The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-27
FUTURE ARSMAYBE FOUCHTINAIR
To Be Settled With Minimum Loss OF Lite
Declares Major Squires.

New York City -Brgadier- General James Allen, head Of the Signal
Corps of the United States Army; Major George o. squiers, of the Signal
ternational Aeronautcal Congress in the house of the Automobile Cup OF
America. The value of the airship in army and w INC tn rypes est
speakers, who RI working on the problem On behalf OF the American
eminent. ,.., oo-o-
drome. 200 feet long, 100 feet wide and eighty feet high, where the 30V
Signal Corps men stationed in the region will be trained. Later, he SAID,
the Pacific coast. ave are more interested in the dirigble balloon n IN
the aeroplane," he said, and shall make our gas by the electric process;
The LIQUID air process has been tried. n 70 SAD, . ot was "a w 40, St ax Con- IN.
General Allen said that he understood that Secretary, tart pun PSI C os
gress for $780, 900 for the prosecution of the WORK. A oWt was s
adopted asking President Roosevelt to intercede with congress III oehah
of the new branch Of miltary activity. ,-.u .A.
aThe practical dirgible balloon is here now" Major Squiers sao'
"The last great war was conducted strictly in line with the textbooks, &C.,
companied at times with unlimited slaughter. The great object OF war Is
to bring about a decisive result with a minimum destruction OF human ire:
If we could Utilize scientific principles to bring aDout: this result without
lining any M it would be the ideal. The cavalry is designed to scout Inc
devNon Information for use in the handling and operation Of the army
which it serves Aerial navigation furnishes US with an additional weapon
for obtaining information and for using the Information mus oD Inu ~
will enable the maneuvring of armies by strategic marches d surprlses
to bringa about decisive results with minimum destruction OF IRE"
Admiral Chester, speaking for the naval side OF the WORK, saa a a IL
Nv the armies involved in the late RussoJapanese War ."Sunlclent IS
learned from actual practice to substantiate the theory a nat M na e asSinps y ,
h h a said The elevation enables the observer to discover the movements
of submarines under the water. and floating mines and stationary mines
may be detected. ,.. a. l.. W.T. ,roe+
able for general use o n shipboard. Naval men should give mel atenCoh
to the development of the aeropane: 1t is peculiarly a naval weapon y.
cause Of its compactness, the fact that on sh1pboard 1t woua always % s
naar q machine shop-a necessary factor in operating SO dencate a piece OF OIL
macbinery-its adaptabiHty for scouting purposes and the rae ma IL
would have the power at hand for initial movement. A ihclneu p ans
u mIb iS commonfy used or acquiring movement may be readily constructed
on sshinboard- but when the ships WI velocity is insufficient, turning nr
;ro +e wind would give her own speed combined with that OF the vino"
the history of the development of aerial navigation and conciuoeo tna u ~
ws evident that the first application of the work YOU'D De IN In, ae ar as OIL OIL
svinp machines" he said. upon the whole, now nal success ns co unS
we see that the conquest Of the airh has more United pracncal uses ,o sa
nut it may develop new uses Of its own and prove IN important Oenent TO
mankind"