Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-19
.1IRPLANEs IN DEMAND,
CLAIMS AIR MECHANIC
vision Is Made to Properly
Direct Weapon.
AvIAToRs ARE EYES OF ARMY
Without Planes for Observations, the
Artillery Is Blind, and Vast
amounts OF Batteries May BE
Wholly Destroyed by Enemy.
nY AIR MECHANIC"


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ar,,s,S lI ryrSniiIrE tear IN thf toIi%w;ns
u5 2e ehan ''s" n.s becomes %""ss ts 'S
In ,hc ar!ieic which follows h. maxi.
81; Y'i , e'sr Sat- The EonHra, nmNis,y on ,he mar,
MGrt4l Huan,l'y pro'luc,ion, Of airplancs
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@ ni ,rishaqn TE.y "an are n 81 to
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SS.n5 l. IL fSi!s%iPs ARD 5,Si Y IT,
tGa an n p"nGs !. T% Gsa n rh Sf on no
in INC air on i small s9oior r' Of The front. '4s
PARIS. July ls.-Piancs: Planes.
flames 40 one forgets the splendid
"npca! Of Lloyd George FOR. Guns.
Guns. guns 20 Safeguard ,hctmcn in
nc trenches agains, the brutal weight
81 German artillery accumulated
through long years Of hidden prepara-
t!on"
St:li less can one forge, tho t7c-
mendous rally TO the call. the lr.tlri..3
ind self forgetting efor, through
"nich British labor rose era ndly to
Great occasion and enabled u within
4 year 10 surpass the gun power which
inc Hun had collected in AL has time
~ secret planning.
i'"N VIC nave the guns. anu made good
IN a fortnight thos. lost when the
Germans poured out reckless blood in
thelT desperate attempt 20 destroy the
.@'it.Sh army That is the supren:
eetmony 10 the solidarity of British
labor
Guns. however reach their highest
'3ia' OF cfiic cncy only when accurately
directed ny successful! observation.
Ai'pihncs are. primarily. the eyes of
nc guns. y gun which cannot see
mere = Is hrins IS wasted from ever"
POINT OF vIcw. \ direct hit on az
enemy sun or gun cmplacement Is
NoTiR moro. rs insurance OF the lives
OF aiIe6 fighters and az destruction
q! enerl" lower than many rounds
ife. more or loss At random ia the
9fetil"n where AN enemy gun Is sls-
THIS is no, random war. bu: a
'tmIhc war. and the science Of o.
seiNAton * tho province Of TIL. air.
I've without planes in huge uu,u-
the guns arc blind The ace.
.'F MANI planes per battery. Give the
guns their eyes! Il thrills US all 10
read of ducls IA the air. Of our Gycrs'
unconqucrab!e endurance. OF winter
t"IH' on the cncmE's military cstub-
IS l'nents, but that which matters most
o. al. because II directly affects the
safety o. Ia" infantrymen. and the Of
icciive fire OF the runucrs, is the oh-
s"r"aton duty OF our airplan-> This
'''a no. ro.n thai scouting plane.
..''' not o'i1.l t. asat They nave
.ui that IS ny the wa. 40 an inter-
IiI on o! tn" airiran's observation
I.ir
/, is largely bv the planes tina, the
= ms see. have intelligence. are sc!en.
G"c, WITHOUT them they may be i'm.
potent 20 safeguard the lives OF ,hos.
VINO hsht Germany for the freedom OF
Tho world
TO SAFETY or ARMY
IN guns protect the infantry in eX.
ict proportion 10 The effectiveness OF
the aeroplane observation. and the
more planes we have the more effective
the observation viii be. Life In IN,
trenches Is r!skcd UNNECESSARILY unless
We nave supremacy in aerial observa-
Won You must know whn, YOU. enemy
ie about You must know where lie
IS ana where his guns are.
hIt This is no; all There arc no,
merely the land fronts to patrol but
me seas. too-not only OH the surface.
, nut 20 spot" the submarine beneath
one o! the seaplanc's most important
"Htles. Flames TO 4 large extent mus,
protect troop Transports
That IS where planes make their
widest appeal. The scouting seaplanc
Searches for the submarine which Is
searching for the ship which is taking
american !e-cnforcemcnrs and food 10
the allies.
ETi,ish labor saw The need for guns
and made them, for shells and made
them. II responded naGnihccn,ly. win
minimum OF "Srousing" TO every
ea.L American labor is doing splcn.
day With many things including
shps
Airplanes are the life lines Of IN.
infantry. y man whom you perhaps
know is out in France Ills life may
he saved by the very plane whose part
YOU are making to-day, 1t is worth
while TO put your back into the job
isn't IL Then there Is the broader
aspect-the thing called attrition The
war in France has been speeded W.
Attrition of the allied forces is in.
tensihed. Planes are antiattrito:,
Weapons. They prevent the wearing
away OF Briiish man power. French
man power. American man power. AMI
man power wins the war.
- many men in France as possibl.
must come back alive That IL what
a!rplancs are for. Lille lines for in.
ihntrymon. Give them planes. Give
them life.
Let US consider further:
GERMAN PRISONERS ARE
GIVEN no ENAtiGERATIoN
captured German infantryman
mag have reasons. or what he takes
10 be reasons, for making exaggerated
statements about German losses
recent prisoner averred that when 4
british royal air force squadron
bombed Douai there were 700 casual
Ties amongst German troops and 400
we're killed.
This prisoner may have exaggerated
grossly. Why? because the Il. 4. +
has caused in the German infantry a
&c OF mind OF apprehensivc credulity.
The prisoner believes that losses on
,.s scale he mentioned might have
been caused. lie thought it was a
plausible statement to say they had
been caused. Possibly they wcra
caused. More probably the man merely
repeated without any real knowledge
story current in the German ranks.
Certainly the statement proves the
damaging effect of air raids on Ger
man army morale.
Incidentally. support is lent to the
argument that the first objective for
The allied air force is the German
.rnav There is nrnnf hcrn Of Tia Lam