Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . Fig. 94.—French method ofsuspending the basket foran observer. 156 AIRSHIPS PAST ANDPRESENT. usual number of officers and men, and there are also companiesat Verdun, Epinal, Toul, and Belfort, with all the necessaryappliances. At Versailles, Montpellier, Arras, and Grenoble theorganisation is subject to the general control of the engineers,and would only become an independent unit in the case ofmobilisation. In all these places manoeuvres on a small scal
Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . Fig. 94.—French method ofsuspending the basket foran observer. 156 AIRSHIPS PAST ANDPRESENT. usual number of officers and men, and there are also companiesat Verdun, Epinal, Toul, and Belfort, with all the necessaryappliances. At Versailles, Montpellier, Arras, and Grenoble theorganisation is subject to the general control of the engineers,and would only become an independent unit in the case ofmobilisation. In all these places manoeuvres on a small scaletake place every year. The equipment in the field is rather different from that usedin the fortresses. In the latter, compressed gas in cylinders is. Fig. 95.—One of the balloons is pegged down in the open field,and the other is sunk in a specially prepared pit. not used; it is generated from time to time as required. Butwaggons are also provided in the forts, and could easily be usedin case of emergency. The provision of skilled aeronauts isalso a matter of importance, and this is part of the work doneat Chalais-Meudon, where every year a certain number of men,principally from the educated classes, are instructed practicallyand theoretically in the art. They receive the title of Aero-naute brevete after passing an examination, and are instructedto place themselves at the disposal of the authorities of a givenfortress in the event of mobilisation. The French Balloon Clubsalso receive assistance from the Minister of War with a view toplacing the services of their^ members at the disposal of the ORGANISATION OF MILITARY BALLOONING. 157
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