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Show BALLOONING IN AMERICA RECEIVES BAD SET-BACK Washington, Jan. 28. Ballooning in America has received a bad set-bock, according to officials of the war department, de-partment, as a result of the refusal of the house committee on appropriations appropria-tions to set aside liberal sums for military aeronautics. The signal corps desired at least $500,000 for the new branch of the service, assurance being given thas the dirigible balloon was beyond the experimental stage and was an instrument in-strument of much use in times of war, as a "competent part of the equipment equip-ment of any well regulated army." . |