Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-14
OUR AIR FIGHTERS
PLAY A FAIR GAME
AVIATOR r. p. MAeouN RELATES
AN INSTANCE OF THEIR REAL
sPoRTsMANsHIP.
ONE FLYERS LUCKY ESCAPE
American lnfantrymsn Has Advantage
Over the German IN His Ammunition
Equipment-FInaer Prints Of Ger
man Alien Females to Be Taken.

over the German ~ his Ammunition
Equipment-Finoer Prints Of Ger
man Alien Females to Be Taken.
Q'rom Committee on Public Information.l
Washington.-A' committee on public
information representative In London
says:
There are no better sportsmen In the
world than the allied airmen, and /
American aviators now fighting In Eu-
rope always play a fair game. as they
learn II from the allies. r. p. Ma
Eoun. n former Harvard student, now
. member Of the Royal afr force, re
Gently wounded. tells how the lives of
German observers escaping from bal
Ioons have been spared.
'We caught three Hun balloons
above the aflied grounds In a mist.
which prevented their gunners seeing |
u.s." said he. 1T was a cinch. You
should have seen them hustle out their |
pnrachutes and abandon the balloons. |
As they came falling down through |
the air we circled about closely but, Of |
course. didn't open fire. as that's
against the rules Of the game. AS
soon as they touched ground they took
cover like rabbits"
Magoun is the only American in his
squadron. having joined in February of
last year. He has bagged five German
planes. While carrying bombs for low
attack In the recent offensive he re-
ceived a bullet through his left arm,
but managed to return to his own
lines. Magoun tells of a companion
IN his squadron who had one of the
luckiest escapes during the war. He
was put out Of action LOO feet in the
mir when a bullet perforated his gaso-
line tank. He was rendered uncon-
Ecious by the fumes and his machine
took nose dive to earth, but he es-
capped without a scratch.
A section of the Royal air force OPP
crnting I'm the Ypres salient has lost
its only American member, who had
been with the squadron only ten days
when be went on a bombing raid at
low elevation. He was hit by ma
chine-gun bullet and his plane fell in
flames. He was taken prisoner.
The efforts of newspapers to pro-
mote good feeling between the people
OF England and the thousands OF Amer
leans received official backing when
Sir Randolf Baker, member of 'parlia-
ment. offered to take charge Of the
American troops welfare department
OF the British government. His plans
contemplate continuous program Of
heaithful recreation in every Ameri-
can rest camp and training camp in
England. Special London theatrical
companies will be sent out. An or
Ennization known MS "Sammy's Blighty
league" Is being formed.
The American infantryman in the
expeditionary forces carries 200 rounds
OF ammunition In the pockets Of his
Hight canvas webb belt and his bando-
leers The German soldier has only
40 rounds. and 30 Of these are in his
knapsack. To secure them at a critical
moment he must lose valuable time.
The American webb belts, according
10 the war department. are far SUI
perior to the German leather bando-
Ieers. They are not affected by pro-
longed rains nor torrid weather. The
manufacture OF these belts is one of
the most intricate of the operations in
the textile field. United States army
belts are made almost entirely Of cot
ton. W. sIta. lsI
The exact weight of the 300 rounds
carried by the American soldier in
France is - pounds. With the Spring
field rifle % aimed shots can be fired
each minute. Firing from the hip AZ
shots can be fred a minute. The new
United States model 1917 (modified
Enheld) does even better.
The registration of German alier
females, to begin Monday, June II
and end Wednesday, June 20, will bt
conducted IN cities or municipalitie:
having 5000 population or over by the
police officials. In communities hav
Ing a population of less than 5000 tn,
registration will be handled by post
masters.
In general the plan Of registration
II the same as that followed in tn
registration in February Of German
allen males. Each person who mus
register will be required to registe
her finger prints. This method O
Identification is also used in the mil
tary and naval services of the Unite
States. ..y
Boy scout organizations are actiy
in locating black walnut trees. Blac
walnut lumber is needed by the We
department for use in making al
plane propellers and gunstocks.
Enough heavy Browning machlr
guns for instruction purposes hay
been shipped to every National Gual
training camp and National arm
can.onment In the country whe
troops are in training. Heavy Brow
ings for overseas training have be,
shipped.
Light Browning rifles sufficient
number to equip the maehine-gl
units Of more than four army divisio
have been manufactured. and ov,
seas shipment Of one half has begu
The other half of the output goes
army divisions in this country.
The board appointed by the sec
tary Of the navy to examine the s.
tenn Of buoyancy boxes Installed
the Lucia has reported the installatl
not advisable for general adoption
cause of its questionable efficacy as
preventative against sinking. the
duction In cargo-carrying capaci
and the length OF time required
installation.
What Is believed to be the old
inhabited residence In the world /,
mansion in Germany that was bV
n 100.
High Cost Of Laughing.
Don't you enjoy a hearty laugh
"Yes. But / guess I'll have to
Il go along with the rest Of the