The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-12

I'm duced into European armie
which will make aerial war
fare more terrible and complicated
than any form Of military science.
/ Airships are now painted like
clouds to escape detection by the
enemy. They seek cover behind
clouds They attack by night and use
parachutes 70 light up the enemy's
position, drop bombs and give false
Information concerning their own
position.
The English army authorities have
planned wonderful dirigible balloon
carrying a number Of smaller craft,
very much as steamship carries its
lifeboats. The small craft are fitted
With searchlights and bomb cham
berB and swing on davits pn each
side of the great vessel.
The parent ship will be manoeu-
vred by her crew to a great height
above the enemy's position, where
ehe will be beyond effective obssrvu,
tfon and the reach Of shells.
Preferably the attack will be made
By night The parent ship will 10
lease one OF the email oraft and
steer 1t by wireless in the direction
Of the enemy's position. Then
change IN the rapIdIty OF the wire
less waves will start little electric
park on the small oraft that will
Hulte a great acetylene searchlight.
THIS Will light up the euemy's posi-
uon for a mile around and make Il
9 clear as daylight TO the watchers
b The airship.
Then another change In the vtbra,
non or the wireless current and a
sonb will be released by the open
fns OF trap door. 1t will fall down
With Devastating effect on the sol
oiers and Notifications below.
lne men below viii have a poor
opportunity to aim at the attacking
mp. The small craft will not indi-
cate exactly the position of the
parent ship. The searchlight spread
lng out over great area will not
reveal accurately the spot from which
q comea
II Will be possible to steer a small
Gaft back to the parent ship, but
wen should one be destroyed its loss
would be insignificant. The effective
fange OF one Of these bomb dropping
esart would be about three miles.
!uey would weigh ninety to one hun
qreo pounds each and carry two
nomos apiece. The system Of
steerlng them would be operated by
means OF swivel beam attached to
sae front OF the airship with two
Motors attached to It.
Aaotner arrangement has also been
perfected by which a parachute is
eseo by the parent ship In place OF
smaller craft. This has the ad-
sntase OF economy, es the para
unute costs much less than the small
satt The parachute Is used both to
bombs and searchlights.
ANS system was actually tested by
~ army at garpborough, England.
We other day. Twice in the dark
4ess OF the night balloon ascended
height OF about 1900 feet and
oo Time II dropped tin boz some
<To fest long Immediately little
esohute attached TO the devloe
peneo and at the same moment
Sse burst forth a strong and steady
hps Toloh revealed the army en-
@ped beneath It.
3ne parachute, like the small air
I can be guided by wireless TIL
nsots up actually the area which
designed to see. Bombs may
Mtached TO the parachute carry
~ tne searchlight and released by
Ao!ess. When the attackers desiye
elect Tremendous destruction they
~;sx steer other parachutes loaded
~ bombs only to the lighted area
~.i navigation has now been de-
,n,S,!p ,n,Svpad INTO recognized branch Of
1,s..y science. It is certainly the
~ sl perilous and difficult of all. but
Hppelltng destruction and de-
6rsN aiSadon which 1t may inhict
a tne terrestrial enemy seem to
sAe 1t worth all the loss of Life Ii
must entail.
a. serial warfare there will be 81
inherent types of vessels as In
- S'a ~ al neet- A most important part
IN new science Is a knowledge Of
ocvo S'ouas and how TO use them Is
cs,,S Some clouds offer a practi-
|ofSs permanent protection, while
1rs are only temporary.
,e 70 height of 1000 feet above
an Su ~ gunners trained to the work
arr. III an air craft. This was the
0no OF the Bulgarian war. At
N teet' however, 1t Is impossible
IA eoSnlze the color Of an airship
md foe. '"N ~
n in .t;s1, this range there are plenty
<hs.n hsniung clouds In cloudy weather
fhsr may be used as cover, but
&ir,s are more or less transient and
n en using them must run the risk
srt',,ng discovered and exposed to