The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-11
AIR CORPS OF $3.50
MAY FADE IN AIR
Col. Delano Faces Peril Of De-
sertiOn After Handing Ont
Airy Titles.
EVERY MAN An OFSICER
For I'm tn. Colonel the chief OF stan.

For I'm the Colonel. the chief Of stan.
ANA tho CORPS ~ our aero sqund;
SO whether or no we've hangar or craft
We've q heiova sqund--or We wish We had.
From tie Nnsincs o. Mortimer.
The publication Ia tho october issue
o. aircraft of General Reports Of the
First Aviation Corps" by col Mortimer
pelano, Chief NJ star with a mythical
enrolment Of 5.l3o officers and men.
mostly officers few II any Of whom have
ever been persuaded 20 leave terra rrma
in any kind ~ an aircraft, Is likely 20
produce besides n volume OF laughter,
more desertons Of hitherto unsuspect'ng
oolonels captains. majors and others OF
high degree from "Co,orcV Deldnos per-
sonally conducted corps than even MS
mile , minute rate Of CONSUMPTION can
hone to overcome Inv fact, as far as
bona fdc aviators are concerned. the
"Coloncl" also erStwhllc member Of the
Aero Chb--but no morc--!s likely TO ind
himself quite alone abandoned. solitary
and as II were, BY himself.
The Aero club as club was the FIRST
TO desert Colonel Dclan1's ethereal hrl-
gadc. but only to save It's face win the
United states Government after the bm-
pire state and the Government refused
10 coddle tho "Coloners" ambition to or
ranlze ard head the First Aviation CORPS,
and turned him down nat Then the
Government asked the club TO please APP
ply the brakes to the rapidly conicript-
ing forces of pelauo and TO pelano
search for military FAM. Result
basty meeting ~ the hoard ot governors
and the subsequent resignation OF tne
"Colonel" who gets his title II is under
stood. from having been member OF
the Veteran Corps Of Artillery
tttzF he n
lot Of aviators and others interested In
aviation who "kidded Delano along when
he made his headquarters at the aero
club. az well as quite few newspaper
reporters. statesmen OF various sor,s anu
things. we're grabbed UP by the colonel
who gave them overnight the titles or
Colonies Adjutants and Captains
Alan y. Hawey president ot the Aero
club. and Henry Woodhouse. editor or
EIy,r1. declined 10 be Generals before the
Governments attitude toward the peano
MAN was made clear. Howard Hunting
ton. who took Delano's place as secretary
OF the club, did not authorize the use OF
his me as Major, chief Technical 'filcer :
neither did Major Joseph Ste'nmeH' ,hiet
Ordnance officer, as far rs could ne
learned Yesterday nor col. William I'M
Grahoms nor william Fitzhugh White
house Lieut. Col. Third Regiment, Chlet
Instructor, Field Centre. one o. the cluo
governors.
nothing about their commissions An
adu:ant and n l'eutenenat-colonel are
eald 20 ne using their commissions 70
help sell things on the road Furtner-
more. II Is said IN reference 10 the o.lS"
that there are about $50 licensed aviators
in this country and that less than twenty
Ave are voluntary or involuntary oncers
IN the First Aviation Corps.
And the Aero club was not alone IN
being unable to keen up with the pace
a,.t,, q
only ones who could keep up with his salt
would he the wounded occupants OF a
disabled war diriCible. and even they
would have 70 win hr'vets pretty fast.
No. They would not need to ny at all
or even know how.
This is not an ordinary corps, YOU see.
In fact H.. quit" extraordinary IN every
way Few II any Of the co,onels and cap
aims Ueutennnts and majors were ever
Zip in the afr except wneH they tried to
argue the military Committee OF the AS
sembiy into passing bill creating them
officers when they had neglected 10 take
a short cut through the National Guard.
And again, when they carried their fight
for recognition to Washington and the
Government officials afforded recognition
BY the well known method Of giving them
the gate"
II the officials only knew. and perhaps
they do what an impetus they gave to IN,
imaglnat!ops of tho field and staff officers NJ
the district field cent"c' by such effronterS
to Col Delano and his corps of mechanics,
statesmen, others and som" unsuspecting
real aviators, here's bet these titles
would not he handed out 80 freely And
that mysterious line mentioned whore tAi.
began would not now be protected 10y
5l3O officers Of the FIRST aviation corps
daily saluting each otner as general
maJoS SC, and at the same time trying
to locate a general with real aerop,aN,
or balloon, a hangar and place TO drill
twelve mythical squadrons.
But lest you may miss some Of tht
imagery of this ambitious Genera
stan. which YOU may md referred
to- but no, pleasantly, N TN
Army and Nary journal, look a
what follows the Enrolment t. Date
and the "Oflcers" OF the First Aviation
Corps IN the Oc,ober ISSUE Of ArcrdJt:
THE technical officers OF this corps are
unsurpassed in this department and tbs
War Department, will gain IN the future
volunteers men who for This branch II
aviation stand on their merits above Al
competitors,
at Is the purpose Of this corps 10 tax
the young civilian as a stud NJ and M
raw material for an aeroplane and turr
out the two az finished military pilot anc
military aerOpane.
We have the enthusiasm the eNper
military and aeronau'icol instructors anc
constructors and perhaps rs 'mpor;1n
the ways and means accounted FOR 10 40
all that Is aimed at in our purpose"