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MAY PLACE AERO SCHOOL HERE

Captain Milling Will Speak Latter Part of Month in Cambridge.

Captain Thomas deW. Milling, of the United States Signal Corps, who is in charge of the aviation training schools established by the government under the new Reserve Officers' Training Corps Act, will come to Cambridge during the latter part of the month to speak to all members of the University who are interested in flying. According to the new law applications may be made for enrolment at one of the present training schools, and the applicant, if accepted, will undergo six months training at the expense of the government at the end of which time he will be commissioned as a first lieutenant in the aviation reserve. Commissions will be given to men between the ages of 21 and 30, but men under 21 will be allowed to take the training course, their commissions being deferred until they reach their majority.

Roger Amory '10, chairman of the Undergraduate Aero Training Corps last year, was in Washington during the Christmas recess to see about the establishment of an aviation school in Massachusetts. As men of the student type, who would be more easily able to give up six months of their time either at a stretch or in two summers, are most desired at the training schools, it is expected that such a school will be established near Cambridge so as to enable men to continue their work during the winter. The officials at Washington consider it possible that this proposed school may be sanctioned if enough men, particularly students, signify their intention of joining it. The purpose of Captain Milling's trip to Cambridge is to get men interested in the scheme and thus push the establishment of the training camp.

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