Show TRAINING FOR THE AVIATION CORPS IS MOST THOROUGH drilling willing and study occupy about 16 hours of every day GET essentials IN 8 WEEKS eight ground school schools looted located at leading universities where candidate candidates are given intensive course of training more men are needed in the service by a lieutenant of the aviation see S er tion washington A group of 30 10 1 ell letup oung americans the tile summers tan ton just fading from their faces facts are doly st a battlefield sir gir feit fett of thea then Is the rapid flash flush of shells bursting in quick not real shells but as close aa an imitation as a desirable in a lecture hall and the men are behaving with the Bu suren reness esq and precision which as future officers and pilot of america great aerial battle fleet they are ex pi eted to display after each explosion or rater jr flash Is heard the buzz of the wireless itrel ess na as the men take tale or send a message from somewhere in california ur or massachusetts or illinois us as the case may be A second group of pilots looking down domn upon the others are seated ll 11 cockpit cockpits high aboc the miniature battle field they hear the imaginary roar of 0 suns guns und and there Is in another succession of lightning flashes on various squares of the military map below them direct artillery BUZE buzz 2 2 buzz z z 2 I 1 goes the wireless as in actual warfare where artillery fire Is directed by the eyes of the army the tile allott 4 from the cp xii of the scaffold observe the location of hits bits by the artillery and signal the range to the gamers la in this eabe instructors below W SOD 70 la Is the message to tho cryptic of course td those who do not under understand strind the squared map and pinpoint system in use by aerial avers on the m western extern front perhaps it Is a prearrange prearranged rang ed shoot in which cae ino ine clock code la Is handy for signaling how close lie the hits come to the dugouts of kaiser wilhelms Wll helms private privates or trench crossings filled with huddled groups of f the same or whatever else t ts a target may be W 4 14 eings the tile buzier and the united states artillery officer corrects the vile range of his big gun to suit at least he mill ft I 1 II 11 do so a short time hence when nhen oar joung young pilot pilots now in training get the uret real opportunity of showing their mettle to the enerud across the athine at th ground schools the no foregoing la fit rt it few minutes work in what Is a part martn ift epry email small part martof of the program of one of the united states schools of military aeronautic aeronautics mom commonly known knon ae as ground schools the man in ohp th street has a fair knowledge kno aledrge of what ant our fly flyers era are doing ily by tight and hearsay ho he Is beginning to know of tho work at our many flying fields As for war condition the average citizen curries carries a it vague picture of swooping bird men mm loop loops and spiral dives rapid fire duels high above the clouds etc but the man in the tile street knows known nothing of 0 tile eight weeks neek milling wiling that these lads go through before even into a fuHl ful lage mil prid proudly caillo contact to set the motor revolving for their first jacent in oth cr er words he knows nothing of our ground school schools for the fundamental training of aviator aviators the Amp american rican schools are located at the following colleges university of Calif irala cornell georgia of technology princeton university uni varsity of illinois in of technology ohio state nut Ver varsity sIty and of texas although thi y have token taken over a large part of the technical and ama of the instructors of he title gitles on chow ground they ere are itu abed it Is to be noted that they are in 1 po nene n part of the or of th ahe ordinary university course th they ey arc aro army posts administered and cup piled plied by the schools ejection air division 1 ion ot of the tile united states bagnal corps no time ie Is waited wasted the course coune of 0 training la Is nece necessarily intensive within th the comparatively short alert space of 0 eight weeks thero there la in crammed into the ground school bradet the heaviest diet of cf military fundamental scientific and technical essentials of flang that ne lie can possibly digest annl an I 1 a little more colonel lUne liaina theory a successful one judging by the quality or of fliers flers Is pi that the man who mho can assimilate within a given time an nn overdose of the above kind of work Is also the loan man who mho can keep his mental and physical poise pone noder tho strain of battle flying living in mod irn rn warfare ground school candidates art are therefore discouraged from studying subjects ahead of time with the particular purpose of passing examina tlona tiong the more easily nevertheless 4 the curriculum presuppose i a certain amount of 0 previous knowledge and a sound intelligence for the Instruct instructor ot cannot stop to teach a candidate the ABC s the instructors Instruct ori are nr rushed the men are rushed rustled and the war mar wont mont wait it la Is taker talker for granted by the united states air service ae as tt it Is in other countries that the work ork requires first