The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-28
EUROPE POINTS WAYI
 FOR AERO RESERVE
RepOrt of the Clubs Committee to the War Department
 Is Result of Tour.

Details of the report soon to be sub mitted to the War department or it's assistance in organizing an Aerial Reserve Corps. authorized by Presi- dent Wilson on July IS; became known here yesterday. The report is the result of a tour of investiga- ! tion made by a committee of the Aero Club of America, consisting of Alan R. Hawley, President of the club; Henry Woodhouse, Evert Jan sen Wendell, and Augustus Post. l They returned last night from the trip, which covered aviation centres in Canada and this country.
 In regard to the methods followed by Canada, the report will say in part:
 ''To get aviators Canada has fol- lowed the method adopted by the Eu- ropean governments. To get into the British Air Service, a candidate after he has passed severe physical exam nations, must attend an aviation school and take preliminary training which costs between s40O and $500. He will then, if successful, obtain the I certificate of proficiency issued un- der the rules of the International Aeronautical Federation, by his na- tional aero club. Actual training takes place under the direction of army aviators at army aviation schools. requiring about six months continuous practice.
 Canada has not undertaken to continue the training of military avia- tors, so that when the candidate has received the F. A. I. pilot certificate he goes to England and is admitted to the air service on probation and receives refund of the cost of his training. This probation lasts be- tween one and two weeks, after which the candidate is either rejected or ac- cepted. If accepted he is sent to a military aviation school for further training, which usually lasts six months, and includes the operation of different types of aeroplanes and practice in scouting, bomb-dropping, and other war work. During this training he holds a temporary com mission as Second Lieutenant. After he is graduated he receives hs full commission and is sent to the front"
 The committee visited the Curtiss Aviation School, near Toronto, of which J. A. D. McCurdy is the head, and saw fifty students in training. MT. McCrrdy and the Canadian au- thorities advised the committee that it is the intention of the Canadian government to train 1000 additional aviators.
 That. the Aviation Section of the United States Army, which has charge of organizing the Aerial Reserve Corps, can obtain the best results by following European and Canadian practice is the opinion of the com mittee. Of the 800 civilians holding the F. A. I. certificate or about to take that certificate in this country not less than 200 will make desirab candidates for the Aerial Reserve Corps, so that if steps are taken inn mediately to organize the corps at least 100 of the candidates will be able to take few weeks training at the army aviation schools
 The Army Appropriation bill now being considered by the Senate car ries an appropriation of $s.640.soo for the organization, equipment. and maintenance of twelve aero suuad rons for the twelve divisions either in the militia or from the regular army reserve and the Aerial Reserve Corps. The aviation section of the regular army, of which Colonel George O., ,Squier is the head, has charge of the expenditure of these funds and of training the militia officers and the members of the Aerial Reserve Corps.
 The Aero Clubs committee also yis- ited the aviation school at Buffalo. where fifteen Harvard undergrad uates have established an aviation camp and are taking a course of training. The Aero club and it's thirty affiliated organizations have or- fered their cooperation to the Ayta- ton Section of the War department. and the offers have been accepted by Secretary Baker and Colonel Squier.
 Aeronautical concerns which have aviation schools have offered the use of their schools to the army and are willing to let the army operate their schools at cost, so as to assist in de- veloping our aerial defenses. If the War department avails itself of these offers, dozen schools can be oper- ated immediately under the direction of the War department in different parts of the country, and the Aerial Reserve Corps and the twelve militia aero squadrons can be organized within the coming twelve months x