Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-05-28
.|,OoO AlRMEN
\ FROM U. S. TO
\ BATTLE FRONT
nerica Will Strain Every
@ Energy to Force the
M Fighting in Air.
1AY BRING EARLY
81 VICTORY TO ALLIES
thousands Of Applications
Il Have Been Received But
Il More are Needed.

at counting the Americans serv-
|Sng in the British and French
Fmies and the official unit Or
9ered to France there will shortly
ge 100000 Americans in France.
@ s@ The statement says $500 air
eEanes will be constructed and
A6 1000 aviators trained in the Unit
d States this year.
N Another, contingent of the
sAinerican medical corps arrived
h England today. The contin-
#kent comprised units from Phil
4 Adelphia and St. Louis.
8 New York. May 2s.-rhe aid of the
sspnited States in the war is likely to
aSbe most effectively felt In the great
lWork to be accomplished by the avia-
'gg4ion fleets, squadrons and corps now
SSbeing organized.
..Ten thousand airmen added to
Ssthose now at the 'front.'" said Preei.y
hmsrias. 7ns as'sH siina slss tSs
IsSG German batteries. execute gigantic air
ssasraids strike Germany in the most vi
!stal place and bring the war to an
Tearlier end"
~ Should the projected air raid on
Germany, Independent Of the raids d.
Farectly at the front, materialize, Amer
Hlca's 10000 will be needed the more
I&,quickly. the airmen believe.
E U. S. Conditions Favorable.
ri 1.-The aviation training facilities and
,tthe sources of supplies for aircraft
iISSirnust be greatly extended" a state
,$sment by the club reads. England
SAand France had to come up from a
Mproduction of few airplanes a month
St 1000 month and have had to do
II that with limited resources and ma
II terials The United States today has
L Il better start than either France or
X England had at the beginning Of the
u war and it has tremendous resources
n in workmen and materials"
ii The statement says that "for OBJ
u vious reasons the details Of the plans
Z for expansion cannot be made pub
h lic." but American public is assured
~ that proper attention Is being CIV
en- to meeting this need for large
#N I#N numbers Of airplanes and aviators."
81 Howard f. Coffin. chairman of the
II the Aero club. 1t was stated, to con-
Y tinue to assist in recruiting aviators
and mechanics. on the ground that
II II although thousands of airplanes have
Il been received, such a large number
e Of men are needed to make aviators
( have as many applications as possible
II in the hands Of the chief signal officer
U OF the army"
Working With British.
AS an indication Of the scope Of ex-
pansion considered necessary to con.
summate the country's airplane plans,
, the statement alludes to the Washing
ton deliberations between its repre-
sentatives, and the aircraft production
board officials.
"It was pointed out" the statement
says, that at the beginning Of the
war Great Britain did not have one
third Of the aeronautics manufacture
ing facilities that we have in the Uni
ted States today. and there was read
q statement from the British con-
troller of aeronautic supplies report
ing that there are 96s firms engaged
on work for the British directorate of
aeronautic supplies, s01 Of which are
direct contractors and 657 are sub
contractors. This report states that
by the fifty firms of most prominence
is ee.7oo.
"There, was also brought out tho
fact that the British budget for
aeronautics for the present year to-
tails $675,ooo.oo0."
Great Victory for Allies.
President FIawley pointed out the
allies greatest victories In recent
months have been duo to supremacy
in the air.
''The recent British and Italian VIC
tories" said he. 'were preceded by
countless aerial flights and 1t was not
until the skies had been cleared of
Germans, thus depriving them Of their
eyes and giving the allies full use of
theirs. that the victories became pos-
sible."
The immediate manufacture Of tens
Of thousands Of airplanes az equip
) ment for the 10000 American airmen
and others who will follow them was
also announced by Hawley.
College Men Wanted,
There has been q big rush to the air
service by young men all over the