Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1908 — U. S. Behind in Aeronautics. [ARTICLE]

U. S. Behind in Aeronautics.

That the Government and the people of the United States are lagging far behind the European countries in the matter of aierial navigation is the opinion of Major Henry B. Herseychief inspector of the Governmeift Meteorological Service. He urges that an aeronautical department be established by the Government to keep pace with the European Pow. ers. ' " - -