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WAR ANNEX FIRE
BURNS u. S. RECORDS
NEEDED FOR ARMY
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condition of the drawings on the
fourth floor which were completely
destroyed.
Crowds Gather.
H. ]. McKane. the watchman on
duty when the fire started, and who
lives at 1907 G street northwest, told
the firemen that the fire, as far as he
could learn. started on the near side
Of slight partition under the stair
way. Firemen said they were certain
the fire was started from the hallway
side and not from the store side. This
admits of the possibility OF some one
slipping in when the watchman was
not looking and igniting the partition.
McKane lost $50 worth of clothing
which he had slowed under the stair
way. Few OF the rooms in the build
ing were slightly damaged and the
stairway all the way up to the fourth
fioor was gutted with fallen plaster.
glass and charred wood.
Theater crowds thronged the neigh
bOrhoOd. At first It was rumored that
the War Department was on fire.
Chief Clerk Drummer. acting under
prior instructions from his depart
ment. declined to talk freely over the
nature Of the destroyed drawings
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RELIGIOUS REVIEW

Of the Y. NJ. C. A. work at Wash
ington Barracks. will preach Sunday
morning at the Anaeostia Methodist
Episcopal Church. = 30.
\ The Sleman Gospel Team of the Y.
M. C. A. will conduct an evangelistic
service at the Ryland Methodist
Episcopal Church tomorrow evening.
Miss Flora Briggs and Miss AIvarite
Raeney will sing duet, "I Waited
for the Lord" W. Hayte will read
the scriptures and Chas. X. Hoover
will deliver the address using as his
, subject, ''The Glory Of the Eternal
City,"
The 7. NJ. c. A. Gospel Team will
hold an evangelistic service at the
Fifteenth Street Christian Church in
the evening. The address will be
delivered by Homer J. Councillor,
chief clerk Of the Army Medical
Museum and Library. Page NICK.
Etchison, William Blake, Mrs. Etch-
Iison and Mrs. Councillor will assist In
the service.
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CLOTHING IN PLENTY
FOR U. S. OFFICERS
Passage of Bill Only Need Now,
Goethak Tells Congress.

The quartermaster general has
plenty of clothing supplies for Of,
fcers. Gen. Goethals told Congress
yesterday. All that is necessary is for
the House to pass a bill. already
passed by the Senate, allowing the
officers to purchase from the quar-
termaster's stores. Gen. Goethals says
there Is plenty of everything now, ex-
cept wool coats and breeches. and
these are furnished only to officers
overseas or on priority orders. He
says, however. This slight restriction
will be entirely removed when there
is availability OF wool garments"
Senator Jones. of Washington, in
troduced the bill some time ago. 1t
has already passed the Senate. This
will aid hundreds OF young reserve
officers to avoid the prohibitive prices
Of retail stores.
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"QUIET TALKS"
BY MR.. GORDON
OPEN MONDAY
Six Weeks Series at First
Congregational Sunday
Church Services.

