The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-05

Paris.-The Navarro twins, as avi-
ators, are for the moment the talk OF
France.
Several times both of them have
been mentioned in national orders,
one in particular on account OF his
wonderful success in destroying Ger
mar battle aeroplanes.
Jean Navarro, who has hitherto
been the best known as "Adjudant
Navarro (wheTe "adjudant" is no the
equivalent of "a%djutant" in the Ameri-
can acceptation Of the word, but cor
responds to sergeant major) is now q
sublieutenant. 1t was not he, however,
as enormously understood by the Ger
MAJ newspapers, but the other twin,
Pierre, who recently challenged the
successful German aviator, Lieutenant
lmmelmann. to a duel in the clouds,
which the latter refused.
While Georges Guinemer continues
to be the hero of the French school
boy on account of his extremely youth
full appearance and his delicate, boy
ish face, the Navarro brothers have at
tracted wide attention in a most sur
prising degree, as they are equally
youthful, being only twenty years old,
and as they had already been noted
for their general ability as amateurs in
field sports. They are small, vigorous,
bright and vivacious.
They had been in the military serv-
ice only a few weeks when both be-
gan t receive decorations. Jean was
the first to become an airman and thus
far has the advantage over his brother
of having already destroyed a suti.
cient number Of enemy machines to
warrant his name being used with
each fresh exploit, an honor which has
cot yet been accorded to his brother
Pierre for aviation work, as his deeds
in the air are alluded to without the
name being given.
Pierre already has been mentioned
by name, however, for other military
Jeryice.
Mere Boys Become Aviators.
But it is not merely the popular in
terest which the two young men have
aroused that makes their case inter
esting, but the fact that the military
authorities regard the advent Of the
young me into the French aviation
service as an event Of the greatest i'm
| %portance, and as proving that mere
Boys can make great aviators.
One n1an like Subiieutenant Navarro
or Sublieutenant Guinemer can upset
the entire arrangements of the Ger
man general staff when the latter pre-.
pares a surprise movement and guards
it's lines of operations by scores OF
fighting aircraft in the hope of insur.
ing secrecy for all movements. Both
Navarro and Guinemer have spoiled
well-laid schemes to the east and west
Of the Meuse river since the battle OF
1 Verdun began Oh February 81.
AS the war goes on the services Of
highly skilled aviators are regarded as
more and more important and, when
the occasional man with the special
| genius for the most important part OF
the work which the aviator can rem
der m forth, the French authori
ties are very prompt in giving him rec
| ognition and in setting him up as 8
model for the other air fighters.
So much has been published of late
/ in the press Of Europe regarding the
Navarro twins, and so much confusion
has arisen with regard to the identity
of one o the other as performer Of
certain exploits, that Mr.. Jean Roger
decided to call upon the proud mother
of the two young men at her residence
J at Oullins, a suburb of Lyons, to OBJ
tain from her details regarding them
She is the mother of ten children, five
boys and five girls, and is the daugh
ter of a major of artillery. Her hus
band belongs to an old French famil!
and is a paper manufacturer.
The Mothers View.
What shall I say about Jean?" sh,
is quoted in the Petit Parisien as say
ing. There is no story to tell; he il
simply my Jean. He never speaks
about his exploits and it is only from
the newspapers that / learn Of them
Jean and Pierre were born at Joui-sur
NORM.
"They r good little boys. The.
have always loved and worshiped eacl
other. They were always togethe
and had the same tastes and inclina
tons aud we spared no trouble or ez
pense in their education. They de
voted themselves to all kinds Of sport
and are magniicently healthy AM
handsome.
1T is true that Jean is more or les
undisciplined and does not urderstan,
much about obedience, not through
wickedness, but because he is mad
that way, for his is a lovely characte,
His father desired to prepare him 70
a commercial career, but the idea 0
having to obey so many ~superiors wa
irksome to Jean, and after he took hi
bachelors degree at college he attend
ed an athletic school at Rheims and en-
tered the aviation school at Paris.
Jean has always shown a taste 70
aviation. As children, a few year
ago he and pinrra hod hovohf a it'll