The Washington times., 1925-09-09
NENSBQYS BAND
TAKES CAMP
HON0RS
TimsssHerald Gang Highly
Praised Eugene luck
Wins High Rating

able showing curing the week
training just ended at Camp Cole,
Quantico, Va, when. the boys were
given an opportunity to benefit
from an intensive military training
while learning some of the qualifi-
cations for a "snappy' musical or
ganization. ~
The highest rating, 95 per cent,
was wonl by Eugene zuck, of s3
Girard street northeast. Accord
Ing ,eo reports given to L. Y. Phil
lips. bafdti1aster, by Captain J. j..
Staley, CAMP : director, and Cor
porais c. w. Blank and Albert j.
Rittner, instructors, 1t was exceed.
iIkly difficult to select. the hoy
who excelled in drills and deport-
inent, because of the universal en-
thusiasm the young musicians
showed in their work
The Washington Times Herald
is to be congratulated fot. the fine
showing the boys have made" the
instructors wrote to Bandn1a stet
Phillips.
In addition to winning the high.
est honors for camp activities, Zuck
received q suit Of clothes offered
by the Hecht Company to the boy
making the highest rating,
the brave men who. composed the
crew Of the Shenandoah, we believe
that the loss Of the Shenandoah,
which was an Anticipated type Of
airship before she was launched.
will result in a step forward for
the lighter.than-air Ship declared
Walter Link. airship iiiiventor and
pioneer, now in Washington in con-
i1eetion with the opening of astrans-
continental affship line. planned
for the near future.
No Advaiice, He Says
"The Shenandoah and the Los
Angeles represent no. advance be-
yond the zeppe1ifls of 1917" Link
declared. aTl1e Germans, before
the, Shenandoah was built, already
had advanced far beyond this stage
in the great commercial airship,
Bodensee, by far the most advanced
type of airship yet constructed.
Experts in America have gone
beyond the Shenandoah stage.
She was too long ana unwieldy to
be entirely safe. Lack of proper
storm warnings also contributed to
her undoing 81 striking lack of
neglect in planning for the fatal
flight -# >ss
''The coming year viii see the
experiences of the Inflated Shenan.
doah and Roma. bearing glorious
fruit in America. Within the next
year the construction Of q type. of
airshii1 irconnparab1y better than
the Shenandoah will be under way.
plans for this type OF ship have
been completed and great ma
tional organization, backed by some
Ct the ablest American designers
and financiers has been created to
manufacture and place 1t in opera
ton . ea
THE new ship will be more near,
iy related in type to the Bodehsee
but will contain advances even be.
vond that ship. now the best in
existence.
Details Of Ship
The plans. already prepared for
actual construction Of the ship, call
for an airship 800 feet long, with a
diameter of sixty feet. 1t will have
a capacity of s35. 900 cubic feet Of
helfum. with a total lift of 51,770
pounds and a total useful lift of
$4,000 pounds. Power plants deliv-
ering 500 horsepower will be used,
and we expect a speed of from 100
to $50 miles an hour. as. against
s2.s miles achieved by the godensee.
Such a ship will carry tIitty.
five passengers and q crew Of fif.
Teen, with 10000 ounces of first.
class mail and 5000 pounds of other
pay load.
"The Bordensee is 1897 feet long
and is s1.3 feet in diameter, con
taifiing $4,000 cubic feet of hydro.
gen and having q total useful lift
of 25, 300 pounds. She carries the
same number of passengers and
crew and approximately the same
volume of freight.
To Have Rigid Cover
THE new airsfiip VIII. have a
rigid and, smooth outer cover, Civ
ing less friction and greater rig.
idity, The increase in weight will
be compensated by tho lighter
frame.
Gas volume control has been
worked out. which will eliminate
valving of gas or carrying of non
paying ballast.
I'VE claim for this type Of vessel
four main improvements over the
Shenandoah type. namely:
Greater speed with less horse.
power in proportion to size and
load. .:- -....
Constant cruising speed regard
less of Wind
Security at mooring masts un.
der all wind conditions, through
decrease in size and greater
strength and rigidity of coffstruc.
ton,
Greater steadiness in flight.
Steering will be accompli shed
not by Pudders but by multiple
propellers, with unit control, elm.
mating rudder strain. which was
one Of the main causes of the. col
lapse of the ZR-2 in England on
her trial flight, and facilitating
handling and ease of steering. -,