Mr.. 8. ID. Gordon begins a six
weeks series OF noon-time "Quiet
Talks" on Monday, April s. 12:15 to /
sharp. By courtesy Of the trustees
Of the First Congregational Church.
Tenth and G northwest. the talks will
all be given in that church.
Mr.. Gordon has recently had a sim
liar series in Philadelphia for seven
weeks. in New York for eight weeks,
and in Baltimore for FIVE weeks. These
meetings have been attended by hun
dreds daily in these cities, sometimes
many being unable to gain admit
tance. Last summer In Atlantic City
in a Boardwalk theater practically
every State in the Union was repre-
sented in the crowds gathering daily
for ten weeks.
The general topic for the first week
here is quiet Talks for Troublous
Times" The daily topics are:
Monday, S"There's Someone al
Your Side You Don't See
Tuesday. 9-"An Old Portrait of
God
Wednesday. 1O-"God on a wooIng
Errand."
Thursday. 1l-"How an Old Town
Was Shaken Up. and Then Shaped
Up Anew"
Friday. 12-"spending a Day with
God"
Saturday, 1s-'Does God Ever Need
Us?"
These are meant for busy people
who can slip in for a little while at
the noon hour. The time is held sharp
to 12:l5 to /.
Come in when you can" slip out
when you must" is the double invi-
tation on the folder.
Mr.. Gordon is the author Of the
Quiet Talks" series of books. These
have had a rather remarkable record
for religious books. More than a
million and a quarter are in circula-
ton. There are twenty-eight trans
latiOns into foreign languages. They
have gone into every quarter Of the
globe.
Just before the war Mr.. Gordon re-
turned from a four years speaking
journey in foreign lands. For three
years he was speaking almost wholly
through Interpretation. His travels
extended from the Scandinavian coun-
tries in the North to the Latin-speak-
ing countries of the South of Europe.
and through China and Japan and
Corea. Invitations from South Africa,
and appointments in India were passed
by because Of a temporary break in
strength, due to the arduousness of
the work.
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RELIGIOUS
OPINION

Where is God? What Is God? How
shall anyone come to the realization
OF God?
What is God? God is not to be found
in the houses built by man, for God
Is a spirit and dwelIs in the spir-
itual house which exists in man. God
is not to be seen in the material world
but in the spiritual God should there
fore not be taken in the literal sense
as corporeal being. but He, as q
spirit. wants the spiritual supremacy
in all things
What Is God7 GOD 10 a spirit. with
out form or substance, a divine power
Of will which willed all things to be.
and they were
II our earthly father should say unto
US "Son. will that you shall re-
| main until come to take thee hence"
You would so remain. But God says
Stay a while and let US reason to-
gether so that We might better un-
derstand one another. Stay thou here
where thou hast found that the life
Is in the spirit, and know that here
before He was-the spirit-I AM. and
before you-was the light which light
SNh SSeA ramp GU ds " gOo
shine forth into the darkness Of
doubt"
God! What is He? He is the only
substance in the whole creation, or
rather the only thing In existence
which remains unfathomable and be-
yond the reach OF the intellect Of man.
God! The something great and awe
inspiring, which speaks to every soul
In q nnpniCf q 10 N.rffh
voice or accents.
God speaks in the silence OF the
night and whispers sweet words of
comfort to sorrowing hearts. God
says peace, My peace give unto all.
and straightway stills the surging
billows and the tempestuous rioting of
the passions of man. God let's the
child know that His is a love which
satisfies and develops the child into
the fullness of manhood and relieves
him from the cause OF worryment.
He-God-is an ever present help in
the various catastrophes OF life. He
knows every heart and its sorrows
and He can heal the brokenhearted.
How wonderful are His ways with
the hearts of men His mercy en-
dureth forever and His cup Of Joy
is always and ever the same.
Good children. let not your hearts
be troubled, ye do not know what is
best for your present welfare, but
God. In His almighty wisdom would
spare you from the aches and worry
ments caused with the misdirected
understanding OF man. For man
careth for the things which appeal
unto the senses OF his physical being,
until he has realized his own imper-
fections and seen the beauty OF the
wonderful love and perfection which
cometh from above. Seen it in the
lives OF others who have found and
told the story OF the perfect love
which expresses in their lives the true
admonition toward their fellowman in
the words of the Great Master, 'If
thine eye be single, thy whole body
shall be full of light"
LUDOLPH G. SCHROEDER.
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Actress Will Auction
First Liberty Bond in D. c.

