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IRoanoke Troops LandedIAt Newport News TodaynMajor General Cronkhite andEntire 155th Field ArtilleryBrigade of Eightieth Division on Home Soil—318th Infan-*try of Eightieth Landed Yesterday—Parade in Richmond Friday.\HAWKER AND GRIEVE'IM:• jNewport News. May 28.—Bring-TBe*towe'd Bj King G«or*e **ing 4.362'officers and’ men. includ-1 Buckingham Paine ing Maj.-Gen. Adalbert Cronkhite, j Recipient*,commander of the 80th division, the transport Zeppelin arrived here today from Brest. The 155th field artillery brigade, complete,of the 80th division, was aboard.PiratA ’number of Roanoke soldirra ere included among the troops brought bom* by lh* Zeppelin.ILaslt;r4 VeeteHey.Newport News, May 27.— (Special.)—Nearly three thousand men of thetilth Infantry, 10th Division, arrivedher* today on the transport Maul. The unit wsa made up chiefly of drafted men from Virginia. West Virginia and Pennsylvania originally, but heavy casualties In the ranks and s great many replacement# from other dl-vialons were present today. Companies L and M did not come with the remainder of the regiment, but will arrive in America thta week on another ship. Fifty per cent of the member* of the tilth are Virginians, every see tionLondon. May 21.—Harry G. Hawker and Lieut. Com. McKensle Grieve were received by King George et Buckingham palace this morning.King George bestowed on Hawker and Grieve the insignia of the air force crosa. They are the first actual recipients of this order.An immense crowd gathered In front of Buckingham palace to witness the arrival of Hawker and Grieve, who were loudly cheered when they made their appearance. The crowd also gave them en ovation when they left the palace.The air force cross with which King George decorated Hawker and Grieve la a new honor which is bestowed for devotion to duty.”London. Tuesday, May 27.—-The 8op-with airplane dtrven by Harry O. Hawker on his unsuccessful attempt to fly across the Atlantic, started from Bt. Johns with a goaollne supply of 340 gallons. Half this amount had been used when the airplane alighted in thethe Danish tramp steamer8nht!t!hnvItCAmsea near| Mary. In talking of the voyage. Lieut.Of *th£ gtv.,‘ hamV^wVsI^nTSr Com MrKensls Grieve aaid today In of the 8tat* being represented, i K,_ in.UM J.They are men who were taken first and second drafts. \! h,s opinion the future of aerial navig tlon lies in the perfection of wlreleesVIM Mr,,*, (hi. r-tr,m.r,» ho .K. «lt;iulpment for airplane*, by which theFive time* this regiment hit the machtnes may be guide,i.German line, once In Picardy, once at]8i. Mihiel. add at three different stagesof the Meuse-Argone offensive. TheyIf ► Irrf Iipaid a heavy toll during their -btlal,_whit wind career In battleThe 118th went io Tamp Stuart this afternoon, where they will take part in a big parade of Virginia troops, leaving th#- same day for Camp Lee to be demobilised.!I» ITo Parade Frida;.Richmond. May 17.—(Special. —At a conference in Newport News at noon today, at which H. W. Elleraon and John R. M or decal, of the Richmond Home-Coming Committee, met Colonel Suppler, chief of etafT. it was decided to have the nest parade of troops tn Richmond next Friday—Memorial Day —instead of Thursday.In this parade will take part not only the llth .Field Artillery and the Virginia contingent of the 104th Ammunition Train, hut also the hulk of the 118th Regiment of selective seF-vlce men. which Is scheduled to arrive at Newport News this afternoon. The number of men In line will be nearly 5,000. ^ it was determined at the New port News conference today to send the 111th Field Artillery and the Virginia contingent of the 104th Ammunition Train by boat, leaving Newport News Thursday and arriving In Richmond Friday morning The 318th Infantry will come on six trains, leaving Newport News early Friday morning.According to the decision reached at today’s conference the 117th Infantry and 155th Artillery Brigade will parade In Richmond Wednesday or Thursday of next week nearly 8.000 men strongLetters to Roanoke soldiers with the Eightieth Division, for delivery upon their arrival at Hoboken, should beT,*,, U\ lt;far* ?.f MrB ^Roy BrownHall of States. New York, says a lele-««» received from Mrs Brown by the ”*r Camp Community Service yesterday. Full addresses. Including company and regiment or battalion, should be Included, advises Mrs. BrownExpected Arrivals.Washington. May 28— KxpectM arrivals of transports announced today Included:Santa Cecilia. June 7; Madawaaka. .Tune «. and West Llango. June 2. all for New ’kork. and the Erny for Newport News. June 8. The majority of the troops aboard the vessels are detachments of th* BBfh and 3uth divisions and casuals.AAnr iiauiADescribe* \treth«r.lt;B the Associated Press.)Tuesday May 27.—Describing weather conditions and how hie airplane ran into strong northeasterly J w'mds. Harry G. Hawker said to a representative of the Dully Mail;The weather was no hindrance, and we should have mad* the flight but for the trouble occasioned by the water boiling In our cooling system. We could have got through the worst of the weather in a couple of houra”The wireless was not a great success.” said Lieutenant Commander Mackenaie Grieve. We had a new set from England, hut a trial flight with It was impossible, owing to the danger of risking the machine on the j limited airdrome space. On starting we found the spark very feeble, and only a small amperage obtainable, owing to the undersiaed propeller used to drive it. I sent out messages every half hour and think they should have been heard If any ship had been near, but never had any reply.From a navigating point of view. I j placed no reliance on the wireless other than as a means of asking the positions of such ships as we might pass The ships had previously been asked by wireless from St. Johns to make known their positions if they saw us by day or if we flred Very Light* by night. As w e saw no ves-, sel, no light was flred. One vessel has reported having seen a light, but the observers on board may have described the red glow’ of the exhaust. ! jW* preferred to navigate chiefly by1 f celestial observations and my poai- j non as I worked it out by the stars was virtually correct. I found when picked up. 1 used a cloud horlxon in- 1 stead of a sea horlxon, as the sea was hardly visible any of the time we were In the air During the flrat four hours after leaving we passed over fog banks. The clouds below wer* like a sea. giving a perfect hort-xnn. I had only to Judge our distance above them and take the aun an on a sea horlxon About 7 o'clock. Greenwich time. I saw the sea for a few seconds through a hole In the fog. or cloud, bank 1 obtained some idea of the drift of 4he machine by notingthe breaking waves through th« drift indicator. We were then at a height of 4.000 feet and climbing, the drift hctng ten degrees to the right of our course, which I had already allowed for on -starting, owing to the northeast wind that was blowing.Up to 10:15 o'clock we steered to' make a true east course, not marnxtiii-e\uIt0cf1L
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Roanoke World News
Roanoke, Virginia, US
Wed, May 28, 1919
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