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HURSDAY JUNE 18TH. 1919.

AMERICA IN THE AIR.

MA PROGRAMME TO WHIP

CREATION.

¡BY SHAW DESMOND.)

Four hundred million pounds.

Continent.

MAKING OFFICERS. TWO SYSTEMS CONTRASTED [FROM A

CORRESPONDENT]

SIKIL

The story of the war work of the Inns

Eight eighty-mile wide airways with of Court O.T.C. illustrates two methods feeders cris-crossing the North American of training the young officer and, in view of the likely adoption in fature of the Two hundred aerial mail routes, using miniature Sandhurst."

system. the two thousand aeroplanes, planning. aaccess attending the original Inns of is Ameried's challenge to the world court methods ought, at least, to be That is in the

the air. From the day when eight aerial cruisers brought to netice. convoyed the Maxretania into New York The system of training adopted during until some weeks afterwards I left in the the first two years contrasted in many same boat and looking towards the murky respects with the system established by skyline saw the planes dipping like swal- the War Offer in 2018. It was based on lows,

I found the accuplane Bitting two simple principles. First, on the well- through the life of the continent-dotting worn but much neglected macia, that the its posters, its pictures-halls, its pic moral is to the physical us at least as America has besome four three to one; secondly, that in & four months training the object must be not That great little organisation, the Aers to create experts; but to turn out men Club

of America, as learned from one unble of taking on.

For the pur- Wood- of its guiding spirits, Mr. Henry poses the greatest elasticity was allowed; house

America's most prominent perhaps

no cast-iron system could meet the case aerial editor. 3. planning. in cooperation with the Aerial League of America and thirty affiliated aero clube. ave trans-

"

of men of all ages from 18 to 33. from all countries and of all occupations continental airways and three coustul air

The strictest discipline, was enforced. ways, with a bewildering number of air hut in other respects men were encouraged routes linking them up. Aerial mail to develop, atong military lines and under stations, emergency landing places, aeco mental discipline, such virile qualities dromes with ground fights for night land as they brought in from civilian life. ing and electric arrows pointing to the Slackness alone was chief cities off the railways, easily read country round Berkhamsted ofered an Anathema.. The nble from: the air, are, with all the other ideal area for training: commons, pack- airy paraphernalia, being mapped out. land. hills, woods. and fields, and bath

TRUNK LUXES.

owners and occupiers were kind. By day..

country. digging, nap-reading, travers- by night, in all weathers, and at all times of the year, the men were out in the ing new ground, and confronting new situations.

The eight principal airways, the mu in the immediate future will function a of some of which I have seen, and which regularly ax the Scotch express, seventy-fire to a hundred miles an hour,

The

are 4 Wilson Airway, from New York to San Francisco, touching Cleveland Toledo, Chicago, etc.

Work in ramp was reduced to R minimum, yet, even so, by never taking the edge off men's keenness, the batt

Washing Might Brothers Airway, from lion, often nearly 2.000 strong, drilled

through North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, etc. fidishing at San Diego i California.

Langley Airway from Philadel to Santa Barbara, California, and touching Pittsburgh, Indianapolis. St. Louis. Kansas City, etc., en ruuic.

The Chanute and Bell Airway, from Boston to Seattle and Portland, Oregon. touching New York and a score of other cities en routs.

with a force and precision' it would be difficult to surpass When, the men went to their various regiments, they carried with thenre good grounding in drill. musketry, the Lewis gun, map-reading, and trench warfare. Above all, the majority had confidence in themselves, an invincible Reenness, and a singular exprit

de corps.

THE SQUAD DRILL ERA.

In the autumn of 1918 system and or The Rodgers Airway, from Newport Banization were scrapped, and the Corps News and Norfolk, Virginia, to Los was brought into line with the Cadet Angeles, California, calling at all impor Battalions established during that year. tant cities and towns on the way.

These ruiniature Sandhursts. embodied The Atlantic Airway, from Maine to the pre-war tradition nothing like Key West, Florida, will touch every city squad drill." The instructors were main- on the Atlantic seaboard; the Gulf Airly wounded officers, and the square" way from Key West to the mouth of the Rio Grande, will follow the

coast and touch every city in the Gulf senboard; from San Diego

The

became the centre of training.

adet, undoubtedly learnt sorne, table manners and a considerable amount of

while the Facifc touch every city on drill. He became well versed in physical

to Puget Sound the Pacific seaboard..

training and the use (or abuse) of, the

made

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Those eight airways alone will give Ame-bayonet. The obvious weakness of the rica a

a big pull in the economic struggle system was that, while in leisurely pre come, saving her time, money, energy. war days the officer was really Most of the officinis, aerial or otherwise not at Sandhurst, but in his regiment, in to whom spoke, admitted this, doing it war time no such regimental formative in that big, American spirit which sees influence existed. The cadet. having

big enough for all of us,

been reduced to the desired military an expression recurrent in the three New pulp, found no senior subaltern to lick York

clubs which of

him into shape. He remained a half orary member during my stay...

baked officer except so far as his under.

was made an hoa.

