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...Squadron A Cavalry, New York State Guard, offers positions to college men in its ranks, as it is and has been largely made up of men drawn from four colleges and universities and hopes to draw in the future from these sources. A short outline of the history of Squadron A will indicate what singular and exceptional opportunities it offers to men interested in military affairs...
...last meeting of the Aeronautical Society, officers for next year were elected. The new president, E. H. Kelton Occ., is also vice-president of the Intercollegiate Flying Association, and served overseas as a first lieutenant with the 185th Flying Squadron. The vice-president is J. B. Garver 1L., formerly overseas with the 25th American Squadron, where he downed three planes in combat. R. Blynn Varnum, elected corresponding secretary, served as instructor at Issoudon; France, and later with the 166th Squadron. The recording secretary W. W. Johnson '20, was an ensign in Naval Aviation at Pensacola...
...fliers on the University team have had considerable experience in the air. Kelton, captain of the team, was attached to the 185th Squadron in France, while the other five either saw service in France as pilots, or as instructors on flying fields in this country...
...Kelton, Occ., was yesterday chosen to be captain of the University fliers who are to be entered in the College Flying Day at Mineola, L. I., next Friday. During the war Kelton was a pilot attached to the 185th Squadron of the American Expeditionary Forces. He will fly in the 100-mile cross-country race which is one of the six events on the schedule. L. T. Lanman '20 will also be on the team, flying in the take-off and landing event. The third member of the team chosen yesterday was R. Blinn Varnum '21, who will enter...
...Aeronautical Society has decided to organize a squadron on plans similar to those used in the Navy. A chief pilot will be in charge of all flights and under him there will be several instructors. R. A. Griswold Occ. has been elected chief pilot; other pilots will be announced latter as well as the names of the two men who will be trained by the society to qualify as pilots this spring. Griswold was a lieutenant, junior grade, in the Navy during the war and was recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross for having bombed a submarine at Killingholm, England...