The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-30
AVIATOR
WORDEN
RIVES
Machine is Here; Ready to Locate
Fort" Preparations for the
Street Amusements are.
Under Way
WORK OF The AIR
SCOUT EXPLAINED
Use Of Aeroplane in Military 0per-
ations is Described; Birdman
Had Mishap In a Flight
at Berryville

are beginning to look promising, and
already work has started in several
sections of the celebration section on
the amusements that will help to make
the affair a success.
This morning the big transfer
| wagons with crews of men started the
transfer Of the ever present merry-go-
round and the Ferris wheel to their
proper locations. The office of the
Retail Merchants association is boom
ing with business as concession men
seek the most desirable locations, and
as one detail after another is worked
out.
Capt. j. Hector Worden, the avia-
tor, who is to show the thousands who
assemble at University park the man
ner in which modern warfare is car
ried on, arrived in the city last night
from Dallas. With his mechanism he
waited impatiently this morning for
the rain to cease that he might jour
ney to the park and determine the re-
quirements of the big show.
IF memory serves me right there
is not a great deal to do at the park
as far as | am concerned, but want
to go out and look it over" said Mr..
Worden this morning. Last year it
was comparatively simple. All had
to do was to fly. This year have the
big fort to locate and other prepara-
tions to make for the safety of every
one. This rain is just the stuff 1t
can't rain always and we would GER
tainly rather have it today than on
Friday or Saturday.
81 noticed coming up on the train
yesterday the splendid condition CT
the crops. | have never seen them
better and can't help but favorably
compare the condition with that of
last year. l am glad to be back in
Chickasha again and to greet my many
friends here. I shall never forget the
hearty reception / received here last
year. Giving exhibitions here and
there. one naturally picks out ones
pet places, and must say that Chick
asha is one of my pets"
Capt Worden's machine arrived yes
terday and will be taken to storeroom
today, where the delicate mechanism
will be worked over and properly tun
ed up for the coming flights. 1t will
probably not be taken to the park be-
fore Friday morning.
Capt Worden. who has had expert
ence as an air scout, is also close
student of the aeroplane as applies to
military use In speaking of the
methods used. Capt Worden said, "The
aeroplane is most valuable in scouting
duty In this connection the pilot does
| not see a great deal of what is going
on below, his attention being directed
to the handling of his machine. With
him is carried an observer whose bus.
mess it is to make full report of the
conditions he sees below. He carries
a camera, often moving picture cam.
era and typewriter AS the machine
whirls through space, the observer
takes in the situation through his field
glasses and writes full report of the
troop movements below, the positions
they have attained and the fortifica
| tions. To these reports are added the
photographs
| "The pilot makes his ascent undel
orders as to what ground he is to GOV
er. He proceeds on his course and il
signalled from time to time by the 90
server, who directs his course owe
the territory which he wishes to yiev
particularly. The hand-to-hand strue
giles Of two aviators, think. are fey
and far between. Considering tn
number OF aeroplanes in military use
the per cent of hand-to-hand battle
are few"
Il Since his appearance here last yea
Capt. Worden has had some thrillin