Virginia-Tennesse Aero Club, Bristol, Va-Tenn, C. W. Morey, Sec. ~WASHINGTON.~ Aero Club of Washington, 415 Union Trust Buildings, Washington, D.C. Aero Club of Seattle, c/o M. Robert Guggenheim, 511 Lonan Buildings, Seattle Walla Walla Aero Club, Walla Walla ~WISCONSIN.~ *Milwaukee Aero Club, Milwaukee, c/o Major Henry B. Hersey, Chief of the Weather Bureau, Milwaukee Milwaukee Aeronautic Society, Pres., Sherman Brown, Manager of Davidson Theatre, Milwaukee ~U.S.A. MILITARY AVIATION.~ ~U. S. ARMY AEROPLANE SPECIFICATIONS. (1912).~ ~SPEED SCOUT MILITARY AEROPLANE.~ (1) Carry one person with the seat located to permit of the largest possible field of observation. (2) Ascend at the rate of 1500 feet in three minutes, while carrying fuel for one hour's flight. (3) Carry fuel for a three hours' flight. (4) Must be easily transportable by road, rail, etc., and easily and rapidly assembled and adjusted. (5) The starting and landing devices must be part of the machine itself, and it must be able to start without outside assistance. (6) The engine must be capable of throttling. (7) The engine will be subject to endurance test in the air of two hours' continuous flight. (8) Speed in the air of at least 65 miles an hour. (9) Capable of landing on and arising from ploughed fields. (10) The supporting surfaces must be of sufficient size to insure safe gliding in case the engine stops. (11) The efficiency and reliability of the system of control must have been demonstrated before the purchase order is placed. The aeroplane must be capable of executing a figure eight within a rectangle 500 yards by 250 yards, and without decreasing its altitude more than 100 feet at the completion of the figure eight. This test to be made by aviator alone without carrying extra weight. (12) The extreme width of the aeroplane supporting surfaces must not exceed 40 feet. ~SCOUT MILITARY AEROPLANE.~