Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-06-15
u. S. BIGGEST TASK
IS TO PUT A HOST
OF PLANES IN WAR
WoodhouSe, of Aero Club
Says,We Need 100000 Ma
chimes and 10000 Fighters
to Put Out German Eyes

NEW YORK, June 12.-The great al
lied victory at Messines ridge, largely
made possible by the binding of the
German by allied filters, proves conclu-
sively that Americas immediate and
biggest task ~ to get 100000 planes
and 10000 fighters to Europe to help
put Germanys fighting eyes out. in the
opinior of Henry Woodhouse of the
Aero club of America here today.
by speeding up" said Mr.. Wood
house today, I'VE can do this in twelve
months, end the war on military basis
long before it could otherwise be ended
and save thousands of lives and bill
lions of dollars"
Mr.. Woodhouse is the man whose
prediction of six months ago that the
war would be won or lost in the air
seems to be coming true.
THE element of time is the most i'm
portant." he continued. I'VE wait on
nothing but a half billion dollar appro-
pria ton from congress.
THE council of national defence Is
organized to proceed quickly through
the Aircraft Production board.
ITO make fewer than 100000 planes
and train fewer than 10000 men may
lead to fearful consequences on the
front.
NEED A BILLION.
I'VE must have five hundred million
dollars to start. at once The actual
sum needed is one billion dollars.
Training camp sites have been
chosen, the aeronautlca1 manufacturing
facilities are modified and we have
placed in their hands complete plans for
the latest uniform types of allied bat
A. nnada6 A.
chimes.
IF we hurry-and congress must
give us quick help in this,-we can do
in twelve months what II teok the Brit
ish two years to accomplish
There will be no trouble getting the
men, They are at hand, waiting only
on congress.
I'VE must strike Germany through
the air, quick.
THAT the Teuton is vulnerable there
is now proved by dispatches stating
that the Germans planes have been col
lapsing in mid-air whenever any part
was hit by the allied guns.
"In the past that happened only when
the most vital parts of the areoplane,
such as the bracing wires, were hit.
What we need most to supply the
allies is $4,000 fast battle planes. They
will fight the enemy off the skies.
That done, the slow housekeeping
machines and artillery planes, which
are the eyes of the big. guns, and the
infantry machines, which carry machine
guns and fly in advance of the infan-
try swooping low and turning their
guns on the man in enemy trenches, can
do their work unmolested.
NUMBER, NOT SPEED.
After the $4,000 battle planes. ours
is a question of number rather than
speed.
There will be no trouble in getting
%, 900 men from which to select TO-
900 first-class fighting filters. Thou
sands Of young men are begging to get
into 1t.
Men, between Is and rs make the
best air fighters. Many, however, have
made good beginning at the age of 25.
And others at the age of fifty.
There are few filters over 80. but
that doesn't mean that older men do
not make good filters. The 20 per cent
of applicants needed to do air fighting
usually is selected from the youngest.
though there is nothing the matter with
the older ones.
Flying men must be intelligent,
CLICK witted, honorable above reproach,
not too heavy, not over 10 at most,
resourceful and cautious enough to
take the greatest advantage possible of
every situation with safety to their
lives and equipment"