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JUNE 15. J9l6- Flying Officers.—Temporary Second Lieut. L. E. Brown- General List; March23rd, 1916. Temporary Second Lieut. F. T, Courtney, General List; March 28th, 10.16. May 15th, 1916! Temporary Lieut. G. H. Walker, Army Cyclist Corps, and to be transferred to the General List; Temporary Second Lieut. J. A. Simpson, R. Highrs., and to be transferred to the General List. Capt. H. Colmore, 7th Hus., and to remain seconded; May 23rd, 1916. Capt. H. J. F. Hunter, Rif. Brig., from a Service Battalion, and to be seconded; May 24th, 1916. Lieut. T. E. Lander, High. L.I., Special Reserve, and to be seconded; May 25th, 1916. Flying Officer (Observer).— May 25th, 1916 : Second Lieut. M. G. Begg, Rif. Brig., Special Reserve, and to be seconded; Second Lieut. T. E. G. Scaife, 6th D.G., and to be seconded. Balloon Officers.—April 15th, 1916: Second Lieut, (on proba tion), N. M. Hoskins, N. Staffs. R., Special Reserve, and to be seconded; Second Lieut. C. F. Linton, R.E. (T.F.). April 25th, 1916 : Capt. L. S. B. Hull, R.W. Surr. R. (T.F.); Second Lieut. J. E. Burt, Midd'x. R., Special Reserve, from a Garr. Bn., Norf. R., and to be seconded ; Second Lieut, (on probation), C. W. Hayne, Essex R., Special Reserve, and to be seconded ; Temporary Second Lieut. W. S. Huxley, R. Fus., and to be transferred to the General List; Temporary Second Lieut. L. R. Fletcher, General List; Capt. G. Disney, Essex R., from Adjutant, Essex R. (T.F.), and to remain seconded ; May^ 4th, 1916. May 15th, 1916 : Second Lieut. W. Brass, Surrey Yeo. (T.F.), from a Flying Officer; Second Lieut. C. St. G. Lyster-Smythe, E. Surr. R., and to be seconded ; Temporary Second Lieut. E. N. Hewitt, Lan. Fus., and to be transferred to the General List. Assistant Equipment Officer.—Second Lieut. F. A. Harper, Special Reserve : May 25th, 1916. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenant O. C. Morison relinquishes his commission on reappointment to the R.N.V.R. ; May nth, 1916. Second Lieutenants (on probation) relinquish their commissions: W. E. McCoy, May 24th, 1916; T. Hawkins, June 1st, 1916. Arthur Henry Chapman to be Second Lieutenant; May 25th, 1916. Second Lieutenants (on probation) confirmed in their rank : A. N. Buchanan, D. W. S. Paterson, P. C.Garratt, A. Gordon-Bond, J. L. Horridge, L. C. Angstrom, W. B. Sherwood, P. F. W. Bush, G. R. McCubbin, D. R. Stitt, F. A. Harper. To be Second Lieutenants (on probation): David Drover, May loth, 1916 ; Robert H. Whittington, David M. P. Riach, Gilbert R. Nicholson, Harry Rigby and Felix J. Game, May nth, 1916; Thomas M. Mackay, Francis E. Bray and John J. Botterill, May 12th, 1916; Stanley H. Hawes, May 13th, 1916 ; Ignatius N. Dracopoli, May 15th, 1916 ; Hesketh G. H. MacSwiney, May 18th, 1916; Charles H. Collins, May 23rd, 1916; Cuthbert J. Pender, Claud H. Stokes, Stephen Douglas, T. M. Coates, Eugene F. Nash, Edward Jacot, David M. Kerr, Stephen Hay, Hubert C. Short, John E. Amott, Alfred J. Win- ® ® An American Long-Distance Record. THE new Curtiss twin-engined biplane made a fine perform ance on May 20th, when piloted by Victor Carlstrom, with Capt. Ralph L. Taylor as passenger, it flew 400 miles along the Atlantic coast from Newport News to Sheepshead Bay, near New York, the time being 4 houts I min. , Stephenson McGordon on a large single-motored Curtiss, who started at the same time as Carlstrom, also made the journty, but took 4 hours 50 minutes. . Five days later the twin-engined Curtiss was utilised to take a special edition of the New York World from New York to Washing- [/yCHT] Stanley William A. M.Xiven, Ronald P. C. Freemantle Willi.* The following appeared in a supplement to the Undcn flwsffl issued on the 12th inst. -.