MILITARY AVIATION.
BRITISH WAR OFFICE PLANS.
By Telecraph—Presß Association-Oopyrieht (Rcc. July 1!', 11.35 a.m.) London, July 10. Colonel Seely, Under-Secretary for War, in Teply to Mr. Lee, Unionist member for Fareham, said the War Office was considering (ho question of offering prizes for military aeroplanes. The Army Council had been considering tho numbers of trained aeronautical observers necessary for Britain's present war requirements, and had decided that from eighty to a hundred officers, who were also air pilots, were required. Tho Council proposed to make a grant in aid for tho training of officers at civilian schools of aviation to bo approved. Officers obtaining pilots' certificates would bo classed as Army airmen and given a distinguishing mark iu thr. "Army List." A beginning would be made at the earliest moment. Air balloon officers and aviation officers, when attached/ would receive engineer pay, besides their ordinary regimental pay.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1184, 20 July 1911, Page 5
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