Miss Irene Fenwick, member of the
all-star cast in Lord and Lady Algy,"
now playing at the Belasco. will set
the ball rolling for the District of Co
lumbia's Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee by suctioning on the first Lib
ertY bond Of the third issue to be sold
through this committee at its head
quarters at 1924 F street northwest
today at noon.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon Mrs.
Richard Aldrich. of New York, in
charge OF the Liberty Bell, will lead
the public speakers who will talk daily
upon the liberty loan in front Of
the wonan's committee headquarters.
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but when he entered the much dam
aged drafting room on the fourth
floor his dismay at the condition was
unveiled.
Firemen worked until long after
midnight on the smouldering build
ing, cleaning out the debris of broken
glass. fallen plaster and injured fix
lures.
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Four Seek National
Bank Charters in West

The Comptroller of the Currency last
night announced the receipt Of appli-
cations for four national bank char
ters. all OF them in the West Two
Southern banks drew permission to
increase their capital, and two ma
tional banks were nquidated by con-
solidation with other banks.
Increases-of capital totaled s16,O0o,
hquidations aggregated 1000, and
the banks asking for charters request
ed total capitalization of s1O5,0o
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

First Church of Christ, seIentlst,
Of Washington, Columbia I'd. and Euclid q.
Second Church of Christ, seIentfst,
Of Washington. 18th and r stS nv.
Third Church Of Christ, seieutIst,
Of Washington, Il Jsckson plsee.
Subjects SUNREALITY.S
SERVICES: Sunday. il O. m. and .. N.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS: First and Second
Churches, II a. m. Third Church, s4s q m.
WEDNESDAY EVENING MEETING,
2. m.
READING ROOMS:
Colombo Building. 18th and G Sts HourS. II
to g. "WEDNESDAY, 10 to Z, and Sunday, -
TO $50. lsoc Adams Nil I'd. nv. Hours n
to tezcept wednesday evening, sundays and
holidaysl. 1S East CAPITOL ~ Bours, 10 tc
(except Sundays ard holidaySD
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subieetI aUNREALTTY.r
THE SALVATION ARMY.

THE SALVATION ARMY INDUSTRIAL
HOME FOR MEN. III Pa. ave. nv. Meet
inss: Sunday. loSo a. m; THURSDAY, 80 p
m. Climber League; Tuesdays. p m
O1dcen In eharss. STAG Ospesn md Nm
Allan Eefn. Phons N&n ~
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INGRAM MEMORIAL.
PYTHIAN TEMPLE
SOCIALISTS

NY FATHERS EXECUTION BY THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT N APRIL !sE :"
Lecture tr Miss Nora Conn0Ilv. - Dublin.
Ireland, Socialist Hall, Gl street NJ,
Sunday night. O'Clock. Mls Connolly n
the daughter Of James Connolly. SociaHs
oommzndeT-in-c5lief Of the lnsh Republican
army during the Insh JnsurrertiOo sinus
the insurnection Mis- Connolly has hen IN
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SPIRTTUALISM.

AT FLYNN's HALL. sth and K sts. NV,
Sunday evening at O'Clock Rev. G. Lysl
Arthan. noted test medium. viii demonStrats
Spiritualism. give spirit messages. answer quesr
tionA Phute attinp daily st his studio q
- kAxs
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and the reception of new members.
The morning subject Is: ''Mistlike
Men"
Ingram Memorial.
A service flag containing q stars
Will be unfurled at the Ingram Mem
orial Congregational Church, Tenth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
northeast, tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock. Senator Warren @. Harding.
Of Ohio. will deliver an address. The
flag will be presented to the church
by the Christian Endeavor Society.
At the morning service at IL o'clock
the pastor. Rev. Lewis E. Purdum.
Will preach on keeping At It."
Petworth Baptist.
The choir of Petworth Baptist
Church visited Walter Reed Hospital
last Sunday evening, and participated
in its early evening service. The choir
has been requested to sing each Sum
day evening at the hospital.
Tomorrow the pastor, Rev. r. Paul
Langhorne. will have the usual ser
monette for the Junior members of
the church and Sunday School, and
the Junior choir will sing. Com
munion services will be celebrated.
with a reception to a large group OF
new members.
The subject for the evening service,
with the pastor preaching. will be
Curiosity
The orchestra, recently organized
from the members of the Sunday
School, has had its second rehearsal.
and much progress is demonstrated.
1t Is expected to add a few additional
pieces to the orchestra. so that II
will have at least thirty members.
Y. NJ. G. A.
In the absence of the pastors who
are attending the annual conference.
the Religious Work Department of
the Y. NJ. C. A. is supplying speakers
for the following churches tomorrow.
At the North Carolina Avenue
Methodist Protestant Church C. K.
Hoover will speak for the morning
service. using as his subject Chris
tian Citizenship" and G. f. Dunkum,
Jr., Associate Religious Work direc-
tor OF the Y. NJ. C. A., will speak at
the evening service.
Page Nick. Etchison win have
charge of the morning service at
Ryland Methodist Episcopal Church.
G. T.. Dunkum, 1r.. will speak at
the morning service at the First
Methodist Protestant Church. and s.
NJ. Croft, of the Congressional Lii
brary, will have charge OF the even
ing service.
Rev. J. n. Boal, secretary in charge
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First Baptist.

