Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-12

This is picture of the first boa
ians AGAINST the Bulgarians The ba
to the left of the battleships guardin
craft, owing TO am automatic device,
explanation of which is not permits
sible.
The other type, cruiser aeros, or
ayions de chase. mount one three
inch cannon in the middle and just
ahead of the pilot These cruisers can
mount almost straight up from the
ground at the rate of about 1000 me
tiers in two minutes, so that they can
go straight up to am enemy as soon as
he is observed instead Of mounting
slowly ON long curves as of old.
But France is not stopping with
these new devices, and her engineers
ana constructors are inspired with the
thought Of rich prize of $4,000
francs for "a still further advance,
which will realize 200 llometers an
hour with four motors, two pushing
ana two pulling.
The "esQuadrille" or squadron is
only the unit Of organization, and il
is in assembling them that the real
fighting maneuvers are accomplished.
The directing head Of the organiza-
ton is here In Paris, connected with
the ministry Of war Here all the or
ders are given and the service regu-
lated. The machines themselves are
at aero parks scattered all over
France, the names of these places be-
ing withheld from mention Here
they are gathered in hundreds and
given their final tests before going to
the fighting line
ManeuVers ON Fighting Line.
But it is on the fighting line that
the real maneuvers begin. The aero
parks for actual service are a short
distance in rear Of the fighting forces.
each park at the front being made up
Of four "esquadrlles So that. as
each "esquadrille" has nine aeros of
various form. the four "esquadrillcs'
of each park comprise thirty-siX
aeros, including battle planes cruiser
planes and scout planes In turn
these parks back of the line are con-
nected SO that these equipment of
twenty-sX machines in each can be
rapidly brought together for a con-
certed attack or defense As these
parks stretch from end to end of the
long battle line their number and ag-
gregate Of air craft must be very large.
AS stated, the concentrations of sixty
five fighting craft have already been
carried out, and much larger concen-
trations are i'm view
The fighting tactics have developed
Ia number of interesting phases 1t
is strange fact that one of the most
useful devices has resulted from the
capture Of an enemy aero. This
brought to light a fine instrument of
precision, made by well known OPP
teal firm Of Berlin The instrument
records with exactness the moment
and place when an aeroplanc is pre-
cisely vertical above a given point on
the ground below That is there Is
no trusting to the eye. and when the
instrument shows the vertical point
as, for example, am enemy battery be-
Iowa bomb dropped from the aero
plane is certain to hit that exact
point. il is. in fact an aerial range
finder, showing the exact moment
when bomb will strike a given spot
Another strange device used in these
battle tactics is battery Of twelve
small glass bottles set in wire rack
within easy reach Of the operator The
latter flies over the enemys lines the
purpose being TO signal back to his
own batteries how their shots are talk
ing effect, thus giving them the exact
range. The little glass bottles contain
a liquid which explodes five seconds
after the cork is drawn, emitting a
little round puff Of smoke. or short
trail Of smoke This is aerial tcle-
graphing The smoke puffs are dots.
the smoke trails are dashes Thus
the pilot talks back to the PARKWAY
battery in dots and dashes Of smoke,
telling the watchers that their shots
are too high, or too low, or too far
to the left or right. and thus giving
them the exact range
Still another remarkahle develop
ment in the French tactics is the use
Of wireless, by which aeroplanes are
kept in communication over radius
Of 220 miles with a central station.
The aero wireless is a small and deli
cate set. with light atenaea above and
from tip to tip Of the wings, the wire
automatically winding up II the aero
is unmounted These are in actual
use, and besides supplying the new
French machines the English and
Russian machines are being similarly
equipped the demand from these
three sources being greater than two
large manufacturing companies can
produce.
Besides the foregoing rapid devel-
opment and organization in military
aviation. there is a distinct branch Of
| naval aviation. with warship OF
considerable tonnage set aside toi
this particular purpose, and a rem
dezyous at one of the ports. which II
is not permitted to mention. This
naval aviation looks after the coasl
points, the approach Of hostile craft
and the aerial strategy Of the sea a.
the army conducts the aerial strategy
on land.