The evening world., 1919-02-01

risks without seeing anything OF act
OF the game many OF the pilots en-
gagged in this work used to slip over
the lines and have go with Fritz
on their owns. Result: Many avia-
tors and machines were lost, and
hence tho cdict in regard to ammuni-
tion.
SO when Jack Welsh took orr at
Colomby les Bellies on this particular
day tho old SOpwith two-seater he
was driving was as free OF cartridges
as England Is OF German sounding
names. | was in the rear seat of the
bus as a passenger and was figuring
that II all went well I'd have my
knees under one OF those little boule-
ward tables in Paris in two hours.
But as looked at tho compass In
the rear scat | saw that the course
Welsh was taking lay not in the di-
roction Of Paris but due East. That
meant toward the front, | knew, and
wasn't wrong IN guessing that my
pilot was at least going TO have a
little private birds eye view OF the
trenches.
We came out OF the clouds at Yer
dun and there, TO my dimay, no moro
than 800 feet beneath us floatcd three
German reconnaissance machines. To
me II seemed that the game was all
up. We were in a slow, worn-out
machine and 20 run would mean that
the Boches would easily overtake US
and then. without a round OF ammu-
nition, we'd be cold turkey"
The same thoughts were flashing
through Welsh's mind. but with them
came another. Without hesitation ne
showed forward his joy-stick. tho
nose OF our machine fell suddenly
down and with rush OF air that
threatened TO tear the struts and
wires from the plane we dived right
tor the trio Of Germans
The brave gentlemen in charge OF
those machines saw us coming and
Ia a second were IN all corners OF the
sky, but headed, generally. for the
turned and resumed our journey to
Orley they were Just spocks in the
EASTERN sky.
Thus we had won n victory with
out n round OF ammunition and. OF
Curse, without firing a shot For
'he three Germans which ne had so
suddenly come upon were comfort
nhiy sitting up thcre directing the
Are OF their artillery. which was
'trowiug over shell after shell into
| he Allied position back Of Voriun.
Next 20 the jon OF ferry pilot
tho a'of pilots ana instructors al the
Y big aviation schools Uncle sam
| .al established In France f..l that
'n0Ir lot is the hardest. Day n and
/ day out they are forced 10 DO tho
| nmo work and day in and lay out
/ thoy place their lives In the hands Of
new pilots and observers Al the av,-
| otIon school at Tours, whore / was
/ attached as an instructor after leav-
/ ing the front, Eaw the following
incident happen, which viii illustrate
/ the chances the stan pilots had TO
take:
Tho pilot in question was ordered 70
. take a student observer over tho
aerial range. The observer was 70
fire with his LOWS machine gun at
targets on tho ground. During the
trip n some manner The gun became
loose and was about TO fan from tho
plane when tho observer grabbed tho
run by the trigger ana the n,nety-
seven rounds In the magazine we're
poured into tho tail OF tho aoropline,
shooting away all the controls and su
Gripping tho machine mat tho Pill Z
in land'ng was severely injured. Tho
student was uuacutChol.
on another occasion n was tho
etudcut wh, came of worse. Before
going into the air the pilot and OBJ
server are both supposed to see that
their ock-pits contain everything
that should be there, fire extinguish,
ers. &c This time though, the OBJ