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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...school. He immediately began his training on an 18 metre Nieuport, single control. This was the last type of machine he had flown at Avord and it is the first type taken up at this school. After a few short flights to demonstrate his ability and to learn the machine, he was sent up for practice in spiraling. For this you ascend to 1,000 metres and from that altitude you spiral down to 600 metres where you stop the spiral and descend to the ground in normal and wide turns. He commenced his spirals normally, but, when...
...football team must be drilled in much the same manner as a company of recruits. It takes a long time to learn the fundamentals and after these the finished team must master a varied attack...
...Nobody can talk about the sacrifice in these times of men who are doing their duty," was the chief point which Major Higginson emphasized. "There's nothing like doing something for other people--and your country represents a lot of other people. You are here to learn to serve in something perhaps harder than war." He went on to speak of the responsibilities placed on the younger men by the loss of so many lives in the war, saying that "Hundreds of thousands of men must be replaced and horrible destruction made good. When peace comes--like a thief...
Major Higginson concluded his speech by speaking of opportunities for service and the obligations all citizens have towards the country, especially in time of war when every one's duty is to learn to be of some good...
...read the announcement of the Third Training Camps with satisfaction. The failure to grant commissions at the completion of the course in August was a disappointment. Though it is regretted that no official recognition could have been made at the time, it is gratifying to learn that no men, other than those of the two armies and graduates of training corps will be accepted for the next camps...