The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-12-12
Orders Relieving Army Aviators in the
Philippines ArouSes Discussion Locally
Lieutenant Lahm and Captain
Chandler Believed to Have Lost
Their Flying Nerve"-Some-
thing Which Comes Sooner or
Later TO All Airmen.

The relief of Lieut. Frank c. Lahm,
Seventh Cavalry, from aviation duty by
var department order a fortnight ago,
followed by similar order last week
relieving capt. Charles de f. Chandler,
signal Corps, has caused much comment
IN military circles here.
10th officers have been employed as
instructors OF class of aviators in
The Philippines. Lieutenant Lahm, who
IS one oil tne pioneers in aviation in the
Army, pasSeu through Honolulu about
eight months ago with two Wight ma
oGinos under orders to establish the
work in the islands and Captain Chand-
lei followed about four months ago to
Ia suIie charge, OF aviation instruction
-nu IA, a,Lvmdlng duties III that divis-
GA. esides the two officers there
have been thee student officers en-
sLsed ~ tie "OIk there, hut the num-
brI was reduced to tour By the recent
.elth ut lIeut. e. FERRY Ricn, Philip
r.nr scouts aud as the relief of the
two senior ohIoers practically stops the
wv vi -eiS "ie 'cS"rueu "s
S'sni"'"ht'
flying Nerve Gone.
IL is thought heie that the moment
when uccu.s ia the careers OF most
lNIa.Ors has come TO 10th of these ex.
r,ilenscd nJIhg .n.en, wLen, Tor no APP
'dIcnt reason. they have become unfit
- ta.e It hu.nine into the air. They
Undoubtedly have lost their nerve
lL.ir nylng nerve-and il is an axiom
"A tie aviation business that once a
hl,r has lost that he is worthless as
n AVIATOR Tneir courage, of course,
: unGueet,oped; they sre5 mechanically
is willing as ever, if necessary. to meet
.eatn in the service. but the peculiar
luahty of nerve necessary to operate
IA aeroplane with reasonable safety has
ait them. And after that has gone, to
o alott is to court death.
Kan,oir, Ai,mor
~,
nc "Ii'i'"'I du'noiltics eAPect an VI
iGer' whenever ne leeis rack Oh con
"Henve III nl"seli' 10 iilil'eulateiy ASK
ior ms reiiei ana inns rs undoubtedly
e,, ~ U" nvr.no . Gnmta,n THnna rnos s"s
| reen engaged in aviation dutv for
l about 1u.ls XpurS NOW and has had nm
Ist.al success as an instructor
| Lieutenant Labm il NAV he said
was born IN nm aeronoutical atmos.
| phrre. His father who has beep III.
! I,aris corresuonIent of tbe Nav York
| SIM for many ,ears has nm interna.
tion,L rep,ratior, ms n balloon pilot.
He has O., loved the distipction Of he.
ing the only FOREIGNER who has ever
been l,onoreI with the mesidentv of
the Freu,b Aeronanti,. Societv which
po.itiou III, beid for fonr wears ID
| Within two wars after I.ientnnont
Lahn' : graduation from the military
academy in 1901 he accompanied his
father in the latter g lannon's racing hal.
loon "Upited states, in n aigbt from
Paris 70 Russia Winning the Interna.
tional Gordon.Eennett Aviation rnce
with the record for distance and alti-
tude. When the war department hogan
to make experiments in the military
aeroplanes he was the FIRST officer Of
the Army detailed in the WORK and he
has been more ar less actively engaged
an this character of dntv ever since
psvoho,or, =, T,r,ra
M 80.
of renresentatives has bean seeGinS
light recently on bill before congress
to increase the efficiency of the avia,
ton service of the Army and have
called before it a number of famous
army fiers, some of them retired from
that branch Of the service for the very
reason which is supposed to be the
cause of the relief of Captain Chandler
and Lieutenant Lahm, and other Off
GERS still active in it. The stories some
of these officers have told the commit