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Navy Seaplanes
Arrive Safely
At Trepassey
Continued from page 1
of the harbor craft tooted messages of
(food luck.
Delayed by Faulty Propeller
Unfortunately the. "NC-3 had a mis?
hap at the outset,. Half an hour after
leaving Halifax ' her starboard pro?
peller began to w8rk so badly that her
commander decided to return. She was
sighted at 10:47 o'clock, and fifteen
minutes later was tied up to the Balti?
more.
Immediately men began work on the
propeller. After the repair work was
done the NC-3 took on about 150 gal
ions of gasolene.
Shortly after 12:30 o'clock the 'plane
moved away from the Baltimore, and.
at 12:40 had left the water to resume
the journey to Trepassey Bay. In ten
minute:., she was out of sight. She was
flying at high speed, and at 2:30 was
reported passing Canso, 100 miles east?
ward.
The aviators were awakened at 5 !
o'clock on board the Baltimore. Im- j
mediately preparations were made for
the start, and the crews were in their [
respective machines before 7 o'clock.
Shortly after this they began warming
up their engines. .The NC-3 circled the
Baltimore several times, while the NC-1 :
cruised up and down the upper end of ?
the Eastern Passage and around the ;
Lower Harbor. While the NC-3 wa-j
warming her engines the starter on the \
after propeller broke, and it was neces- ?
aary to install a new- one, which took :
three-quarters of an hour. j
When the work of installing this j
starter was ?bout finished, Commander
Towers came up on the after deck of i
the Baltimore and signalled to the'
NC-1, which was, still cruising around;
on the surface, to start. Immediately j
the final preparations for the flight
were made. The 'plane headed for Me
Nab's Island, gradually changing her ?
course toward the Eastern Passage.
When almost opposite the Baltimore, ?
she left the water nt 8:44 a. m. Once
in the air she continued a short dis- :
tance north, then turned her nose
westward, until she was well over the
centre of .the harbor, gradually. in- ;
creasing her altitude. She turned east?
ward on reaching the mouth of the :
harbor, and could be seen continuing .
on her way toward Cape Breton.
New Starter Quickly Installed
Winle the NC-1 was getting off the
mechanics were completing their work
of installing the new starter on the
NC-3. and by the time the first.'plane
iras out of sight the second was ready.
There was no change in tho crews
which had brought the ' machines to
Halifax. When the NC-1 left Halifax
Harbor it was piloted by Lieutenant
Barrin and the NC-3 by Lieutenant
McCullough, both men being con?
sidered among the best of the Ameri?
can fliers. Commander Mitscher went
with the NC-1, and with Lieutenant
Barrin will take turns of half an hour
viach piloting the 'plane. Commander
Richardson will alternate with Lieu?
tenant McCullough. Commander Tow?
ers went in the NC-3,"which he select?
ed before leaving Rockaway as his flag?
ship, while Lieutenant Commander
Bellinger was in the NC-1.
As soon as the 'planes left the water
radio messages were sent out from the
Baltimore to Newfoundland, to the de?
stroyers off the coast and broadcast to
the world that the machines had de?
parted. The majority of the officers
and crew of the cruiser were on deck
to see the machines off, and the mo?
ment the NC-1 tooki^hp.^ir a: largo rod
balloon was sent "aloft from on board
the ship. Many of the crew had their
ea?leras"'In position for the start, and
as a result some good pictures were
taken.
Glenn H. ?urtiss Says
Azores Route Is Best
Seaplanes Can Gain ?Sine Hours
in Time if the Usual Condi
tioTis of Month of May Prevail
By Glenn H. Curtiss
The American NC planes will gain
nine hours from favorable winds if
the average weather conditions for May
prevail during' the coming week.
The conditions governing the trans?
oceanic flight are partly created by
the weather, the route chosen, and
partly by the flying craft themselves.
The navy hns given long and careful
study to all these. In my opinion the
naval flyers have chosen the best route
and are employing a type of seaplane
which gives '.hem the largest possible
factor of safety.
There has been a difference of opin?
ion as to whether the Nefoundland
Ireland, or the Newfoundland-Azorea
Portugal route is the better. The for<
mer is more direct. As one who has
been interested in transatlantic flight
since 1914, however, I can see five dis?
tinct advantages to the southern
course. They are: ?
1. It requires a marimum flight
without landing of 700 miles leas than
does the northern route.
2. It avoids the dangerous fog belt
which lies to the ea3t and northeast of
Newfoundland.
