The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-11

post-oftice at Rock Island, ILL.,, BY Mr..
Robinson.
Mail carrying by acroplancs OH a
large scale VIII be undertaken at Al
iants. Ga. on November &c, IL and IS
On these days Ayiators Lincoln Beachy
c. c. Wilmer and Charles Andrews nil
lying outside OF Atlanta. Will take
mall to point near the Atlanta post
Office. where It Will be turned over to
tho post Office employees This expert
ment will be undertaken in connection
with the convention of the Georgia
Postmasters. who VIII attend the meet
In body and witness the operation OF
the aerial mail service. 1t is planned
to carry some $4,000 pieces OF first
class mail matter. each piece bearing
special stamp. showing that It has
been carried by aeroplano from the
point Of mailing to the Atlantl post.
Office.
In order to mako test OF this ser
vice on large scale, Postmaste err GEN
erA Hitchcock has instructed the At
lanta postmaster to cooperate with the
Curtiss people. collecting the mail from
the boxes on the aviation field, putting
1t in bags and turning the bags over
TO the avlators. who will make one or
more trips daily. according to the vol
ume of mail matter to be carried
General James Allen. Major George
". oquler and other Signal Corps ON
GERS. are greatly interested in what
/ the aeroplene is accomplishing In tho
present war between Italy and Tur-
Key;
nave more aviators in the command
OF their armies than has tho United
states, still IL is confidently believed
Ihat IN case OF struggle with these
ss ta the aeroplanes of the United
pletely outrank those OF the foreign
countries. This point of the discus
sion is taken because OF the splendid
s @Trh OF the army aviators in the gov
eminent service. On q. number of oc-
casions the army and navy niers have
secured leave OF absence and com
p Psc,e IN aviation meets. where the
| tries were contesting The army and
navy aviators have come out veto.
Iious In the majority of events. clearly
demonstrating a, the fact that the United
55tates mas the best and most reliable
iiers In the business to-day.
signal Corps officers also are inter
, ested In the report that the Turkish
n me, nm has offered Gustave Ha-
$4,000 for his services in the war
WIN Italy. AT the Same tine tho
TT neh here are puzzled to know how
when nc, can use explosives from the air,
mhen that country was one which sign,
eo an agreement at the last peace
congress not to use explosives from
.'ooHs or other air craft until after
the next peace conference
ltaiy did not sign that esreeme,t
sno by the aid OF two aeropIanes her
army mas been able to stem the tide.
winch seemed for a while as though
1 !. were going TO turn In favor Of the
turks; Thousands OF Arabs and Turks
nave been killed by the dropping of
eSPiosiyes from Italian acceptance
should Hamel agree to Sign with
the Turkish government there NAV be
trouble between England and Turkey.
Tor 1t is understood that England ia
opposed to Hamel entering into such
a proposition.
However. should Hamel accept and
carry with him a couple of other
aviators of fortune. they might he
aoie to aid the Turks cause
Hamel is ore of the most expe.
rienced aviators in the business and
Tiles IN a monoplane which makes
seventy-five miles an hour. The ma
chines In use by the Italians make but
iorty-fiVe and fifty. SO Hamel would
nave the advantage at least in speed
The use of the aeroplane in tho
Iurko-Italian War shows to the war
Department officials that within the
next twenty years people will SEQ
spectacular battles fought in the air
and they believe that eventually the
powerful navies maintained by the
modern countries will disappear. ow-
Ing to tho development of the aero
plane.