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TES MARCH 1916.

ORLEANS BOY, NOW ARMY AVIATOR, IS READY TO FLY RIGHT INTO MEXIC SCRAP

Lieutenant Milling May Have Big Part In Capture of Villa

   Lieutenant T. D. Milling, the 28-year-old son of a well known Orleans attorney, R. E. Milling, of the firm of Foster, Milling, Saal & Milling, is with the United States forces in San Diego, Cal., and may soon be in Mexico in the chase after Villa. Lieutenant Milling is at the head of a corps of about 15 aeroplanes, which have been given the task of scouting out the passes of the Mexican mountains, and it is probable that the New Orleans boy and his corps of machines will play an important part in the finding of the fugitive outlaw.
   Lieutenant Milling was born in Winnfleid, La., and entered the high school in Franklin purposely to prepare himself for West Point, and with his graduation in 1906 his ambition was fulfilled. He immediately entered the academy.
   Graduating in 1909, he was stationed with the cavalry at Leavenworth, Kas., in the office of lieutenant. After showing his ability in military technique in four years service here he was assigned in 1911 to study in the Wright Aviation Corps School in Dayton, O., where he stayed for two months. At the end of this period he was sent to study in the French aviation camps near Paris, where he remained for six months.
   Less than a year ago the young lieutenant


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LIEUT T.D.MILLING

was appointed instructor of the aviation school at Monterey, Cal., and awarded the position of second lieutenant in the aeroplane corps.