of all men of tho beet best possible officer material ath athletic lette quick of thought and action and trained in discipline and military clementi ele menti but above and beyond all that it requires aln suited for the particular job of military aviation the first three weeke weeks of the ground school course known OB as the junior wing Is devoted to military audlea day Is full of work the men rise at 5 80 30 and callithen fez occupy their time with a recess for ines 4 until eight when school opens after a brief stop at noon they are hard at it again drilling until school at four F evening v nang finds no let up for school and study occupy the hours until tops taps at 0 9 30 by which time they are thankful to get between the sheets the senior wing subjects subject a start in the fourth alk from which time on the following outline IP I 1 typical t by the tho time a student has absorbed orbed during this tills neck the theory of night flight engines telegraphic signaling and find the use of intricate aerial instruments such as airs piLed indicators in clinometers he decides that he be has become a roaster master of air subjects 1 in rigging repair of much rna chlUM luen and types of are scheduled ad for the fifth week meek while the study of telegraphic signaling engine laboratory and machine guns in 1 still continued during the sixth and seventh weeks meeks are siren given lectures on radio telegraphy fighting in the he air roop rupp rending reading meteor meteorology olom bombs bomb and aerial photography the close pt pf the eighth week brings the examination in guip ry artillery observation Is 1 also on an the pro program Crata and it la Is in connection with this v work that we find the candidate randi ditto at the beginning of the article engaged on the fascinating target about two clock on saturday afternoon the tile candidate usually learns Us ills fate perhaps ps only 10 or 17 of the original class of 23 25 who mho entered eight week before remain to graduate but those who mho do lae lime mastered the ausle principles of military which as army men ore are learning more thoroughly tery day Is a vital prerequisite to any training in the nir air commissioned as officer officers all these ground school candidates are collated enlisted la in the signal corps or the th F gnal unlisted rn listed reserve corps where status Is that ol 01 I 1 lying flying cadet cadets aa As soon ne as they are enough to pass the test for re reserve erve military ala artore tors they receive no an officers commission with the regular pay and rind officers receive what Is to known es as commutation of quarters at all places where wh e re no public quarters ere available b beloid u this in the cape cope of foreign duty Is a ten per cent extra allowance provided for by h law to officers nerving serving beyond the limits of the united state states and territories contiguous thereto with the exception of tho the cenal canal zone panama porto ailleo 1 or hawaii in addition to the aboe aviation off leers who are en on dut duty requiting them to participate regularly and frequently in aerial flights will receive a it 23 per rent increase in the pay of ot heir their grade the foregoing Is a brief ketch of the working method of the aviation section of the signal corps of the united stolen states army the ground schools hoots ftc ere tire still la in their MI biancy li fancy ancy al at thir th ir growth has been abnormal from day to day aerial tactics and instructional methods methodi are changing and will mill continue to tn change in accordance etli with new conditions the ground schools fonn forin the preliminary step in the great task of nt bending sending across tho the derning trenches aviators mentally min tally morally and physically equipped i for their work sent into service abrott every week our dyers flyers are libolt graduating from ground schools to 0 the braining era training school schools and from the training ining schools to service overseas ove over irea peas and more and more men are needed to nil fill the gnp it I 1 Is reported that many young men ehy shy from nv aviation tation because fearing in ft they lack the proper physical quail ii no peculiar attainments are necessary the service 11 li ij not limited to trapeze performers or jiu jitsu ex pr pertie ae As we war department stencil nays says it must be remembered that the flying officer Is not an aerial chauffeur or exhibition alyer lie line been more corridy cor rily denned a as a century cavalry officer mounted on su aill speaking what is I 1 most of all desired Is 1 a sound aund strong bay with nith particular attention paid to eyes neres and ears perfect e Is in a tine sine quo non provided they are otherwise acceptable candidates of light build and more youthful appearance than de for line officers will be given civen a chance they should be et st least nineteen end and preferably not riot over tl 11 airty although in exceptional benm to quote the official announce ment older men of pronounced athletic attainment attainments who have spent mot most of their lives out of doors in the saddle ranching ron ching playing polo mount nia climbing or in actual flying may be bei accepted if hey they can satisfy the e maw bitang oard x their nine j |