The Dolores star., 1914-09-18

water. but also from the air. steps Unjust and
should b. tahsn 70 muster m air Hsst absolutely
second 10 none On either hemisphsrs."
TIA rsason Tor the selsctioa In tho Hay ban
Of. he army for the Arst sxpsrinent 10 because
ths army y q present faP bshisd the navy b
attention. 70 aviation and IN the success attained
b. IT. corps. This 10 dus 10 the fact that the
army hes been vsfy mach hampersd b. lack Of
ssfacisat funds and By the failure Of congrsss 70
designate any single branch Of the service - N
aviation corps. placing the burden Of the air work
on the Signal corps.
The navy. on the contrary. has for some time
posseessd IN aviation corps which has done splsa-
did work The rsesat movement q the base Of
this eogps fsom Annapolis. ~. 70 rsnsaosla. ~.
Ass glvsa the navy additional opportunity for ~.
cslleet work
whsn the nest was ordered to Vera Crus the
battisship Mississippi. which acted - the homs
statioa Of the hydros. was ssat sosth With the
other nghting units o. the navy, and the Woek
Of the aavy's asroplanss ID the nsishboshoo1 Of
Vera Cras vas the subject Of more than one
complimentary message from Rear Admiral
Fletcher.
vsey good reason--it had nons 10 send that could
20 the work demanAed Of them.
The asmy's fest Of aeroplanss 10 diviasd Into
four sections. one 1t Galveston. Tex: one at 6An
Diego. Cal: one IN the Hawaiian islands and
one In the Philippines. rhsss military aero
planes are out Of date In the sense that they are
capable OF being used only for scouting purposes
and are not fitted for either defensive or Of.
fsnsive purposes.
n the event OF IN invasion Of Mexico the army
asroplanss At present In use would BE- Invaluable
for uss IN determininG the position and number
a the snemy's forces. But whom u came 10
setivs participation IN . battle they would b
European air corps are fitted up with special
ME rests. ammunition carriers and munitions Of
war % oeder 70 rspulse attack from above o. 10
offer hght 10 forces on the ground.
I'VE must start By psrfectinG our scouting sys
ten" 10 the opinion Of Col Samuel Rebsr, who 10
IN cAares Of the present aviation sauaA. "as .
child 0rut learns 70 crawl After that he may
tase up watkins and then running In the case
q aviation runnine means 70 win have Q fully
seuipped Test q offensive sitships--our actions
VII probably consist Of ANYTHING but running In
ne literal meaning Of the word
The advantage of the asroplans for scouting
purposes can hardly b oversstimated. The mini.
tasy pilot seated hvs hundred or . thousand feet
n the cir b abls 10 sec points Of vantage and to
catch elimpses Of men On the ground which
would b entirely Invisible either TO thu com.
mander or 10 hia scouts On the lsvel. The mum.
hsr IN any one detachment could b. ascsrtained
with . surprising dsGrss Of accuracy by . pilot
vessed IN the art ~ war and the information
which he bsinss be"t TO earth would b. invalua-
bic to the commander planning his campaign for
the next hour.
I'VE have sueessdsd In bringtns our aviation
scosting operations to ssch deerss OF succsss
that The time h sstirsly ripe Tor the nsxt step IN
~ logical sequeace--ths establshmsnt Of
seoafats .aviatioa oosps which viii b. powerful
see1eA 70 dsssa1 tsslf Y attached o. 70 sivs bat
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