The sun., 1910-08-04
AEUOPLANE IN THE WAR GAME
SIGNu 'ORPS PRgI tTI mes
ONT ~ PfNT GtuP
WnIrsS Dt,int T-u NnJ Ons u~ was s.s,nG
To, ba' .Iasi nrsusht % NIonG H@n
Put o. TsErthsr ana % % WsTks Hr
Wut - o. Wsaaan . e.urN ~ ARMY

with an id.a The isi.'l - Si'upl- Private
NIll'oN purposes q, get a hammcrio"k
cn fam" hy springing an a"roplane on au
un-ispectIng army
Not even IN. Major General command
ing had a tip until to-day that tn. Young
signal sharp Was bringing from Minsola.
l. to the camp of instruction biplane
of his own designing and construction.
The news got ont when the parts of the
air machine IN ten crates wsr" dumped
on az tho Q,IArtermaster' depot There
after tho army took a. much interest m
young NillCoX's Contraptlon as " ~ had
been a brewery suddenly s.t down by
good gsnii IN this waste % sand aud dust
and stunted timber
The umpires the solemn technIcians
Who SIT in majesty on the Hog' Ba"k
staying impetuous youth With wave Of
the hand. shook thsir heads a hit over the
s,hemc They hadn't hgur"d on aero
planes But Gen. Fred Grant. who il a
Maio General and doesn't hav. 10 hs
solemn. was frankly pleased H. said
he had never s"sn an arroplan" IN a sht
and that he would hr glad tn give WILCOX
every opportunity even II IL cost him
theoretically OF cou--. his entire divi-
q
can get ms bird up. keep /, up and evolut"
over tho heads OF IN" nJmlC fighters
thsr" are likely - 10 doing
When at home Philip Wilcox lives A.
a West Fifty-second street. Manhattan
He took Henrl FarmanS iiet for an
Asroplane and built a fiar A. M.naola
h@ gave t a 'ryout hut in"Np"rienr"
brought him back 20 earth WITH nothing
more serious than a huttaring heart
Strang and Hamilton hrok" the blplane
in their efforts to get n 10 ta>" wing and
thsr" were subsa gu.n' hits OF hard luck
tha' persuaded "illCoN to nam" the h.rd
Jonah II lie sad today / mad" Up
my mind that Il IA" thing was going 70
bust Ia like to hlv" m" fun uf smashing
!, myself so her" | am
With the fying machine arrived Will
coNs meChsnIciAn. James ; Manierre.
and Mrs Mlur"rrs the "nly woman
Who has been allowed IN 'hs army camp.
The Young woman hopes IN" req illrInns
viii permit u her 1yrng She wants IN"
fun Of dropping imaginary bombs upon
"a suppos'titlou- army
III. principal dific lltv in the way
IT aeropllne mane'Ivr~s up her" - gen
eral unsntability Of ground The land
lies bumpv and bes"t wi'h und-rbrIsh
and thlCk"ts l.oo~" sand grius lk"
mud This afternoon. with Major Er-
landsen and Capt I r HallJrau of the
New York Signal C1rpS M.llcoI went
out g. hun, for favorable aviation grounds.
n he hnds them he will spend a couple
Of dhvz trvIng ont IA" machine. running
u ~ full spec! along the ground and
u ~ holds together he will take the air
aud try stunts
The Use of an a@roplanr ~ combined
manPuVrs= ~ new The ofticer4. r-gI-
lars and militia. are k-rnly int.re-te ei IA
machine and hope that b"
will mak. good Talking ~ uvar TODAY
the star agreed that 4 Successful AZ all
The a-roplin.' -hpuli make a wonderful
overhead scout The reservation - -
iniCkly c,v.r.I with small timber and
bush that the comma nder- ~ "ppps'nR
forces have 'h- utmost d,-ficultv ipCst-
ing 'ach "th"'
SIuidruu- { ra,tlrv have burst rr"u
innsSe-i batteries nat their scouts fa,l.-i
spot and infantry c,mtnlui- hlv"
hiuId"r-i ~ 'U" -rrIb and stopped IN
Their own tails M'll,bN with hI- M
rhlra lllu- ., lp"dt.. tor G-n Grant the
exact r.-,fl.n 30 every d.tichm-ui uf
trpuI- ,..ft - 'U'. ",.li AL Nv - b. ~
" hil" -.rr''.ug i.at n" WnUii remain
un-'afN..i
1h- - r has an ri-I tuat here - tn-
mot pTa,r,h ps" fur arrfr.u tu in"
= INV Th.v ,r-rr -a't-1..I that an AYR
I,iar- vii max" . r.l,ipl. ur-us,v-. arm.
hu' Miiic"N plans - drup .ird bags
- iIiu-rr.t' wnai damyg" -Nplp-ly"-
ruull io lnu.,I fruin a living maohlu"
lie lsu Au rNI"r 'uc.i aviator hu' h.
i-n.t afTa.I 10 tas" chance. b." saws
| he New YORK troops a-' ra' her proud OF
Wilcox even t-'fur" b" has done anything.
II - something. 30 their mind. that a Sew
\ ors GIardsInan had initiative enough to
e. ''e first :" otter a fiyIng machine A.
arm, .uaurIvr..- II - pu-sihl. that
Wilcox vii make au attempt Ia Nv on
rday o. SATURDAY.
lo-dav was = sI2Hl"r ont n 'hs s'rIIh
n nd sand wastes wh"r. the New lork"r~
and IN. Regulars were fighting hall "a
dozen .I'il. battles IN" sun hrAt down
ou general officers and priya'. alike and
spared non" IN" sandy dust rolled
through IN" air Al sitting clouds The
~ a roop of cavalry produced
a dust storm NIl"- awAv one could fol .
low tho marpgvT'.- hv tn" drifting dust
clouds
II was 'ha iortuns nf the Ssventy-iirst '
New York under tpl William G. Bates 20 |
ronducf "A man rgvT" which In'ar"stsi
the entire provisional DIVISION III"
first performed under ia. eyes
II the smart. critical R"g.lsr-. who sr.'
slow 20 praise u'it lac"nically emphatic
whom they choos" 10 compliment The
regiment marched o'' 20 "A stretch Of
= CODED country lying l.''w we''n th" Black
River and the New York Central Railroad
With them rode capt George Fine
nf / II Infantry "A