El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
thoroughness about ths
Whole organization

imposing thoroughness about ths
whole organization
Hard ut Work.
Hangers and airguns help to make
the layout complete. Machine shops
OF every requirement are busy. Lathes
are singing continually. guided by
men who have been enlisted from au-
tomobiie and similar factories. There
Is very little lost motion
Bombing projections, with great
trench tunnels. large dugouts with
covering enough to ward off the Iarg-
est shell or bomb, help to play the
game. No airmsn has 70 work more
than 100 yards from 3 shelter It
takes him only a few seconds TO dart
to safety when the raiders come
For being bombed 10 just 4s much
. part Of the bomber's business as
bombing. And they have been bombed
hereabouts innumera6le times But
the Germans have killed none OF the
airmen. which speaks its own proof
OF the effectiveness OF the navy
scouting and protecting system
They are coming over all the
time" said one OF the officers as he
pointed to a Hun airplsns just ap-
pearing as q speck IN the east Be
fore the Hun had assumed q very
clearly defined outline the air guns
began TO pop at him Smoke rings
broke 50 dangerously close that the
Hun turned and headed back for
safety behind the German lines. Ee
knew wherever one Of those smoke
rings broke a shrapnel would burst
in a few seconds
Won't Risk an Even Fight.
He was flying high" said the Of
ficer. Probably was coming over 10
take some pictures There were
couple over early this morning, but
they we're driven back By the arches
before they could come close enough
to get a real photograph Al we
- = - n ~ a
single machine against ore, two or
even three Germans ard they beat il
for home without fighting They won't
give Us a battle II they see anything
ike even numbers whether they have
a more powerful type OF machine IN
the air at the tine or not"
Different From Army.
The navy airmen play a distinctly
different game from the army air
men An army ai-man IS not trained
as specifically as a man who Is work
ing over the water or along the coast
Nor are the navy airmen as skilful or
valuable over the land. for they use
a different type OF machine. A navy
airman makes a continual study OF
the coast and coast conditions. all the
approaches TO bases. weather eondi-
tons which must be met every day.
tidal movements. routes OF ships
types OF merchant ships and the IN
Vulnerable types OF warships-
An alTlldA Is LlL pQSALQn
to keep himself posted on these
things And the lack OF this infor-
nation might be the cause OF a very
costly error For instance. this by
pothetical situation might be brought
about
Supposing an airman. not being IA
miliar with all the latest types OF
war vessels. should see German ships
moving out and should report merely
Seven German warships moving TO
sea" He does not specify whether
they are torpedo boats. destroyers.
newer or later type. monitors. river
monitors. cruisers. converted cruisers.
battleships or dreadnauEhts, all OF
which are as numerous as birds off
the coasts The lack OF precise IN
formation might SEND out seven bat
teships with destroyers and other
smaller craft-only TO find that the
warships were torpedo boats This
would be an enormous waste OF coal.
a drain on the service Of the men
when they should be sleeping and do
other harm A navy airman knowing
all the various kinds OF ships. would
not make such a mistake.