3. It is attended by inore favorable
weather generally -Warmer, clearer
and freer from atmospheric disturb?
ances^
4. It is in the path of steamship
traffic.
6. It is in the path or winds, which,
ander normal circumstances, will in?
crease by 40 per Cent the ?peed of tho
airplanes.
With average wind velocity and di?
rection it should take just twenty-one
hears for theNC.'s to reach San Miguel.
If normal wind conditions prevail the
bo?ts would have, at tho beginning, a
flight of three hours against a cross
wind. They would fly at seventy-one
mile;', ?rt.n hour in order to. sustain their
load of ??8,500 pounds, and would gain
from the wind three miles an hour,
fiyir.g 222 miles at-the-end of the first
three hour?.
The next three-hour period would
find them with a wind directly on their
t&Qs, going at a speed e* 70.5 tnilua,
rained to 100 miles an hour by the
wind. The fcixth hour thus finds them
I'l'L m?e? out. From that hour on the
winds wouid be favorable.
Making from 93 to 95 miles ?an hour,
the aeroplanes would ?wing ?lightly to
the aoatheast for the first nipe hours,
and would thtn change to an almost
due east course to take advantage of
enenging winde? swinging again to the
southeast i\ the fifteenth hour of
flight. Plying thiB course they would
arrive at the Azore?.
U, S. Warships in Line
Form Complete Bridge
Over Seaplane Route
The bridge of warships across the
Atlantic from Newfoundland to the
A ?ore? was completed yesterday. It
ha? betn formad by the vessels of the
united 8tat?e Atlantic fleet to insur?
tii* ?aietyoi the three giant NC sea
plan?? under ?fomitnff of Command?!
John H. Tower? when they fly from
frepasaey Bay, N, V., to Iiorta in th?
Azores.
?h? operations order which assigned
Entries for the Cross-Ocean Flight
?IX nations are represented in the struggle to win the honor of the first
**J flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The entries are as follows:
FROM NEWFOUNDLAND TO. EUROPE
Aeroplane Pilot Nationality . Firststop II. P. Speed
NC-1 Lt. Com. Bellinger U. S. Azores 1,600 75
NC-3 Com. Towers U. S. Azores 1,600 75
NC-4 % Lt. Com. Read U.S. Azores 1,600 75
Handley-Page Major Brackley English' Ireland 1,500 95
Martinsyde F. Raynham English Ireland 385. 100
Faij^y S. Pickles Australian Ireland 375 ' 130
Whitehead A. Payne ' ' English Ireland' 1,600 115
Sopwith - * H. G. Hawker " Australian Ireland -375 100
Seaplane H. Sunstodt ' Swedish Ireland -440 _ ??
Felixstowe Fury Col. J. Porte English Ireland 1,875 'llO'
Distance to Ireland?1,900 nautical miles.
Distance to Azores?1,200 nautical miles.
FROM EUROPE TO AMERICA
Aeroplane
Short
Farnum
Pilot
Maj. J. C. Wood
Lieut. Fontan
Capt. Coli
Caproni triplane
Nationality
English
French
French
Italian
First stop
Newf land
Pern'buco
Pern'buco
H.P.
375
This
The distance from Cape Dakar to Pernambuco is 1,800 miles,
the French route.
The Italian entry is not yet completed, and secrecy is shrouding both
progress and proposed route.
the warcr?ft to patrol'stations stated;
that all ships must bo in position by ;
May 10. According to wireless dis- j
patches this order has been obeyed.
The main part of the "bridge" con- i
sists of sixty destroyers under com- \
mand of Rear Admiral C. P. Plunkett. ?
They, have been assigned to specific j
stations along the route in accordance ;
with their organization as flotillas. Ad- i
mirai Plunkett:s lia g is hoisted on the '
U. S. S. Prairie.
In addition to the destroyers, the fa- !
mous' sixth battleship division, com- :
manded by Renr Admiral Hugh Rod- :
man, will patrol the course. This dlvl- i
sion which formed part of the Allied
grand fleet during the war, consists of
the superdreadnoughts New York,
Texas, Wyoming, Nevada, Florida and
Utah. The New York is, flagship of the
division.
As tho distance between Trepassey
Bay and Horta is 1,200 nautical miles,
the destroyers, if stationed in a direct
line, would be only twenty ni'les apart.
While the Navy Department has kept
its actual patrol plans a closely guard?
ed secret, it is not believed the de?
stroyers will be stationed in that
manner. They will be stationed, ac?
cording to experts, in such manner as
to patrol breadth of course as well as
length.