First Baptist.
Rev. j. =. Love, d. D., Of Rich
mond. Secretary of the Baptist For
eign Mission Board of the Southern
Convention, Is to speak at the First
Baptist Church, Sixteenth and Ol
streets northwest. at the IL o'clock
service Sunday morning. DR., Love
has expressed a wish to met as many
of the Southern Baptists. recently
come to Washington, as can make 1t
convenient to attend this service. The
thought Is to make this a Rally Serv-
Ice In view of the Million Dollar
Drive" now on.
Rev. w. W. McMaster, the pastor
of the First church, will preach in
the evening, taking as his subject.
Gods World Program" This win
be the first of a series OF addresses
designed to provoke thought concern
ing the Second Coming OF Christ.
and related subjects. 1t is anticipated
that a large number of persons inter-
ested along these lines OF study. will
welcome the opportunity thus afforded
to meet together for further study
and conference at the close OF each
service.
Church Of the Good Shepherd.
Solving the Problem OF the Migra-
tory Worker" is the subject OF an
| address to be made at the meeting
of the Washington Secular League
at Pythian Temple tomorrow at 3
p. m. by Charles Kruse, national
president International Brotherhood
Welfare Association OF Migratory
| Workers. A discussion will follow
| the address.
Centennial baptist.
At the Church of the Good Shep-
herd. Sixth and I strets northeast,
the Rev. Canon E. Sidney Savage will
deliver an address on what he has
seen in the war zones of Europe. the
Balkan States and Palestine. Canon
Savage is the son-in-law OF the late
Dean Farrar, well known in this
| country as a writer. He has taken
part in Y. NJ. c. A. work in France,
In Italy. in Macedonia, in Egypt and
throughout the Mediterranean area.
He will tell OF what the war has
meant to the civilian populations of
Serbia and the other nations which
have been overrun by the Germans
and their barbarian allies. The pub
lie is cordially invited.
Secular League.
How Many Persons Will Be
Saved?' is f. Hez Swem's subject
| tomorrow night at the Centennial
Baptist Church. followed by baptism,
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GurIey Memorial Presbyterian
Church.

Guriey memorial fresbyterlan
Church.
18th and MERIDIAN STREETS.
Rev. Bernard Brnskamp, n. A.,
Pastor.
SUNDAY.
30 a. m.-SuDdsy school.
II 90 a. m. and 90 p. m.-PreachinE
100 .. m.-Christian EndeaJoe Society.
THURSDAY.
500 D. m--Mid-Week service.
Special Sunday morning services at -HH
oclock. Subject: Post Easter Sunday Medi.
tations''
April T-"Peter, Forgiven and Resoced"
April N-''ThomAs. Convinced and Strength
ened."
Aprl 1.-THE N.ste. Bis Commission and
Ascension"
April B-"EAEer. the Secret Of It's Abiding
Value"
Nay s''Heaven. Our Aspdration and Home. -
May 1.-THE Lcrd's Return, Its Manner and
Purpose
INSPIRING MUSIC. VOCAL AND
INSTRUMENTAL
Mn. Ethel HoltzclAs GawIer, Soprano soso
ist; Mr.. william Z. Braithwaite, precentog and
tenor soloiSt Mr.. Wilem van de Wall. hArp
soloist and sccumpanist (haTrist q the o. e.
Marine Band. formerly with the Metropolitan
Opera House Orchestra and the New Iorf
Symphony; Mrz J. Harry Cunningham, organ,
ist and aoconpanist.
Quartet and harp at evening service.
Strangers cordially welcomed.
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UNITARIAN.
All Souls Church 0U'Dsr :Ds I FGST:s.tA sFS.s,.

