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sites for aviation schools and supply
depots by the military department, to
advise in regard to buying or leasing
the land, preparing it for use and erect
ing the buildings The board has been
in constant touch for many weeks with
the industries involved in the fulhll-
ment of the program on the problem of
the quantity production of machines.
and the government authorities have al
ready signed contracts for as many ma
chimes as the present appropriations
permit. No orders are placed by the
aircraft production board. All will con-
tinue to be placed, heretofore.
through the duly constituted purchas-
ing channels of the various government
departments.
The aircraft production board is act
ing in the closest cooperation with the
War and Navy Departments, especially
with the recently created joint army
and navy board on design and specifi-
cations. which has been intrusted by
the secretaries of the two branches of
the service with discretion on all ques-
tons of design and specifications in all
forms of military aircraft except dirigi-
bles.
The membership of this Joint board
includes the following: Maj. B. D. Fou-
lois. U. S. A: Capt. v. E. Clark. U. s. A. !;
Lieut.. A. X. Atkins, u. s. N; Lieut. J. H.
Towers U. S. N; Assistant Naval Con-
structor J. G. Hunsaker. U. s. NJ; Capt
E. S. Gorrell. U. 8. A. The personnel OF
this board is of unusual interest. as 1t
is composed of the most experienced
hiers in both the army and navy. Every
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thusiasm are largely responsible for the
new development: Brig. Gen. George O.
Squier, chief signal officer. L. 8. A. the
head Of the army's air service, long an
advocate of a greater aerial service;
Rear Admiral D. W. Taylor. chief of
the bureau of construction. U. S. N,
representing the navy, a construction
expert of international reputation; 8. D.
Walden. former vice president of the
Packard Motor Company; e. A. Deeds.
former general manager of the National
Cash Register Company, later with the
Dayton Engineering Laboratory Com
pany and head OF the Miami conserv-
ancy district formed to guard against
= repetition of the Dayton food, and
r. l. Montgomery. senior member of
the Philadelphia firm of Montgomery,
Clothter q Taylor. who serves as nnan-
cial and business adviser of the board.
The general function of the aircraft
production board is to bring manufac-
turers together and help make their re-
sources available to the government
and assist the government in stimulat-
ing the production of better types and
greater quantities of air machines: to
Investigate and recommend manufac-
turing plants where orders are to be
placed; to aid in arranging with Ameri-
can factories as to the kinds of ma
chimes best suited to their several or
CARNATIONS and facilities for manufac-
ture; to advise as regards priority of
deliveries of aircraft material in &C
cordance with a general policy as de-
termined by the council OF national de-
tense. and. following the selection OF
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member has had practical use of air
planes under service conditions. and
some Of them are graduate engineers
from the greatest school OF aeronauti-
cal engineering in the world.
The six government schools for army
aviation recruits are connected with
half a dozen of tho leading engineering
and chronological schools in the coun
try. These are Cornell University, Mas
sachusetts Institute Of Technology and
the universities of Ohio. Illinois. Texas
and California The course includes
military drill, calisthenics, machine
gun. artillery. observation. bombs and
bombing. wireless and signaling. the
DRY of flight types of machines. care of
machine. TOOLS map reading. reconnais-
sance. photography, stationary engines.
meteorology, cross-country and general
flying.
Before any flying is attempted the
student must take an eight-week
course In these preliminary schools of
military aeronautics. 1t will be neces-
sary for a good many trained fliers to
take this course. which deals with vari-
GUS technical aspects of aerial warfare.
