Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-08-08

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Sergeant Oapper Nov IN Europe
That Sergeant A. A. Clapper has ar
in Europe with the American
Expedidonary Forces is made knowx
BY a small card which Mrs. Ida Clap
per, Of this city. his mother, received
Wednesday. Sergeant Clapper is with
Battery 4, 34sth Field Artillery.
The possibilities Of a trip TO Europe
by air grow more brilliant each day
for Lieutenant ROdes Jesse as the
Government makes plans for the
sending Of 10000 Hadley-Page tri-
planes to France, piloted by young
American aviators. Lieutenant Jesse
has just received his commission in
the Aviation Corps after nearly a
years hard training. He is home on a
ten-day leave before returning to a
southern camp as instructor in aero
nautics.
Lieutenant Jesse sad Thursday that
it was his supreme desire to be able
to pilot one of the big planes in the
Cross-Atlantic flight. High officials
of the aviation branch of service, it
is said, have mapped out a course for
the aviators to take. 1t leads over
certain islands; and on the long
stretches ships are to be stationed with
supplies and repairs ready in "a
any Of the birdmen should be compell-
ed to land. The big Hadley-Page tri-
plane has a carrying capacity of five
tons. And experts say that a flight
across without a stop is a possibility.
A Long, But Interesting Course
Shortly after enlistment Jesse was
called to Austin, Texas, for his first
training in the aviation schools.
Here for three weeks he was given
the required course in ground work.
and passed all final examinations with
!, ease. Many of his companions were
"weeded out" by this process.
From Austin he was sent to Camp
Dick at Dallas, Texas, the great avia-
3 ton concentration camp of the south,
8 He was delayed in his work at this
cantonment by a severe attack Of the
0 humps, which lasted for two weeks.
After seven weeks here, however, his
5 high record justified his being sent t.
5 Park Field, Memphis, Tenn. Here
. the real sport began, he declares, fol
6 here he commenced to fly.
4 After the solo flying comes a seriel
o of courses which trains the aviator fol
wartime service. Aerial gunnery wa
! among the most interesting, Lieut.
. Jesse thinks. Each machine is equippe'
y with a sending apparatus of the wire
4 less and the student must learn t.
translate the signals sent up by tn
J, ground panels white stripes of clotl
- stretched on the ground) and answe
., them with his wireless set. The stun
y, ~ course is the most thrilling. 1t in
cludes the loop the loop, tail spin, an
% all fancy flying. Aerial photograph
!. and formations must be thorough
40 learned.
A Long Trip Across Country
10 Then comes ~cross-country flyini
40 In his Curtis plane with an 0x5 mote
an and a stick control, Jesse started oil
Q one morning on a long trip to Clark:
te dale, Miss. He was humming alon
at a pretty clip when the motor Wheel
ed and stopped. He was forced I
land zeal Lula, Miss, but in so doin
tore one section of his wing and wa
obliged to send back to camp for a ne
one.
- The torn part was replaced and a
ter three days delay, he sped off on h
trip again. Up over Lake Cormoran
=. Miss, his gasoline supply ran out ar
=. again he was forced to land. TIL
time he glided safely to the grour
and was soon on his flight again. II
rest of the journey was %uneventful.
Lieutenant Jesse has been designa
ed as an instructor in aviation, al
thinks that he will be sent back
Camp Dick, which has been classed
the best single unit aviation camp
the United States. There are eight
five planes on the field, and sixte'
hangers or "airplane garages" Rod
: has gained twenty pounds in weig
II. since he entered the service and d
clares he never felt better in his lii
His many Mexiso friends are glad
see him back and join the Ledger
wishing him continued success and t
realization Of that trip to France v
air.
Has Arrived Safely Overseas.
itb A telegram from Hobroken stat
on that Lieutenant Arnold Edmonst
eff has arrived safely overseas with t
ter American Expeditionary Forces. Z
monston is with the U. S. Await
Corps, and left this city, where he v
am, tied on a furlough only a short VIII
ION, ago.
ted BERREY LIKES NAVAL CAM
she R. W. Berrey, Jr., son of DR.. a
nm Mrs. R. W. Berrey of this city, writ
the Ledger that he is now stationed
Camp Decateur, Great Lakes, ILL.,, a
the has been assigned to Company a
ore Barracks S44. He declares that ]
to in the navy has so far been very pie
line ant.
ad- "This is a camp of $4,000 men an
very beautiful place., he says, 81
it very much so fer and think ! '
the continue to do so. Everything is "
3-3t pleasant"