Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-17
HOOVER TO LEAVE
ON YORKTOWN TRIP
ABOARD BATTLESHIP
Continued From First Page

ton of the President today Is the study
ing of the reaction on his appeal to the
country to support him in his govern
mental economy program, which in
cludes some generous Slashing of de-
partmental budgets.
Everything Is in readiness for the
Presidents week end expedition. The
details have been worked out by Capt
c. r. Train. chief naval aide to the
President, with the assistance of Col
Campbell Hodges, chief military aide.
The program, which is in printed
form, and which has been placed in the
hands of every member Of the Presi-
dents party, so that there will be no
misunderstanding, has virtually every
movement of the President scheduled by
the clock from the moment he goes
aboard the battleship Arkansas, which
is lying at the mouth of the Severn
River, about miles from the dock at
the Naval Academy grounds, to the re-
turn Of the presidential party to the
White Hou7e early Tuesday morning
has been Included in this program OF
arrangements.
Besides Mrs. Hoover, the President
will have with him on the trip Mrs.
Charles Francis Adams, wife OF the
Secretary of the Navy; Admiral w. "
Pratt, chief Of naval operations; Sen
ator Moses Of New Hampshire, President
pro tempore Of the Senate; the Presl-
dents naval and military aides, two OF
his secretaries, Capt. j. T. Boone. White
House physician, and score OF news
paper correspondents and news Pho
tographer and the customary NUMBER
o. Secret Service operatives:
The trim to Annapolis will be made
in automobiles and brief stop VIII
be made shortly after entering the
Academy grounds for the Superln-
tendent of the Academy, Admiral Hart,
to welcome the party and pay his re-
spectS and accompany the President 10
the wharf, a short distance away. II
the President arrives within the Acad-
envy grounds before the SHUTDOWN cere-
monies he will receive the full honors
of his office; otherwise the ceremony
will be dispensed with. There will be
no review of the Corps of Cadets, be-
cause of a foot ball game which will
be in progress about that time. The
presidential party will be taken from
the Academy grounds to the Arkansas
in a flock Of little gas launches ana,
according to all appearances, 1t Is likely
that it will be after dark by the time
the President and his party step aboard
the vessel. Honors will be given the
President as he steps over the side OF
the ship ana ne Will NC 1Ol lAdAy AC
ceived BY Rear Admiral C. C.. Bloch:
commanding the training squadron OF
the scouting force, of which the
Arkansas is his flagship, and Capt.
P. w. Foote, commanding off1cer Of the
Arkansas, and their respective STATS.
The members of the party will be
Immediately shown to their quarters!
and by that time the big vessel will
have lifted anchor and be on its way
down the bay.
The cruise will be broken early to-
morrow evening long enough to permit
the President to go ashore at Old Point
Comfort, Va, where at 6 o'clock in the
home of the commandant Of Fort Mon
roe, he will deliver radio address in
the interest of a campaign to be started
throughout the country to raise funds
for unemployment relief. At the con-
clusion Of this address the President
will return to his ship, cruise about
the waters of the neighborhood pre-
paratory to heading for Yorktown,
where at $3.50 o'clock Monday morning
anchor will be dropped in Yorktown
Bay, and where two hours later the
President will go ashore and proceed to
the reviewing stand on the celebration
field, where at II o'clock he will make
I,ie addrass