The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-22

didates who qualify under the pre-
Scribed regulations for appointment
as Flying Cadet. The candidate
qualified and accepted for appoint
ment is enlisted, or in the case of
enlisted candidates, appointed a Fly
ing Cadet and receives a base salary
of $75 a month while undergoing
training. His ration allowance is 81
per day and he is furnished uni
forms and equipment without cost.
Information pertaining to the
training, the general requirements
and the procedure to be followed in
submitting application may be OBJ
tanned readily at no cost. The lad
III Arizona may write to the Adju-
tant General of the Army or the
Chief of the Air Corps, Washington,
D. c.; the boy in the college town
may apply to his professor of mill
tary science and tactics: the ell
listed man may talk it over with his
commanding officer.
But each one has the same oppor-
tunity of qualifying for appointment
as flying cadet and being sent to
Randolph Field for the course of
training that has developed some
of the finest airplane pilots in the
world.
Upon receiving the little pamphlet
issued by the War Department con-
corning the training, the candidate
will find that to be eligible for ap-
20 years of age and not more than
26 at time OF application. He must
also be unmarried, a citizen of the
United States, in good physical con-
dition and have completed salts
factorily at least two years of col
lege work or have sufficient educa-
ton to pass a written examination
in lieu thereof. Satisfactory COM
pletion means an average grade of
at least &C."
All arrangements for enlistment
are made by the Recruiting Office
nearest the applicants residence.
Transportation from place of enlist
ment to the school is furnished the
candidate by the recruiting officer
Enlistments are made for a period
of three years, but any cadet found
disqualified for further training is
discharged and not required to
serve the unexpired portion of his
enlistment period. All enlistments
are accomplished in sufficient time
for the candidate to arrive at the
training center on the date desig-
mated.
A ND on that date pouring into
4 n Randolph Field by train, by
automobile, on foot, even perhaps
in their own planes, as did Lind
bergh over 10 years ago, come these
young men to earn after one years
intensive training the wings that
proclaim them airplane pilots in
the Army of the United States.
And after this year at the school
and second year training with a
tactical unit at an air corps sta
ton, in pursuit bombardment, at
tack, or observation, these men
who have completed the course of
training are equipped to enter the
aviation world as qualified mil
itary pilots.
Recognized as products of one of
the finest training systems in the
country, some will enter the employ
of various commercial transport
lines; some more interested in the
manufacturing and engineering
phase of aviation, will obtain posi-
tons with the leading airplane
manufacturing companies; some will
enter into the experimental and
research fields for the great amount
of work which remains to be done
to make flying safer; while still
others, having grown to love the
Army life during their two years
of service, will plan to make Army
flying their career and will quality
for appointment as a second lieu
tenant in the Army Air Corps and,
perhaps, in few years be back at
the training center instructing the
young flying cadets then entering
how to fly in the Army way.