Show Byrd Leads Antarctic A n ta rc tic Crew Grew To Royal Welcome at Capital En Polar Adventurers En Route Up Potomac to Washington QUANTICO Va May 10 P Rear JP-Rear Rear Admiral Richard E. E B Byrd rd led his crew of ot adventurers toward the nations nation's capital toda today for a welcoming celebration celebration cele bration such as Is reserved for those who have climbed high in m th the national national na na- na esteem Transferring his crew from the ship Jacob Ruppert to the Bear of ot Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land the admiral pointed the latter vessel essel upstream for the mile 40 trip 10 lo Washington Aboard the Bear as it moved mo awa away from the docks at the marine base here at 9 30 a. a m. m est the hundred men from Little America spruced themselves for the formal outpouring of national welcome at Washington this afternoon Admiral Byrd wore the uniform of his rank as he gave I the cast off oft signal r V V W ff VV V V t V V VV VV t V V V y Admiral Byrd A formal welcome by President Roosevelt Roosevell d ar congress awaited the I explorer and his men on the Potomac Reception to to Be Second Second Second Sec Sec- ond Only to Lindbergh Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind Lind- bergh Greeting dock in m Washington Later the they were to be bo guests of or the National Geographic Geographic Geo Geo- graphic society at a dinner and recep- recep tion lion tionA A half halt dozen or more of ot the members members mem memo bers of or the expedition who had left lef the main mam party at various places in the southern seas to make quicker returns returns returns re re- re- re turns to America than the Ruppert and Bear could provide joined the rest resl of the party here before before be be- fore it left for the final lap of ot the journey to the capital The Washington Washing Washing- ton reception is expected to be second second sec see ond only to to- the one given Lindbergh in 1927 Top hats and arid gold braid glistened as officials in m brilliant array awaited the arrival of the expedition Besides the president Secretary Swanson congressional leaders Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- George E. E Peery of f Virginia Continued on Face BYRD r WILL GET 0 UI S. S WELCOME Continued from Pate Pace One and high nav navy officers led the welcoming welcoming wel wel- coming delegations Talking with newspaper men shortly after his hia ship shoved off oct from Quantico Admiral Byrd re related related re- re some of the achievements athis of at his expedition They were Claiming for tor the United States of ot square miles mUes of at territory which he mapped and named Marie Byrd land The dis discovery very that Antarctica IsaU is all aU one continent bythe bythe by bythe the sea Finding of ot quartz In the Edsel Edse Ford mountains mountains' which was taken as an on indication that there probably were copper and silver there The discovery of or fossils of ot trees and leaves to indicate that at one onetime onetime time Ume the Antarctic region of perpetual ual ice was wa in a temperate or tropical tropical tropical cal zone Finding of ot bugs In fn melted Ice fee pools In the mountain proof that there is more than penguin life In Inthe th the Antarctic |