Evening star., 1918-07-14

Legion Of Honor. with the citation:
He 70 pilot Of the irst order, ana
2 superb example Of courage In the
face OF the enemy. He accomplishing
rare modesty. He has executed nu.
merous long-distance bombardments
and sustained many combats against
adversariee numerically superior. Re-
Gently ne Destroyed his third enemy
De Psyerimhoff spsoialisss in day
light bombardments, often operating
IN conjunction with infantry. during
tons Iaasd nas ass sys sy,ter Ae
who last year bombarded the Krupp
works at Essen and who on his return
trip was forced to land In Holland.
n wnere he was interned, subsequently
military medal. with the citation:
brave beyond all praise. He has exc
cuted many homhardments, notably
despite unfavorable atmospheric con-
dittons, . raid far into enemy terrt-
tory. thanks to his indomitable en-
ergy. He gave proof later, under try
ana si.A o. sentiment u
Paillard was also promoted to the
rank of underlieutenant.
Danish Volunteers Exploit.
A Danish volunteer flying for France
10 cited as follows:
"Paulli Krauss, lieutenant in the
squadron. during a Photographic mis-
sion inside the enemy lines, was at
tackled by eight enemy planes and
wounded In the left shoulder. Never
theless he succeeded In bringing
Who Who va. E,lisS At the the Sssinninr e:s nninl; Il
the combat whom the machine was
riddled with bullets"
Paulli Krauss 10 ono Of . group Of
valiant scandinavian aviators serv-
Ing France. All Of whom have won
tsresting citation reads:
William Arnaud, an aSpirant OBJ
server with q French squadron. en-
listed voluntarily in the artillery at
seventeen years Of age. Transferred
showed there all the qualities Of q
perfect soldier. Charged with tho pro-
lection of a comrade he sustained q
combat against three enemy chasing
aeroplanes. and fell mortally struck"
Since last March It has been known
service motion picture squadrons
called "Reihenbildzuge." The enemy
recently has been using q new type
Of Goerts cinema camera, permitting
movies to be taken from the air.
These cameras arc operated by elec-
horizontal stability Of the aeroplanes
10 good. Their results are hve or six
times superior to those of other ap-
paratus. Aeroplanes equipped with
this apparatus are grouped in Rel
henbildsuEe of six machines or Rel
henbildtrupps of three machines. and
are attached to reconnaissance squad
rons
It is their normal mission to photo
graph behind the allied lines. A crew
Of ten specialists for developing the
aim ana assembling the pictures ac-
companies each group: The aeroplane
used for the work 10 q biplane Rumpler
Of $50 horsepower and Mercedes motor,
carrying an ordinary army pilot and
an especially trained Photographic Of
Under Serious Difficulties.
German aviation. especially the night
bombardment branch. has for some
time been hindered by. very serious dif.
hculties. Information from many
sources show that certain, squadrons
have lost very heavily, causing a real
shortage Of pilots and bomhArders The
Germans confess that the two causes
difficulty Of landing at night and the
poor quality of the raw material now
employed in the manufacture Of aero
| planes. For. remedying the second in
convenience the Germans import ma
terial destined for the vital parts of
the machines. such as the wood for the
propellors, which comes from Holland
Despite this importation 1t was recently
signaied that an aeroplans broke six
propellors before It was able 10 rise
from the earth.
To these causes Of loss must be added
the aerial combats which are increas-
ingly numerous and also the greater
efficacy Of the. allied anti-aircraft bat
teries. A single German squadron lost
In one month from various causes
twenty airplanes. Tho enemy's aerial
army, however, H. still strong, and,
| while France, England and Italy have
wonderfully efficient aviation CORDS, 1t
will be q good thing when America
finally Is in position to fulfil some Of
her promises regarding airplanes.