Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08

ASH SIuplOyeQ IN lJS army OF any ma
ton In the world. In the manoeuvers
in Picardy eleven aeroplanes and four
dirigibles we're In use. AS the result
of these tests the French army's aerial
feet will be increased without delay.
The military authorities already pos
sess thirty aeroplanes, and orders
have been given for thirty more
20 be delivered as soon as possible
They will consist of ten Bleriot mono
planes and twenty Farman biplanes,
seven of which are to be capable Of
carrying two passengers, besides the
pilot, and making a single fight OF
180 miles at a minimum speed of
thirty-Six miles an hour. Prizes have
been offered by the minister Of war
of this speed.
Never before has there been such
a great contrast in mimic warfare as
IN these evolutions in Plcardy. Nov
ing along the highways were great
automobile wagon trains loaded with
supplies for the troops. Far in ad-
vance and high up in the air scared
the aeroplanes. They seemed like
huge-winged birds of prey lowering
over the earth ready to swoop down
when they sighted their quarry. In
reality they were spying out the po-
Bition of the opposing force which.
under ordinary circumstances, would
have been hidden by the contour of
the country. The aeroplanes moved
swiftly to and fro directing the slow
er progress of the foot soldiers and
the cavalry and the supply trains.
Because the air-men made the way
sure and plain for those upon the
earth, the troops lost no time or eff
fort in almless wanderings, but pro-
ceeded directly TO their destination
by the shortest route.
The first and most important prin-
ciple of the art OF war consists OF
concentrating at given time at
some point in contact with the enemy
a force superior to his at that point.
One eminent authority expressed II
as the principle OF "gittin' thar fust-
test with the mostest men" Tho rest
OF the game OF war is relatively sim
pie operation. II resolves itself into
the mere question Of comparative
man-killing or man-scaring capacity.
All other considerations being any
whore near equal the question OF be,
ing able to move rapidly IS the thing
that counts IN war. The best OF
troops are worthless 20 a commander
unless he can have them where ho
wants them when he wants them
and moreover IN a condition 20 do
what he wants them 70 DO
The fighting men are useless unless
they can reach the place OF conflict
I'm time 20 take part In II. and they
are equally without value n The a.
fort 10 get there exhausts them That
f. why the aoroplanes are so tremcn.
dously useful In spying out the loca
tion of the enemy and enabling tho
troops 20 reach that point with the
very least amount of eyertion
But no matter how fast the troops
may march they must be fed regu
larry That Is where the automobile
supply trains come in-hure motor
driven trucks that never grow tired
A bursting hell might disable the
horses dragging the cOmmissary
wagons or the ammunition caissons
but 30 would take well placed shot
IN vital part If an automobiles MA
chinery to put f nHt ~ commits lon
Then, too. "a wounded horse cannot
ba repaired hut wounded motor
truck cen b. patched up --less Il II
blown into smtfhereeHs
The problem ~ food supplies s,
one n tre great things in aur lt b
au ait ana trfe saying that an arms
really travels unaH lfa belly al
arng ia r.fF hgHs down aHddsulY
over HiEaE aa 81 Here iu tho e0uu
uT g. moves day o. day in such
manner aH W require constant "a
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sltf'HffH.e If rtHraf move rfHf
fa#far i6aH ifa faad sglY fufr.
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