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Show oo UNITED STATES TO HAVE CORPS TRAINED AVIATORS Washington. D C, Jan. 13. In order or-der that the United States army may have the nucleus of a trained corps of aviators, Glenn H. Curtiss has offered of-fered to Instruct a number of army officers In the operation of aeroplanes. The war department has accepted the offer and has Instructed General Biles, commander of tho Department of California, Cal-ifornia, to detail as many officers as he can spare for tho Instruction. Because of the lack of appropriations, appropria-tions, experiments In aero-navlgatlon In tho anny practically have been sus- pended for some time. |