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during war.) All lighthouse organizations, keepers and tenders should be incorporated in the defense against aircraft observation and liaison net. This personnel is very efficient and is now distributed on practically all the islands. All lighthouses should be connected by telephone with the radio net. A system of airways to all the islands should be installed, with aids to navigation in the form of land marks, beacons and directional radio, each airdrome should have meteorological facilities. (Airways can be installed with greater facility here than in any place I have ever seen.)

3. As to training, a definite system of command and operations should be prescribed and put into effect and practiced for the headquarters of the air force commander. Without a system of that kind, practically no result can be obtained from the air force. The commander of the air force should handle his organizations in person in the air whenever the whole force is engaged and frequently with each branch. Without a commander of the air force, the Department Commander can hold no single individual responsible for the operation, control, supply and maintenance of the air force. 

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