Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23

as it was very clear that morning IL
was indeed quite spectacle. 30 YOU
can bet that even though L ha1 70
watch that l didn't get bumped OF by
one of my comrades, keep in my place
and watch for attacking Boone planes
L still found time to watch tho seen
cry. AS a movie thriller, 1t coulon
be beat. and here l was taking per
sonally conducted tour in Brahu
stand seat. Take 1t from me, WASH I
blind to the privilege as we rev up
and down our beat, for you know we
had regular beat. Just like cop 3.
And we kept flying between these tw9
little towns with a regularity ana
number of times that even impressed
the geography of the country on me,
who always did have trouble reaulnss : :
map. Strange to say, "Archle 9,u 9
not perform in force as he usually
does, and the few shells he did chuck
up were not worth lodging, ana II
was not until we had flown over our
beat twice that he even barked, anu
even then he went at it very sleeplly'
There's n Reason
This absence of bombardment puz-
zled me for q moment, and tnen looh-
ing up / beheld the reason, far away
in the distance coming towards the
French lines full speed were ten, wv
tiny speclks, and 1t did not require
telescope to see that they were a pa pa
Boche-the Fokker. That accounteo,
for the sudden awakening of "Archle,
for you know, anti-aircratt nre is not
used so much to destroy planes as 70 70
show the enemy where they are; II
is a cinch the little black pun pails
had us marked, and the Boone even
from their altitude high overhead
they were at some 1000 meters
against blanket of clouds-could NOT
help but see us We're sure IN IL LOT r,at ~
ours" were the thoughts that rev
through my head-and l moved up a
little closer to the leader, even thouSh
had been pretty close as it was.
All Hauds Stick
But orders were that no matter how
many Boches attacked us were were
to stick, also we were to stick to the
leader and follow him wherever ne
went. Many are the pilots who get
balled out for not following close
enough to suit the leader, and to pre-
vent this happening to me have my
own pet position right behind the
leader. so that if there is anything
doing, or we get in fight I'm second
in and he has no trouble seeing me.
This saves q lot of explaining AFTER
wards, and since my knowledge OF
French is limited you see the why
and the wherefore besides doing my
duty, Anyway, when we saw the ten
Boches 1 was in my faVorite place,
and while keeping there I kept an eye
on the Boche, too, for If they We're
going to attack. they were going TO
find this little bird one lively target
But either our camouflage saved us
from being seen or they had other
business on hand because they did not
attack. 1t must have been because
they were doing protection duty too,
because at a lower altitude and some
what ahead of these ten black-crossed
birds was much bigger speck. which
on closer inspection proved to be bi-
plane, probably doing "relage' work.
we were at the end of our beat then
and as we turned towards our lines
again, saw the ten Boches enter the
clouds, thick layer of which covered
all the sky, and although 1 kept
lookout above during the rest of the