Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-27
tFron a Special Correspondent Of Til
Evenin. SUM-

E.Ntnlll1 sum-
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 15.-Rcei-
ments and Lrigades of winged cavalry"
sweeping across the German lines and in
undating the German forces under terrific
storms of leaden hail. j. the way in which
Brigadier General George O. Squier. head
Of the American Army Aviation Service.
would put the Yankee punch into the
war.
lie would do it, he said today. by having
ms government construct such an over
whelming force of airships n to make i
impossible for the German air service 10
live.
Commenting on the 5000. 000. 900 aero
plane building program hat j. To be laid
before congress by the Couacil Of Ma
tonal Defence, General Squier said:
by the Yankee Punch | mean a char
acteristic American way of working to get
big results. We have a reputation Of look
ing at old things from a new angle, and
there Is no reason why the American army,
when 1t takes the field, should not live up
to what they stand for. The field OF
glory for Us will be in the air, sending our
myriads of aeroplanes over the German
lines TO teach Germany that we have come
TO win.
AEROPLANES LOGICAL FIGHTERS.
"~Aeroplanes are the logical fighting ma
chne for Americans, because we are an
imaginative people, and when our mag
nation strikes fire nothing can stop u.
We are impatient of Flooding methods. IA
national individualists. We are willing to
send our hundreds of thousands Ia the
front II needs be TO dig holes and burrow
IN the soil for interminable months. but
we don't get enthusiastic over the idea.
We want something that appeals to our
knock for inventing things, for getting
over obstacles IN an original way. And
the air way i our way.
lit might be of interest TO point out that
all of the picturesque features in the mat
ter or invention and innovations OF Il
startlingly modern nature nave been, up
10 now, advertised exclusively BY the Ger
man side of the European argument. The
talk of coming Zeppelin raids, of artillery
ponderously magnificent, of schools of u
boats, was spread through Germany. Ev-
cry housewife, every butchers boy in
Germany impatiently awaited the results
of the kaiser's sensational invention. And
when Count Zeppelin's monsters went af-
ter England with bombs while Big Ber-
lhas' began dropping unbelievable gigan-
tic shells into Belgium, it was a signal for
the German spirit TO go wild with patriot
ism.
1.-The U-boats were the next sensation
for popular consumption, and, whatever
their effect ON Germany's beloved free
dom Of the seas they nave had their slim
ulating effect upon the Teutonic psyehol-
ogy. They helped Prussia in a press agent
way. Zeppelins, super cannon, U-boats,
have furnished the German punch
The American punch must be given
fh..agh our aoroplanes.
DOESN'T DOUBT YANKEE NERVE.
IL haven't the slightest doubt of the
Yankees nerve and 5ility to endure any
hardship As well as-perhaps better than
the citizens of any other country. Bni
what / am considering is how to give
at their maximum efficiency.
1.-The answer gained j. aeroplanes and
yet more aeroplanes. Every young
American worthy of a name would be
keen TO join our flying army. The gains
ideally suits our national temperament.
With the wealth we can devote and our un-
qualified facilities for manufacturing
there j. no, reason in the world why we
should not be able TO produce, in a com
paratively short space of time, an over
whelming aerial fleet.
A army in the air, regiments and bri
gades of winged cavalry, mounted on gas
driven flying horses, could blind the eyes
of Germany until her gunner-, absolutely