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Four years training in aviation, with pay ranging from $75 to $125 a month and a lump bonus of $1,500 at the end of the period, are offered by the United States Naval Reserve Aviation Base in Squantum...
...oldest is "The Balloon," sung in London in 1782. Most famed is "Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine" (1910). But not to be scorned is "The Air Ship Waltz for Piano or Organ" (1891), dedicated to the Married Ladies' Musicale of Greensburg, Ind., or "Take Me Down to Squantum, I Want to See Them Fly," composed especially for the Boston Aero Meet of 1912, or "Since Katy, the Waitress, Became an Aviatress...
...Marine Corps Reserve. All men taking their degrees in June are eligible for enrollment in the course. Applicants from this district, who must be between 20 and 27 years of age and single, after passing the required physical examination, are sent to the Naval Reserve Aviation Base at Squantum for one month's flight training, consisting of basic instruction in acronauties. Those who satisfactorily fulfill the requirements of the preliminary training period will be detailed to the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida, for the complete flying course...
During the period of training at Squantum and at Pensacola the students receive board and room free and $54 a month; those commissioned and sent on active duty receive the pay and allowances of their rank during the time they are on active duty. Should, at any time, a student fail to meet the requirements of the course, he will receive transportation to his home and be given an honorable discharge from the Reserve...
...fact that practically all this year's graduating class at Annapolis are receiving commissions in the line, there are about 30 vacancies for the aviation school. All interested in applying for enrollment should interview, as soon as possible, Lieut. J. J. Shea, U. S. N. R. at the Squantum Base, for although classes begin after July 1, it is advisable for those interested in receiving instruction to apply as soon as possible...