CARRYING THE MAILS."

But all this is no

not something in the mined individuality helped him to some

air.". Here are some flying facts.

and

thing better.

2

By arrangement between Postmaster

It would be interesting to get the un- General Burleson and Secretary Baker, official opinion of commanding officers the first permanent aerial mail routes on the proc ice of the two systems, par- have been established between New

ticularly in view of future training. The Philade

Washington, Cleveland old lines posibly justify themselves the Postmaster General where boys of 18 are concerned, and the stating in his annual report that very regiment is available as finishing wide extensions are contemplated, the school. No harm, however, would be Caius States Post Office now having in done by a little thinking and even by its possession plans for some two hundred taking some amount of foreign military meil

involving the use of at least criticism. Allowing for the natural dis two theroplanes,

Some of the like caused abroad by the insularity of lines have been running for months and most British officers, there would, it is I believe without mishap of any kind.

Four mail routes are now being plansensus of opinion, not less in Allied than believed. still be a respectable con- ned, and will soon be Bown. They are in hostile armies, that while our men with their numerous

New York to San Francisco to run from

to Key West, from Key

and from

from Boston were splendid, neither at the beginning or end of the war were our officers pro-

vid Fara Fesionally quite it on the heighte

•to. Indies to South Amerien."

14,000 THROUGH THE RANKA.

From estimates that I have seen it is

The corps, which numbered under 300 probable that America will start a dozen at the outbreak of war, is now being extra

aerial

rial mails within twelve months, reduced to 'cadre. it being calculated that the Post Office 14,000 men have passed through the Between 13,000 and will be able to aeroplane half of the one ranks, mostly to commissions; of these, hundred million day and night letters nearly 5,000 are easnalties; the honours and half of the fifty million special deli are believed to number about 1,000, in- very letters sent searly in the United clading thres V.C's. Nor does the num- States.

A

Now, the American has no use for any-ber of men passing through the ranks thing that is not capable of being trang long waiting list in the early days. re

represent the corps total output. lated into commercial terms. aerial schemes like his skyscrapers, he eived instruction, and passed straight to may have his bead in the clouds, but his corumissions; and, for some time, the feet are on solid earth, and a dollar under War Office sent, for short periods of each foot. Let us look at the commercial training, some hundreds of men to whom side of American Bring.

commissions were in course of being; The average cost of sending the above granted.

letters is dollar and thirteen cents for the special delivery public school-boys during their holidays: and lectures were provided for Jetters.

That alone spells £10,000,000 beers of school O.T.C's. were welcomed waiting to be picked up. Further, the to train with the corps; and the G.O.C. aerial letter is going to challenge the of a neighbouring Division was in the telegraph it is a case of an 8d. letter habit of sending over newly-joined officers Versus a £1 telegram, and greater prifor&month's instruction. vacy.

When the ebeck in recruiting made itself precept Five million pounds worth of parcelsible, chiefly owing, so far

the corps post can, it is conservatively estimated, was concerned, to the fact that thousands be sent through the air in the immediate of well-qualified men had been allowed, future, and as much Transatlantic mail and even encouraged, to enlist in various I hardly spoke to one aerial exper regiments as private soldiers, voluntary did not believe in the Transatlantic agencies were everywhere established, to who Passage as Some of

men alone were steady stream of recruits set in, includ sceptical

There is only one fy in the Americusg. men from the most distant countries. America seems to believe that England one in. 10 being accepted. amber and that is the Handley Page, viewed Selection Committee inter- some130,000 candidates, about the best weight carrier in the world. One American

bas

THE HANDLEY PAGE.

the commercial proposition. give information about the corps; and, a

the super making & Weighing

Atlantic with

lage

added:

each

to me that

.could cross the

in its fuss up to 500 dola. a head is going to be a fifty pounds, sound business proposition the day after.

of 100,000 letters, and to-morrow, We big business men have

want the Handley Page to to ent seconds to save thousands. We

demonstrate what British brains

CAN

do are ready to pay for it.!!

This New York-Chicago scheme is but

the

pioneer scheme of hundreds of other

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