The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-12
Air Fighters Are Required to Follow Drill Prescribed in Books Automobiles For Commanding Officers Follow Aeroplanes.


 Paris. Nov, 12--Now that France nas developed an aerial force with bat Iep1anes. cruiserp1anes. scouts and esser aireraff. Which the officers re- ssier to as torpedoep planes, it has been Necessary to organize this overhead ,tlervice with the same exactness of details that armies and fleets are or sanized. with tactics and gnaanoeuvers If advance and retreat. attack and de- sense> Unlike an army or fleet, which san nove only in one direction paral- Hl with the surface of the earth, or kater a fleet of air warships can move in any direction, upward. down Hards forward or backward and at slny obiique-
 All these tactics of the air are being Forked out with precision Already he officials reports refer almost daily eo the naanoeuvres of an -fesQuadrille'' which is the French term for a squad ron of air fighters and soon there will se mention of the advance or recon Ebf the fright wing or left wing of shese squadrons, as the tactics pro- ride for the assembling of number pf .tesouad adriH es'' into fleets which can be increased in size almost ind efinite- M stVe1L the English novelist, sug- gested the deadly effect of 1000 aero planes lowering over Berlin and drop ping bombs The number of man Deuvre was at the time regarded as Fantastic Buf the organization of squadrohs and fleets of battIepIanes and cruisers brings this measura ably within realization and already one at lack has been made with 65 aero planes two with over 60, and five wit from 30. np 40 air lighters
 The eesuuadfflle.s F which is the unit 1f the aerial or ga rizafion, at first con Sisted of six aeroplanes- But the rapid develop1nent of fighting. types chang ed the organiza ton so that the k1'es- quadTiE7e77 is now made of practically, as fo1lowsz M
 scout aeros (avions d'observationl 2 armed cruiser aaros with sin gun xavions de chasse.l
 I batt1epIane with two 3 in. guns and one Tnitraleiases avion de com bat)
 Iorries, g traf1ers, portable can vas aero-sheds. 3 autos.
 There is one 1orrie and trailer and one shed, for each of the fighting craft so as to transport it rapidIysto any point. and house it until needed. The au4os are for the coznInandfng of- Ecers and to follow up the flyers when possible Gasoline tools. sup plies, cts. are carried on the 1orrieE
 The -esqnadr5l1e-s' 2 thus made up. is Commanded by con11izzsoned officer s0f the army. who acts as pilot of the squadron Com1n1za1oned officers also opera4e the fighting and cruising aeros with expert non 4nofnmlsisofed officers and soldiers for the lesser craft In- c7ud5ng the soldiers on the Iorries frai1ers. cts. an esquadri1le'y has a com TsleI7enf of actual fly yeTA
 M Rene Bernard. the newly de- s1gnated Secrtary Of State for Ay1a-s ffon has recently given opportunity for the inspection Of the new types Of air-fIs hters The batt1ep1ane (ay1on de combat1 and the cruiser plane fav- 1an de chasse.) are the two main de- te1 cp1ner1ts- Only partial descriptions qf these crafts is permit ed. nothing. can be stated as to the number of planes of the monster battIeplane. But it is permitted to indicate it's power by saying that it, has carried 12 men in its flights and that it mounts on it's