Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-10

together we cut the wires, but it was
nearly an hour before / was free. My
head was aching from three-inch
scalp wound, and Dargue dressed this
as best he could, thus stopping the flow
of blood
Then we started of to find help
There was nothing to do. for the ma
chine was total smash. We walked
al of Wednesday and all that night.
Resin occasionally We had. fortu-
nately a small ration that we conserv-
ed as well as we could for it was four
days that we struggled on before we
came to camp of American soldiers.
whore we were cared for The suffer
ing for water was extreme. Sometimes
we found a murky pool OF water and
scraped off the top. We could thus get
TO the alkah streaked water below
We lodged the Mexican camps for rea-
sons. once in making a detour of this
kind and almost spent. we found a
spring of water"
Both the officers were delirous when
they reached the camp, / am told. and
they probably walked all OF forty miles
in their wamlerings Captain Willis
left leg was badly lacerated byt he ac-
cideut and the feet oe both officers
were in a dreadful condition after the
long walk over the hot sand and the
sharp stones with which the Mexican
country alternates
Lieutenant Dargue says the air is
nevertheless, motionless in Mexico
and Captain Willis bears out this state
ment. q" We will be riding along at
1900 feet and glance at the barometer
TO find a moment after we are at 500
level. In the same proportion the
plane will be shot upward as suddenly
One of US viii drive while the other
makes observations. What we all wish
for is an allotment of several machines
for each fier, for one sort of work
needs different machine from an
other.
Captain Willis after he reached El
Poso, declared he believed many more
troops are needed in Mexico TO
strengthen the lines OF communication
for there are not enough soldiers in
II
of possible attack on the troops. He
also believes the de facto troops have
not co-operated with the United States
Army in the Mexican campaign. And
if nay report can be believed. those
made by the officers of the aviation
service rank high for reliability. for
they have been in the thick of things
and have literally overlooked the
whole situation as no other body of
men have ben able to do.
This is the second adventure of
which Captain Willis had long and
dangerous return to camp after the
wrecking of his machine Lieutenant
Dargue is believed to bear a chained
life. for none of the officers have car
rie'l as many dispatches as he. or had
more escapes while handling the low
power machines which all of the avi-
ators have been allowed to use.
Lieutenant Gorrell, of Baltimore. who
shared with Lieutenant Dargue in the
record-breaking flight. was the central
figure in an adventure which would
make a success of a movie thriller"
in the suffering and escape from death
after fifty hours wandering in the
burning sands by day and chilling in
the arid dessert by night
Lieutenant. Thomas s. Bowen who
was nearly killed when bis machine
fell, month ago, ami whom | repeat
eddy saw at the Fort Sam Houston hos
pital, where he was nursing crushed
face and a heartache because his en-
CINE when it was blown over by the
wind. All these capable officers are
throwing away their lives for their
zeal of service for none who watch the |
work of the planes at Columbus can
duobt it to he more the question of a |
few days before the officers will be |
killed because of the poorer quality of
the machines with which they are com
PEELED to work
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