Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-10-30
AIRSH|PS FOR
 ARMY AND NAVY  Representative Roerts to Ask for Appropriation for Them.
 TO AWAKEN PUBLIC s.oreign Government Have Exnert
 Aeronauts-Recent Flight of .sa. White Attracts,
tBy Rick Clifford.1

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 Is preparing to lead a fight at the coming session of Congress to give both the army and navy a sufficient sum to conduct airship experiments
 and also enough money to experi- 2nent with the building of guns to fight attacks by airship.
 Certainly minor experiments look ing toward the building of satis- factory gun to repel airship attacks are now being made at the Sandy
 Hook proving grounds. New York. Thus far, however, little has been accomplished, due to the fact that there are no appropriations which can be used for such purpose.
 It Is expected in army and navy circles that the formation of the
 Aeronautical Rdserve with John Barry Ryan, son of Thomas Fortune Ryan, the New York millionaire. at the head of it, will do much to wake the public interest and force pres-] sure on Congress to give the army and navy adequate means for prac- ticing military aeronautics such as is possessed by several continental powers.
 Captain Washington Lee Chambers U. s. N. has been designated by the Secretary of the Navy to confer with MT. Ryan and General James Allen, chief signal officer of the army, by Acting Secretary of War, Oliver, to work with him so far as the army and navy assist in the formation of the reserve.
 Graham-White's spectacular arriv- al few days ago in the street or narrow canyon between the execu- tive office of the White House and has so wrought up army and navy officers that the branches of goverI- ment represented by them are now seeking every way they can to be of service in the formation of the Aer- onautical Reserve. It is not to much to say that the day mayt come when g4ne Aeronautical Reserve will become a part of the military organization of the United States, as the national guard is at present. MT. Ryan's or ganization, it is said, already has a membership of 4,000.
 The European Navy.
 Graham White demonstrated tol army and navy officers something l they had only heard of from foreign military attaches. All the large European governments have corps of military aeronautic experts. These officers attend every meet of conse- auence in Europe, The United States | has but two or three such represen- | tatives (and these only in the army) l who are acquainted even in a slight degree with military aeronautics. These are Brigadier General Allen. | Major George o. Squire of Signal Corps and Lieut.. Benjamin E. Foul- | lois, also of the Signal Corps. The highest naval and army. officers on duty here had an opportunity. when Graham White was informally called | on them in his aeroplane the other i day, to observe that he could come l and go as he wishes-that he was not a. creature of the wind or at its mer-l cy any way. but that on the contrary l he was the master of h:s machine, and in a way of the air. The conse- | auence is that the War and Navy De- partmente are seeking some way to get the money they need to do the things that Graham-White has done. Therefore, they are greatly interest ed in anything such as MT. Ryan's ae-onautical corps that will serve to quicken the public interest as to the military and patriotic needs of the two arms of the service.
 Mr. Ryan is a constant visitor to the War and Navy Departments. Be- cause of the great progress in mi'!- tary aeronautics abroad. he believes uc QdS SuCCCOOOO HI NOA A.
 aey did not already know. army and navy officers that the vulnerability | of the United States lies in every mile of her coast line, SO far as is possible attack by foreign power well equipped with air war engines as Germany aud France are. is concern ed.
 If war should come. say army and navy experts. there is little doubt that the aeroplane. no matter wheth- l .er it be biplane. monoplane. or any other kind would play tremendous part in the conflict. It is re alized by United officers that the whole secret of what France Germany and other foreign powers possess In the 4xay of military aerial machines is not generally known. One Of the hest known officers of the navy.i hfvraooI&s in h0 !