Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-01 | Page 25 | The Eyes of the Navy

The Eyes of the Navy S SCENES CE GENES N ES she shown wu by tho tImo local r recruiting station of naval aviation The navy is carrying carrying- on a sp special ecial recruiting recruit recruit- ing ilig c campaign e to g get t enlist enlisted eel 1 personnel for this department declared to to-be to be one of the most attractive J T H t A y yI I Vc w I tZi i I t io k j-k 1 f I 4 it J 1 I It t t tI q-tI ro r- r o I. f r 1 h 7 s WITH mall many other specialties it A took tool the war to br out tho time value of or n aviation a In the na navy In Iii 1916 aviation aviation avia avia- Ja a tion lion was n made up tip of or officers andt and t 1 men At the end of or time the war tho the personnel personnel per per- was about an ana an growing cr c every week weel Naval al aviation lation made mado good Wherever herc there was wan an any t fighting at sea the tho eyes eS of or the tho fleet wc Sucre e found toun Invaluable Tho The United Sl States naval aviation h forces were tho the first tl fighting unit t to 1 land land-In h 1 France rance from this this- country It started quickly and although small went straight mead head throughout the war keeping l its s record up and proving pro a a. valuable value aid to the success of or the tho U. U S S. S sea son forces In this country countr- several colleges were converted Into Inlo aviation avi avi- partially or 01 cholly atlon schools Ie Thess Thes were the tre ground schools where the theor theory of oC flight was ta l taught ht to the futuro flyers The Mas Mas- Massachusetts Institute of or Technology was tho the largest such school There wee at atone atone one ODe onetime time lime nearly fifteen nearly fifteen hundred men I c undergoing training lu iii th that that place This school was for tor tho officer r personnel 1 out anI only At t Great Greit Lakes and acne of ot the other other other oth oth- er larger basely base enlisted mo inc were be being being be- be ing trained to care for tor the planes that the officers would pilot or 01 in man many case cases which enlisted e II men themselves would fly th At t Columbia university mechanics mechanics mechanics me me- were given iven a 3 special training In the I Liberty and other motors