Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-07-17
|Av|AT0RS INSPECT
LANDING SITES HERE
Question of Placing Rccruitins
Camp In Richmond Up To
Officers At Knox.

| e' ioJ ioi diu lidll d QOZeU
enlisted men from the airplane
camp at Camp Knox, came to
Richmond in a big army truck
"Wednesday afternoon and looked
over several proposed landing
sites. Lieut.. Taylor said that
none of the sites offered came up
to the actual requirements, as the
ground is rather too rolling, and
several of the fields offered are
too small or fringed about with
trees. He said that he would
telephone about conditions here
into the headquarters at Camp
Knox and abide by the decision
of his superior officers as to the
advisiability of coming to Rich
mond, and spending several days
here with his airplanes. Lieut..
Taylor said that the recruiting
party of which he is in charge,
has smashed three machines
while on this duty at various
points in the state, on account
of faulty landing ground, and he
isn't going to take the response
bility of further accidents if he
can help it.
In the event that it decided to
bring his crew and ships here, a
camp site will be located, for
there will be nine enlisted men
and the officer in the party. An
effort will probably be made to
secure the public school grounds
for the men to use as camping
ground. They bring their tents,
kitchen arrangements and every
thing but always seek bath and
running water conveniences if
possible to obtain.
Former Lieut.. McCreary Sim.
mons, of the Air Service, took
men in charge when they came
and showed them the landing
fields which had been offered,
that of Mr.. James S. Crutcher,
Mr.. James Mckinney and Mr..
Harry Hanger, all of which had
been generously rendered by their
owners for the fliers to use in TAX,
ing off and landing.
After the inspection the avia-.
tors returned to Lancaster where
a permanent landing field has
been selected by the government
which will be used as base by ar,
my planes from Camp Knox, it is
stated. At meeting of Lancas.
ter citizens Friday night, an Aero
Club was formally organized to
boost the city as flying center
and to Cooperate with the gov.
ernment in every way possible.
The possibilities of the air SER,
vice for the young man are shown
by the following list
All aVelvet"-The government
furnishes clothing, food, medical
attention and quarters. Private
$50; private, first class, $33; cor,
poral, $50; sergeant, $44;; SER
geant aviation mechanican, SOC;
sergeant, first class, $31 sergeant
first class aviation mechanican,
S74.5O; master signal electrician,
S8l master signal electrician, av..
lation mechanican, $l21 so.
A dispatch from Frankfort said
Today: The first public landing field
for airplanes in Kentucky is at Lam
caster, where the Aero Club of Ken.
lucky, which filed articles of incor-
ooration to-day, has thirty-acre
5ract under lease a mile from the !
,ity and is constructing a hangar for
;he convenience of aviators. r. l..
Elkin, who filed the articles, said the
was started at the behest
If the Government. Machines from
Camp Knox are there now on re-
.ruiting mission and the aviators say
he landing field is an ideal one. The
lub is Incorporated for $1,000; L. L.
Walker president, HI. S. Hudson, vice
PRESIDENT; ]. M. Farra, secretary,
md r e, McRoberts. treasurer.