Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-09
BYRD AND PARTY
REST At QUANT|CO
All Members of Expedition
Transferred to Bear
to Come Here.

Members of the second Byrd Ant
arctic expedition, with nearly $4,000
miles of journeying and IA months OF
isolation on the Antarctic ice barrier
behind them, today were resting
quietly aboard the two expedition
ships off the Marine Corps base at
Quantico, Va, awaiting the national
tributes which will welcome them
back to American soil here tomorrow.
The Bear of Oakland and the Jacob
Rupert, after two days of leiSurely
steaming up the Potomac, arrived off
Quantico during the night and
dropped anchor off the Marine base
early today. Rear Admiral Richard
E. Byrd, leader of the expedition, re-
manned aboard, and the first United
States soil he will touch will be at
the Washington Navy Yard, at about
5 pm. tomorrow.
All members of the expedition, in
Guiding the crew of the Jacob Rup-
pert, were being transferred today to
the Bear of Oakland, which will make
the final leg of the long cruise back
home tomorrow, the deep-draft Rup-
pert remaining at Quantico.
Resolutions Signed.
President Roosevelt. who will lead
the Reception Committee in the well
come to the expedition tomorrow aft
ernoon at the Navy Yard, today signed
two Joint congressional resolutions ex-
pressing the welcome Of the Nation to
Byrd and his men. One of these reso-
lutions creates a joint congressional
committee to participate in the well
coming ceremonies, and the other Is
a formal expression of the gratitude
of the Nation to Byrd and his men
for their achievements.
President Roosevelt and Gov. George
c. Peery of Virginia will deliver ad-
dresses of greeting to Byrd on the
Navy Yard dock tomorrow and BYRD
will reply. This ceremony will be
broadcast to the Nation.
Except for these brief extempo-
raneous remarks at the dock. Admiral
Byrd will preserve public silence I'M
til tomorrow night, when he will make
his first public address since his re-
turn from Antarctica at reception
to be given him and his companions
by the National Geographic Society
at 9 pm. in Constitution Hall. Off
cial Washington. will join with the So
ciety in tribute to the air conqueror
of both poles and the Atlantic Ocean
on his return from the Antarctic after
his absence of two years.
Will Be Dinner Guests.
Prior to tn reception Admiral Byrd
and the entire personnel of the expe-
dition. comprising the ice party and
the crews Of the two ships, will be
guests of the Geographic Society at
dinner in the crystal room of the Will
lard. The admirals brothers, Senator
Harry F. Byrd of Virginia and Thomas
Byrd of Winchester. Va, will be
among the guests. Members of the
Board of Trustees and staff of the
society will be hosts.
Among the first to greet Admira
Byrd at the Navy Yard will be hi:
mother, Mrs. Richard E. Byrd, ST., Of
Winchester, who has not seen her sor
since day prior to his sailing from
Norfolk, Va, IN October, 1888. With
her will be ner daughter-in-law, the
explorers wife. who met him in New
Zealand, preceding him home.
After the official welcome at the
dock, President Roosevelt will enter
tain Byrd and his officers at tea aboard
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