some OF which may be novel to the man
who knows how to fly. but not how to
fight or scout at the same time. Many
of the instructors in these schools have
observed the work in the Canadian avi-
alton training schools. and the course
will be closely modelled upon the work
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THE RED PLANET. BY William J
Locke. author OF THE Beloved Vaga
bond" etc. New York: John Lane
Company
AoHAT which made The Beloved
Vagabond" a. Joy book was
the amount of William j
Locke extract that it contain
ed. Locke has developed
more of that essence since the beloved
vagabonds day. therefore The Red
Planet" is by that much a better book
The man who tells this wartime story
the ma jor whom the Boer war put into a
wheel chair for the rest of his days. is
while the tale is grim with the every
struggle. 1t is. nevertheless. whimsical
and optimistic enough. gay and gallant
enough. in spots. to establish its true
paternity. Almost any English coun-
try side could nowadays furnish the
war background which Mr.. Locke por-
trays here in such quiet colors of heroic
sacrifice. Against this realistic setting
he develops with infinite skill complex
story of live. Now and then the author
gives the whole matter over into the
hands of the major, who is not half so
much concerned with the story as he is
to say right out just what he thinks
about any number of things English
chiefly about English politics and Eng
fury over the Stacker" and then he
veers Off into TRADE against England
herself that her system has made the
Stacker possible. IF man has never
rt~A
the deuce do you expect him to love her
still less TO defend her with his blood
Our more than damnable governments
(mind you. this is the major tall1ing)
everything in their power to crush in
English hearts the national spirit of
England" And little further on he
says: Only one great man has stood
mother. for the last thirty years. And
that man Is Rudyard Kipling." Is that
not finely true? There are many fine
things here. in addition to the absorb
Ing and exquisite story itself
ENCHANTMENT. BY E. Temple Thurs
ton. author Of THE Five Barred
Gate" etc New York: d. Appleton
& Co.
Books are much like folks-the COM
mon run of them dull fellows to be rid
of with little to do. Once in a dog 8
age. however. comes along a book that.
in no time at all. moves in and takes
full possession of ones interest and at
tention. "Enchantment" is a case in
point. One picks it UP casualwise-a
way he has come to have with books
but. before he quite knows what has
happened to him, he is carried away
across the sea and set down in a lush
adventure of pure Irishry. That the
story is so delectably Irish throughout
80 ",'i "o''' T. r.fneut 'hoagh the
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ment to kiss the spot where lies the
body of that gentle and kindly Vene-
tian
For the soldiers from other towns the
picture of St. Peters today was I'M
forsettable. There was vesper service
before the high altar. where for this
day rested the traditional silver chalice
which symbolizes the homage Of the
city OF Rome. Placed there this morn
ing by members of the Society of
1870. it was offered by the Roman
senate. The portable altar was used
today. of gold and precious stones. a
gift of the late Cardinal Rampolla.
There was the impressive and hand
some figure of Cardinal Merry del Val
assisting at vespers. of Mgr. Nasal
Rocca officiating, monsignors. all in
rich raiment. And above all the music.
The Pope---is he coming now" in
quired little soldier from Sardinia,
who bore on his arm three stripes. in
dicating three times wounded
Yes. yes. IL papa" cried a boy from
the Abruzzi. leaving tomorrow for the
front
But the holy father descends into
St Peters after we are gone. to pray
at ST. Peters tomb" they were told.
'Ah. II could only have seen him."
sighed the boy from the Abruzzi i've
never been in Rome before"
He looked overcome with wonder at
the gorgeous sbasilica, today wearing
it's rich red and gold hangings. then
went reverently toward the statue OF
st. Peter.
They were now showing the sacred
relics from the balcony over the statue
of st. Veronica. her handkerchief. a bit
OF the true cross.
The sunset light flooded through the
stained glass window representing the
Holy Spirit, above the chair Of ST. Peter
in the tribuna. The rays fell upon
kneeline sea Of devout peasants rich
and poor.
An unforgettable st. Peters day In
war time, ALICE ROBE.
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Reviews of New Books

source Rather does he weave the
everyday Of Irish life into the phrase
and essence of the fairy story. and 1T Is
to this device that he himself traces
the enchantnent of the whole. However,
politely conceding this point. one holds,
nevertheless, that the charm Of the tale
lies in its complete seizure of the spirit
of the Irish and Ireland. 1t is an ad-
venture. The boy goes to the ends Of
the world. a-seafaring. The girl is
consecrated to the religious life OF the
convent. But-the width of the world
and the height of convent walls have
nothing at all to do with the miracu-
lous doings of the invincibe god OF love
So this story proves. as many another
story has done. 1t Is not. however.
with the youthful hero and heroine
that the reader is exclusively absorbed,
He makes place-a good wide place
for Patricia's father-John Desmond
a grand Irishman. drunken, impoverish
ed. no-account. but grand" and full
Irish. nevertheless.
Nineteen novels are accredited to f.
