Nutt wa* sent to the Philippine Island*,
then to the Asiatic mainland to mak#
preliminary arrangement* following
courtesies extended hy the government*
of Japan, China. Great Britain, France,
etc. Both of these officers, together
with First Lieut. St. Clair Streett, were
members of the flying expedition which
Lieutenant Streett commanded, from
Washington to Nome, Alaska, several
years ago.'
Upon the data returned from Lieu
tenants Crumrine and Nutt, together
with that provided by other air service
officers and sir attaches throughout the
world, a detailed atudy of.tlie route
Wa* made in the office of ike chief of
.air service. The United States coast
guard obtained data On facilities be
tween Seettle, Wash, and Attu Island
in the Aleutian group, which is the point
of the departure of the flight from the
United States possessions.
How The light Is Divided
In order to assure the availability of
every possible facility for the use of
this flight, special attention is being
given to the weather conditions
throughout the route. The 'proposed
airway around the world hat been sub
divided into sfx divisions: First divi
sion beginning at Washington, D. C.,
and ending at Attu Island on the Aleu
tian group; second division, ending at
Nagasaki, Japan; third division, end
•ing at Calcutta, India; fourth division
ending at Conatantlnopia, Turkey; fifth
division, ending at London (Hull), Eng
land ; sixth division, ending at Wash
ington, D. C. It ia proposed to have
on* advance officer cover each section
of this route to obtain detailed infor
mation on landing faculties on land or
water transportation, airways, meteor
ological and climatic conditions and
other pertinent Subjects. He will make
arrangements for tb* passage of the
flight through the territory to which be
is assigned.
