El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-05
Battle. Between German
and American Planes if
Weather Favorable.

D OOF space VIII be a valuable com
; N modify Tuesday when the flying
/ acrobats pull off their aerial perform
ance over FL Paso. The tops OF Fl
Paso's skyscrapers will present a star
I gazing mass Of humanity
Probably half OF the city's popula-
tion. rsvertlng 10 the primitive, ar
boreal instincts Of mankind. viii once
more take the ascendancy- In The alb
sence Of trees 10 climb, sl1yscrapers
viii be infested with humanity. and
il bodies i'll for the man who stands
nearest the edge
The flying circus VIII arrive here
at 1880 o'clock Tuesday morning, ac-
cording 70 latest advices. and viii be
taken direct to Fort Bliss in its
special train At Fort Bliss the avi-
ators and their mechanics viii detrain
and the planes put into shape and
tuned I'D for flight.
II the air-currents permit, the sham
battle between allied and German
planes viii be staged Otherwise. IL
the currents present unusually peril
Gus conditions, IL VIII not be held in
El Paso.
But in any event, air currents or no
air currents, the airplanes viii fly
over the city and perform their less
on the city roofs viii not gaze in
vain The combat viii be held only
IL conditions are suspicious
Smith Witham, advertising director
OF the Victory loan. announces that
three Of the five FL Pasoams who will
be allowed to ascend will be the three
who subscribe first 10 $4,000 worth
Of bonds Statesmen viii be on the
ground TO take the subscriptions, and
Immediately on receipt OF the first
payment. the purchaser viii be al
lowed TO take his aerial ioyride.
airplanes, so that speedbugs with
$4,000 10 lend, have the chance Of a
lifetime.
Word was received Monday morning
from Lieut.. Col A. J. HaR5on, Of the
aviation corps, who accompanies the
flying circus, that recruits viii be ac-
cepted for the air service all day dur
ing the flying.
Those In The Party.
Three British aces are accompany
ing the flying circus They are, Mai
P f. Fullard. Maj +. f. Holiday and
Maj z. Parker
The remainder OF the personner is
as follows
Maj. Mari. Maj Carl spatz. exeout-
i've officers; Lieut.. Col A J. Han
Ion Captains F. 7. Dennis, John A
Hambletou, W r. Hoover, G. G. Noble
and L Il. Smith First Lieuts. H. W.
Follmer and George ". Puryear;
Second LieutE- L S. Andrews, O.. H.
Atkins. T. J. Brinker. s z. Cavanaugh.
c. W Getchell. H A HalversOn. W
II. Henry, c. McMullen. L Miller. J.
f. Reed, r. ". Webb. H. NJ Writ and
z l. Wolf. Chares Stewart. disn.
officer; z. z. McCarty, railroad rep
resenrative; cadets d. Cardiff and j..
A. Nassmar; master mechanics James
Carson, F. Cornish, A E. Fletcher and
V. Y. UllOm; Sergts- c. c. Garfield,
J. Caswell. A. B. Curran, H. r. Dun
can, y Forst, r. Huyclz. S. @ Ketch-
I'm, F. F. Leech, @. G. Higuee. A.
Thomas, 7. NJ. Wickliffe and Q. Gard
wards. IT., 3. W. Jones and II. A.
Park: chauffeurs a. Henderson,. A
Lehman. ". L. McCroskey. H S. Pace,
J. H Resell, B. B. Collins. c. D. Grove.
c. B. Henry r. ID. 1acLean. J. ". OFT
and J. F. Rogers; privates l. F. Bohn,
T. Charneslli NJ. Dembinski. r. Eaton,
C. Gould, F. J. McCloskey. z. F. Ben
jamin. J. A. Brown r. J. Coffaney,
O. A Fernstron. r. A. Harland. A
4. Madden. F. j. McMamus and r
Seals j. Duvai. cook.
Il Is hoped that Capt. Eddie Rick
enbacher, the American ace supreme,
who shot down IS Huns in four
months ana q half as commander OF
the American shock troops of the
air VIII come TO FL Paso en- route
TO the Pacific coast in the interest
OF the Victory loan. He IS not flying,
but is crossing the country just 20
help Uncle sam.