Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-24
A1lEREANAgElI
KNOW NO aC
Shown an Impossible
They Promptly Go On
and Do 1t
THEIR DARING ADM1N
Best Qualities Of French and ]
lish Combined in Their
Technique
BY HENRI BAZIN
/ StdG Correspondent Evening Public ~
tcith the american Army IN Fr0N4|
| WITH THE AMERICAN ARMX-

tcith the american Army IN Fr019~
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMx
THE FIELD. Nov. 23. 3f4z
An American aviator while in the ~
the other day mads five gracefui NO
successful loops over certain ne1q-
He has since been reprimanded ana HE
machine temporarily taken away 6om
him because looping with the type -
machine he was flying Is expressly for-
hidden. When he made a graceful 1And-
ing and was asked by his comman4lry
ofncer why he had looped. he replis4 Z a
"Sir. French aviator told me u r44l
impossible to loop with the - ~
machine, and just wanted to show ~
that the impossible desn't exist In ~
American aviator's dictionary" $
In telling me of the instance. his
commander said: 81
"Of course. 1 had to reprimand ana
discipline him for disobeying orders.
but, secretly, I admired him for HI
skill and daring, and particularly &c<
showing that IL American aviators are
not strong on quantity as yet. they are
all there in quality"
There are three types of aviation, the
French, the English and the AmericAns
that have come under my Observation
/ in this war Summed up. they work -
! follows:
The French are the most graceful And
the most daring: the English the moof
! bulldog. taking reckless chances. willlnE.
| to lose a machine and a man to got -
machine and a man. which Is perhap4
not the best of methods. as "a punC0
/ for a punch amt no good; you've ~
| 10 give the other guy two" as heard
n Sammee say the other day. and thoi
/ American, fair composite OF bofus
which means perhaps that the other fols
low will get those two punches tor o.
when our observation chasse and bomb
ing machines get full into the game.
! IT'S just like Broad and Chestnut. or
RPiccadily circus, or Broadway and Forty.
second street about these "Somewheree
in France" these days. There are cops
at every street corner controlling the
| traffic. They have clubs, the regular
billie" strung to their belts and an
automatic revolver in full sight.
But their uniforms are not blue they
wear the khaki of the Sammee and hi1
discarded campaign hat. They give ycu
the come on or the hold up by wavee
of the hand, and woe be upon you lk
you don't stop the car. After taps et
night. when the towns and villages aro
dark as a pocket, these Sammee police
men are on the job, and IL your car -
going in certain directions they stop
YOU and want to see pass. II you aHo
ON foot and YOU pass them they hash ~
pocket electric lamp in your face asl6
4 note who you are.
Very rarely do they ever have to nr.l
rest anybody clothed in their own 60
clothing. for the average Sammeo ~ q
behaving sort of chap who obeys ordtfs
and regulations to a greater extent th6n.
any army man off duty / have seen 4 n
As n marine said to me the last ti1,ol
visited the marine camp: whats the
use gettin' the brig? There's nothin' "a
it, That's why there amt many Of -
guys in It,"
A new school for men who have fUW
years on their shoulders opened today
In an ancient town in this training area.
II consists, as pupils. of m ljors, heu-
tenant colonels and colonels of infantry,
artillery and marine regiments. many
Of whom have seen active service in tho
| Philippines, in Hayti on the border, IN
the Boxer campaign and in Cuba They
are gathered together, Temporarily d.
tached from their comm lnds, to take
detailed instruction in modern warfare
and how to confront any problem that
may present itself in trench lighting.
| offensive or defensive. .
The school will be open three months,
and | was told by the officer in charge
that through General Pershlng's orders,
n careful survey has been made of
French and English methods. with the
idea of selecting the best elements fronu
the two for service in the Amer1c1Hs
army. 1t is said in addition that both
field and staff problems will! be studiaH.
and that every effort will be made q
ab:orb in relatively short time thH
theory Of modern war and the manv
new possibilities it presents