The Washington herald., 1916-09-13
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
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The Naval Medical school here will
reopen for the annual session on SEN
teHnoer 2s Seventeen student officers
VIII attend. During the next few
weeks some changes in the faculty
are expected. Surgeon Gen. Braisted
mas under consideration important
changes in the length of the course
ana matters connected with the form
OF instruction.
Under the school will be placed the
united States Naval Correspondence
course, the director of which will be
Iassed Assistant Surgeon Henry
Dollard, U. S. N. who has been detach-
ed from duty in the Bureau OF Medi-
cine and Surgery. He has had much
TO do with the correspondence course
since its origin. Practically all the
members of the Medical Reserve Corps
ana the majority of the medical OFF,
GERS of the naval militia have signi-
ned their desire to be included in the
Dement'S of this course.
Officers of the aviation section OF
the Signal Corps are developing plans
for the new army aircraft experiment
tai plant and proving ground. The
estimated cost of the building is $l65,
900. and the annual maintenance Is
placed at $4,000. An appropriation
of 100000 has been made for the
purchase OF site.
The following memoranda describe
the purpose of the plant and the prov
ing ground.
Testing aeroplanes made by manu-
facturers throughout the country for
climb, speed range, controllability
stability. etc. Correcting faults and
weaknesses in such aeI planes
brought out by tests. general develop
ment. and improvement.
| for power, endurance, relis tI,y, fuel
economy, etc. Correcting defects IN
power plants brought out by tests
Testing aeroplane motors in fligh'
| amounted in standard or expeIim imentaI
aeroplanes for general SUITABILITY and
correcting the faults developed
Developing inventions pertaining to
aviation when inventors cannot afford TO
do so.
Testing in flight instruments and &C
cessories pertaining to aviation made by
manufacturers throughout the country.
Making from designs OF full-scale aero
planes exact models and testing them in
the wind tunnel for aerodynamic CO.
efficents, resistance derivatives, and
rotary resistance derivators. from which
the degrees of symmetric and sssymetric
stability (statical and dynamicaD, may
be calculated.
Designing, constructing, testing, ana
developing by progressive remodeling
aeropIanes of various types. designing
new types and improving old types. 1t
is entirely possible that as results OF
such work complete factory drawings Of
service aeroplanes could be made that
would permit, in an emergency furniture
manufacturing firms and sheet metal
working shops to make all parts of
these machines. ready for assembling.
Designing. building, testing, and de-
veloping radio equipments for aeroplanes.
Designing. building, testing, and de-
veloping machine gun mounts. bomb
dropping devices, etc. An officer Of the
ordnance department should be detailed
to help in this work.
Designing, making, testing. and de-
veloping instruments and accessories
pertaining to aviation.
Testing balloons, captive kites,
dirigibles, etc.
Instructing and training inspectors who
later will reside at factories where
machines are being built under order OF
the Federal government