The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-08
TWENTY MEMBERS.
 BEING SOUGHT BY. 135TH SQUADRON.
Birmingham's Crack Guard Air Unit Offers Interesting Opening to Recruits to
 Organization

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 Would you like to go soaring high and higher above the earth? Is the roar of an airplane motor music to your ears? Are you interested in wireless, photography or machine gunnery? Would you like u slip away from the drabness or every-d day life and the confinement of office work for a time each week and reel the urge of the outdoors surge through and through you filling you with the joy of living?
 Then ho, buddy, call yourself to at tention, about face and march right back to the service that vol some how cannot forget-the service whose memories steal over you in your quieter moments. All of which is one way of saying there are oppor- tunities open to become members of the 135th Observation Squadron, Bir- mingham's crack national guard fly ing outfit.
 According to officers of the squad ron, it can accommodate 20 recruits. These new men will be taught the fundamentals of flying machine gun nery, motor repair, wireless, pnotog- raphy and allied subjects in addition to little Squads East" This in- struction, however, does not inter- fere with regular civilian duties. Each member of the squadron must attend one lecture a week in order to draw government pay. These lec- lures last one and one-half hours. Meetings are held at Roberts field, the home of the squadron, at Shady side, on the Tidewater car line, Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, and Sunday afternoons at 3 o'clock.
 Program For February
 The following is the program out lined for February:
 Headquarters and Supply Sections Practical and administrative sup ply work of the squadron, one hour and fifteen minutes on Sundays and 45 minutes on Wednesdays. Fifteen minutes close drill and Is minutes calisthenics on Sundays. Thirty min utes close order drill on Wednes- days, except on the last Wednesday. at which time the 30-minute period will be taken up with lecture on the duties of sentinels.
 Armament Section-Classes in stripping, assembling and action and function of Marlin and Lewis ma
 
 minutes on Sundays and 45 minutes on Wednesdays. The remainder of the time for drills and lectures as outlined above.
 Communication Section-Practica work of panel and radio communica- tion between ground and airplane One hour and fifteen minutes on Sundays, buzer practice and assem- 1tr inc cto1 Ia n service type sets; 45 minutes on Wednesdays. The remainder of time foir drills and lectures as outlined above.
 Flight and Engineering Sections To continue the work scheduled and started on October 1922): Schedule, one hour and fifteen minutes on Sun days and 45 minutes on Wednesdays. The remainder of the time for drills and lectures as outlined above.
 Transportation Section--Operatio upkeep and repair of trucks, motor cycles and passenger cars. One hour and fifteen minutes on Sundays. 45 minutes on Wednesdays. The re- mainder of time for drills and lec- lures as outlined above.
 Pilots-Sundays: Flying for one hour and thirty minutes of the fol- lowing nature: Test flights, practice flights, formation flights, cross-coun- try flights, reconnaissance flights, and assimilation artillery liasion mis- sions. Wednesdays: Trouble shoot ing on motors, 45 minutes; remainder of time for drills and lectures as out lined above.
 Observers-Sundays: Flying for one hour and thirty minutes of the following nature: Assimulated artil- lery liasion missions. reconnaissance missions, and operation of service type raio sets. Wednesdays: Review of artillery liasion first two weeks and national guard regulation last two weeks; 45 minutes Wednesday. Remainder of time for drills and lec- lures as outlined above.
 Note: It Is recommended that, weather permitting, cross-country trips to surrounding towns in this territory be made. establishing air routes and map making of landing fields.