U. S. REVEALS
HOW IT TRAINS
WAR BIRDMEN
Instructed in Machine Gun
Signaling and Nerve-Test
ing Aerial Tactics
Washington, Sept. 21. Tho pres
ent practice of the aviation section
of the signal corps regarding quali
fications of candidates for service as
aviators in the American Army air
service was disclosed by the War De
partment to-day.
Candidates for commissions fiy
lnng officers must be ai least nine
teen years old and preferably not
over thirty, although in exceptional
cases older men of pronounced
athleUc attainments, who have spent
most of their lives out of doors, in
the saddle, ranching, playing polo,
mountain climbing, or in actual fly
ing, may be accepted, if they can
satisfy the examining board of their
physical fitness. It is also required
that candidates should be men of the
highest character, well educated and
of good physique. They may be light
in weight and youthful in appear
ance, but applicants will not be rec- j
ommended, it is announced, who are.
not-in every way qualified and fitted]
to become officers of tho United i
army.
"It must be remembered," said the 1
statement issued by the airplane di
vision, "that the flying officer is not
an aerial chauffeur' or exhibition!
flyer." He has been more correctly j
defined as a "twentieth century cav- :
airy officer mounted on Pegasus.' It:
is obvious that candidates must be
mentally alert, physically perfect and|
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hnve well disciplined minds and
bodies.'
Must Attend Ground School
All candidate* are enlisted In the
signal corps or the signal enlisted
r reserve corps. This will actually hold
them for the period of training,
which covers the course at tlio
ground schools of military aero
ttutlcs and at the aviution flying
schools up to the time when, having
. passed the tests for a reserve mili
tary aviator or Junior military avia
tor, as required by the chief signal
officer, they are commissioned. If
they fall, they will be discharged
from the signal corps and returned
to their former status. Failuro to
Qualify for a commission will not
. exempt them from the draft law.
j During his entire course of train
ing the candidate for a flying com
mission will have the rank of a tirst
s class private, but at the option of
r his commanding officer he may be
given temporary detail in other
! Ktadoo. Any of the candidates may
_| "O discharged at aijy time while
(training for failure to pass tests or
t ! examinations or by showing that he
, |ls unfitted mentally, physically or
, I morally for the duties of flying of
*i fleer.
, j From the time when the candidate
i Is assigned to duty at the ground
J] school until ha. Is discharged, or has
: passed all tests for commission, he
r | will receive pay of SIOO a month and
I: sixty cents a day for rations. Candi-
I dates are sent first to the ground
, j schools, the objects of wnlch are to
1 1 teach thenj their military duties, to
I develop soldierly qualities, eliminate
_ithose who are unfit to become flying
, officers and give tho necessary pre
f j liminary training in use of the ma
j] chine gun, wireless telegraph, care of
j aerial motors, assembling and care
,j of airplanes, principles of aerial
* J tactics, co-operation with other
' branches of the service and the fun
, i damental principles of cross-country
. and general flying.
Discipline Like West Point's
11 The system of discipline at the
; ground school follows that of West
[ Point as closely as possible. Calis
. ! thenics and Infantry drift are requir
| ed daily, In addition to the course of
! technical study. Classes are sent to
| these ground schools every Saturday
! and are graduated after eight or nine
weeks. No candidate is sent to a
,| flying school unless he has passed all
final examinations In the ground
1 school.
Tho aviation flying schools to
| which ground school graduates are
j sent are situated In various parts of
i the United States and in the coun-
I tries of the Allies. It cattnot be pre
i determined as to tho length of time
it takes to fit a man for the airplane
( service. Some can earn a commis
sion in a month; others tako much'
! longer. It occasionally takes longer
to correct bad habits than it does
to teach new candidates who have
never had any flying experience. At
the flying school instruction in ma
| chine guns, signaling and aerial tac
i tics is continued, and after the oan
; didate has passed all the prescribed
i tests,- he is eligible for his commis-
I sion.
1 DRAFT MUX MAY FILL IP
REORGANIZED STATE GUARD
j Camp Hancock. Augusta. Ga., fept.
21. ■ — Announcement of the reorgani
sation plans for Pennsylvania's
Twenty-eighth Army Division is ex
pected within the near future by vir
i tually all officers in the field,
j It is not anticipated recommenda
j tions made to Washington that the di
i vision be maintained as it is now con
stituted will be accepted. Therefore
2,000 draft men from the National
Army are expected here shortly, now
that troops of the organization are
| moving.
Wnj) ENGINE KILLS THREE
j N'eon, Ky„ Sept. 21. John Allphin.
| flreman, and two negro passengers
i were killed and about twentv other
negro passengers were injured when
a freight locomotive, running wild,
early last night crashed into a Louis
ville and Nashville passenger train
about one mile west of here.
O'NEIL ASKS FOR
MORE ROAD WORK
Program For This Fall the
1 Most Extensive Undertaken
by the Department
Highway Commissioner J. Denny
O'N'ell l£ advertising for bids for
the construction of 27.84 miles of
Improved highways In thirteen dif
ferent counties. On October 9 bids
will be opened for the construction
of roads in -Cambria, Washington.
Allegheny, Lehigh, Butler, Mont
gomery, Venango, Lackawanna and
i Westmoreland counties and, on Oc
tober 16, for construction In Arm
■ strong, Somerset, Center and Greene
j counties.
| The projects proposed for Lack
j awanna, Westmoreland and Greene
j counties are new but all of the oth
ers have been advertised previously,
i the bids which were received hav
ing been rejected because of exces
sive prices.