Temple Thurston. One is ashamed not
to have known this before. The next
thing to do is to find out whether or
not the other eighteen make a proper
approach to "Enchantment."
THE LORD KITCHENER MEMORIAL
BOOK. Edited by Sir Hedley LIE Bias
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
A unique and beautiful book that
gives chiefly by means of collected pic
lures, the story of the life of Lord
Kitchener. 1t opens with a splendid
likeness of Kitchener as field marshal
and closes with photograph of the
memorial concourse around st. Pauls.
There are pictures of his BIRTHPLACE and
later places of residence, of his family
of himself from boy to man. Later. the
pictures tell of his military and admin
istrative achievements in one and an
other part of the British empire-these,
In large part. reproduced from the adj
mirable illustrations of London news
papers and magazines. Added to this
pictorial record are tributes by many an
eminent Englishman and many a
valiant soldier. kitchener's war
speeches in the house of lords have
place here, too. The memorial is as
beautiful as it is unusual touching
tribute to the great soldier who, with
in two years, created an army of $780,
900 men equipped for service. This is
the time when the passion for ones
country surmounts all other passions.
So this beautiful memorial comes with
special appeal from the great man who
loved his country supremacy. The book
becomes part of The Lord Kitchener
Memorial Fund for Disabled Oficers and
Men of the Army and Navy"
PETER SANDERS RETIRED. By Cor
don Hall Gerould. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
We have had glimpses of Peter Sanders
before, enough Of these to create good
impression of the man and to make this
further acquaintance an agreeable expert
ence. Peter Sanders was a gambler-so
by right one should hurry away from him.
On the contrary. when an ambitious and
presumably q right thinking district at
torney put Peter out Of business. shutting
up the respectable old mansion where
Peter pursued hts nefarious trade. and
'rttire hin, adrift upon a scaudaized
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finish in Europe with the type Of plane
to which they are accustomed.
To those who have been familiar
with the conditions of America air
plano problem tho suggestion that the
United States turn out tens c, thou
sands OF airplans engines within the
next year or eighteen months may
seem visionary. Only Il few American
firms have been building machines.
and those have been only training
planes. 1t is a very large proposal to
convert to a new task the industry of
a great nation. particularly a task so
highly specialized as that Of building
airplanes.
Yet the men who compose the air.
craft production board are men of ac-
complishment and foresight. and their
program is based in a large sense on
tried foundations. In building air.
planes the engine is the chief problem.
and engineers are now at work on a
new type OF standardized engine on
which the board bases its hope for
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Naughty, But Vague.

ZEN. JOHN ]. PERSH1SG at fare
VI we'll luncheon before his departure
for France said in brief speech:
when the Germans accuse US of Vio-
lating international law we ask them
in reply to explain the legality OF their
baby murders by Zeppelin and subma-
rine. Well. the German answer to this
is something very naughty and vague.
1t is like Col. Carter OF cartersville.
Col. Carter of Gainesville sat on
the veranda of his Cape May cottage
with the sea spread before him and
mint tulep on the table at his side;
Yes, sah.' he was saying, its
powerful fertile country down round
Carter Hall. Why, sab. ! know woods
down there where the trees grow so
close that you can't shove your hand
between the trunks. And game! why.
sab. I've seen deer in them woods with
an eight-foot spread of antlers. Yes.
sab. an eight-foot spread
but, colonel, asked Philadelphia,
how can the deer get such antlers oe-
tween those trunks
"Col. Carter .rew himsc!f up.
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done by the flying students in that
country With the authorization Of
twenty-four aviation fields, each train
ing 500 students in four months. the
United States should be able to turn
out approximately $4,000 trained mill
tary aviators a year after the system
Is put completely in effect
That Americans are quick In the up
take" was the immediate comment of
Sir William Robertson. British COM
mander. on coming in contact with the
first detachment Of soldiers from this
side. The aircraft production board has
proven this quickness in its immedi-
ate grasp of the manufa curing prob
lens of the aviation situation. AS a
preliminary to extensive manufacture.
1t at once made arrangements to stand
ardize the training machines in use in
Great Britain. Canada and the United
States, SO that machines may be dis
tributed impartially and without diff
Guilty among the three nations. and.
still more important. that men who
receive preliminary training here can
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r- June -, 1911.
