Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-06-15

To do this the aviation training IA
cilities and the sources of supplies for
aircraft must be greatly extended. 1t
was shown that at the beginning Of the
war Great Britain dit not have one
third of the aeronautic manufacturing
| facilities we have In the United States
| today and there was read statement
from the British controller of aero
nautlc supplies reporting that there
are 958 firms engaged on work for the
British directorate Of aerOnautic sup
| plies, 30l of which are direct contrac-
tors and 657 are sub-cOntractors. This
report states that the total number of
hands employed by the so firms OF
| greater prominence Is $500.
There was also brought out the fact
that the British budget for aeronautics
for the present year totals $575,0O0,-
600. This is made public as result
of its publication in connection with
discussion which took place In the
house of commons recently. England
and France had TO come up from a
production OF a few airplanes a month
to the present production of about A.
600 airplaneS a month and have had to
| do that with limited resources in per-
sonnet and materials. The United
States today has better start than
! either France or England had at the
beginning of the war and 1t has ire
mendous resources Ia workmen and
materials.
1t is all a question of adopting an
extensive enough campaign to insure
large production and of placing orders
| for continuous deliveries of airplanes
and training of aviators and mechanics
in large numbers. To do that there
will be required large appropriations,
but no trouble Is anticipated in that
direction.
The governments committee on pub
lie information has issued the follow
Ing statement regarding part of the
details Of the steps already taken to
train avlatOrs in large numbers:
Last month a group of army Off
GERS visited the training camp of the
Royal Flying corps at Borden, Ont,
one Of the four camps established in
Canada, and the aviation school at
Toronto, where cadets are trained I'M
der military discipline for the service.
In these schools there has been incor-
pOrated the latest European experience
IN the development of this new art Of
the air.
"Our officers were deeply impressed
with their observations. and as a re-
suit we called together here the heads
of sly prominent engineering schools,
which also have military training, and
made arrangements TO establish sim
ilar system in the United States. The
six institutions are the Universities of
California, Texas, Illinois and Ohio,
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy and Cornell university. Three
! technical instructors from each of
these places were sent to Toronto.
They returned after a comprehensive
study of the course given there, pre-
pared to teach it themselves. These
| six engineering schools have opened
similar cadet aviation schools at their
respective institutions.
Courses in Aviation.
'These cadet schools might be de-
scribed as laboratory courses in avia-
ton. The students are given thorough
instruction In the theory of flying, in
Guiding the necessary physics and
mathematics and the mechanics of air
plane construction. The training
schools are thoroughly equipped with
samples of airplane parts and instru-
ments for demonstration, as we'll as
textbooks. Technical matters relating
to map-maling, photography, bomb
dropping, sun-sighting and all similar
subjects which military aviator must
know are also taught. All during this
time the cadet is under military train
ing. following the methods which Great
Britain and Canada have found so sue
cessfuI. At the end of two months of
this preliminary work the cadet is Civ
en- a final test to determine whether
he shall go on to the aviation camp.
General Squier's Office has been
handling these schools. All applica-
lions from persons who wish to become
military aviators have been turned
over to this department, over which
Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale has been
given general direction by General
Squler, and there have been far more
applicants than could be admitted.
The schools began on May 10 and .
cadets week are entering each of
the six colleges, which means that as
soon as the first entering class com
pletes it's preliminary work approx
mately $50 students a week will be
availatie for the regular training camp
with good ground work on which to
start their practical training.
six Hundred Cadets in Six Colleges.
There will be 600 cadets in
the six colleges by July. In the
meantime arrangements are going