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DECEMBER II, 1914. l/UOHTl FROM THE BRITISH FLYING GROUNDS. London Aerodrome, Colltndale Avenue, Hendon. tSeatty School.—Pupils out receiving instruction during last week with instructors, Mr. Geo. W Beatty W. Roche-Kelly, and Edouard Baumann, on dual- controlled 50 h.p. Gnome biplane and 40 h.p Wright biplane. Pupils receiving instruction being Messrs Virgilho, C Leeston-Smith, M. Gardner, J. D. Newberry, and A. A. Fletcher. Owing to the extremely bad weather experienced during the week, only a small amount of training was possible, the wind being exceptionally high. However, with the new 60-70 h.p. machine that is now nearing completion, training will be able to be carried out every day except during the very worst weather. Hall School,—Owing to terrific gales prevailing during last week no outdoor practice has been per missible. On Sunday, J. Rose and J. L. Hall were out on tractor biplanes 2 and 3 respectively, but the fog prevented anything but short test flights. London and Provincial Aviation Co.—Instructors for the past week : Messrs. W. T. Warren and M. G. Smiles. Pupils receiving instruction on L. and P. biplanes: Messrs. Moore, Abel, White, England, Derwin, Laidler (new pupil). Weather all week very unfavourable. Ruffy School.—Pupils receiving instruction : Messrs. Aoyang, Donald, Graham and Marriott. Machines in use : 60 h.p. Gnome-Caudron, dual control, and 45 h.p. Anzani single-seater. Instructors": Herbert James and Howard James. ® ® CORRESPONDENCE. " The Industrial Army Badge." [1891] Your remarks in the Editorial Comment of this week's FLIGHT seem to me to be somewhat unwarranted when you speak of the foolishness of universal service. It is difficult to believe that what Lord Roberts advocated with heart and soul should be the " veriest clap-trap." It may not be presumptuous to consider that Lord Roberts was at heart as good a judge of the nation's require ments as is the writer of the paragraph in question. One may even suggest that what has been done in France with regard to universal service has not been so extremely foolish as your paper chooses to infer. The military authorities there have seen to it that the men necessary to provide for the equipment of their army, and for the wants of the nation, are provided in sufficient quantity to effect the desired purpose. It is the opinion of many who are good judges that had we had universal service in England there would have been no war. I think you do injustice to the dignity of your paper by printing such remarks as you do about a subject the great majority of qualified military men and avast number of your fellow- countrymen approve of. Newtown Grange, Newbury, Berks. A. G. WITHERBY. December 6th, 1914. [We fear that our correspondent has misunderstood our campaign. Like our correspondent, we favour universal service as a principle, but to apply it suddenly and strictly at the present moment when war has been thrust upon us would be, in our opinion, a mistake amounting to a calamity for the nation. Had conscription come to Great Britain, as it should have done, when first advocated by Lord Roberts, all would indeed have been ® ® "War Fund for the Air Services. FROM the official notices of the Royal Aero Club on p no* it will be noticed that the Club, at the suggestion of the Admiralty and the War Office has agreed to organise and administer a fund for the benefit of officers and especially men who are permanently incapacitated by wounds or injuries received on duty, and for the wives and dependants of those who are killed. The details of Mr. W. Roche'Kelly, who obtained bis brevet at the Beany (lying school some time ago, and who is now one of the pilots at the school. Photo, by F. N. lUrkttt, Shtpktrd s Bush, from tkr " h\N.B.,r .'fritt of aviators.) ® ® well at this the greatest crisis of the world, as we should have had, not only the army wherewith to fight through to a speedy victory, but should have had the organisation in being which would have automatically excluded all those workers in whose behalf we have proposed the lndumial Aimy Imdgc, from immediately jo ning up for the fighiing line. Further, under such conditions, all serviceable men being in the same position, there would be no necessity for a distinguishing badge for the Industrial Army worker as distinguished Irotn the slacker, as there i« at present. It is inconceivable to think that Mr. Robert Hlatchford has not these points well in mind, and for that very reason we still think that we arc more lhan justified in labelling such a proposition coming from him and put forward under existing conditions, as " clap-trap." Incidentally we would point out that we neither said nor suggested " the foolishness of universal service."—Kit.] Re Industrial Admiralty and Army Badge. [1892] I have been much interested in your suggestion fur the above, but think that something is required to indicate that the wearer is enpaged in some occupation which is contributing to the defence of the country. I would suggest that the words "National Industry, 1014," should be added to the badge in a scroll at the bottom, or encirc ling the designs which the authorities may select, as I presume there will be something to distinguish the workers for the Admiralty and those for the War Office. The advantage of inserting the year defines the period during which it is intended to apply, and, of course, would be altered as time goes on. Aerial League of the British Empire, A. H. VARNIM. Windsor House, Kings way, W.C. December 7th, 1914. ® ® the scheme are now receiving careful consideration, and further details will be published as soon as possible. Pourpe Reported Killed. IT was reported from Paris on the 3rd inst. that Marc Pourpe was killed on the previous day as the result of an accident while making a reconnaissance in the Somme district, and that a military observer who wa& accompanying him was also killed. 1197
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