Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-05-28 | Page 3 | Reserve Corps of Aviators

RESERVE CORPS OF AVIATORS Aero Military Service Federation Federa-tion of America Organize a War Squadron. New York. May 28.- Formation of a national reserve corps of army aviators av-iators for war service is the purpose of the Aero Military Service Federation Federa-tion of America, organization of which was announced here today August Belmont has been elected pri sidonf seneral, and Mortimer Do lano of this city deputy president gen oral. Mr. Delano said that it was proposal to establish district stations in New York. Richmond, Chicago. St. Ixniis and San Francisco. Aero squadron centers are to be located in Boston, N'pw Haven, Albany, New York. Buffalo, Buf-falo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland. Cleve-land. Chicago. Detroit, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Min-neapolis, St Louis, Richmond, Savannah. Savan-nah. New Orleans, Austin. Denver, Kansas City, Louisville, Omaha, Salt ake City. Los Anpeles, San Francisco Fran-cisco and Portland Oregon It is also intended to establish fifteen hundred landing stations throughout the country. coun-try. The membership is to be composed of officers of Uk United States army and navy and aviators and other clvll-i;i clvll-i;i ns Mr Delano said that about 50 per cent of the squadron branches already have ben formed, and that they were busy recruiting He hoped to have a membership of 25,000 within two months. Efforts, he said, will be madf to induce the next congress to authorize the first aviation corps and to promote federation control of all aviation