Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1918 — WHERE FLYING FIELDS OF U. S. AVIATION SERVICE ARE LOCATED [ARTICLE]

WHERE FLYING FIELDS OF U. S. AVIATION SERVICE ARE LOCATED

Twenty-Nine Tracts Scattered Over the Country Are Named, With Few Exceptions, for Airmen Who Lost Their Lives — Camp Borden, at Toronto, Canada, Is Also * Used by United States. ♦

The aviation section of the signal corps of the army now has tw&ityniiie flying fields. Most of them are regular sendee fields, where the graduates of the schools of military aeronautics, or “ground schools,” receive their actual flying instruction, but some of them lire reserved for advanced flying, experimental testing, and special training in bombing and artillery observation. Camp Borden, at Toronto. Canada, is also used by the United States in conjunction with the British nir force. With the exception of McCook Field; all the/ American fields have been named after American officers and men who lost their lives while on aeronautical duty, and three civilians who were pioneers' In aeronautics —Langley. Chanute, ‘"and Wilbur Wright. Following is a list of the aviation fields with a brief statement of how they received their names: Barron Field, Everman, Tex., named after Cadet R. J. Barron, whn was drowned at Chandler Field, Essington. Pa., on August 22, 1917, when the machine he was flying fell into the water. Boiling Field, Anacostia, near Washington. D. C., named in fnemory of the late Col. Raynal C. Bolling, signal corps, who was killed in action in France in March, 1918: Brooks Field, San Antonio, Tex., named after Cadet S. J. Brooks. On November, 13,1917, he was killed while flying at Kelly Field. Tex. Brooks was one of the first to volunteer at the call for men for the American Flying Corps: he was in training for a commission as a military aviator. Call Field. Wichita Falls, Tex., named for First Lieutenant Loren H. Call, C. A. C., (appointed ’ from civil life), who reported for aeronautical dnty at College Park, Md.. October 19, 1912. Th the winter of 1912-1913, he and Lieut. E. L. Ellington were sent to Palm Beach, Fla., In chafge of the Stenal jChrps Aviation station at that place. From Palm Beach Lieutenant CAlKwas ordered to Texas City, Tex., and It was there that he was killed in nn airplane accident, July 8, 1913. His home was In Washington, D. C. Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla., named after Victor Carlstrom. Carlstrom was recommended for a commission in the S. O. R. C., aviation section, on January TO. 1917, *and soon thereafter went to Newport News to assist in the training of army fliers, although not ordered to active duty. He was killed In an accident at Newport News on May 9. 1917. Carruthers Field. Benbrook. Tex.,' named after Cadqt W. K. Carruthers, ■"• ho was killed at Hazelhurst Field, ITinenln. L. 1., when he was struck by a revolving propeller June 18, 1917. Chandler Field, Essington, Pa„ named In honor of Second Lieutenant Rex Chandler. C. A. C„ who reported for aeronautic duty at Signal Corps Aviation school, San Diego. Cal.. March 15. 1913. On April 8, 1913. while making his first flight, the hydroaeroplane In which he was a passen- . ger fell Into San Diego Bay and tenant Chandler was'caught under the machine and was drowned. ’ , Chanute Field. Rantoul, HL? named after Octave Chanute, one of the foremost pioneers in aeronautics in America Dorr Field, Arcadia, Fla., named after Cadet S. H. Dorr of the aviation section. Dorr enlisted In the summer of 1917, and was sent to Toronto. Canada. for training. He met his jleath there fij a flying collision on August 17 of the same year. / Eberts Field, Lonoke, Ark., named after Lieut. Melchior McE. Eberts. This officer was a graduate of (he United States Military Academy. On August 11, 1916, he was to the aviation section, and March 3, 1917, received the rating of junior military aviator. He was ordered from

his station at San Diego, Cal., to Columbus, N. M., on May 3, 1917. Lieutenant Eberts was killed on the first flight he made after reaching Colum- ( bus. Ellington Field, Houston, Tex/,* named in honor of Second Lieutenant E. L.’Ellington, graduate of the United States Naval who transferred into the cavalry, and was detailed to aeronautic duty. Signal Corps Aviation school. College Park, Md., November 14, 1912. In the winter of 1912-1913 he and Lieutenant Call were at Palm Beach. Fla., in charge of Signal Corps Aviation station, and in the spring of 1913 Lieutenant Ellington was ordered to Signal Corps Aviation school at San Diego, Cal:, where he was killed in an airplane accident November 24 of the same.year. His home was near Raleigh, N. C. Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La., named in honor of Second Lieutenant Frederick J. Gerstner, 10th cavalry, graduate of the United States Military Academy, reported for aeronautical duty at Signal Corps Aviation school, San Diego, September 26, 1914. He drowned in attempting to swim from a floating airplane while participating as passenger in the annual Mackay Trophy contest. ■' Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, L. 1., named in honor of Second Lieutenant L. W. Hazelhurst. Jr., a native of Georgia, graduate of United Spates Military Academy, reported for aeronautical duty at Signal Corps Avialion School, Augusta, Gn„ March 2, 1912. On June 11, 1912, while making a flight at College Park, Md., as passenger in an airplane undergoing acceptance tests, the machine crashed to the ground and the pilot and Lieutenant Hazel hurst were both killed. Kelly Field, San- Antonio, Tex., named in honor of Seconil Lieutenant G. E. M. r 'lly. 30th Infantry, who, after a course of training at the Curtiss Aviation Camp; San Diego, Cal., was ordered to San Antonio. Wh-le attempting to land. In order to avoid running ifito ti tent and thereby possibly njuting several others, he fell to the ground and was killed May 10, 1911. Langley Field. Hampton, Va.. named after Samuel Pierpont Langley, late secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. His early aerodynamic Experiments. begun’in 1887, formed a basis for practical pioneer aviation. Love Field, Dallas, Tex., named In honor of First Lieutenant Moss L Love. 11th cavalry, a native of Fairfax Courthouse, Va., reported for aero, nautical duty at Texas City, Tex., May 8. 1913; was killed at San Diego, Cal., May 9, 1912. McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, named before the idea of naming these aviation fields after Americans prominent in aviation was considered. , Jifather Field, named for Lieut. Carl S. Mather.??. R. C:, A. S.. was killed ait Ellington Field, Houston, Tex., on January 30, 1918. • His death was caused by a collision in the air at 2,000 feet. March Field, Riverside, Caj.. named in ? honor of Lieut. Peyton C. March, ‘ Jr., S. R. C., A. S„ son of Maj. Gen. Peyton C. March, acting chief of staff. Lieutenant March met his death at Taliaferro Field on 'February 13, 1918, as a result of a spinrrkignose dive. Park Field, Memphis?(MHlington), Tenn., named in. honor of First Lieutenant Joseph D. Park, 14th cavalry; a native of New Hampshire; graduate of United States Military Academy; reported for aeronautical duty at College Park, Md., October 8, 1912, and was killed near San Diego, Cal., May 9, 1912. Payne Field, West Point, Miss., named after Capt. Dewitt J. Payne, who died February 1, 1916, from injuries received in an airplane accident. Upon graduation from the School of