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...college coast artillery units is a fundamental part of the new scheme of the defense of the United States sea coast. The plan provides for radical changes in the coast defense policy of the government, so as to include as its basic element the utilization of railway and tractor ordnance of heavy calibre, linking the strategic points on he coast with existing railway systems. By means of the railroads and military roads capable of supporting heavy motor tractors, the whole system of defense will be changed from a static to a mobile one. For the officering of this new organization...
...sense of balance," and who possess a college education or its equivalent. Note that last word. You are passed at once on a college diploma if the physical tests are met, but, lacking a college record, you must have a thorough knowledge of internal combustion engines, the difference between tractor and pusher types of airplanes, between four-cycle and two-cycle motors--all this, notwithstanding the fact that the collegian gets by regardless of whether he knows a motor from a wheel barrow. Boston Advertiser...
...general plan of the work for the coming year was outlined and definite steps were taken in the assignment of topics and announcements of competitions. The first competition held by the Society is to be closed on November 1, when the designs for strut fittings for a military tractor biplane are due. At the next meeting of the Society four members will speak on the different types of controls for biplanes. Three of the speakers are licensed pilots and are to speak of their own experiences with the corpse of controls which they will explain. The Aero Society wishes...
...corps were in training at the Thomas School in Ithaca, N. Y. under the instruction of Frank Burnside, one of the most skillful of American aviators. The instruction was given exclusively on water machines. The machine used by the members of the Flying Corps was a D2 tractor, reconaisance type. The five men who received instruction at this school were Samuel Pierce Mandell, 2d, '19, of Hamilton, Mass.; William Henry Meeker '17, of New York, N. Y.; Kenneth Merrick '19, of Boston; Arthur Richmond '18, of Boston, and Herbert Pulitzer '19, of New York...