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...four Yale batteries of field artillery which have been in camp at Tobyhanna during the summer and which have recently been mustered out of the Federal service, will have a new armory this year. Work will begin shortly. The armory will be built on two sides of the baseball cage, thus enlarging it into one large hall. Provisions will be made for a lecture room and sub-calibre range...
...Haven, Conn., September 26.--Despite reports to the contrary, the Yale Battery, which was mustered out September 21, after spending the summer encamped at Tobyhanna, Pa., still remains in the Connecticut State Militia as Battery A, B, C, and D of the Tenth Field Artillery...
...With the return of the Yale battery members from Tobyhanna came a few football players, among whom was "Chub" Sheldon, last year's tackle. Sheldon will have his first work-out next week and ought to make the team. Duryee, a fast quarterback, who has the faculty of getting hurt more than the ordinary football player, is another one of the Yale soldiers who will be found in the scrub line-up next week, and if he can keep in condition his chances for making the team are fair...
...first steps towards organizing a Yale Aviation Corps have been taken and sixty men have handed in their names as desiring training in that branch of the service. Although the membership of the Aviation Corps as it will work at Tobyhanna next summer will be limited to ten men, those competing during the winter and spring will receive valuable instruction and practice...
...most important part of the training will come next summer during the encampment period at Tobyhanna. The Aircraft Company is building a peculiar type of observation kites which are used by the thousands in the European war today. These kites are about 80 feet long and have a sack or tail which fills with air and keeps the balloon steady. They rise to a height of 2,000 or 3,000 feet and are connected by a cable to an automobile. The cable has a telephone wire inside so that the operators in the balloon can telephone where they observe...