Show ROOKIE FLIERS DARE DEATH IN CAMP CAMPAS CAMPAS AS WELL AS WHEN THEY FACE FOE Total of 38 Killed in Training Since Jf War ar Began t S British System Is to Put Cadet Through All Possible Risks s. Dallas Tex Feb 23 The Tho Tho American youth has line a n natural aptitude to for flying fly Ily- ing InK It was revealed and anil Is being de developed do- do I eloped In seven aviation n training stations In Texas and during tho time winter winter win win- ter ler filers fliers have been turned out from them with a n. proficiency and and- andIn In num nUm- hers bers that havo Q fully tuny satisfied the thc American officers and have proved almost al almost ul- ul most startling to instructors from the allied armies who are arc here hero to give the thc Americans the of or their experience ex ex- I and There are six American and antl on one British Brit Brit- j ish aviation a stations In the state The I American camps campa are at It Fort Worth orth San Ran Antonio Houston Waco aco Dallas and Falls At Fort Worth time the jio Ho ai al Flying corps a camp o of young Canadians trained by Ly British officers are In dall dally daily competition with tn Americans Amerlan In an adjoining camp A good goodly 1 number of young oun Americans Americana also are arc enlisted with time the Canadians and aro are receiving their training under tinder the direction of or British officers as 38 Men Killed In Training A regard for tor military secrecy prohibits pro pro- hibits relating the total number of or students who have taken to the tho air all hero here this winter sinter It reaches a n. tI figure that gives great reat comfort to the military mill mili tar tary men who know and compared with tho the total advancement mado made by j time the men men tho the number of or accidents re reported reported re- re ported has been surprisingly small it is stated The death of or Vernon Castle while flying hying at tho the British camp at Fort Worth orth on February 15 15 and tho the death of ot Tames James G G. of ot Dover England cn at the same camp February 21 21 to together to- to nether ether with th the death tolla today o of Cadet Callet I Franklin Fairchild of or New ew York at nt the American camp there brought the total killed In airplane ac accidents accidents nc- nc to February 23 to forty tort i J. nu timers at am i ort Jort worth orth have havo lost far more than any of oC the American camps The Tho lr h fatality record among tho the British It Is said Is IB the di direct direct direct di- di result o of the more strenuous system tem tern of ot practice mid and drill which the they use lice three Thirty deaths havo have occurred at the two camps at Fort Worth while Houston next In tho list has had hall seven Yankee Methods Mower cr Thc They kill more at nt Fort Worth orth because because because be be- cause the they fly I more is the thea a way a ayoung ayoung young oung aviation explained the great rent difference In tho the mortality lists I The British theor theory is that the men should receive early sarly Instructions In all I the difficult work ork they will have havo to do In actual service while the time American trainers spend a larger larer part of ot their time in drilling the fundamentals of or flying The young oung Canadians go o Into the tho air early for flights that are forbidden forbidden for for- bidden In tho the camps under United States control They are taught the thc spirals the dh dives s and anel tho time loops hoops that are arc a n part o of nc actual war flying and so it I Is that If It their mortality list seems out of or proportion to those In the other equips the time officers are arc t no displeased tile dis pleased with th time the accomplishments of ot tho the men under them The Tho San Antonio station has had hall three fatalities Dallas nail and Waco aco one each ench and Wichita Falls two Waco aeo and I Wichita Falls had perfect records un until until tin un- til th the wk r v ti wi li r. r at t Waco c a pilot i t. t was a k killed d In a a collision collision col col- i with another machine In midair mid mid- air and a n cadet at Wichita Falls Fails lost imi his life lite when his machine fell Cell Mechanic lit Is Killed Several Se of or tIme the killed have havo been civilians or mechanics In Iii tho the carl early days o of time the American camp at Fort Worth orth a a. mechanic was struck by a propeller when the tho engine back bacle There Thero was waa a similar accident only re recently ye- ye when a culle college e student examinIng examining ing an airplane which hall had landed on onI tho the campus of or the he Texas Christian university university university uni uni- I got too near the propeller He lIe was struck on the head and killed al almost almost almost al- al most Int At Denton Tex re recently ro- ro an aviator from Fort Worth stopped In a flight and was mas persuaded Into taking ln a civilian s a passenger The Tho airplane hall hail hardly cleared tho the ground when trouble came The plane crashed killing the civilian and injuring Injuring ing tho the aviator An n aviator from Crom Ellington field Bold Houston recently ran out of ot gasoline a short distance from Crom Ba Bay City and a telephone o for O fuel An automobile u me- me le 1 I. I 1 1 lo J H L LII iu u persuaded persuaded persuaded per per- the pilot to take tako him for a ride rille and an nn accident resulted the plane falling when chen only a n few Cew hundred feet In the air The mechanic was killed and the tho aviator lator injured Balloon Observation Tho The San Antonio J field Is said to be bethe bethe bethe the largest In Texas Balloon observation observation observation tion Is taught there In addition to fly- fly Ing lug The students are arc mostly men from the time signal corps corns This city soon will have two fields Ields Love Lo field tho the camp amp now established and a larger one already under construction construction construction con con- at nt th tho state fair grounds which have havo been loaned the tho govern o ment for Cor training bo he named Camp Dick purpose T In Ca first rat and only aviator field jt It will be It t U d c Chiefly a school f for Or Kro roUnd There Is 18 a rigid right b ban t at all camps At LoYa ag It Itt call caught it ht with a camera CI W Wall ld a all the time negatives cs camera Tc Vas ht till showed shoWell Were that nothing nothing o or nature Q had Pr been Pictured I Ird An unexpected l effect ot of f w th presence In the the he air aly of f H the tho chines has been the time t appearance of or birds l t tOtI from rom t the of o the bf which have her heretofore ca camps Wild ii flying In flock fiock in been i o c-o northe northern ev never neer seen within mile T TIn Tex In their northward ot IL ta game birds tho the ducks SL ru ii conspicuous and g by their tt skies sl-ies about l Port FOrt rt WOrth absence i ff tr fro In This The part iati boys bos In the BrUl British made much progress luring elUting winter so different nt from the the tho th the tn Canadian winter vinter ar an and air almost ate are I constantly s train enters Fort I I Is by an on W rth flights to the city or 1 from rom t tit the tort forty miles away tor by social aro are made every da day p II |