The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-28
FAMOUS filters AT
NATIONS CAPITAL
German Air Attack Would
Meet Best Airmen In
World.

Is a German air raid on Washing
ton possible? says the Washington
Times.
1t is
Supersubmarines, capable of carry
ing several airplanes, have been re
peatedly reported built by Germany
for just this purpose. A fleet OF
these great U-boats could release
their winged messengers of death
Just off the Atlantic coast some day
or night, and within an hour a whole
squadron of hostile airplanes might
be soaring over Washington.
But any boche fliers who might
take part in such trip would find,
to their surprise, that they had rush
ed into vertable hornets nest of
defending airplanes.
And every one of these airplanes
would be maintained by an aviator
who has written his name large on
the scroll of fame as a war flier of
many victories over the battlefelds
of France Every one of the defend
ing fleet which could rise from Po-
tomac Park would be piloted by a
birdman who has taken a large toll
of foe aviators-who has downed
enough planes to win the coveted
little lace"
Best Filters i'm the World.
For in Washington to-day there are
assembled the best fiiers in the world.
They are here with the allied aviation
missions, teaching young American
air cadets how to fly and vanish the
boche, aiding America in the upbuild-
ing of its gigantic air program, and
incidentally giving exhibitions daily
that have thrilled Washington time
and again.
In Potomac Park there is a great,
gray steel hanger, erected some time
ago to house the airpianes that were
to give exhibitions there. To-day
there are in that hangar almost
dozen planes@French. British, Ital-
ian and American. Within a few
days there will be added several other
planes which have just arrived in
this country. including a fighting
monoplane which has seen service
over the French front and which will
be piloted here by Lieut.. Constant
Soulier, Frances nineteen-year-old
ace.
A partial list of the war-famous
aviators to-day in Washington in
cludes the following names-all of
which will be recognized as having
been cited repeatedly for exploits of
valor over there.
Famous Names i'm List.
Lieut.. Col. Charles F. Lee and
Lieut.. John A. Sully. of the British
Royal Flying Corps; Capt Sinvio Res
natl, pilot of the giant Caproni bomb
ing plane, the Italian aviator par ex-
cellence; Sergt. Gianfelice Gino, Ital-
ian flier, who recently established a |
new record on a fight to this city |
from Hampton Roads, Va; Major !
George Tulasne, chief of the French I,
aviation mission; Capt. Alfred Heur-
taux, Frances lace of aces" since I!
the death of the brave Capt. Guyne-
mer; Lieut.. Constant Soulier, the !
ace who has offici-
ally downed fifteen futon airmen;
Lieut.. Georges Flaschaire, the de-
bonair young Frenchman whose dare
devil exhibitions racked the nerves of
Washington recently; Lieut.. Max
Benois, French air hero, who will
soon fly over this city; Lieut.. Henri
Fare, who although he has not and
will not fly here, has distinguished
himself on bombing exhibitions over
there, and who has painted more
than 100 marvellous pictures of war
in the air, which are on exhibition in
now.
The array of war fliers is supple
mented by the presence of several
civilian aviators of note, including
the famous aviatorix Ruth Law,
whose flights in an old model, unin-
closed plane proved q great attraction
on Liberty Loan Day.
Then too, there are in this city
scores of young American fiiers who,
although their mettle has not yet
been tested over the lighting lines in
are as accomplished fiiers as
some of the men who are making
history over there.