The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-14
ARMY AEROPLANES SCOUTING
THEl'LI ~ 1 IEtDI\G FEA-
~ re- or fRINCH " t\1I ! mrs.
serman Press Worried h, Them sOo
fbing Machines In France Against
lOO . hear Aso Good Old RAFT
road StIII cheapest PhrIan's Tour.


French army ofi 'rrs haV' bacon making
numerous flights around Nancy under
service conditions that - with lookout
officer On board each arrnplar" IA addition
To- IN" pllot, and HytnE from place - plac"
according 10 orders Fight officers per
formed these exercises They used tn"
Wright FRrman and Spm'n-r machines.
all IL which are hIplanss
The SUCCESS attained j. Noteworthy when
70 ~ remembered that It - less than nine
months since these machines were de
lv"rsi 10 the army The awaiting officers
who are members ot tn" frontier army
corps. ar" thoroughly familiar with the
districts and showed marked superiority
over the avIators IN the MGiiH race N their
knowledge Of topography
! These present eN"rCiseS are preliminary
drills for ia" great army man ruvrrs un
the Plains Of PICardy ~ September. when
ten aeroplane$ VII br lssl IA addition To
two dirigihle balloons. One aeroplan- ~
II he attached - each dirigihl. and will
act a. a scout These two arroplanes will
test the winds and other air conditions
while the remaining eight will he equally
divided between the opposing forces
The Ministry IL War Is now drawing up
! regulations for the Us" ~ the aeroplanes
, IN these manoruvreS and ~ has been praC-
tiCally decided that any aeroplane dom
mated 10y another at superior height
shall hc considered IN a state ~ lnferiority
and Its actions neutrAlIzed for the re-
maInder IT the dAy.
! Gen Maunoury who commands tho
famous Twentieth Army Corps. which
has lts headquarters az Nancy made one
flight which ended AZ the German frontier.
He was impressed with the feeling q.
security and ease with which he made
observations The General saws he could
not have counted the numbers of a hostile
force owing Ia the height Of the machine.
! but he could make close estimate
The flight made 10y Civilian LagagueuN
across IN" boundary To the village 10
thambrey IN the territory anneNed by
Germany after tho Franco Prusslan war
has moved The S,rasburg Pos Ia suggest
that dir,glblrs and aeroplsn"s should be
+ forbidden la ny over fortress.-- The
Pos says IL IN so doing they were
brought down hy gun arn 'hcr- would
he no room for compliant
Tie French papers IN reply have re-
called numerous INSTANCES when German
balloons landed IN France Tn" French
papers also point uUt thar l.lndpaInter.
who has been hvIug over French forts
and who has been competing IN the Mdnr
race il German
sci"n't' ir ~rit"r "a cumpa-iug the cost
II IA" various In"thpd- q travelling takes
"blsuC flSrt from PA-l- 10 Nancy IA
three hours and MY minutes and finds
IN" "NU-ns" 81 the ga=ol"u' and cal con
sumsd to to- - - The far. Nv eNuress
tram which takes four hours "a make tho
same dIstanCr So 81 whil" an automobile
~ average power takes seven hours and
. custsslaI
AuhrIu. who - participant IN the
hpir raCr IN describing the leasure he
frf m recognizing the railroad track
Will" SEARCHING ogt his WRv Ia Iruv-s
~ "a fog -ad The good odd railroad
II -tlll rI-'.i NJ s.s guiding line
Their" ar. Ssr aerorlp n"- u Franc
- ii Nhi,u hI.t n--u constructed ia
the last 'U"l'' month. g"ar aSu ih"r"
Wsre only luD cor, lanes ~ the country.
bat sInc-' EI"-..' crossed IN" English
channel his urrn has manufactured ~
mach n'- la-mar- trim has manu-
featured ~
James 4 Pa".au %, MAYO o.! San
TranC.-Co - VISITING Parl- he ha
t""n automuh,lug ~ INgland Franc.
Holland Italy and AUSTRIA NJ rh"lan
has not l-.'u troubled with ~" autorru-
. bIllst'- bugt.ar ~. rIstnms l.-cs,tI-.. A.
a rnernh"r Of ,h- Touring C,un OF France he
obtained international plates 81 identity
Tor zach country he rand d"poslt 80
each frontier winch ~a- returned Nv the
newt mail whom tho tour was finished
. Unfortunately. however u. ,v.rlpoked
AUSTRIA II ll- apru'aron f"r .d'ut.'y
1 plates a1d Was compelled ." d"uDs
. s tttH r. l. - nj % Hu-
sInc" required ~ % months cor r-spond"nCr
| IN order 10 untan IN" r"fIndrnS "f tie
/ money
! Mr. Phslan's tour nevertheless was
( on" 81 pleaSIlr" Hr took note ~ ~.
cit,cs ne VISITED and was doh GIFTED with
] the number II clean and well kept towns
he passed through especially N Germany
~" found London distinctly better kept
/ than Paris II" had sen 81 any rate
/ ne told Tn SIS correspondent. the thre"
great slgh's Of Europ" IA 1910. VIZ col
! Roosevelt. the Passion Play and the
F Pop" Tho Passion PLAY a. Oh-ram-
morgan did not prov" to Mr. Ph"lIn.s
taste. a he con- .,i"r"d the personality
Of Christ and ~" por,-ayal 81 HIS suffer
, ius- were not suitable subjects for stage
display H." more realistically they
are performed tho more offensive tho
| result declared Mr Ph"lan.
G..prgc Gould with hI- wife and
family ret .ru"d 20 PARIS tins week after
an automohiI" tour 81 Normandy They
again motor,-d away to-day. tins tim" 10
Boulpgne
| Henry " Taft. brother - Pres dent
! Taft. with hi- VT" has gDn" to Swit7er-
land Mr. Taf' met Ambassador Hin
! az COlOEn"
CommOdor. u \ & Smith and his
daught.rN AR" nov seeing PARIS They
/ have Just finished a tour Of IN" Continent.
! J Adams Thay"r and his wife hnve
gone ON an aItnobl" tour 10 Carlsbad
Elliot Bacon. son OF Ambassador Bacon,
-~hort 90 start on u s-SiberIan visit
He will tour china and Japan with his
; Harvard classmates F"llowe- Morgan
and Gardner
William iStor CHAMBER ~ taking IN"
cure az kovat Mr CHAMBER ~ preparing