JOINING THE AIR CORPS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 January 1915, Page 3

JOINING THE AIR CORPS

Princess Shakhovskaya, the first Russian woman aviator, commissioned for service at the war, left Petrograd recently to join the north-western army, states th© Russian correspondent of the Daily Mail. The Princess applied for employment at the beginning of the war, but was refused 1 . The reason for this was the - possibility that if she was captured the enemy might declare that a woman was not entitled to the right* of a soldier of tlio regular army. Thereupon the Princess volunteered as a field nurse, and renewed her application. She has nOw received an invitation to join the air corps at the Headquarters immediately. She learned) aviatioiu in Germany, and is an accomplished Iffigtiist. The Princess declared that she was delighted at the opportunity of. joining the service.