Navy 'Blimp9 Tuning Up
For Flight to Europe
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., May 10,?The
United States navy may start an air?
ship on the transatlantic flight almost
simultaneously with its seaplanes, it
was learned here to-day. Soon after the
information came that the C-5, latest of
the American naval dirigibles, would
leave Montauk Point for Newfound?
land in a few days, it was asserted that
if this trial trips is successful the
"blimp" probably would b?'sent on its
way to England. '
The American project, kept secret
during the long period of preparation,
became known to-day, when the cruiser
Chicago arrived to act as a base ship
for the dirigible. St. John's will be the
treminus of the 1,200-mile test run and
the starting point of the overseas flight
if attempted.
The site of the landing field here
has not been determined. It may be
the airdrome of either Harry G.
Hawker or Frederick G. Raynham, the
British aviator*, who still are wind
bound with their 'planes ready to fly
the Atlantic.
The date of the C-5's departure from
Montauk Point will depend, it was
stated, on the completion of local ar?
rangements and the weather which then
prevails.
The Chicago, flagship of. Rear Ad?
miral Spencer S. Wood, commanding
,the first division of the Atlantic fleer,
had been ordered to proceed hurriedly
from New York to St. John's. It had
aboard supplies for the base, including
carboys of gas for replenishing the
dirigible's supply.
-?.
25 U. S. Soldiers Charge
HI Treatment in Italy
CANTON, Ohio, May 10.?Twenty
five members of Company H, 332d In?
fantry, the only Americans to serve in
Italy, have made affidavits of what they
i term ill-treatment and needless suffer?
ing, and have turned them over to Con?
gressman Roscoe C. McCulloch with a
request he bring them up in Congress.
Among charges made are the follow?
ing:
That they were so ill-fed while on a
transport en route to Cattaro, Dal
j matia, Austria, that they fought among
! themselves for scarps from the officers'
I tables.
That they were confined to a cour
| yard for ten days after reaching Cat
' taro, and, although covered with ver
! min, were not permitted to go into th(
i town to bathe.
That two members of tho companj
were assaulted by a navy captain at a
party in the quarters of Captain WtN
face M. Johnson, of Cleveland, their
commander.
That cattle killed for company com?
missary were not fit for food.
That food given them at C?ttaro was
insufficient and not fit to eat.'
That the rice was musty and wormy,
the cornmeal moldy, the macaroni full
of worms and bugs.
That the men picked up stray Aus?
trian clothing, washed it and wore it
because of the ragged condiiton of
their own equipment.
2,000,000 Mustered
Out and 1,000,000
Brought Back Home
Rapid Progress of Demobili?
zation Described in State
nient by Gen. March ; 78%
Return on American Ships
WASHINGTON, May 10,?Demobili?
zation of the war army has passed the
two million mark, General March.
Chief of Staff, announced to-day, and
the number of troops returned from
France now exceeds one million.
Official estimates of the General
Staff show that a continuation of the
present rate of transporting troops
from France will result in the reduc?
tion, by August 1, of the American
force in France and Germany to 225,
?24 officers and men, including combat
and service of supply troops, marine
detachments and the navy personne!
attached to the army.
The movement from France during
the month of April totalled 303,178.
General March said that the accelera?
tion of the official schedule is proceed?
ing to the point where it seems cer?
tain that the official estimate of 310,000
a month will be reached and exceeded.
General March said it was interest?
ing to know that 78 per cent of .the
returning troops had been brought back
in American ships. Thirteen per cent
were returned in Britiuh bottoms.
Wounded soldiers in France"' htfw
total only 1,192, official records show.
The official total for demobilization,
as announced to-day, is 2,010,G71. o?
whom 106,476 were, commissioned offi?
cers..
Concerning American troops in
Northern Russia, General March said
to-day.that it is expected all of them
will be out by June.
Call for Volunteers
To Replace Marines
Stationed in Germany
WASHINGTON, May 10, -The ma?
rine brigade of the 2d Division in th<
Army of Occupation of Germany' wil
be withdrawn from France during th(
coming fall. Major General Barnett
commandant of the corps, made thi.
announcement to-day in a statement
calling for volunteers to replace the
men now composing the brigade.
