Evening star., 1918-07-21

red, blue and white centered cocarde.
That. too. il American. for the British
and French having preceded US into
the war and their colors being red.
white and blue also. we have had to
make change in the order Of the col
ors in our rosette.
The newcomer came from an obser-
walton unit and his mission was '.re-
glage." or spotting for the infantry.
He was equipped with a wireless. q
Vickers machine gun above his pro-
peiler and two Lewis machine guns
over the rear seat The pilot and OBJ
server had little talk with two of our
fighters and a few minutes later three
planes went out over the battlefield to
help our batteries in registering on the
German positions
A little while later we saw the puffs
Of German shrapnel again and knew our
work was under way
At s.45 the three chase planes re-
server went home. A few minutes later
we saw machine fall in the distance.
MY host had left the field at $50. At
S.45 It was apparent that I was not the
only worried man on the field. When
z motor cyciist appeared with a rumor
flies had been brought down in flames,
an era Of anxiety began for us.
At 1920 our intelligence depart
ment brought definite word that
Lieut. D had been in battle with
the Germans. He had been wounded
ting back to our lines When near
our field he had tainted from loss
OF blood and his machine had fallen
short distance, causing additional
injuries. An ambulance company had
extricated him from the broken plane
and he was in hospital.
Still no news from Lieut.. J.
AT 10:2o several of our planes escort
two photographing biplanes..
.lO:3O-Alerte sounded. Two of our
planes go up.
11:1O-with several of our ma
the telephone announced six Alba
trosS at 5000 meters at W
11:1l-Again the recorder received
. report from a post mile away
from W announcing four Alba
tross.
-four. low. Two high, for protec-
tfon. Let's CO." said the commandant
of the squadron.
Five planes went up. A minute
later the protecting planes of the
mission returned. Five
later the two which answered
had seen nothing; the other reported
an encounter.
''Got on the tail of a couple of
A1batross" he said. but the birds
Ned before I was near enough to
four more sds ana to nay hssy
them, two high ones and two low
ones, and they. got after me. ] got in
five shots when my machine gun
stuck: and. believe me. I heat 1t for
home"
n. rss9rder ss sshsd ms'er sss
have some good pickings.'' the
recorder observed and the aviator
agreed.
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Our number at the noon mess was
very small and the talk was largely
But speculation turned
into narration as by twos and singly
the missing men came in. some with
tales of encounters. all with some-
thing to say. As more men arrived,
those who had eaten went to the
Held y relieve the aviators on duty,
and some every one was accounted for
but Lieut j. We talked about
him. We also talked about Capt.
James Norman Hall, missing for
many days. and but recently cited
by Gen. Of the French army az
dying gloriously in combat with
four German monoplane machines.s
Jimmy isn't dead. He isn't dead.
haven't any proof, but feel It"
Halls pal. Capt NJ said, Just
ls he had said every day since Halls
disappearance.
The major came In, followed by four
who took the air with him when
he SIX A1batross were signaled, To
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