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Show FRANCE WILL HAVE AERIAL WAR FLEET PARIS, Feb. 1. The national subscription subscrip-tion for the French aerial war fleet amounts to ?1. 1!00,000, according to announcement an-nouncement made by Senator Raymond, president of tho National Aviation, committee, com-mittee, at a fcto of the Sorbonne today presided over by M. Polncare, president of tho republic. Tho fund, Senator Raymond said, would enablo tho committee to present to the army 210 aeroplanes, pay for the training of ffcvcnty-flvc expert pilots and erect military aeroplano sheds at ports of call. It Is Intended to establish a system of military ports throughout tho country so that military aeroplano pilots will be able to acqulro an Intimate knowledge of every part of France. |