Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-14

Uncle Sam u not being -swaMped'
with Applications Cor the aviation
CORDS. In Goo1 homeiy American
slang, George Creel thus puts Il In
the Official Bulletin Of recent date.
shortly after our declaration OF
war with Germany says the Bulle-
tin, - well intenticned and patriotic
story went the rounds and, unfor.
tunately die the work Of many an
other vel intentioned and patriotic
story. Among the sort Of spirited and
adventurous young men upon whom
the government IL now calling for
aviation service the runner spread
rapidly and the word was passed
from university clubs 70 college cam.
puses. from automobile factories to
garages: Already over over 5000
men have applied for aviation exam
nations. The government b being
swamped.
As result q this popular BIT d
misinformation q potential army OF
young men-Ideal flyers by physique
and temperament-side-t their
ambition and made q try at other
fields. Instead Of the aero camps be-
coming swamped,, as rumor had 1t,
much less needfnl branches of pa
triotfc effort were badly overdone By.
young man with . desire 70 BET 81
and do something for their country.
Men between the desirable ages 81
- and IS began volunteering n droyes
for the mosquito f1eet,' under the
idea that n they couldn't ct the
Germans from the air they could get
q shot ct q submarine lying in wait
off Sandy Hook or outside Boston
barber. And, . Z result. the country
n Stili calling for flying recruits.
The Government System
The oorernment, through the SER
vices cf the signal corps, % which
Gen. EQuire II the chief Il going at
4 On an enormous scale 70 teach the
young Ida how to ~, and e may Be
9 service to the aspirant to give Q
few facts, showing the system on
which the war department ID work.
ing to create the largest number Of
able ayiators IN the shortest possible
time.
-About the LIST of May last Prof.
Hiram Bingham Of Yale was offered
. commission Of major IN the signal
corps. He accepted the offer at once
and came to Washington within 50
hours. Mai. Binglsam's special work
was to organize and conduct the first
schools Of student aviators and tC
teach the freshman classes. By inten.
sive methods, the theory Of flying and
air fighting
at the time Il was decided to 10.
cate the ground schools'--As these
/ first-instruction institutions nre cali
ed-on the campuses Of half dozen
universities. Such sites were chosen
with the idea that the college atmos.
phere would be az ideal environment
| Cor the large number Of youths com.
| ing from home surroundings and
needing the guidance Of mature men,
used 10 collage discipline. The unt
yersities Of Texas. California, Ohio,
Illinois, Cornell and the Massachu.
setfs lnstitute OF Technology were
first selected Cor this preliminary
work, and sfnce then Princeton and
the Georgia School Of Technology
have been added
Enrineerinn Teachers Enlisted
@ln order that this phase Of ayiato:
training might Be established with
the least possible delay Mai. Bingham
cot ct once IN touch with 3 professors
from the engineering schools Of each
Of the first SIX colleges. The work oi
lswearing them IN - employees Of tie
government was done by telegraph
and the IL scientific gentlemen re
ported at once TO Maj. Bingham n
the Royal Flying Corps School COZ
nected with the University Of Toronto
Here brief war college course Wa
given these II scientists--a course OF
intensive instruction lasting only q
week A the professors chosen were
al men who had specialized on the
theories touching upon aviation and
aeronautics, the task Of instructins
them was, Of course, simplified.f Al
the end Of the course-which In the
vernacular OF the airman ID now
known rs the aget-wiseQuick'' method
the 10 engineering professors re
ported back to their colleges.
I'm the meantime officer ayiators
I-one to each college-had been called
! from their various flying stations anl
appointed to the position Of comman
dant over the ground schools. One
such commandant Il now IN charge
over the training AZ the EIGHT colleges
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