sa5 =. m, Sunday school, ClHs for the
Comparative Study Of Religion. and Emerson
Study Class.
II a. m. morning seryice, sermon By Rev.
Roger S. Forbes. Of Philadelphia, Pa
There Is also kinderEHrten during the hour
Of morning worship.
n m. Liberal Religious Union viii Be Al
home to young people. Illustrated lecture By
Mr.. Daniel NJ. Green. Subject: Some Cath
edrals and Castles Of Western Emupe" In
formal social hour. An welcome.
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Centennial Baptist.
Secular League.

SecuIaF League.
How Many Persons Will Be
Saved?" is f. Hez Swems subject
tomorrow night at the Centennial
Baptist Church. followed by baptism.
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and the reception Of new members.
The morning subject Is: ''Mistlike
Men"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-05
Italians Acclaim
Victorious Troops
Sandman Brigade Comes
Out of Trenches for Tri-
umphant March
[By Tho Associaied Press I

ITALIAN = HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY, Sunday, Feb. g.
The Sassar Brigade Of young Sar-
dinians, which distinguished itself by
cutting its way up the Col del Rosso
last Tuesday, came out of the trenches
to-day
1t was an event which stirred the
neighboring country, and the peasantry,
with children and babies, came from
fifty miles around to see these young
heroes. The city was gay with flags,
the walls were covered with posters,
Hail! Sassari Heroes!" and children
carried flowers to strcw along the
route of march.
The brigade marched twenty miles
from its trenches, and it was an in
spring sight as the boyish-looking SOL
diers came down the road. Their he'll
NETS and uniforms v, "cs still splashed
with the mud Of the .lAs SHIT, but they
marched proudly and appeared happy
over the enthusiastic tribute.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-05
Infantry and Air
Fighting Increases
Along West Front
British Attack West Of
Bullecourt, but Are Re-
pulsed, Berlin Reports

LONDON, Feb. 4. Military operations
on the West front appear to be grow
ing heavier day by day, favored by ex-
cellent weather conditions. To-day s
official communicates report more ex-
tensive infantry actions On both the
British and French fronts and air fight
ing of great intensity.
During yesterday and to-day German
airmen accounted for eighteen Allied
machines and two captive balloons, Ber-
lin declares. British fiers brought down
three enemy planes yesterday and ten
more to-day, losing three of their own,
according TO the War Office. Thus at
least thirty-one machines were lost in
these two days. with the French claims
still to be considered. The Paris War
Office covers to-day only the period be-
tween January 2l and 81, in which
time Petain's pilots downed twenty
! four enemy aoros, and ant-craft guns
accounted for four nlorc--an average
of three day.
The German War Office mentions g
strong recommending attack by the Brit
ish west of Bullecourt, where Hinden.
burg met with defeat in an effort to
extend his lines shortly after the Bat.
tie of Cambria. The attack broke down
the statement declares.
German raiding parties also rusheC
the British positions to-day north OF
Havrincourt, on the Arras front. anC
south of Armentieres, in Lower Fland
ers. The first attack was repelled BY
guntire, but in the second the British
lost five men, the official report says.
Another spirited action took place
east Of Harglcourt, to the north of st
Quentin last night, when a party of
British troops raided the enemy IS
trenches with success.
Violent fighting continues along the
valley of the Ailettc, north of the
Alsne. where the recent activity of the
French has been such as to foreshadow
a resumption of the drive for Laon, al
! though conditions may not permit of
large offensive actions for some time yet
North of Brayc, in this sector, Petain's
troops yesterday carried out strong
assault, which, Berlin admits tonight,
succeeded in penetrating the German
positions, which afterward were re-
covered.
During the night the enemy retail
ated with raid near Fresnes, north
east of the famous Coucy Chateau.
They were repulsed easily, according to
the French communiQue.
The Crown Prince has again resumed
his thrusting tactics north of Verdun.
In the region of Bezonvaux last night
German raid in force resulted in the
capture of nineteen French prisoners,
Berlin announces.
AS apparently no attempt was made
to destroy the French positions, the
sole purpose of the raid was the capt
ure of troops from whom to extract
information.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-05
Europe~Asia Bridge
Is Planned by urkey

