Evening star., 1920-02-15
Aviation Practice 1. winter.

extremely low point as compared with
hitherto customary methods.
Aviation Practice In Winter.
That q frozen lake may be success
fully used as a landing field for Army
aviators has been demonstrated by
two officers at Lake st.-Clair, near
Mt. Clemens. Mich. Owing to the
heavy fall of snow and zero tempera-
ture. Selfridge Field, Mt. Clemens. the
regular landing place for flyers, could
not be used and all practice flights
would have been suspended for the
winter. but for the discovery hy MAI.
y. J. Bootes. pilot, and Lieut.. ], B.
Machle. observer. by practical expert
ence. that safe landings could be made
on the frozen surface Of Lake st. Clai..
Cold weather made little or no dif-
.sr ierenoe' however. to the Army avi-
the repair depot at Indianapolis. No
dimoulty was experienced in land
Ing In the snow at Chanute Field. |
In fact. the av1ators there found that |
the snow cushioned the rough frosen
ground and permitted . smooth land
apolis to meet the snow situation It |
was found advisable to take the
wheels Of the airplanes OF and at
tach a pair Of skis TO the under car
TioS0. OIuC0rU VINO new 0h1po 10
equipped expressed satisfaction With |
the arrangement, the take-on being |
fully as short and the landing much |
smoother than with . machine |
equipped with wheela Under that
plan It 10 stated that Tying can be
Of arctic conditions. From these
divergent reports It 10 inferred that
the snow fields in Michigan must
have had frozen surface.
Euerineat.l taber.tsry Herr.
There 10 . good prospect that the
naval experimental laboratory. the
,, construction Of which Congress au-
thorized some years ago at a cost
limited to $4,000. 900. may be erected
at Bellevue. q naval reservation near |
Giesboro Point. on the Potomac river |
Just south Of this city, instead Of at !
Annapolis: Nd. tentatively selected -
months ago. Rear Admiral Grimn.
chief Of the naval bureau Of steam |
engineering, recently informed the I
House naval committee, in response |
to an inquiry from Representative /!
of the Navy Department had finally
concluded 1t to the best interests
Of the government TO- establish tho
laboratory In the District Of Columbia |
instead Of in the state OF Maryland. |
50 that it would be moro convenient
to the department most interested in |
it's operations. There Is q naval maya
zine at Bellevue and tho plant Of the
Washington Steel and Ordnance Com |
pany 10 in the same locality.
Arra,si.s fer National Matches in
1920.
It has been decided to hold the
national matches Of 1920 on the rine |
range at Camp Perry. Ohio. beginning
August 20. Committees have been
appointed 70 draft the rules OF tho
match viii be fred at 200, 500 and
1000 yards. A small arms airing |
school will be conducted in connection I!
with tho matches. beginning July 1.
Teams will report on that date and !
tend the sessions Of tho school. No !
matches are scheduled betwesn those !
dates. except informal events arrang- |
ed by tho executive officers in fur |
thsrancs Of tho purpose Of the school.
WIN Send Rias Team to Bsleiu..
the selection Of q team Of skilled
rihsmen to represent the United
states in the small arms events in
ciuded in tho program Of the Olympic
matches to Be hold At Antwerp. Bel
gfum. in July and August next, A
number o Marine Corps competitions
win be held this spring. The winners
Of these competitions and other marks |
men who have recently shown superior
skill with tho rife will be detailed
to enter tho hnal try-outs for mem-
bership Of the team to go abroad. In
this connection it 10 stated that the !!
calendar year 1919 was the, most sue
cessful shooting year in tho history OF
the Marine Corps. Beginning with .
rush early in JanuAfy, target practice
vas carried on tntensfvely at all
PaaRse thFoughout the year. A. q
result, II, $50 ofiesfs and enlisted men
Of the eorps qualified ~ Mafksnen OF
bsttsP, That numbes represents more |
than 81 per oant Of those who nred the |
Army couIss,
WhaYtsa CuD AWaRael.
The handsome Franklin Wharton
cup, presented to the Marine Corps
By Mrs, Sarah Wharton Howard,
q descendant OF Lieut. Col Frank
lin Whartoa, the arst eemmand-
ant 81 the Sefps, has bssa aW1rd-
Cd to the .plth Cenyaay. ta rso:
o9nttioa Of its having attained
the hi ighest figure Of merit In. small
AIMS york in 1919 Of sny org1aised
numbered company OF tho corps.
eveefal InUtractfsa fer 1nfte8ote
With . xtsU - the complete sIimt-
sstas. e tiiitssasY r. fns 49, &zs:y :.
the Recruit Educational Center, has