Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-11-23


ing Of means for lasting peace, It mag
seem strange TO some persons that
such maneuyers as these are in prog
ress, but since the days that the Is
raelites fought the Phllistines, and
even before that, wars have come even
when peace was believed TO be certain
TO rule in the future. Therefore the
United States today is taking no
chance.
Neither the army or the navy has
much money to spend for drilling pur-
poses of any kind, but such money as
there is, is being used TO what the
service men believe to be the best pur-
pose Quoting from an explanation of
the maneuvers, the following is what
they are intended 20 do:
.12lese experiments are expected to
determine the suitability of airships,
captive balloons and airplanes in OBJ
servation of FIRE; ranges and condi-
tons which make air observation pre-
ferable TO ground observations; the
number Of airplanes which can be used
simultaneously to observe and report
deviations in the field of fire and ex-
tent OF interference to radio telephone
and telegraphie messages caused by
neighboring radio communications In
operation; the best method of obsery-
Ing and reporting deviations from air
ship and airplanes; the best method
of observing and reporting deviations
as observed from ground stations and
ranges and conditions at which yerti-
cal spotting from captive balloons near
the battery firing is more satisfactory
than sporting from ground stations"
All TO Protect our coast.
Now all this seems to be rather Sc
verely technical. but what is to be done
largely concerns itself with making it
as near certain as possible that in case
the coast of this country ever shall be
attacked by a foreign fleet, our air
planes may be able quickly not only to
locate approaching warships. but In
stantly to notify the land batteries Of
the exact range.
All over the world the science of gvi.
alton today Is advancing rapidly. In
England they have just been holding
what was called gliding tests. Air
planes without any engines take to the
air, and by clever manipulation some
of the operators have managed to stay
In the air after the manner OF bird
for so long time as two hours. It
is therefore, within the range Of pos
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to do that which he started out to do
years ago-fly like bird.
1t is not believed in Washington that
even with the perfection of gliding ma
chimes the motor-operated airplane
ever will be superseded, because the
machine with motor in 1t eau make
three times an express train speed, but
ii is believed that flying, real flying,
one day viii be possible. OF course,
flying suggests Tapping of wings"
What man really Is accomplishing to-
day to a minor degree is soaring"
The present day glider stays up In the
air somewhat after the manner of a
buzzard or hawk 1t is true that
hawks and buzzards flap their wings,
/ but they make considerable distances
at times without any appreciate wing
movement.
Flying by No Means Safe Yet.
Army avlators say that II Is some
thing of relief to be able to 90 up
into the air without the virtual GER
tainty that somebody Is going to take
Ipot shots at them from anti-air guns,
and without also the almost certain
knowledge than an enemy aviator is to
come at them with his Fokker and his
machine gun. There are dangers
enough, however, today, as the sery-
ices know, In air navigation. The
death lists of the services still are
heavy, and yet neither the army nor
the navy is having the slightest diff
Guilty In getting men willing to take
the air training with the knowledge
that when they start at real work they
are running more risks Of injury and
death than those encountered by men
! In any other profession Of life.
Workmanship from the air has Inn
proved since the early war days. The
marksmanship referred to here is that
for which objects on the ground fur
nish a target When the war began
In 1914 aviators were unable to hit any
ground mark that they aimed at with
their explosive shells The speed with
which they flew and some other con-
ditions made accuracy almost impos-
sible. AS the war progressed marks
manship from the air improved, but II
is long way today from being any