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 4.--The Turkish
government, according to a Constan-
tinoplc dispatch to the "Vossische
Zeitung," of Berlin, has introduced q
bill in Parliament asking for an ap-
preparation to investigate the feast
bility of the construction of bridge
and tunnel connecting Europe with
Asia.
There are two straits separating Eu-
rope from Asia Minor which might
be used in a bridge or tunnel project
They are the Bosporus, at the
entrance to the Black Sea, and
the Dardancllcs, at the entrance to the
Mediterranean. At it's narrowest point
the Bosporus is 1900 feet wide, while
the minimum width Of the Dardanelles
is one and onc-fifth miles. Pontoon
bridges were built across the Darda-
nelles, then called the Hellespont, by
Xerxes Of Persia and Alexander the
Great of Macedonia before the Chris
tian era.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-05

understanding between the suprcm,
commands Of all the forces engaged
promise to show positive results
Unity of purpose on all fronts will thus
be attained.
During the past seven day periot
the world has been flooded with tht
news Of very serious internal unrest
in Germany. Widespread strikes among
nNhnltlons workers are reported.
while dissatisfaction is no doub
rife IN Germany and strikes of ncreas
ing seriousness have occurred, we mus
not allow any reported disturbance
within the German Empire to hnmpe!
the effectiveness or speed of our owr
preparations.
Allies Superior In West
During the week hostile concentra
tions in the West continued. In Ger.
tain quarters the reports, spread by the
enemy, that he holds rccponderous
numerical superiority in the West. hav<
gained some credence. While positive
proof has been received that the enemy
has removed troops from the Easte III
theatre and is stripping other frontl
for the coming struggle in the West
nevertheless the Allies ere believed
still to hold a very appreciable numer.
ical superiority both in men and guns
NIn the British theatre numerous
raids took place. South of Lens and
northeast of Langemarck. as we'll as
south of the Scarpe, the Germans sent
out reconnoitring detachments. The
British forces were also busily engaged
sounding the enemy line, identifying
new units, taking measure of the value
OF the new contingents which are ar
irving along the German line in the
west from other theatres. Northeast
Of Havrincourt and near Epehy British
patrols brought in prisoners.
"Hostile artillery kept up a heavy
fire throughout the week in the Yprcs
and Cambrai salients. Passchendaele
was the scene of very lively shellings
and the regions of Arras and Lens were
also principal targets for the Germans.
The French were also busy rading
the enemy, and kept careful outlook
along their entire front. Opposite the
French the Germans confined opera
tions to minor raids north of the Aisnc
and in Upper Alsacc
"Proftng by the favorable atmos-
phcric conditions which prevailed, air
raids on large scale were undertaken.
The British successfully bombed rail
way centres in Flanders, and air
squadrons undertook attacks upon mu-
milton plants and other military OBJ
jectives in the Rhine area. London and
Paris, as we'll as Dunkirk, Calais and
Boulogne, were visited by hostile air.
craft"