San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-14
AIR GRADUATES
WILL HEAR
MALONE
Major General Kinds Will
Present Commissions
to Cadets. "a

Brigadier General Paul p. Malone.
commander of the Second Division and
Fort Sam Houston, delivered the
graduation address to students of the
Advanced Flying School at Kelly
Field Monday morning, and Major
General Ernest Kinds, commanding
General of the Eighth Corps Area,
presented reserve commissions 10
graduate flying cadets. -.
The graduation exercises opened
at IL o'clock with introductory re
marks by Lieutenant Colonel G. c.,
Culver. commandant of the school. %.
General Malone addressed the class,
and presentation of certificates by
Colonel Culver and wings by Major,
Horace NJ. Hickman, assistant cornr
mandant, will follow.
AERIAL REVIEW. 81
The exercises closed with the pre-
sentation of reserve commissions, fol-
lowing with q luncheon at the Off
GERS Club. -
An aerial review Of the class was
held at o 80 o'clock with all student
pilots taking part. ~.
The present graduating class entered
the Primary Flying School at Brooks
Field. September 10, 1924, and gradl-
ated from that school March IA. Adj
vanced training began March 10 at
Kelly Field.
During the period of their training
at Kelly Field, members Of the class
and Tenth School Group flew Isl
100 hours and 80 minutes.
60 PILOTS. 81
Sixty students graduated as pi-
lots. and nine others have completed a
special course in observation.
Graduating students who specialized
In bOmbardment aviation are:
First Lieutenant James NJ. Giles
pie; Second Licutenants Robert l.,
Brookings, John r. Hawkins, James
HewinS Jr.. George II. Steele and Wal
ter c. White; Flying Cadets Wallace
S. Dawson, Victor +. Nelson and Gil
bert L. Tefft, and Technical Sergeant
Silas A. MOrehouse. t{r
ATTACK SECTION. ~
Attack section: Captain Harry III.
Shepherd. United States Marine
Corps; Second Lieutenant Visishta
Svasti of the Siamese army; Second
Licutenants Edward F. Booth, Corne-
Illus w. Cousland. Albert L. Glenn.
Irving b. Greene, Alexander G..
Grcig. Ralph II. Lawtcr, Earle f..
Partridge and Kenneth G. Sortther;
and Cadets Amberse L. Banks, John
F. BuclSman. Clinton A. Burrows
James l. Daniel Jr., Walter W. Gross,
John F. Outlet and Harold L,
Knoop. 8,
Pursuit section: Captain James T.
Moore and First Lieutenant Willis
J. Wallace, United States Marine
Corps; First Lieutenants Yantis ii.
Tailor, AS-Res, and Thomas ID.
| White; Second Lieutenants John r..
Armstrong, Carl ]. Crane, Lawrence
G. Elliott, Ralph z. Fisher, Kirtley
]. Gregg, Harold c. King, Luther s,
Smith, and John ]. Williams; and
Cadets Lee Gehlbach, Thomas p.
Nelson, Elwood II. Queseda and
George II. Sparhawk. 100
Observation section: Major Charles
A. Lutz, United States Marine Corps
Second Lieutenant Mont Sinhaseni OF
the Siamese army; First Meutenants
Don l.. Hutchins, Lester n. Medaris,
George II. Towner Jr., Ames s. Albro,
and Orvil A. Anderson; Second
Lieutenants Glenn L. Davasher, Les
lie =. Holcomb, Lloyd Il. Hunting.
Denis J. Mulligan, William d. Old,
George A. Whatley; Cadets Francis
Il. Cheatle. Harvey F. Dyer, James
X. II. Reid and Paul Woodruff.
Special observation: Major Har-
old A. Strauss; Captain Dudley B.
Howard; First Lieutenants James G.
Cluck, William A. Gray, James W.
Hammond, Junius A. Smith, John i.
| York and Henry G.. Woodward; and
Second Lieutenant Eugene p. Ely. ~