MANY KILLED
IN AVIATION
BY ACCIDENTS
—— —■•
FORT WORTH, Texas, May 6 (by
Associated Press).—One hundred and
six men were killed at the three big
government aviation fields here be
tween November 15, 1917, and the re
cent «lose of aerial activities, accord
ing to official figures just made pub
lic.
In the same period the three fields
now being closed turned out 1,475 fin
ished aviators, most of whom were
sent to the westeern front. A thou
sand commissioned aviators were also
sent here from other schools to finish
their gunnery course at Taliaferro
field.
The statistics made public show that
during the training period the actual
flying hours at Carruthers field totaled
35,000; at Barron field, 26,608, and at
Taliaferro field, 32,488.
The tail spin and nose dive were
responsible for a large majority of
the accidents, according to officers.
In the entire training period not a sin
gle American cadet was killed on the
first solo flight. This is attributed to
the thorough instruction in ground
work. Three British fliers were killed
on solo flights.
While the tail spin and nose dive
were the chief factors in the fatality
list, there were many other contribut
ing causes.
Captain Vernon Castle, the Ameri
can dance interpreter, who had faced
death numerous times over the Ger
man lines as a British aviator, swerved
his machine sharply to avoid hitting
another aviator here. He lacked height
for the maneuver, crashed and was
killed.
The young son of General Peytyon C.
March, chief of staff, was killed at
the gunnery field while engaged in
Combat practice at a height of 2,000
feet. The wings of his machine be
came entangled with those of his op
ponent’s plane.
Captain Robert Isett of Providence,
post adjutant at Barron field, fell from
the greatest height, 5,000 feet. Two
men fell from their planes at great
heights because of failure to strap
themselves in.
GOOD FELLOWSHIP
AMONG TROOPS ABROAD
NEW YORK, May 6 (by Associated
Press).—The rigid discipline of the
American Expeditionary Force in Eu
rope was relaxed during the formation
abroad of the American Legion, the
proposed organization for veterans of
the army navy and marine corps, says
Lieutenant Colonel Eric F. Wood, the
temporary secretary. It was agreed
that all rank should be laid aside in
the meeting room. Generals forgot
their stars in the presence of privates,
corporals engaged in heated debates
with colonels and sergeants greeted
majors writh terms of affection.
“A most interesting example of
American adaptability and one of the
type which always caused the French
and British officers to marvel, was ob
served at the noon hour,” Colonel
Wood continued. “Just at that time
a brigadier general and a corporal
were having a most heated discussion.
Then came the call for mess. A min
ute later in the street outside the
same corporal came to attention,
clicked his heels together to rendered
a perfect salute at the approach of
this brigadier from whom he received
a command which he acknowledged
with a respectful ‘yes sir.’ ”
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HAMPTON UNIVERSITY
OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY
HAMPTON, Va., May 6 (by Asso
ciaciated Press).—Commemoration of!
the fiftieth anniversary of the found
ing of Hampton Institute, originally
planned for the spring of 1918, but
twice postponed because of the war
and the influenza epidemic, began
May 1 with many persons prominent
in the educational and public life of
the nation in attendance.
The first day's program included
dedication of the Robert C. Ogden
Memorial Auditorium, with addresses
by Dr. James H. Kirkland, chancellor
of Vanderbilt University; the Rev. Dr.
Wilton Merle-Smith, pastor of the Cen
tral Presbyterian church, New York
City, and Isaac Fisher, university ed
itor, of Fiske University. A memorial
service conducted by the Rev. Dr.
Francis Greenwood Peabody of Cam
bridge, Mass., was held late in the
day at the school cemetery, where
General Samuel C. Armstrong, founder
of Hampton, and Dr. Hollis B. Frissell,
principal of the institute from 1893 to
1917, are buried.
The Hampton Institute Alumni Asso
ciation held special exercises, of which
the singing of plantation melodies by
a large chorus was a feature.
William Howard Taft, president of
the Hampton Institute board of trus
tees, presented candidates for di
plomas on May 2, and with the Rev.
Dr. M. Ashby Jones of Atlanta and
Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of the
Tuskegee Institute, delivered an ad
dress. The program also included ad
dresses by students and demonstra
tions to indicate how the institute fits
young men and women for lives of use
fulness.
Alexander B. Trowbridge of New
York, president of the National Hamp
ton Association, and a trustee of th&
school, was here with a large party
of friends, which included many ac
tive members of the Hampton and
Armstrong associations from Northern
and Eastern states.
The Hampton trustees serving on
the Hampton anniversary committee
were: George Foster Peabody, chair
man; Alexander B. Trowbridge, secre
tary; William H .Taft, Francis G. Pea
body, Clarence H. Kelsey, James E.
Gregg, Arthur Curtiss, James W. and
Cameron Forbes.
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the value received, the commerce for
1918 alone exceeding $127,000,000.
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as the total output since 1867. The
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