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cerned the tented city. The white cross had been placed there by Maj. Carl J. Fox, chief ordnance officer, for the very purpose it served.

Flags Biplane's Flight.

To make doubly sure, Maj. Fox had with the first sound of the aeroplane's engine rushed on the open field with a large white flag and taking station near the cross waved his flag back and forth. Capt. Chandler shouted a warning to him, and although Maj. Fox moved off, the aviator decided to make a turn before landing, so that the field would be entirely clear. The turn was mose gracefully made and the biplane gently touched the earth and after running along a short distance on its rubber tired wheels, came to a stop.

The aviators were at once surrounded by officers, soldiers, and citizens. The field was soon cleared by the Signal Corp men and the two army officers were escorted to brigade headquarters, where they were warmly greeted by Brig. Gen. Harries. Their early morning flight, at an average altitude of 1,500 feet, had given them a keen appetite and headquarters mess did itself proud.

A sharp lookout was kept by all for the coming of the second aeroplane, a Burgess-Wright machine, which had left College Park shortly after the departure of the first. Capt. Chandler said it would probably arrive within half an hour. Time passed, but it failed to show up. There was some anxiety, until word was received that Lieut. Thomas De Witt Milling and Lieut. R. C. Kirtland, in the second machine, had experienced engine trouble and had descended at Kensington, Md., soon after starting.

The talk at the mess table was purely on aviation. Surprise was expressed at the wonderful bit of volplaning done by the aviators. No sooner had they spied the white cross than the engine was shut off and a long, splendid downward glide began. The machine never wavered and came straight as a rule for the white cross. Just within a few feet of the earth the engine was started and a small circle over the Signal Corps camp was described. This time there was no one on the field, and the machine gently touched the white cross.

Watch Brigade Drill.

After a delightful day in camp and witnessing the regimental parade at 5 o'clock, Capt. Chandler and Lieut. Arnold prepared for their departure. The preliminaries consisted of the aviators walking to the parade grounds, donning their rubber coats and their aviation headpieces, requesting that the crowd be pressed back to form a lane under their course of flight, and tuning up the engines. While the Signal Corps guard held the thousands in check these simple preparations were made. Lieut. Col. Smiley advanced and shook hands with Capt. Chandler, expressing his pleasure and extending an invitation to the aviators to "come again."

Lieut. Arnold got into the driver's seat and, with Capt. Chandler guiding the machine on one side, the aeroplane was run to the far end of the field, skimming lightly over the grounds. Capt. Chandler climbed into his seat, the engine was turned on, and the machine gradually soared into the air until a good distance above the ground. Then more speed was given and the aeroplane rapidly winged its way homeward. It could be seen for some time, the sun shining brightly on its white planes.

Capt. Mack K. Cunningham, the in-

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