Milford chronicle., 1924-05-16
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
RUTH AND JACK GET THEIR TRIP
TO WASHINGTON LEARN OF
THE GREAT AIR FORCES
OF UNCLE SAM

What glorious day it had been
Ruth and Jack had at last succeede,
IN coaXing Uncle Ted to take them r.
washington on their spring vacation
AICer three days sightseeing, they haG
seen everything there was to be seen
untlI their tired little feet would carry
tnem no more, and they had taken a
ride around what is known as the
speedway" in Potomac Park, where
Lhey were lucky enough to see the
gorgeous Japanese cherry trees with
Lhelr buds bursting forth in a great
mass of pink and green.
From there they had iourneved to
acostia, across the river, where is To-
Gated the Naval Air Station and the
Army Flying Field, known as Bolling
Field. Ships of the air of all kinds
and sizes were humming overhead
and landing almost at their feet, They
saw these trained aviators of Uncle |
SANS forces do the most amazing
stunts.
II was no wonder, then, that they
were perfectly willing to mind Uncle
1ed and get ready for slumber land.
but JACK couldn't get his mind off the
airplanes.
SOu CSl4 US ABOUT Cne air
IOrces, Uncle Ted?" teased Jack. "I'd
love to know more about them and 7
know you can tell u.s.
II you promise to mind then and
go to dreamland I will. You see for
a long time the United States did lit
tie in the matter of aviation, although
1t was the Wright boys who first
made a successful flight in a plane.
But since the war the most wonderful
things have been accomplished and
the United States has taken a big part
In those accomplishments. You should I
both remember that it was the NC-4.
a U. S. Navy seaplane that made the S
first successful flight across the At
lantic ocean and every one remembers I
the record nonstop fight across the
continent made by Its. Kelly and L
MacReady Then, in addition to these t
performances, aviators of the United t
States are at this very minute making
the first flight around the world If
they succeed in completing the fight,
they will have covered $4,000 miles.
-Four planes are making the trip.
'NOw these spectacular flights and
stunts are only made possible by the Il
wonderful organization back of the Il
flying lines. Both the Army and the u
Navy have their own aviation heads.
Major General Mason NJ Patrick is G.
Chief of the Army Air Service at the II
present time, and Rear Admiral Will e.
liam A. Moffett is Chief of the Bureau e.
of Aeronautics of the Navy. In addi- p
tion to these two efficiently handled j
offices there is a Joint Board of the n
Army and Navy and the National Ad- NJ
VisOry Committee on AerOnautics, u
made up of men from the biggest COM M
mercial concerns in the country who hi
meet with the officers in charge of H
Army Navy, and Marine Corps avia- bt
tion and advise them on important az
matters connected with the service" bC
"How many men are there in the air TO
service?" asked Jack. to
"The latest figures show there are be
nearly 1000 officers and between eight at
and nine thousand enlisted men in the m
Army Air Service alone. There are q
Army aviation fields in the United
States. Reports show that there are WI
;95 officers in Navy aviation and be- DIR
ween four and five thousand enlist tn
ID men. Eleven air stations are main
aimed by the Navy.