Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-13

free at ast, lowering slowly farthwara
under their pufspread bits of csnv8v
Rut fhc balloon p now fu8sg ~ flaming
debft, and plcc q lh.5 trikss fbe
parachute al fbr man v-bo aidsd hiH
ircnd ln th instant be frs parachute
is eoHeumed and ths ofTror fsIfs a thou
sand fec' ~ earfb
LIFT. ROSS grRsT yICTrs.
ibis u m account ~ the des>+r n
Lieutenant Pogv nf fhn air ssryire Tho
first American bal,oon observer y, lo-e
biz ife on tho western front. ~ Il uas
describcd ~ gorne ~ his fellow offprz
Tho incident IL Tven here in detail 30
caGse II illustrates 30 wnll the use- and
LIMITATIONS of the captive naiL~r1 in
Tnodrrn warfare A field for tho stuSv
anf development of 5allooninz haa
tecH established IN California and nern-d
RosR flc'd after thc rave 1~u4ensr+
~hd .oet hi7 Ife IN order n ssve that
n l7 cotnpanion
iIhc balloon Il The latrst and perh-ps
tto itsf af the devices which he great
ua- has drvoioped When fhis war broke
1# th" nloon mad o~cn Aban5rnesi
tv tnr AYrorican army and navv. and
otr anl'1on held deeerfnd in Europe
.'t moro progrrse aos icing made
Il '.hc ueo ~ either free or captive balloons
t.orE1ant mr. startled the world
"' aor aocrzs in the lee RI IeppelInz
nHf o nvl-h airplanee got H. est
rer rd 'Ne engne-drivpn gas Isp
ar-ued f9 ra ll' IF the MAR game
arr~f officers rerc frat w ece ,tat
NJ III alioon bc aiIes rerp -vrroo.-
rg unertniv -afuable ssef ne
vpa n aDtIvc balloOn now ~ a-e
nTnef ne Cacrnot fnr -he lraurg
officer rho invented II
.ae leralopnent of the oalloon
.hl- aantrr lld not ngn Intl. 1919.
Ha aniv tlln he past few months
l.fs III. 7iinou come into l's own 0p
.ao western 'front.' The American public
fiIl roosf inaware ii t Yet here
4ra Lav cnc hundred American talloon
oantpanics nn hr front Each of aen
hae nnr aaiioon, and consists of about
tItl mon trr keeping d ail0on in action
7mpGcatcd business recurring the
er-.iors FL panv pcc;alIsts. such
.NDPr' .ahrir men men .iled in TakIng
lnt handling na dangerous hydrogen
1as men ta operate tie tractOr hat
faaFe 1e balloon mobile and enables
III p follow the advance 0i the nfantrr
moHl to operate tan cable md F7nch.
telephone oIDcr- nd observers
MINIATURE lLPrELISs.
%or Tile captive balloon -he only
tl,f nar 4a~ aeeu developed The
A aFv department aaS Il nperation
Heef III. oAClne-powered cas- nags, wnlcn
are tn niec- miniature Leppenns heir
e9HparattEc -lze may ae -aGge,i rom
tne tot nat rhiie Zeppelin lntalL-
/ gpo@W i"et g, cas. tr poTer balloons
Use onir 10 600 ~ 100000 feet . other
RuHo, le american lrmhie- tre 40ou5
aEeEfeAfA ne SIZE "a 4r cruau er.ir.
-0ul let.as~ t-- Enn- 81. elng .-e,
-n n4trc l- a- a- u- roui4
an1 tn .-e -A-m. au aa ae Etrv a-
tr~1 .ln ar0O4rt0u e,a4sc Il
1bH~"4 - Aa.n more immediate Ieca
ae~e t,la ir z5les re specially
Is -tla- ecli4-- .lca promise .0
4 +: 'tie -tiaEo He4Da a. peace
u "ffEg hey are aasolgtelr table.
au- -o5 eD.-aeu, -pon 'he.r -nnHt=
~ ae -l mat G- plane rs They
-srs -.or. -eeG1 r lie same -sower
h,s erry 4rECr oaa~ he one
-r -.lcA+y lu04t these, nd sl
e-har 1.> bags that they are liable
<El7Ge 4EG catch -rc. lightning.
lad static lectrlesrv generated ~ ne
b. ben 'ScI -e ne thlnGs hat iareaten
Is |ie ct his 5anger can 1e rellce,,
IS 2,rfec-Lg The fabric l>ei, and by
lin mating r carefully -ovenng II
Meth. parts - tar there has nos been
IagIc accident reported me Use
lie Navy diripbies. = certainly seems
5rei.aala .hat he lrpiaue has = :orn.-
la.le rival Tor supremacy In the AIT
Mother article will tell something
4 ~ adventures ana views oi the men
,ao have developed the balloon n
,ud dre.a