MacMillan Leaves Boston Amid Great Outburst of Enthusiasm
Boston. June 17.—(AP)—The arctic expedition of Lieut. Commander Donald B. MacMillan sailed from the navy yard at Charleston shortly after noon today In the steamship Peary bound for Wiscasset, Me. From Wiscasset the Peary and the schooner Bowdoin will sail on MacMillan’s ninth trip
The big guns on the navy craft thundered farewell as the little steamer slipped away on the first leg of the trip beyond the arctic circle. A navy band on the pier played “Auld Lang Syne.” The crowd which had crammed its way into the navy yard cheered. The harbor echoed with the shrill of marine whistles as craft at anchor joined In the parting tribute.
Overhead, as the Peary passed on its way out to sea, a dozen hydro airplanes circled.
MacMillan in outlining the objects of his expedition just before the Peary sailed, asserted that If Amundsen, Norwegian Arctic explorer believed lost on his flight to the North Pole, had not been found when the American expedition reached Etah, Greenland, he would undertake his rescue. Amundsen, he said, will run out of food tomorrow.
Governor Fuller, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore D. Robinson, Mayor Curely and others were at the navy yard to wish the expedition bon voyage.
New Britain Herald, New Britain, CT, June 18, 1925