New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
r y. Roosevelt
Urges U. S. to
Lead in Flying
calls for Public Co.opera-
ton in Demanding Fur
Their Progress III Aviation
Training Is to Continue
Var Department to Teach
College Students; Swedish
Official Lauds Mail plane

aTbe people should compel the gov
.rrment to adopt a definite policy
.oward control of the air and see that
.,s limited States takes its rigntful
,ace in the airplane world
IN a stirring speech delivered from
-. forward cockpit of the giant Hand
l.v Page night bombing machine at
,he Aeronautical Exposition in Madi-
,on Square Garden yesterday Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, assistant Secretary
~ the Navy, made an emphatic ap-
peal.
The crowd which filled the space
,..ween the machines to listen to MIR.
pooseyelt cheered when Mr.. Roosevelt
aid: "The people have right to
.,v to the government that the United
States shall remain in the van of air
craft production.
81 consented to speak here on be-
half of the government" he said, "be-
cause Of my great interest IN this
srhibit. The last time 7 occupied q
Mace like this was of the coast of
Erance last August, when l flew in
ana Of the seaplanes of the navy that
was protecting the troopships on their
arrival in France.
Pen Marche Pete Sunk
.There was place called Pen
Marche Point, and Uboat had been
coming there regularly for six months.
Il sank number of supply ships and
became known as Pen Marche Pete.
Within one week of the opening Of
our seaplane station one of our planes
happened along just when Pen Marche
Pete was coming to the surface. Two
bombs dropped. The hier was con-
adent of the result, but the water
After the armistice, however, we got
and Pen Marche Pete vas on that
st
Speaking Of the future possibilities OF
aircraft he said:
"Oncc upon time the United States
discovered how to fly, but during the
intervening years other nations took up
her invention, and up to two years ago
knew more about flying than we did
To-day we are back on even terms, and
nov the question is, Are we going to
iill behind again?
II have been in Euro pc lately and nave
wen preparations in England, France
and in Italy. Here we need not merely
the efforts of manufacturers and the
soyernment, but the cooperation of the
american public.
Aviation VIII Mean Much
1. / I
commend your interest i'll everything
that has to do with flying. Flying and
the use of the sir will mean much to
icsn commerce and Of American travel.
!. will mean mucn to the defence of
the nation"
pr. julius Junlin, Postmaster Cen
srsl of Sweden. few from Washington
to New York yesterday in the United
States aerial mail airplane. He is the
first representative of q foreign gov
eminent to make the flight
II am fully convinced" said DR.
juhlin. that the aerial mail is sue.
cess, II s safe and far faster than
any other means of sportation
On my return to Sweden I shall recon-
mend the establishment Of aerial mail
routes there"
Propaganda for Hoboken
One Of the propaganda balloons
which returned from the front yester-
lay and was installed over the seth
Regiment Armory exploded at an
altitude OF one thousand feet. The
envelope parachuted out, and proved
to be strong enough to hold the
pamphlet releasing machinery attached
10 it as 1t drifted westward When
asst seen it was drifting over the
Jersey side OF the river, dropping
Propaganda printed in German, for the
edihcstion of Hoboken residents.
The peace time training programme
Of the Division Of Military Aeronaut-
les, U. s. A, was made public at the
opposition yesterday by Colonel B. F.
eassle. Immediately afterward Colonel
,astle left to embark for France, where
ns VIII represent the air service of the
United States Army Liquidation Com
nttee.
Under the plan che War Department
proposes 20 inaugurate at every col
'ege IN the country an aeronautical
course identical with the ground school
course given in training aviators dur
Ing the war.
All flying training viii be given dur
sas the sumner months at camps for
STUDENT officers, and it is expected that
.nlee vacatiors at the flying fields will
seaole the students to win their wings.
To Keep Up Personnel
As regards military aeronautics
chiss Of the Reserve Officers Training
sofps, said Colonel Castle, Eve are
preceding on the assumption that
ssistors will become superannuated
aore rapidly than in other branches,
- ma. 1t is imperative that the sup
~ Of trained personnel be kept up.
IN view Of the strength of the air
ssls'ee al the cessation Of hostilities
saa the depreciation among our re-
.s1se officers OF not less than 10 per
ssh' year, it is estimated that we
I1 est. draw from some source about
wv pi'ots, $50 airplane and balloon
.sservers and 100 engineer officers
eTery year.
Vest Point. the military schools
80 ,ne ranks can be drawn upon only
III up the regular establishment
~. -s reserve must be filled, as it was
,ihg the war, largely from colleges
$40 universities"