The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-05-29
MAYSv|LLE IS At
LAST TO SEE A j.
| s. ARMY A|RPLANE
Army Alrplane Used Throughout Ken
tucky to Recruit Men For the
Army Is to Come to Maysville
First Part Of Next Week
Arrangements Are
Made To-day.

Maysville and Mason county people
are at last to see real army airplane
flying over the city and county during
the first part of next week according
to announcement coming this morning
from the headquarters of the Army
Recruiting forces at Lexington.
Maysville is to be the first of num-
ber of cities in this section of the state
to be visited by the plane and recruit
ing officers.
This is the first time such methods
have ever been employed in army re-
cruitihg. An army scout plane from
Camp Knox will be called to Lexington
by wire for the purpose. At Lexington
the plane will pick up member of
the recruiting staff and take him to
one of the towns within a radius of
fifty miles and remain there for few
days while the officer canvasses the
town for recruits. The first town to
be visited will be Maysville
| Major ]. ]. Cannon, one of the orig
inators of the plan motored to Mays
vile today and together with Mr.. N. s.
Calhoun, of the Bank of Maysville, re-
viewed the Infirmary grounds. Major
Cannon said the grounds would make
a fine landing place and it will be
marked off at once. While here he an
nounced that next Thursday would
probably be the date of the flight here
but this will be announced definitely
by wire later. He expects to remain
here with the plane until the end of
the week.
The airplane to be used is a regul-
alton army scout plane, holding one
passenger besides the pilot The planes
will be equipped with all the appli-
ances in use during the war and op-
portunity will be given Maysville peo-
pie to examine the craft closely.
This plan has been in readiness for
some time but twas necessary to get
the permission of headquarters in
Washington before the airplane could
be sent more than thirty miles from
its base at Camp Knox, and this per-
mission was obtained Wednesday. The
commanding officer at Camp Knox has
informed the Lexington office that he
will be glad to send one of the four
aviators stationed there to Lexington
at any time requested.
One airplane will be added to the re-
crulting force of one battery of field
artillery and one Whippet tank, now
waging the recruiting campaign in the
western section of the State. The bat
tie Is directed from the head Office by
Col Pfeil and Major Cannon, both Of
ficers Of the artillery section. The air
plane will land at OwensDoro, Hen
derson, Madisonville, Hopkinsville
Russellville and Bowling Green on the
same days the battery and tank arrive
The battery is equipped with a motor
ized, mobile machine shop to care fol
all repairs necessary during the cam
paign. In addition the battery has {
portable electric light generator ant
provides light for the whole camp a
each stop. This battery, tank and air
plane will invade each of the sectorl
of the front of Kentucky and will ar
rive in Lexington sometime during thu
summer. There are recruiting Officers
and examining surgeons with the par
ty and any recruit is signed up at onc'
and sent to Fort Thomas