▁to ▁primary ▁training . ▁Neg oti ations ▁for ▁av iation ▁schools ▁at ▁T ours ▁A ird rome ▁and ▁Cl erm ont - F err and ▁A ird rome ▁to ▁be ▁turned ▁over ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Army - the ▁former ▁for ▁observation ▁and ▁the ▁latter ▁for ▁bomb ard ment ▁- ▁were ▁also ▁in ▁progress . ▁But ▁T ours , ▁too , ▁was ▁converted ▁to ▁primary ▁training . ▁The ▁old ▁French ▁a ero ▁school , ▁located ▁on ▁a ▁plate au ▁across ▁the ▁river ▁at ▁T ours , ▁came ▁into ▁American ▁hands ▁as ▁the ▁ 2 d ▁A IC ▁in ▁September , ▁and ▁it ▁remained ▁the ▁principal ▁American ▁primary ▁flying ▁school ▁in ▁France ▁until ▁the ▁program ' s ▁end . ▁ ▁T ours ▁and ▁Iss oud un ▁conducted ▁primary ▁training ▁for ▁as ▁many ▁cad ets ▁as ▁possible , ▁even ▁though ▁some ▁were ▁left ▁to ▁l angu ish , ▁while ▁other ▁European ▁schools ▁also ▁accepted ▁tra ine es ▁at ▁overflow ▁levels . ▁Some ▁new ▁arrival s ▁stayed ▁at ▁the ▁Be aum ont ▁Bar ra cks ▁in ▁T ours ; ▁others ▁lod ged ▁at ▁St . ▁Ma ix ent ; ▁still ▁others ▁were ▁quarter ed ▁at ▁A EF ▁headquarters ▁in ▁Paris . ▁In ▁January , ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁the ▁Training ▁Section ▁attempted ▁to ▁introduce ▁some ▁order ▁by ▁having ▁all ▁un tra ined ▁cad ets , ▁of ▁whom ▁no ▁more ▁were ▁author ized , ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁schools ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁St . ▁Ma ix ent , ▁site ▁of ▁an ▁old ▁French ▁bar ra