Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1919-11-27

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pr-~'ti there ar n-Arly 2.Vpo men
herr bar th" numlrt changes often.
n nrs s}uatruns c,ne and uthcrs
NJ, s'ri g. patrol the border
We Arr stationed at Kelly Field
Ne :. a. this IL the fying field.
Kelley NJ Is the station of the Air
Srfucr Mechanics school. Whcrr th.
mcn afv taught the structure and
~of.irgs q every tyI- e motor
fruin The .itis' four cylinder Ford o.
the lus"rfal twelve cylinder. ajp-
horscpnw-f Liberty The instruct.
ofs az the t,-si in the world.
Un.arEy know anything about
army pals'f work. for. ~ paI-t
workers arr very .cAfcv. ! ann kept
tn N" ui'icr inst~ad ~ getting 90
S"fk "a the planes pr IN the repair
shols Nevertheless like ms work
n OPERATION cirrk fnr the squadron
] handle al the reports II both a"
and = flghts Tais gives me n
fair AHas 'zigy u the general oI-.rA.
ton = The air service both In train.
ing ard In artlon ~ patrol duty
No iouh, YOU may wonder Why
uhc.' sam sr,p. - many men and
airplAnsa IN the border. but any one
here understands very readily. fpr
thr MrxlcAns are always lying in
Wait faf chaner o. do some II their
dirt work such A. crossing the bor.
der AMI rAiding ranches and small
town
Sinc' have hc-sn her. have dealt
with Oh, McNicAns great dcal.
eithrf directly or indirectly. and |
find them 10 b. a very low c.as, and
poop, ian b. trusted for nothing
but diriy work
San Antonio Is city II some l75.-
90 people and u this numbrr only
about 800 arr whites. The re-
nAindcr are negroes. Indians and
Spicks MeNicansl. the latter being
far greater IN number. The city
Itself Is built on the old Spanish plan.
The streets are very narrow and
ereeked and the hogs.s are II the
little one story type such n could ~
seen in Spain several centuries ago
OF course. there are a few modern
homes and business houses. but the
number j. small Those Few modern
buildings are some II tn, BEST in the
country
There ar dozens Of old buildings
ani places of historic importance
,uch a. the Alamo and the old Span
sh missions. | enjoy visiting these
places and find new pleasure in
each visit | have snapped many
pictures ~ the scenes.
Most Of the boys in the squadron
are anxioGs 10 leave here and get
.nto action on border patrol Patrol
work is sometimes pretty hard. but
still il is nothing ike patrol on foot
~ horseback. The squadron is di.
yidcd into two fights Each flight
has an airdome or base with several
miles of border on either side Of the
alrdome to patrol. There are always
a number Of pilots and observers
ready for duty and these take turns
n making the patrols. 4 fight is
made each way in the morning and
again in the afternoon Of each day
4 close observation is made Of ev-
erything and changes of the Mexican
forces that are just across the river
are noted. Pictures Of their posi-
tons and drawings Of their move
ments are made. Reports are sent
TO the War department each day and
in this way the War department
keeps in touch with the Mexican
army movements.
Ii is very warm here Ii seems
strange to see green grass and the
flowers in full bloom the 10th of
We have had some very
cold days. though, That is about
the only thing one can find against
this climate one day is Geld and
the next is hot.
III this misses the waste basket
will write more soon.
A Missouri Boy.
Lowell Clarence Allen,
Goth Aero Squadron.
Al Il NJ