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Show GENERAL LYONS GIVENJ TRIAL CAMP KEARNY, Cal . April 1 Utah'e soldiers vcre thrilled toda !when Brigadier General Lerov S. Lyons Ly-ons occupied a seat in a battleplane piloted by Lieutenant Mairese. the French "ace'' put the machine .through the wildest stunts ever pulled over the cantonment. "I want to go up with you today." Said General Lyon, "and I want you to I put the old wagon through the best hairraisers ou have on your list." Within a few moments he stepped Into the fast battleplane, clad In leather helmet, coat and goggles and in a I few moments he got h;s wish. Whip the entire soldier population of Camp Kearny looked on in silence. Hie plane shot into the air and rapidly Climbed to a great altitude. When the plane appeared but a tiny speck in the sky fr suddenly shot downward and over and over in full loops It then slipped sideways and turned over several times, until it appeared to the spectators that surely the pilot had entirely lost control. But the drunken maneuvering was only an exhibition known as the falling leaf and, with a sudden swoop forward, the plane was straightened out. Then came banks, side lipmil spins and several Oth( r stunts accomplished only by the expert, ex-pert, until a low altitude had been gained and the plane was but a few hundred feet over the ramp. General Only Smiled. The French lieuftUMUlt turned quirk ly about, expecting to see at east a grim look on the general's face, but he saw only a smile. Suddenly, the pilot dived downward with the idea of giving his passanger a thrill. The piano just cleared tfie telegraph wires j near the railroad track?, more than a quarter of a mile from the landing place on the parade grounds, and it i was here ihat both men courted dis- that even with full power suddenly ex erted it was with difficulty that the! machine could keep clear of the forest I of tents below Tho plane hit the par ade grounds with a dump not an easy glide, as is usual-for the jammed plane had made this impossible. The officers piled from the seats, and still the smile remained upon the , face of General Lyons, but there was not such a happy look upon the pilot's face, for he had understood the peril in that brief space of time. The flight j will be the main subject of conversation conversa-tion for Camp Kearny for many days. Utah Man Flics. Lieutenant Paul Williams of the Utah regiment, and now attached to General Lyons' staff, also made a flight today with the French flyer. Lieutenant Williams also received his share of thrills when the pilot put the plane throujh several difficult stunts. Nearl) every officer in the Utah regiment regi-ment ha? now been in the air Pay day blew in this morning, following fol-lowing reveille, and was welcomed With the usual loud shout from the ar-tillenmen. ar-tillenmen. The 1 or $8 which is the average pay. after deductions have been made for insurance, allotments and canteen checks, disappears early in the month, and there is a long wait until the joyous tune again bursts forth from the bugles The entire regiment regi-ment was paid off within two hours' time during the afternoon. Utah led again in, health in the entire en-tire division during the past week, according ac-cording to the health report issued today. to-day. The winning of this is now be coming such a regular tiling that there is little attention paid to it But the divlsion;.l sanitary department never forgets a eood score, and he sings his praise for the healthy and husky Utah; men. The average sick in the command com-mand for the week was 25 7 men per thousand. The 145th machine pun battalion bat-talion came next with 31.8 and the 115th sanitary train third with 31.8. Utah led by a big margin. To Undergo Training. A new selection of men to undergo a course in plnsical training, to later act as instructors for their units, was ordered today. Men of perfect physique were asked to be sent to the school, which opens in the division Monday The following men were chosen: Supply company. Ernest W. Chris -tensen. headquarters company; Corporal Cor-poral F E. Lanham, A battery; Corporal Cor-poral Enberg. B battery; Sergeant E. S. Pingree, C battery; Corporal Koford Jarvls, D battery; Private Grover An- gell, E battery, Corporal Fcriuson. F battery. Private H. F. Rampton. I sanitary detachment; Corporal Bernard Bern-ard Bone. During their attendance at thc school the men will still quarter with the regiment, but will be dismissed from other duties. An S. O. S. call was sent out by the divisional 'quartermaster department for cobblers, a few das ago, and to day three Utah men answered. They will be transferred to the quartermaster quartermas-ter department and given the ranks of) full-fledged coolers, receiving the winif pay as mechanics, ?36. They are: Private Pri-vate John A Flon, A battery. Private Pri-vate Abe Erlich, B battery, and Saddler Sad-dler 0. Brown of D battery. |