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Show EI5 Ki i Barry Ryan, Organizer of lited States Aeronautical Reserve, Tells of Plans. PLETE COMPANIES FOR EVERY STATE IN UNION mors and Others Pledge Ipporf to Movement Inaugurated Inaugu-rated by New Yorker. . If JSW TQRK. Oct. 23. America's air & is ready for business. John Barry in, son of Thomas F. Ryan, founder .'commodore of the United States nautical reserve, said today In a led statement: KTe have 3500 men in every state in I Union enlisted In the aeronautical irve to act as scouts in time of war 'K(6r service in time of battle. Of-ps Of-ps of the army and navy have been mcd to cooperate with them in the Enizatlon of an aeronautical reserve ere Is what Mr. Ryan has to yay: The aoroplanc will. eventually make so full of horrors, by Its Inevitable easing power to destroy fortifications shfps and towns, that it will be one he greatest means of bringing about :o among nations. It is still true at iprescnt day, however, that a nation preserve peace must be prepared for The country commanding the 3ft'nsest army and the strongest navy Sflrbe feared most. I Strong Organization Formed, was due to a. full realization of facts that I Became interested in organization of the United States autlcal reserve. Only a month has d since the first actual recruiting began at the- Harvard -Boston Ion meet. As soon as It became n that an organization was start -tiich would be the first aerial militia e world, not only did all the avia-In avia-In tills country apply for member-but member-but applications flowed in from ns interested in llio development of teroplane. It soon became evident the United States aeronautical re-was re-was destined to grow beyond the and scope at first laid out by its lerc are more than n.'OO members ed In every state of the I'nion. in-lg in-lg aviators, invontors and builders iroplanos and motors, army .and officers prominent In the regular e and in the militia of the states. :iers. statesmen, nowspopermen. Mini and hundreds Interested in iutlcal plans. The reserves are dl-into dl-into four classes. first, active ere, which include the owners and of aeroplanes: second, war scouts Ing war correspondents and those vlll be assigned to accompany avians avia-ns passengers for purposes of ob-ion. ob-ion. chart making and rcconnols-; rcconnols-; third, apprentice members, who ndivlduals interested in aviation, fourth. Junior mombers. boys who o trained In the deeper secrets of navigation, evidence that this new army of soldiers has mot with the flppro-' flppro-' people throughout the country. It y necessary to say that six divis-lavc divis-lavc been established as follows: Six Divisions Established, o New England states, middle . southern states, eastern central , western central slulcs and Pn-Btates. Pn-Btates. VIec-comtnodores of these ins arc elected by the general and rank next in command to the of staff, Each state and territory s own captain, who has under him eutcnanls, who achieve their rank ownership of or ability to operate ancs. dirigibles or balloons, neral Robert Shaw Olliver. acting ary of war. in behalf of that de-ent de-ent of the federal service, has as-I as-I Brigadier-General James Allen, aignal officer of the army, to ron-and ron-and correspond with the Tnltcd i; aeronautical reserve in regard to ilations with the war department, eserve intends to put its services esources sit the disposition of the timent in time of war. and at tho lime plans arc being arranged by the regulars and the reserve cooperate In the development of the lane as a. practical war machine, kowice hajf the navy department Stirred bv the movement. Acting ary of the Navv Beckmnn Win-has Win-has designated Captain W. Cham-to Cham-to occupv a. noslllon with the re-slmllar re-slmllar to that of the war de-em's de-em's representative. General Allen, i to this date very little has been In this country towards testing the of the aeronlane in naval warfare ps this has been delayed somewhat count of the strenuous effort that sing made to produce more efficient vehicle. Nevertheless, the navy tmcnt has displayed deep Intercut le aeronautical reserve movement ntends to give it its cooperation. Actual Operations Soon. iero has been so much work in-J in-J in the organization of the reserve comparatively little attention has given to putting into operation the, ibcb for which- the- aerial militia H. but a programme of event.-; will awn up wllhin a vorv short time no time will be lost in putting it locution. r war department detailed a. rcpre-live rcpre-live to witness the army mancu-ln mancu-ln Krancc and to observe especially iroitress made in that country with teroplane and dirigible as the aux-k aux-k lo the army. As soon as his re-it. re-it. had it will Immediately be taken r the United StateK aeronautical ro-and ro-and nlans niade lo outdo In this rv what has been done abroad. iMBtc'It seems generally to be, conceded (bat tfMronesin count rles arc far abend of the IMjwltt'd States In this particular branch Jmliitarv develonnient. We are of the ifwnlon that If such Is the case it will l' only a tcmnnrary condition. There Aft be no "uestlon lliaL witli a score or iBPre of skll'erl :i viators wc now have in Wi countrv If nut to the test wo could 'iiBMhc In skill many of the forcign- OTs" IK i Aviator Is Killed. EDOURI. France, Oct. 23. Captain 0HfQlot, a military aviator, was instantly IHled at the Aerodrome hero today. SptaJii Madiol. was making his first Jjwaetlcii flight at this course and. when KSa- height of 109 feet, tried lo slop his nior and glldo to th ground. The mo-Mr mo-Mr continued to run and the mnehlno tinged to the earth, tho aviator's skull MPtine crushed. Mj Amateurs Defeat Professionals. WPITTSBURG. Oct. 23.--W. C. Fownos, V' who recently won the national anrn-.ur anrn-.ur golf championship at Boston, and " M- Byers. a former national cham-SMJ.nn. cham-SMJ.nn. both of Pittsburg, defeated William Anderson of Philadelphia and Gilbert "Wcholu of Wilmington. Del , both well ""flown professionals, today. The ama-Htura ama-Htura won by two up on the first olgh-Rn, olgh-Rn, '.10,et5 ue up on tho ihirty- H(X boles, winning llic lasl hole In three. For Shooting Pheasants. Will la m Flandro was arrested Sunday iKf;. "hooting pheasants by Warden .low H&iif 'l'."1 ,,!1VC a hearing boforo, Uatice lioiyand Mmwlav |