The cadet enlisting in the Spring of 1918 proceeded to the Cadet Wing at Long Branch after passing through the Recruits Depot, where he received an initiation into infantry training and buzzing (telegraphic receiving and sending) up to his ability in the period. Here he was clothed, equipped and given lectures on personal hygiene, discipline, and the primary features of the R.A.F. This course did not exceed two weeks.
During the eight weeks at the Cadet Wing the pupil’s horizon broadened. He found also that every inducement was offered to proficiency and hard work, for instruction continued even in hospital, provided he was fit to receive it. Sports and physical exercise kept him in condition, and leave was frequent.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
ARTILLERY OBSERVATION SENDING STATIONS.
TESTING RIGGING.
FILLING UP.
His wireless was carried on to receiving and sending eight words a minute, and instruction was given in such a way that he was untroubled by the presence of the cadet beside him, because that cadet received and sent with a different wave length of transmission current. Panneau (see illustration on [page 199]) was read at four words a minute and practice alternated with the use of Aldis signal lamps. Ground strips, reproduced electrically in miniature, required correct reading. The method of locating flashes (symbolic of shell bursts) on clock coding target ([page 158]) demanded special attention to the point of locating ten successive flashes.