The statement issued by the Navj
Department follows:
"Major General Barnett, commandai!
of the Marine Corps, to-day instruct.ee
Marine Corps recruiting offices to en
list discharged marines and soldier:
for special limited service overseas
These men will replace marines serv
ing with the 4th Brigade of the 2i
' Division (a part of the Army of Occu
? pation) and will remain overseas unti
fall, ?when all marines will be with
drawn. Upon their return these vol
t unteers for special service will be dis
" charged. Acceptable applicants mils
? be physically and otherwise desirable.
?j ."Such volunteers will be. sent over
j seas from Quantico, Va., within a fe\
r ? weeks."
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3,600 Gunners of
78th Arrive Home
On Two Transports
Artillery and "Typewriter"
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Returning ; 4i Luckiest "
Battalion Has 11 Killed
The transports Infanta Isabella and
Patria .from Marseilles, arrived here
yesterday wifh 3,676 officers and men,
most of them of the 78th Division
Most of the Isabella's 1,759 pa<-.sen
i gers were members of the 300th Fic'd
Artillery, which came homo complete
I in command of Colonel R o Sarn ?'
(of the regular army. With him came
j Major !?]. Co.e Kerr, of this city wl o
is a member of the Stock Exchange
Major Kerr was in comand of tha sec- I
ond battalion of '.he 309th, which he j
regarded as the luckiest in the w;ir.
Although the battalion was under
heavy shell fire for seventy-five days,
he said the only casualties consisted
of eleven men knle?!.
The Patria brought home 1,917 of- !
ficers and men, including the "08th !
Machine Gun Battalion. The troops
on the Patria returned in command of
Colonel J. G. Demming, former com- '
mander of the 51st Pioneer Infantry.
Among the casuals was W. A. Mc
Cabe, recently appointed agenc to
Charles F. Ratigan, superintendent of ;
State Prisons. Mr. McCabe had been
abroad a3 assistant aihietic director
in the Knights of Columbus service.
Navy Balloon Race
At Akron Postponed
AKRON, Ohio, May 10.?The navy
balloon race scheduled for this after?
noon was called off on account of un?
favorable weather. The race will start
ro-morrow at 4 p. m., weather permit?
ting, Lieutenant P. W. Hays, com?
mander of the station, announced.
Halifax-New York
Sea Record Broken
By the Mauretan ia
Cunard Liner Averages 23 V_
Knots in Run From Cana?
dian Port; Inventor of
Ross Gun Is a Passenger
The Cunard liner Mauretania. holder
of the record for the fastest trans?
atlantic passage, arrived here yester?
day from Southampton via Halifax,
making the fastest run yet recorded
between Halifax and New York.
?Shu left Southampton 8 a. m. Sunday
ana arrived at Halifax Friday morning,
discharging 3,000 Canadian * troops in
three hours, and left for New York at
10-.&S a, m., docking ye?t?rday at the
Cunard Line pier at 2:40 p. ra.
Captain Rost'ron sa!d he averaged
twentyr-three and,one-half knots on the
run from Halifax and twenty-four
knots from Southampton to the Cana?
dian port. He said the Mauretania on
her last eastbound trip averaged twen- ?
ty-five and three-quarter knots.
Among th'3 saloon passengers was j
Sir Charles Ross, inventor of the Ross
rifle used by the Canadians early in
the war. A fellow passenger was A.
L. Lindsay, son of the Counte?s of
Lindsay, who served with the British
transport service between France and
England.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, who went abroad
several months ago to settle the af?
fairs of the Red Cross activities which
wer.1 under her direction, returned on
the Mauretania. She was deputy com?
missioner for all England and was head
of the London Chapel. Before return?
ing she gave to the Rfid Cross for a
term of years the American Red Cross
Hospital No. o, which will serve as the
organization's permanent headquarters.
The hospital was originally the Art
Students' Club, in Chevretise, Paris.
?? Mrs. Reid converted the club into a
hospital for the French until the United
. States entered the war, when it was
?? usrd for American wounded.
Among others on the Mauretania
President Refuses
To Receive Brockdorff
T>ARIS, May 10.?Count von Brock
?*- dorff-Rantzau, German Foreign
Minister and chairman of the peace
delegation, tried to obtain a per?
sonal interview with President Wil?
son Friday, but was refused, accord?
ing to "L'lntransigeant."
BERLIN, May 10.?In announcing
that Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
would request a personal interview
with President Wilson, the semi-of?
ficial German news agency's corre?
spondent at Versailles stated that the
meeting would be asked "for oral
negotiations."
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been with her husband attending the
international conference of the Red
Cross at Cannes; Miss E. W. Nairn, C.
R. W. Nevison, Henry Hutchinson and
H. R. S. Graves.
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