— /^«^.C^«a«i^,>t>inF/j^O^«-i.—Capi.C..deHavil\«Hi> Special Reserve, April 30th, 1916. Capt. H. Colmote, 7th Hrs. ; May 24th, 1916. Flying Ofittn.—May 16th, 19x6: Lieut. B. M. Hay, Canadian Engrs.; Lieut. \V. P. A. Ascroft, Australian F.C. Unit. L. 1 N Gould, R.A., from an Observer; May 19th, 1916. May aoth, 1916: Capt. M. G. B. Copeman, Leic. R., and to l* seconded j Lieut. I. M. Matheson, Sea. Uigurs., Special Reserve, and to bt seconded ; Second Lieut. W. K. Birch, S. Lan. R. (T.F.); Second Lieut. A. R. L. Goodson, Lond. R. (T.F.), from an Observer; Second Lieut. J. Gibson, Devon R. (T.F.); Temporary Second Lieut. N. F. D. Buckeridge, K.R. Rif. Corps, and to be transferred to the General List; Second Lieut. L. I. T. Hewer, s Reserve ; Second Lieut. A. Gordon-Bond, Special Rcscrv ; Se.oml Lieut. J. L. Horridge, Special Reserve; Temporary' Second Lieut. L. C. Fawkner, General List; Second Lieut. W. B. Sherwood, Special Reserve ; Second Lieut. G. R. McCubbin, Special Reserve ; Temporary Second Lieut. K. K. Turner, General List j Second Lieut. J. w. James, Special Reserve; Second Lieut. J. A. BroWfc Special Reserve; Second Lieut. H. F. Fisher, Special Reserve; Second Lieut, the Hon. M. Greville, Special Reserve. May 21st, 1916: Temporary Lieut. L. E. Whitehead, K.R. Rif. Corp,, and to be transferred to the General List. Lieut. A. W. L. Ellis, Australian F.C. Second Lieut. E. P. Roberta; R. Suss. R., and to remain seconded. Second Lieut. P. V. VV. Bush, Special Reserve. Capt. Lord A. R. Innes-Ker, D.S.O., K.H. Gds., and to be seconded; May 24th, 1916. The surname of Second Lieut. J. G. McKwan, Special Reserve, is as now described, ami not as in the Gavttft of June 4th and Aug. 10th, 1915. Assistant Equipment Officers.—Second Lieu'. T, C. Thrupp, Special Reserve; May 2oth, 1916. Second Lieut. A. II Chapman, Special Reserve ; May 25th, 1916. May aoth, 1916 : Temporary Second Lieut. K. G. F. Collendcr, General UN : Second Lieut. A. N. Buchanan, Special Reserve; Bee and Lieut. D. R. Stitt, Special Reserve. Memoranda.— Temporary Lieut. Sidney Slretton, fi<>in K M:«r., to be Temporary Lieutenant on the General List for duty with the R.F.C. ; Mar. 16th, 1916. To be Temporary Second Lieutenants : < dinner Jack K. Mountain, from Australian Fd. Art., for duty with the R.F.C. ; May 15th, 1916. Flight-Sergt. George F. Drudge, from R.F.C., for duty with the Military Wing of that Corps ; May 28th, 1916. Supplementary to Regular Corps.—Second Lieutenants (on proba tion) relinquish their commissions; May 24th, 1916 : R. W. Catto, H. G. Smith, G. P. Ham, J. L. Dishwood. ® ® ton, where it was distributed among memliers of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Through the courtesy of the Aero Club of America we have been favoured with one of the copies as a souvenir. An American Fatality. WHIJ.& attempting to do an underneath loop at Dallas, Texas, on May 6th, Captain J. Hector Worden was killed. According to Aerial A%t it is thought that the immense pressure occasioned by the exposure of the body to the air (in the ordinary loop, the lxMly is protected by the machine) caused the aviator to lose consciousness and the control of the machine. : , ~ .. It ,« ,(,,ed t0t the U.S. Army, has just been complettd at Sunnyvale, A new twin-engined "battleplane," landed, t Is J ££* wlth y the engines mounted on the wings. The California. As the photograph shows. It Is ol the Vfifi*™T£ ^SMU lentJth 0 40 ft. It t. expected that she will machine weighs about two ton s, an **£*>»P*n ° machloe ls the biplane type of aileron; which can be seen In the carry nine or ten passengers. A *cvl™£tt£io™ tFrom the '-Scientific American.") 503 D
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