Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . ctical instruction wasgiven both with captive and freeballoons, and the theoretical aspectof the matter was also value of the instruction wasconsidered evident, and it wascontinued during the next year andattended by a larger number ofmen and 1893 a corps was organised for the special work in hand,and consisted of two officers, four non-commissioned officers, andtwenty-six men, who were placed under the control of theartillery
Airships past and present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon . ctical instruction wasgiven both with captive and freeballoons, and the theoretical aspectof the matter was also value of the instruction wasconsidered evident, and it wascontinued during the next year andattended by a larger number ofmen and 1893 a corps was organised for the special work in hand,and consisted of two officers, four non-commissioned officers, andtwenty-six men, who were placed under the control of theartillery stationed at Vienna. Buildings for the purpose wereerected, and the whole organisation was placed under the com-mand of Captain Trieb. It was considered advisable to studythe methods used in Prussia, and Lieutenant Hinterstoisser wastherefore sent to Berlin to make all necessary enquiries and toacquaint himself with the methods there adopted. He subse-quently took command of the corps, and the development of itsactivity and efficiency has lately been very marked. The num-bers are still small; but in case of pressing need, such as would. Fig. 101.—Captain Hinterstoisser,of the Austrian Balloon Corps. ORGANISATION OF MILITARY BALLOONING. 167 arise in time of war, recourse would probably be had to the AeroClub, of which Silberer is president. Russia. The experiments made by Leppich in 1812 have already beenmentioned ; they were entirely unsuccessful, and it was not until1869 that the matter was further mooted. General Todlebenthen formed a committee for the study of the military aspects ofballooning, the main idea being that it might probably bepossible to introduce some improvement in the signallingarrangements. The work was mostly done by the navy ; and sig-nalling balloons were constructed which displayed flags by daytimeand electric lights by night. In September, 1884, a special detach-ment was formed, consisting of one officer (who later becameColonel von Kowanko) and twent
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