The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-09-19


AWotioa Mission nor IN the United
States, has 7OvitteN the follogUing
article True to the tenetS of the
Royal Air Force, he says every
thing about the service but not one
O0oyd about himself. He IS already
o familiar figure to many Aaneyi-
con audiences. He and his staff
form part of the so-eGlLed flying
circus" zUkick Journeys through
the air from city to city M Ameyicd,
and not only eHthrdIs hundreds of
thousands of spectators 1Utth SITS
fe0tS but makes an equally strong
CbbeoI to the public intelligence
when the British General himself
Cscends the platform and Tells his
( hearers in simple, SoIdieTy speech,
the secrets and achievements of the
fytnq men, General Lee says that
he likes flying better than wySting.
or sbeech-nGktng, but that he is an
adept IN all three can be testified
to by q great many people IN all
parts of AnteyTeo. He IS q yonssg
man to haze dtt0tned sRch e7sinence
in his profession, for he 4CGs born
in Yorkshire on Jaly End, 1887.
His career is exclaSively that Of the
army He zgds educated at Elton
and the Royal MiEitdyy College at
Sandhuyst, >sevyed in famous old
regiment, the Doth Rifles, passed
the inezTtabIe four years IN India,
and helped to styofe the Boche in
France IN 1914 and 1875. He
earned his Atrsy SoabrsQstet, Fall
ing Leaf" Lee, BY reason of an en-
yaordSNcry ntomoeNDre he eS'ol0ed
IL or fighting. Be it yeyGensbeyed
that he has t10estty-tstse German
GiYaIG7eS and the occmP0ssts to has
credit, and many of the men he has
sent crashing to earth mast haze
been experienced baIots, so, IN or
der to come ttssScGthed through so
many combdtS, he is evidently an
ciy1sGm of great daring and meg
honStibIe resource. One of his
tricks zooS to fall ike d fatteying
leaf, in a nsochiape apparently out
of control, but really tempting ar
opponent to close quarters and corr
Seqment nndoing. He is immensely
POPULAR, not Only 7Osth the general
public, but qVith his brother off,
GERS IN both the British and Inner
icon AymieS, ard every zUord he hos
to say may be regarded as the out
come Of q aOide experience guided
BY Proved theories.
The Allies have been fighting the Hun
for over four years, and the British
Empire has sustained 100000 casual
ties, yet, contrary to general opinion,
the greatest ife-saver in the present
War is the aeroplane. Without the
aeroplane casualties increase by leaps
and bounds. With the aeroplane and
with supremacy in the air the casualties
on our side of the line decrease and the
morale increases, whereas the casualties
on the Hun side of the line increase and
the morale decreases with marked
rapidity.
There is no doubt whatever that on
the Western Front we have a definite,
almost an overwhelming, superiority in
the air. 1t is this superiority in the air
which enables us to bomb Germany and
bring the War home to her, and makes
it possible for an offensive to succeed. |
No offensive can hope for success with |
out cooperation between all arms and |
the most implicit trust in the Aviation |
Service by leaders and men alike.
AIR SERVICE Is SPECIALIZED
Machines have developed along def
mite lines for definite purposes. In the
olden days any machine was used for !
any duty In those days it was only
necessary for pilot to fly machine
and have an elementary knowledge of
other matters. Nowadays anyone can
be taught to fiy-that is the easiest part
of the training. The difficult part comes !
with specialization A pilot has to be /
taught TO fly and fight in small single !
scatter scouts. He has to be taught. on !;
highly specialized lines, the art of bomb
ing, and last, he has to be taught co.
operotior Is,i+h o4har a~-.. IT,. So.