The Raymer enterprise., 1917-09-20

production of few aIrplanes i ,10Lfh
to the present production Of about T.
600 airplanes a month and have had to
do that with limited resources In per
sonnel and materials. The United
States today has better start than
either France or England had at the
beginning of the war and 1t has tre-
mendoux resources In workmen and
materials.
1t is all 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 mechanitv
In large numbers. To do that there
will be required large appropriations
but no trouble is anticipated In thai
direction.
The governments committee on pub.
lie information has issued the follow
ing statement regarding part of the
details Of the steps already taken u
train aviators In large numbers:
Last month group of army Off
GERS visited the training camp OF the
Royal Flying corps at Borden, Ont.
one Of the four camps established :.
Canada, and the aviation school at
Toronto, where cadets are trained un.
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 re
suit we called together here the heads
of six prominent engineering schools
which also have military training, and
made arrangements to establish sim
liar 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 ol
these places were sent to Toronto
They returned after comprehensive
study Of the course given there, pre-
pared to teach 1t themselves. These
six engineering schools have opened
similar cadet aviation schools ut theil
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. sThe training
schools are thoroughly equipped with
samples of airplane parts and instru
ments for demonstration, as well as
textbooks. Technical matters relating
to map-making, photography, bomb
dropping, sun-sighting and all similar
subjects which military aviator mus
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
cessful. At the end Of two months Of
this preliminary work the cadet Is Civ
en- final test to determine whether
he shall 60 on to the aviation camp.
General Squier's office has beer
handling these schools. All applica
tions from persons who wish to become
military aviators have been turned
over to this department, over which
Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale has beer
given general direction by Genera
Squier, and there have been far mort
applicants than could be admitted
The schools began on May 10 and x
cadets a week are entering each o.
the six colleges, which means that a'
soon as the first entering class com
pletes its preliminary work approx
mately $50 students a week will b.
available for the regular training CAM
with good ground work on which t.
start their practical training.
Six Hundred Cadets In Six Colleges.
"There will be 600 cadets ii
the six colleges by July. In th'
meantime arrangements are goin,
ahead for the nine aviation fields to re
ceive their men when they are ready
The aircraft production board Is work
ing constantly with the military de
partments In preparing for the con
struction Of these fields. The standar'
field on which we are basing our pro
gram will provide for accommodating
two squadrons Of $50 students eacl
with the necessary officer instructor
and enlisted men, together with Ger
tain number of additional enlisted mel
who will be training at the same time
"The hangers will take care Of q
airplanes. The preparation Of thes
fields will cost approximately milliol
dollars each, including the construc
tion of the necessary buildings, dorm
tories, work shops and hangers.
standard set of buildings has alread
been worked out, the fields will be ar
proximately a mile square, and grea
care Is being taken By the military Of