On May 14, 2019, at 10:13 PM, Jim Gates via Groups.Io <jim.gates=ymail.com@groups.io> wrote:

The US Army did not have dirigibles, only the US Navy.

Jim Gates
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On Tue, 5/14/19, Bruce Smith <smithbf@auburn.edu> wrote:

Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Photos: Wabash
To: "main@RealSTMFC.groups.io" <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 7:43 AM

And the big one… the mostest obvious one… and the one confirmed by the lettering on the Helium car “US ARMY AIR
SERVICE”… The burgeoning US dirigible fleet. We’ve discussed these helium cars here before. They were built in
part to deal with the needs of the rigid, lighter-than-air, airship fleet.

Regards
Bruce