~ n June 20 all Rome pays hon.
n-IA age to St. Peter. And all roads
VlV lead to Rome. from the Cam
paSna. from tho Castolli Ro-
snaT (neizhboring mountain villaGes).
beinx1nE the faithful peasants and
padrone to celebrate the festival of
.Rpme's patron saints. ST. Peter and St.
Paul.
But this year a new quality has
crspt. into the great basiiica of St.
PetxSs. War stalked through the gor-
Eennx sdince erected to the FIRST vicar
of the Prince of Peace. 1t stole to the
very feet of the saint and brushed the
bronze surface with the lips of hun
-dreds of soldiers.
Today tJune 2s) Italy's wounded
warriors. the lame. the blind. the sick.
poured from her hospitals to pray to
st. Peter. Soldiers everywhere. some
permission, some en- route to the
front or to other service. the outpour-
inss of the hospitals. mingled with the
too. And then there were soldiers
mothers praying for absent sons. and
soldiers sweethearts. and soldiers
wives and soldiers widows. and SOL
diers' orphans. hundreds OF them in
charge of gentle nuns. There was the
hus1hed cry Of grief throusnout me
great church. but there was the sigh
of. faith and OF hope as the faitnfui
passed before that ancient bronze
statue of ST. Peter and passionately
s<issed the bronze foot.
Ifofs mo Roman custom to attend
Sespers. when the music and the sing
Sng Of the Sistine choir is fncompara-
BILE and when the glorious Felix Roma
happy Rome-happy to have been the
chosen rock upon which christiani
was built, sounds through st. Peters
great church. This year II was not
"the Romans" or tourists who domi-
mated the throng. 1t was the populace
the people from all walks of life. from
AS entered the bronze doors. opened
Upon this fiesta. ran into what seemed
n whole company of soldiers. Only
they were not At for battle. these un-
happy men. seeking comfort in the
worlds most famous church. At their
them. all strangers TO Rome. to the
wonders of the basiiica. followed
them as they went, first of all. to the
statue of St. Peter. near the high altar.
clad. in the magnificent and priceless
pontifcai robes The triple crown.
symbol Of sovereign power. heavily
STUDDED with precious gems. rests upon
his head. His finger bears the papal
ring. rare stone surrounded by dia-
oruament Of exquisite workmanship.
made Of gold and jewels and bearing
the symbol of the Holy Spirit. c'a<ps
thi4 sold-smbroidered rcd robes. ,iui:
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Rome Has Am Unusual Celebration of St. Peters Dav

neherman. whose emblem made of box
wood garlands and gilded ropes hangs
over the main portal today, Rowned in
gorgeous brocades savors somewhat
OF anachronism. But the spirit of faith
Is what clothes the statue in its true
meaning as the crowds pass before the
crowned and royalty robed statue and
kiss the bronze foot
AS they passed on few were so poor
as not to drop soldo in the contribu-
ton boxes for Peters pence. for today
is the great fiesta. when all the Catho-
Tic world gives this historic Offering
to the head of the church. Throughout
the basiiica, above the music and the
murmur of voices like the waves of q
sea. the jangling of the boxes sounded
the reminder that Peters pence was &C
cepted from all.
When the wounded soldiers from the
Hospital of Santa Marta. the Vatican
property, which has been turned over
TO the soldiers of the king. passed be
fore the statue ! saw many bystandcrs'
eyes fill with tears. There was one
man guided by another and his patient
face. the face of peasant, was turned
eagerly upward. 1t was the strained
race OF blind man, as yet unused to
the blackness In which war doomed
him to walk forever. His comrade, who
limped upon an injured leg, led him In
the crowd of deyotees to the statue OF
st. Peter. He took the mutIIated face
in his hands and directed the lips to the
foot of the image. worn smooth by
many kisses. but none more eloquent
than this. The man murmured a PRAYER
and crossed himself. I watched him
pass on and saw his companion lead him
to the confessional. where with ever
burning lights and today myriads OF
flowers. beneath the high altar. rests
the body OF ST. Peter. The lame man
whispered that here they were before
the holy spot. where reposed the "a
cred tomb. The blind man fell upon his
knees.
