New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

and down over the lines, simply work
ing with the artillery.
There was one German artillery
machine whose code we happened TO
get We knew what they were sending
down by wireless. and our man was
working on the battery and the Ger
man was trying to shell the battery,
but every time he would hit about four
hundred yards out of the way. That
was partly because he was working
way over the other side of the lines,
because those Germans will not go
over the targets.
Fighters Keep Germans OF
Now, to protect the artillery ma
chimes we have heavy lighters, and they
20 about in little groups at about ten
thousand feet, and they are near
enough to artillery machines to pre-
vent German fighter coming and at
lacking them. Two fighting machines
prevent their machines coming over the
lines. The only way those fellows can
be got over is to send day and night
fighters over their lines. The German
does not like to come over to our lines;
he likes TO go out with small parties
of raiders. AS we go out TO attack
their artillery. we usually take some
small machines up in the air for the
purpose of going over their lines.
Al e.. l. n,,& in
tory we have our photography ma
chimes. Photography at the front Is
very important matter indeed. At the
front we take a complete series of pho
toRraphic reproductions of all the
lines. and with every Photographic
SQUADRON we have an expert photo
graph reader. One might say at first
that that is not necessary, but we find
that a man who is used TO reading pho
tographs can make so much more out
Of them than an unframed man; ne
can tell what the little blurs on the
ground mean. AS a matter OF fact, our
photographs are usually so clear that
in one taken in the early days OF the
war | have seen a man in haystack
with a telescope.
A great part of the work is done by
souadrons. You get six or more ma
chimes, twelve machines or fifteen ma
chimes, all going out together. 10 pre-
vent the enemy machines forming on
the other side Of the lines we send out
an offensive patrol, and the duty OF the
offensive patrol is to 60 where ne
thinks the other people Will rendez-
vous and prevent their rendezVouslng'
We have two kinds OF reconnols-
sance. There is one close TO the lihe'
which we call the close reconnaissance
Of an area, and that is partly Tor inc
infantry and partly for the guns. ur-
Their out we have our line recohholS,,
sance, and these reconnolsshnces go All
over the places where the enemy map
be making depots or may De eoiI'o.,
mo troops for an advance. THESE 90
- or even more miles over the
lines.
papers Dropped Behind Lines
Tberc are also a few single machines
m snecial duty. One OF the speclal
Gn.ies is 70 drop papers over towns on
Tie other side Of the lines TO iet the
friendly people know what ~ gong On
Tber there is what we call our con-
,ac, natrol work. Of course, IN an at
taek all the communications get cut
I'D The bursting shells create suen an
awful lot Of dust and smoke thSt ~
n we sent rockets up they couid nov pe
seen and we are unable TO teil 'ne
n.opie behind at headquarters what ~
eoin0 on IN front. II the infantry mar
sun OUT Of ammunition they gnai up -
. machine. which goes back 20 headquar.
,sys with the message. The machines
I telI ,he infantry which way to 70 SO
"a 10 avoid eronR points, ana iha,
Z belps great deal. That WORK Is zone
I ouite close 20 the ground. -.
You can see that all these thlhg5
take a tremendous number OF mhcn,h ne .
/ The reconnaissance work must be d2hF
\ Z, IL the same With the Photography,
.be stsN wants II and the gunner
want H. -, Iii
in the future ! think bombing VII
he very dangerous indeed, because W.
/ md that 70 hit target you must q.
! yioht down, and II you send enough
Machines down 70 The ground 10 az
serious bombing you VIII get many
All Of this goes on every day. and al