Show MacMillan Party Oar Carefully are fully u Chosen Chose osen CHICAGO July 11 1 AP The AP-The The cook and engineer of the Bowdoin which with the Peary Is carrying carryIng carry carry- ing the Navy MacMillan party to the Arctic region for exploration alone of i its s complement wilnot will wil not have to take turns at atthe atthe atthe the wheel The Bowdoin of the auxiliary schooner type has a n. passenger passenger passenger pas pas- list of ten men The Peary has a crew of t thirteen men and anda a personnel of thirty navy officers and men All m members of the crew and the complement are volunteers The crew was was was' selected principally from three viewpoints personality which was ranked first physique am and ability It requires requires' a good personality personality person person- aUty to withstand the rigors o of Arctic isolation as much as good physical condition Commander MacMillan is In charge of the Bowdoin Commander Eugene E E. McDonald Jr in charge of the Peary and Commander R R. E Byrd U U. S S. S N N. in charge of the Navy personnel and planes McDonald McDonald McDonald Mc Mc- Donald also is chief of ot radio on the expedition The planes are of the amphibian type and numbered NA 1 NA 2 and NA 3 They will have a maximum flying distance of 1200 miles but butwill butwill will not be required to fly farther than miles from their Arctic bases at any time They will wm also carry carrier pigeons ana and smoke bombs Heretofore Arctic explorers have figured out their the compass variations variations varia varia- by the relation of the North Pole to the magnetic pole At the theS S suggestion n Q of of Secretary Wilbur Wllbur this expedition Is armed with a new chart which makes the magnetic pole the chief factor and provides a n set of variations of the compass with the North Pole playing secand sec sec- second sec ond and hand This may shay simplify ob observations observations observations ob- ob calculations and navigation navi navi- gation |