At the statue the throns. which had
formed early in the morning, continued
to Ale with Its never failing rank OF
soldiers. One SO weak that two men
supported him was led away almost
fainting after he had kissed the bronze
foot They passed on. the wrecks OF
men from the battlenelds. They gave
their Peters pence and their prayers
And for what they prayed the look In
their eyes told.
Through the immense crowds these
peasant women, bright handkerchief,
upon their heads. gay corsets laced
over their blouses. full hipped skirts
long gold earrings touching thsil
shoulder. brushed always against sol.
diers. the women speaking of greer
fields where they work to make thing.
live. the. others of red Holds where
they work to make things die.
There was ono other spot where the
passion OF those devout ones burs,
forth in real pathos. This was over q
little brass cross sunk in the pavemen,
near the high altar. 1t marked the
spot over the tomb Of Plus X All
day these faithful ones, poorly dressed
and well dressed. peasants. townsfolks
and soldiers. young and old OF al,
"'sT~"s s"rE upoa 's"i- !: nes aud
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worth their weight in gold. And on
either side of the statue stands
guard, for once a visitor more DESTROYS
than devout removed the costly ring
from the saints finger.
About this revered statue. worshiped
for generations. there hangs many ira
ditfons and stories and different theo-
ftes in which archeologists and hts
torians sometimes indulge. According
to one story, the statue of st. Peter is
none other than that of Capitoline
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Jove. changed a bit TO represent the
saint. Another story Is that the bronze
of the statue of Capitoline Jove was
used by St. Leo to be cast into the
statue Of ST. Peter in commemoration
of the deliverance Of Rome from the
attack of Attila.
The interesting old statue is gen.
orally attributed to the fifth century,
though Lanciani maintains the keys
could not belong to SO early a period
These. he admits. could have been
added later. however. This possibility
OF change has been used by the Capt.
toline love adherents to say that keys
were substituted for the thunderbolts
of Jupiter.
The faithful. kissing the foot of this
ancient statue. know nothing nor care
nothing for the controversy over the
statues origin. To them 1t is the good
st. Peter. and the fact that the right
foot is worn OF with the kisses of
Thousands Of lips for hundreds of years
tells its valuation for them
The dressing Of the ancient statue in
the pontiHcsi robes and jewels gives a
&C., 3,
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quantity production. Before this ar
ticle appears it will probably have
been given its first testS. 1t is not a
new invention: there is not new or
untried part in 1t. 1t is based on the
combined experience of the best Eu-
ropean makers. adapted to American
purposes of quantity production. 1t
is this engine which will be turned
over to American industry to build.
with direction to turn all Its en-
producing II by thousands
This does not mean that all reliable
plants now equipped to build airplane
engines will not be given orders to
responsible aircraft manufacturers will
be given every incentive to turn out
many as they can of designs which
have proved suitable here and abroad.
Several will build approved European
motors. for which their plants are
now adapted. All Of these firms, how
ever. cannot possibly build enough
engines for Americas mission, and the
plants which are new to the work
will be turned to the construction Of
can engine. In Great Britain and
France is one of the strongest groups
of American technical experts ever
sent abroad. learning in European
and engine manufacture. and these
men will be distributed among Amer
lean factories on their return to direct
the work here with the Information
which they have gathered.
In addition to the production of en-
gines and planes in this country, the
governments plans include assisting the
European builders in every way with
raw material and with the services OF
American mechanics. The vital work
of repairing and overhauling machines
in the shops behind the lines will be
aided by the shipment Of parts and
helpers from the United States. 1t Is
thousands of American engines will be
dipped abroad to be put into the planes
on the other side. Assembled airplanes
take UP room, and because Of the sub
marine peril shipping space must be
utilized economically as possible.
Raw material takes up less space than
the complete airplanes.
In addition to the intrinsic help to be
furnished by the American production
of airplanes, the building of the heavier
types of bombing and reconnaissance
machines. on which the United States
will concentrate to form the great body
of the allied air fleets. together with the
assumption of the task of building
training machines in quantities. will
leave the British and French manufac-
turers more free to construct the very
fast and highly specialized types OF
light fighters, which they are better
prepared to build than the less expe-
rienced manufacturing plants. As the
industry develops here, the United
States can work into this task also, but