The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-06
REGIMENT OF WAR ].
A|RsH|PS ASSURED.
Special Purpose TO Protect New
York and Nine Other
Eastern States.

NEW YORK, February 14.--Plans
for the formation Of the first field avia.
tion regiment of the United States
were announced yesterday by Colonel.
Mortimer Delano, Of the State Avia.
tion Corps and secretary of the Aero
Club of America. The new regiment,
according to Colonel Dclano, will be
under federal control, and will be de-
signed TO protect the central Eastern
States in the event Of a war. New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Massgelfnsetts ahd tonhttfieut will b.
aiVidea ihtda tweIVe flistrietsi each hav.
ing its own aero squadron. .ss
''By drawing line from Maine to
Pennsylvania, to Ohio and taGi TO
Maine by way of New York, = explain
ed Colonel Delano, tive form triangle,
within which lie ten States, great po-
pulation, enormous wealth and the three
most important cities Of the East. Two
sides Of the triangle are water contrtl Is
--namely, the Great Lakes, the st
Lawrence River and the North Atlantic
Ocean. An aero feet would afford
greater protection than now exists.
Defence and attack in the air. he
continued. "are now military problems
too serious for scientific speculation on.
lly. They are cool, hard facts that must
BE met by trained men.
| HCongress has made no provision
either in the army or navy for any aero
protection within this great triangle.
IL is and viii be left omen to every form
of aerial craft in Europe to silently
steal over us and exact tribute in war
times. The aviation centers establish.
ed by the War Department will be in
Texas and California. . #..J.. Fl
The proposed aviation regiment of
lvolunteers, Colonel DelanO declared
would consist of twelve squadrons un.
der one headquarters depot and control,
stationed and recruited within the tri
angle. II would offer, he said. an ex.
perienced body of officers and pilots for
aerial protection to the people of the
district, while congress would find it an
active reserve corps under federal con.
troll, with small expense and no state
division to complicate and lessen its
effectiveness
| 'BrigRdier- General Albert L. Mills,
Of the United States Army, chief of the
division of military affairs, mt Wash
ington,' said Colonel Delano, "admit.
ted that the idea held great possibili-
ties. and that he could see no Official
! objection to our proposed regiment.
We, therefore, appeal to all the city
officials and members of Congress with.
in this triangle to give us their moral
financial and legislative support when
we request them to enact laws to recog.
nize our command and to equip us ac-
cording to the requirements
| General order No. l Of the new regi
ment, signed by Colonel Delano and w,
Lanier Washington, chief major Of ad
1 ministration, was issued yesterday. II
was addressed to the "ofticers, pilots
students and personnel of the twelve
sguadrops,o and stated that in order to
concentrate theN command and establish
aero-military headquarters the follow,
ing majors had been named: LIST, %
ard 4th squadrons Of Long Island, Ma
jors +. @. Schermerhorn, Theodore II
Bridgman and jerome Kingsbury; 5th
J. lansing Gallon, of Albany; 9th, vii
liam Ellwood Doherty, of Buffalo; 9TH
| T. Harrison Higgins, of Hammondsport
8th, Harold II. Brown, of Boston; 9th
Raymond v. Morris, of New Haven,
10th, William Bouldin, of Newark; nth
Clarence p. Wynne, of PHILADELPHIA
and 18th, Grover c. Looming, of Dayton
Ohio. ,t'. ... -
The field officers of the aero regiment
viii be Commander in Chief Mortimer
Delano, Colonel L. Gilbert Sehermer
horn, Colonel Eugene X. Austin, Lieu
tenant Colonel William +. Whitehouse
lISieutenant Colonel Beckwitk Ravens
Lieutenant Colonel w. Redmond Cross
aud Major W. Lanier Washington. p.