The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-13
AMERICANS THE
LEADERS Of the
FRENCH A|RMEN
Sheer Daring Of Fliers From
This Country Sets Even
Hardened Officials Aghast
at Recklessness.

fl't'l'N ~ - ~ '' ~ 5000 '
Behind the French Front, May la.-
TN. aviator .s an earl, bird. aud n'r"
WHERE the nightingale an"nnd-. t is
u clos. race between them o." bed 20
dusk aud To- the fields ut dawn
The n%tshttnpul-s were riutiur IN
song this morning when the pilots cd
TIA. Franco. American living corps
were making their way q" IN" ava
ton ,ump and daylight had Just
popped over the horizon when ''p'
tain ~ commander ut the group.
ordered BRING out the machines
Their. was nothing new iu TINS Z"
tho seven American pilots who Inv"
been ming ~ different groups on dif-
forou' pnrts of the front for upward
81 A wear Al of them had been ont
with the n~ightiugal" a few hundred
mornings. but % announced their first
expedition together lei. a separate" ~
of ~" French AVIATION corps over
German trrritur,
L~onr-pliurd machines resembling
small sheds sud ~hurt-wIugod ma
hines Vhioh ia "muariSuu dWlndl"d
To- the proportions of devil flies rolled
ou the Hcld and Nor. pushed cool th"
IIuu 10 their places until tw"ntN-ciuht
wore lined up captain ~ s11cd
lat th, I"w-tviug ,i"uds-"N,oli'nt
musk tor q flutillH crossing the ono
my's Hncs-and ordered Tell the
Americans Co bee ready Tn, Amor.
leans. grouped behind their swift
chaser. listened To- final instructions
from captain y who commands the
Frau,o-Am'ricdu iIn'iila aud b. proud
OF H. Tho ain WIS then too great
fur verbal orders to- hc heard, ana "a
soldier with l white signal flag ran
autu the urld whilo pilots and m1-
chime gunner capped To- then seats
TN" flag vt~ raised while th' motors
buzzcd like Cd swarm of gisanuc bum
BILE bccs The flag dropped and cap
tain HIS Dig hiplaue rose tu lead M"
column The Aag was raised ami
dropped at intervals of % thirty
Seconds and each Time q pair of IN"
bigger machines followed until nine-
teen Of them were filing toward tho
German lines.
The big machines were g"n" bat
tn" noise increased az TIN" prop'll'rs
OF the smaller but more powerful and
Iswittor hIplaucs were set IN motion.
II was time for the Americans
specialist 10 speed TIN hrfi bis
lpluuc waS l~pproachiup the clouds
when with u bound Captain Y
rusr. thru followed Lieutenant DO
Iuap. of the French corps, Lieutenant
william Thaw. Ptttsuurgh sergeant
Elliot towdin ana Corporal \I't"'
chapman Sew YORK sergeant \ur-
man Prince. prido's crossing. Mas.
corporal Elncu Rockwell, NtlautH.
G,. corporal J NJ Mcconnell, Car
thaso. y. e.. amt Sergeant Hall, Gal
weston T,N
Those uttl. biplJncs Win powerful
motors are the fruits of tn" evolution
OF aviation during the war nuilt tn
match tn, best German machine m
speed. carving only the pilot a ma
chine gun and the minimum require
m"ut IN iurl Instead of rising grad
luly it. their predecessors, they
bound upward with an asrcusinn1l
mower heretofore unatiaiucd. They
larc SEQ dangerous IN q fight that IA"
pilot has To- go into tn adversary =
it,rriturv to hunt an engagement Thn
was what the Americans, especially
chosen for thcs" machines. were o.
do.
INV WV 'fNN' w.
with the nineteen of the hig bonn
harding LipIau,,. IN sight together for
lam instant. then the head OF the lin"
disappeared IN the clouds che hunt
%,rS." ~ tn. speedy machines are
called. ~ovcrhaulod the last Of the bis
ger fljcrs and went out - sight ahead
iof them. lille Thaw's Iris and cap
tain r y. Fran tho two pet dogs
10 IA. ..,,tH. lt,p. AfII nITLHRn after
Them
Even soldier. habituat,j fp tins
spectacle tor nearly two wears never
tire uf IT, They watch the last ma
, chm. uut,I It IL ont of light ih'i
Ituru back without comment To- M
sheds tu await the return II" SD
Hence and ~olomuit> ot IA" camp ait''
thu hustle of the departure was lie.
lpr,ssiug Tn. seventy soldiers 81 the
,amp Kn,W that some 1t those brave
boys might 10, missing when the roll
was called again
Ttmc PASSES with marvellous rapid.
II, ON ughtiuu expeditions, aviator.
Nty. bat IA, two tours maximum
wait u camp To- see II they AL go
back Is alWiNs long WItChcs ar
Tout after ninety minutes amt csc
urc turned in the direction taken log
!. the filters Al the ninety ninth min
ute. pcrhnps u .p,,k appears hisi
above the horizon.
There They come. * the word tina
pdsscs around the camp. ana every
lone b. uu the Held ITS a chaser
says u Number two b. "a bonn
hnrdcr. says another In a few min
Itc- 'wenty-scNcu spe,ks are counted
linen there rs another wait and voice.
ar. huShcd \ hunter 'trrl"
around the camp. dives downward "a
, diz1y pace. SHImH along IA" u"l'
WithDJt slowing az. unul hrnElnI
against the wind IT ,om"s tu q thru
ing stop.
The faster machines. last away, al
nr>t hack for the iu'l supply viii
them b. sometime 20 close IN n nu
"a second is a. be lost. Seven chaser
land al The -tine hrcakn"ck pace am
with the same precision