Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-06-29
VAST ACTIVITIES IN CAMPS OF
BRITISH BEHIND FIGHTING Line
Thousands Upon Thousands Of Motor Lorrles In Constant
Streams Supply Fighters at Front With M~unitons-BrHish
Flying Corps Enjoy Most Thrilling Experiences
Of Any Soldiers In France.

free-and-easy atmosphere Of the
French.
Next to tho vnstness and vnriety
Of this military concentration. with
all It's endless qualifications. you are
impressed by the confident spirit OF
the army. Whether the Tommy Is
strolllng about In his hours OF ease
far from the fighting line, marching
with his heavy pack along the dusty
road, or under shell fire In his reserve
camps up close 20 the front. where
my minute Il Boche projectlle may
land In his midst, he IL doing his task
with = bright ~countennnce. lifting the
last favorite song from tho music halls,
going on his perllous way with n light
heart.
Among the officers the sporting splr-
II, In which they take their part, Is
beyond admiration. When you hear,
perhaps, n young fellow OF twenty-five
talking about the 'strafes' he was In
IS months agO-when ammunition. I'M
like these times, was dangerously
scnrce-and you see two or three
wound stripes on his arm. and the
pursuit OF the war seems to be the one
absorbing object OF his life, you are
lost In wonder.
But nothing Is more inspiring ut the
front than the hourly heroism Of the
Roynl Flying corps. The Sunday we
visited the Arras battlefield II was
bright sunshine, with some white
clouds far alOft, and, ms the com.
munlques say, there was considerable
activity above and below.
odds Against Them.
As far as the avlators were con.
cerned this meant that every few min
utes two or three planes were seer
soaring away over the German lines,
some on bombing expeditions, others
for observation and Photographic pur-
poses. Every n Of these flers went
out with the odds decidedly against
his returning. But TO these dauntless
young fellows-most OF them nre quite
young-nv.ntlon with all Its deadly
risks Is the grandest sport ever con.
ceived by man.
They 90 out to seek battle, In de-
nnnt challenge to all the most per
fected Boche resources OF defense and
attnck, and they undoubtedly meet the
most wonderful and thrilling lndlvld.
unl experiences OF any men engaged
In this war. No sooner do they get
within range OF the German lines
than shrapnel begins to burst ali
around them.
In the distance the shrapnel bursts
seem to be In a bunch so close to the
plane that you hold your breath with
anxiety, expecting TO see II dashed tC
the earth. But these young sports
men are skilled as well us dnuntless
They maneuver with amazing cool
ness amid the missiles hurled at them
and as the British now have II machine
that gives no points to the best the
Boche can put In the air either II
swlftness or hardness, they extrlcat'
themselves from what seems like Ger
tain death time after time.
Presently British shrnpnel pun
we're to be seen bursting slightly L
our left, and away up ut n tremen
dous height, so that II looked like
whin pigeon, n Boche plane was dis
covered In the blue between the fly
Ing clouds. II looked to be flying a
twice the altitude the British a%vlatorI
reached when taking their hazardoui
course over the German lines.
As the shrapnel was scattered OF
all sides OF II and two British planes
were rapidly making their way up
ward 70 engage It, the Roche plan,
dashed into n cloud ind vas lost 10