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...offering instruction on all phases of the gasoline motor as used in patrol boats. The course will be held at the Technology Laboratory on Vassar street every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings from 7 to 10 o'clock, the first meeting to be tomorrow. Men enrolled in the Naval Reserve will become eligible for these classes by registering at the office of the Naval Training Association, 42 Water street, Boston...
...transportation. This money will be in addition to the $250,000 already promised, and will be given by a private individual and not by the Ambulance Corps. All men must know how to drive automobiles well before they can be accepted as volunteers. An extensive knowledge of the motor is not required, because that will be taken care of by the mechanicians in the corps, but a man must be able to drive in such a way as not to endanger the wounded, himself or the ambulance. All men must also obtain a doctor's certificate that they...
Lectures will also be given by C. Claflin Davis on the subject of motor and ambulance driving. Volunteers will be instructed half a day once each week...
...necessity arises. The plan includes joining the laboratories, hospitals and professional departments of the university with the Government's machinery of military and naval preparedness. A field hospital will be equipped by the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the engineering department will build machinery for submarines and motor boats...
Although these are being built for the Yale Unit, they will not be accepted unless they fulfill all requirements. A similar machine was built a year ago by the Curtis factory with the regular F-type hull, but it was equipped with twin motors, while these new ones have only one. In preliminary trials made last week by Victor Carlstrom, the machine made 90 miles an hour, and easily flew on one motor, After final testings and adjustments it was supposed to be sent to Palm Beach where members of the Yale Unit were to try it out. Unfortunately...