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Show i Army Balleon. Corps I I To Be TreMed to Meet War Demands WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. The bal- LM loon corps of the American army is to IH be trebled in size immediately to meet increasing demands from the forces IH In France for balloon crews. The war department announced today that the air service had been authorized to in-duct in-duct men of draft age and transfer of-fleers of-fleers from other branches so as to add 1200 officers and 25,000 men to the present corps of about 11,000. Enlisted men and civilians making applications for commissions will be WM ; required to take a cadet course of from IH I three to five months nt one of the training camps Three camps for training crews already are in operation I at Old Point Comfprt, Va San Anto-nio, Anto-nio, Tex., and Arcadia, Cal. , |