling Field, a
formation of nine bombers and two
formations Of five observation planes
each from Langley Field, Va; two
formations of five observation planes
each from Mitchell Field, N. Y, ara one
nine-plane formation of pursuit ma
chimes of the Navy.
Afternoon Aerial Program.
Air activities of the inaugural will
not cease with the disbanding of the
formations to fly over the parade, for
the entertainment committee of the in
augural committee has scheduled an
service and commercial planes for the
afternoon of March at Boiling Field.
Two air parades will be held on that
afternoon, and, in addition, there will
be an exhibition of commercial aircraft
on the ground and In the air. From IL
noon to 1880 pm. and from $3.50 to $50
pm passengers will be taken into the
air free of charge The passengers will
be designated by plane officials on the
ground, who will be governed by the
passenger carrying limitations Of the
planes.
The inaugural committee understands
that the Transcontinental Air Trans
port Co., a subsidiary of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, will send one or more
ships, while 1t also expects one or
more of the three-engined Ford all
metal ships to be present. The ground
show will be held the morning Of March
and both Army and Navy planes win
join the commercial group.
Col. Ephriam G.. Peyton Of the War
Department has been named by Hubert
Work. marshal of the second grand divi-
sion of the parade. as his chief of staff.
The Treasury Building is to be decorated
in green and white during the inau-
gural ceremonies.
An invitation has been extended by
the inaugural committee to the Confed-
crate Veterans Association to particle
pate In the ceremonies March 4, and
Gen. Stephan, chairman Of the parade
committee, thinks that several repre-
sentatives of the thinning gray line
may march In the parade behind Re-
publican President.
Revenue Officers Notified.
Mai. Charles Demonet, o. r. c.,
president of the District Of Columbia
department of the Reserve Oficers'
Association, has called upon all local