Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-03-20
MESSAGE CARRIED
BY AEROPLANE
Successful Signal Service
Experiments in Army
Maneuvers
0UTFLANKED The ENEMY
Next Trip VIII be From San
Antonio to Galveston,
1853 Miles.

SdU AuIOHlU, 1SAoos AIosi III 80
The army aeroplane turned another
trick yesterday again establishing its
usefulness in the signal service. Cen
eral Carter ordered Lieutenant Fou-
lois TO deliver a message to an officer
in command at Leon Springs Theo- ,
retically an enemy held the city of
San Antonio with flank extending /
| ten miles northWard. To get into
communication with the officer at
| Leon Springs was absolutely impos. |
sible over land. Lieutenant Foulois |
with Phil Parmelee at the wheel of
the machine left General Carter's /
headquarters at 3:15 p. m, and at the
altitude of 1000 feet turned the flank
of the supposed enemy and alighted
at Leon Springs at $40, covering
twenty-eight miles in the flight. Here
the message was delivered and an
swer received, the return trip begin
ming at 4:16. Notwithstanding the
fact that a choppy wind was blowing
at a speed of twenty-five miles, the
aviators mounted into the air again
turned the flank of the supposed enc
my, and at 4:59 delivered the mes
sage to General Carter The actual
distance Travelled was ffty-siX miles.
At times while the aviators were in
the air, gusts of wind touched the
forty mile speed but the machine be-
haved admirably and by this trip es
tablishe9 its worth and utility for use
in the army. Lieutenant Foulois and
Aviator Parmelee pay no attention
whatever to the speed of the wind
but mount into the air and maneuver
under all kinds of atmospheric condi
| tions. Their work has merited the
unstinted praise of army officers and
most generous applause of the sol
diers in the big camp. BY the work
Of these two men the foreign attaches
who are here studying army condi.
tions are given real thrills, having
never before seen practical demon
stration of the biplane in signal serV-
ice work. 1t is understood, while not
: officially announced, that the aviators
S will attempt in the next few days to
carry message from this city to the
: fort at Galveston, distance in direct
d line of about 168 miles The aviators
e are confident they can perform the
e task and are anxious to undertake it
y Mascots.
San Antonio, Tex, March 20.--Wher
). the tenth infantry left Fort Benjamin
u Harrison to come to San Antonio
L two Indianapolis boys, John Whisnar
= and Fred Beal, each about fourteen
years, and the latter's dog Ginger,
, boarded the troop train. Both expec
y ted to see real live Indians and COW
boys by the hundreds when they ar
rived here, but above all, so they say
they wanted to attend the Battle O
Flowers, an annual fete which take.
place on the 21st of April. Whise
- nan appears to be the most precc
~ cious of the two and talks interesting
al " of plans the two formulated whel
# they heard the troops were to com.
ID from Indianapolis to this city. A
70 first they were not inclined to brin;
II Ginger but young Beal put up tn
p argument that they might have to dc
of train at some unexpected place in tn
uninhabited West, and in. such an ey
n. ent Ginger would be useful to chas
II buffalo, antelope, jack rabbits an
). such other animals as might camp O.
tbo e 1oI1
rs does not look like a buffalo dog, no
no does he have the speed points nece
ns sary in giving antelope chase. H
8 weighs about ten pounds. and appear
Of to be mixture of Scotch terrier wit
rv several other blood lines worked il
ic Since arriving in the city the tw
PC boys and the dog have vibrated dali
m. between the army camp and the tow
h. distinctly. Discussing their situation
Whisnan admitted that the distanc
tic from here to Indianapolis would be to
n much of walk for the dog Both d
nd clare if the soldiers were sent to Me
nv leo that it is their intention to site
with the tenth infantry, either 6
hoodoos or mascots, and that in IL
event an opportunity offers they wi
go on to California. So far they hay
not seen a cowboy or encountered a
Indian but they are quite sure bot
,be of these are here somewhere sint
;ne they have read about them in gre
un- many BOOKS ana nave seen the re
st: pictures in moving pictures in the |
lille diana capital. -