El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-12
To CLASSIFY
AERIAL WAR
VESSELS
AerOplanes For Scout Work
VIII Be Part of Cavalry
Equipment.
DIRIGIBLES TOO
SLOW FOR SCOUTING

Paris France, Oct. 12.-Art of aerial
warfare has advanced to such a stage
that army aerODlancs viii now have to
De divided into different classes, in the
same way as are naval vessels, in the
opinion of the heads OF the French
army aviation corps. Light and mobile
aerOpIanes easily taken TO pieces and
transported in wagons which could 20
anywhere like ammunition wagons va!
have to be attached TO the front ID act
as the eyes of the army. Just as the
cavalry now has Its own machine guns,
so IL VIII IN future have its own aero
planes In the rear of the army the
heavy armOred aerOplanes with high
power motors Will be installed in avia-
zion camps. These machines will be the
Dattleshlps OF the air, Just as the first
line aeroplanes will be the destroyers,
BaSlng his observations on the per-
1Ormances of the two oirigibles which
neuYers, a French expert concludes
that the dirigible in its present form is
anuQuated and useless. The alleged
mobility Of the portable balloon Sheds
he declares to be a myth A dirigible
requires $50 men TO handle it. while
thres squadrOns of aerOplanes need
only 25O.
BipIaRes Are swifter.
The swifter Of the two dirigibles en-
ployed at the recent maneuvers took
more than 10 hours to recOnnOiter a
radius Of $50 miles, while the least
rapid biplanes took only two hours and
half to scout a region of $50 miles
and other aerOplanes three hours, five
minutes to travel about 200 miles
Counting from the day of departure
Tor the maneuVers, the SO army air
men who had no accident of any kind,
out OF the total number of 49 enga ged
in the operations, flew about 22,32O
miles altogether. The remaining I3
who broke down aggregated 1924 miles.
Adding the 1884 miles flown by the
elght Seroplanes Of the reserve, the
total distance flown by the aerOplanes
engaged in the maneuVers amounted
to 2I,j2 miles.
Tradition Is Violated.
A hitherto inviolable tradition In
connection with the election of an I'M
mortal, or member Of the French
academy, will be violated in the case
Of Gen. Lyautey, the successor. OF
Henri HOussave. Owing to his absence
at the head of the French army in Mo-
rocco, he viii not be able to call for
mally on the other SO members Of the
academy before his election on Octo-
Der 81.
OF the three candidates for the seat
left vacant, two have formally with
drawn leaving Gen. Lyautey as the
sole candidate. That eminent soldier s
inevitable election is a matter for popu-
lar rejoicing, since recent deeds in Mo-
rocco have made him a national hero.
In connection with the election some
body has unearthed from the cOnstitu-
ton of the academy legally enacted
article which expressly fOrbids sOlicita-
naturally, Of the 80 visits. older
academicians say that the discovery OF
the curious" article will render life
desOlate for them. as the calls of dis
tinguished seekers after one of Frances
highest hOnors have been always de-
lightful.
Juvenile Crime Increases.
Juvenile crime is increasing in an
alarming way in France, according to
the recently published statistics of the
courts of justice for 1910
Some sc percent of all persons ac-
cused of crime are minors. A similar
tendency base been observed in England
and Germany, and the question is re-
ceiving the serious thought of Grimm
OlOgists.
second revelation of the tables is
the remarkable prepOnderance of half
educated people among criminals as
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