§ Mr. SANDYSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will say for how long it is proposed that officers who have obtained certificates will be attached to the Army Air Battalion for instruction in military aviation?
§ Colonel SEELYNo fixed time can be stated at present.
§ Mr. SANDYSasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that officers of the Air Battalion making cross-country flights are put to expense which, under existing arrangements, they have to meet out of their own pockets; whether officers who made cross-country flights early in the summer have not yet been reimbursed with their expenses; and whether he will take steps to prevent this branch of practical aviation work from being restricted to officers who possess large private means?
§ Colonel SEELYIt is not known to what cross-country flights the question refers. It is not proposed to reimburse officers for flights made on their own initiative and independent of any official instructions.