The Corner road, In
Cambria county, calls for a pave
ment 20,948 feet long and sixteen
! feet wide, which is to be of vitri
i lied block construction. For the con
! venience of bidders, this project has
I been divided Into two sections: The
! first, located in East Taylor town
ship, is to be 9,878 feet long, while
: the second is in Jackson and East
Taylor townships and is to be 11,-
070 feet in length. This entire pro
ject is located on State Highway
Route 62.
Again bids are being asked for the
improvement of that portion of the
Pittsburgh pike between Bridgevllle
and Canonsburg, on State Highway
Koute 108. This stretch of roadway
is 36,170- feet long "and the specifi
cations call for reinforced concrete
and vitrified block construction. It
is to be sixteen feet wide. Of this
proposed improvement, 16,852 feet
are located In South Fayette town
ship, Allegheny county, and 19,318
feet In Cecil and North Strabane
townships, Washington county.
Another Washington county high
way to be improved is located In
East Bethlehem township, connect
ing at Centerville Borough and ex
tending to Fredericktown, along the
Monongahela river, for a distance
of 6,900 feet. The type of construc
tion is to be reinforced concrete and
vitrified block. This is State-aid ap
plication 738 and is located on Stat#
Highway Route 268.
From Bethlehem to Allentown, in
Hanover township, Lehigh county,
it. is proposed to improve a stretch
of roadway 11,857 feet long. This
project is on State Highway Route
159 and is to be sixteen and twenty
feet wide, of reinforced concrete
construction.
A vitrified block pavement, six
teen feet wide and 5,800 feet in
length, is to be built in Clinton
township, Butler county, extending
from Saxonburg south toward the
Allegheny county line. This is a
State-aid project, being application
No. 417.
The roadway to be improved in
Montgomery county extends through
Abington, Upper Moreland and Pp
per Dublin townships for a distance
of 6,537 feet. This pavement is to
be sixteen feet wide and of rein
forced concrete type of construction.
This, too, is a State aid project,
being application 648.
In Venango county, the proposed
Improvement extends from Oil City
to Rouseville, in Cornplanter town
ship. This is a stretch of road 7,-
857 feet long. It is to be of vitrified
block and Is to be sixteen feet wide.
This is State-aid application 681.
The Lackawanna county project
is located in Moosic and Old Forge
boroughs and calls for 6,562 feet of
reinforced concrete construction, six
teen feet wide. This proposed work
is covered by State-aid application
Nos. 442 and 487.
Another State-aid project is that
proposed for Westmoreland county,
which extends from Scottdale to
wards Greensburg, in East Hunting-]
don township. This pavement is to
be of vitrified block and the length
is 2,540 feet, with a width of six
teen feet. This work is covered by
State-aid application No. 324.
The Ford City-Kittanning road,
in Manor township, Armstrong coun
ty, again is advertised. This project
calls for a pavement 13,007 feet
long and sixteen feet wide, which is
to be of vitrified block construc
tion. This is State-aid application
No. 397.
The work proposed for Somer
set county is part of the project ,to
connect the Lincoln highway with
the National pike. It extends
through Somerset township, a dis
tance of 6,675 feet, and is to be
built of vitrified block. It is to be
sixteen feet wide. This improve
ment is covered by State-aid appli
cation 739.
A proposed borough improve
ment is that planned for Bellefonte,
Center county, where a vitrified
block pavement sixteen and twenty
feet wide and 2,454 feet long is to
be constructed.
The Greene county project con
tinues the improvement of State
highway route 268 from Waynes
burg towards Rice's Landing, on the
Monongahela river, through Morgan
and Franklin townships. This road
way is to be of vitrified block .con
struction. It is 18,083 feet long and
is to be sixteen feet wide.
May Exhume Body
of Flagler's Widow
Wilmington, N. C., Sept. 21.
Rumors of suspicious circumstances
surrounding the death of Mr*. Robert
W. Binghum, formerly Mrs. Henry M.
Flagler, who died recently In Louis
ville, Ky., and was buried here, re
sulted yesterday in permission by
Wilmington authorities to relatives
to exhume the body for further ex
amination.
Relatives are protesting a codisil of
Mrs. Bingham's will bequeathing $5,-
000,000 to her husband, Judge Bing
ham.
Nationally known physicians and
surgeons have been summoned here
to perform an autopsy. Meantime,
armed guards watch the grave day
and night.
Judge Bingham and Mrs. Flagler
were married on November 15 in New
York. She had been Henrv M. Flag
ler's third wife and inherited the bulk
of a fortune estimated at $80,000,000.
It was stated that Judge Bingham,
by the terms of an antenuptial
agreement, was to receive $5,000,000
of the estate and that bv agreeing 10
this and not asserting his rights to
a full third of the estate he Would
lose approximately $20,000,000.
Liberty Loan Campaign
Will Last Four Weeks
Washington. Bept. 21. The second
Liberty Loan campaign will last four
weeks, opening October 1 and closing
October 27.
Wednesday, October 24, will be cele
brated os Liberty Day throughout the
country and arrangements will be
made to hold patriotic meetings In
every city, town and village.
Details of the second Liberty Loan
It was officially announced last night!
will be made public as soon as pos
sible after Congress disposes of the
$11,000,000,000 bond bill. 1
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