The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-30
Is Almost Blind Because Aviation
Has Been Neglected and Ma
chimes Arc Not on
Hand.
EIGHTY-THREE FLIGHTS
German onioer Tells Of HIS Many
Trips Through the Sky,
Above tho Enerny's
Lines
rBy Carr W. Alderman, United Press

fBy Carr W. Alderman, United Press
Stan Correspondent
KOs 40. Russia, Nov. I. icy cour-
Ter to Berlin, mail to New York;
II want to drop bombs on London.
Every 1ier in Germany wants to. Eng
land is our chief enemy; why shouldn't
we want to attack herr"
Such was the frank statement Of
Flying Lieutenant S.. Young officer
who has made eighty-three flights
over the enemy lines, escaping eighty
three times the Russian artillery ire
and bringing important observations
back to his general.
g., has received two decorations TO.
his work above Warsaw and Koyno
and he leaves today to ny over Riga.
He believes the Russian defeats are
due to lack OF aeroplanes and not
ammunition.
Il was flying above Wilma recently
he said to me in the officers dining
room OF the Hotel Metropole here,
land was not attacked by one Rus
sian machine: at another time twenty
aeroplanes flew over Dunaburg and l
was instructed to hover over a certain
locality and watch for the approach OF
Russian machines. We we're flying
high, entirely out Of the range of the
Russian artillery-and not Russian
aeroplane came In sight.
1.-THE Russians have lost machine
after machine and either they don't
have the money or the opportunity, to
get more An army without aero
planes in modern warfare is blind.
That Is almost true Of the Russians.
Today Russian machine was shot
down back OF our lines near wilma It
was the first one to fly over this To-
cality in many days. In 1t we found
French officers. Ever since the Ger
man offensive started in GahciA the
Russians have been calling upon their
allies for help-and the French have
helped by sending aeroplane pilots"
Flying Lieutenant S., Is just boy
but like all aeroplane officers he has
had long careful training and has
served seven months In active serv-
ice as soldier. Bravery and determin-
alton are stamped upon HIS features.
What do you see when you look
down on the trenches and your en-
eny's country" asked.
my photographs can tell better
tale than l." ne replied I have at
home a book of over 200 photos taken
from my machine He had been an
observer only since August 1; former.
iy he was a pilot.
These photos show many things,
but the most interesting are the 40
cidents Scores of times as I set nv
camera for certain position shrap.
nell exploded in front OF the tense.
And there on the photos are the large
or small balls of cotton, or the flying
splinters Of she'll Ny camera itself
bears scratches of flying splfnters and
more than once bursting shell has
come SO near that the whole machine
was rocked and the planes peppered
with small holes,
When leave the aeropiane park
I make a quick ascent, fig high until
am back OF the Russian positions
then / begin to drop. As soon az /
reach the level from which can
make the best observations / glide
and take pictures until the Russians
begin to fire at me. Then l zig gag
drop down SO or 200 feet-sometimes
head first to deceive the artillery.