Evening star., 1925-11-19

to be true. would this change your
conclusion?' asked the prosecution.
Not In the slightest" asserted the
witness in positive tone.
Then Maj. Wilby quoted the figures
designed to show the apparent eff
fectivenesS of anti-aircraft fire during
the war. Mr.. Chambers calculated:
No, I'm not aware of all this. 1t
makes me wonder why | was not
given official credit for the other
planes l shot down."
Chambers officially is credited with
the next highest number of enemy
planes to Eddie Rickenbacker's total.
Construction of Amphibians.
Lieut.. Wade. who followed Mr..
Chambers to the stand. described the
construction of the amphibian planes
used by the Navy for the Macmillan
expedition and supported Col. Mitch
ellis views that they were not strong
enough for use in the Arctic and that
they had not been properly tested.
He told the court they were still con-
Sidered an experimental type of plane.
Switching to the Hawaiian flight
charges of Col. Mitchell, MIR. Reid
questioned Lieut.. Wade regarding the
placing of the Navy patrol vessels for
the opinion that 200 miles was too
great distance by which to separate
the patrol ships. He said to have
them this far apart was hazardous
to human life. He said that in his
opinion the Hawaiian planes should
have had but two men aboard and
should have carried smoke bombs,
plenty of gas and oil and extra ra-
tions. He said he would have used
the same system for the Hawaiian
fight as he and his mates used in
the round-the world flight.
Use of Radio.
When Mr. Reid asked the witness
regarding the advisability of using
radio to get bearings during a long
flight Maj. Gullion arose to object
on the grounds that while he would
like TO hear more of Lieut. Wade's
interesting narration" Comdr. Rod
gers or Capt. Moses could give the
best evidence in this connection. Mr..
Reid protested that the defense had
asked for Capt. Moses, Comdr. Rod
gers and NEARLY every one else" but
hadn't gotten them, whereupon the
prosecution announced that the as
SiStant defense counsel had been no
titled yesterday that Capt. Moses was
i'll town and cound be summoned at
any moment. The controversy ended
with an agreement to call Capt.
Moses.
Changing the line of questioning in
Difference to the wishes of the prose
cution, Mr.. Reid questioned the wit
ness as to the methods of navigation
employed by the world flyers over
long eXpanSeS of water. Lieut.. Wade
explained that no use was made of
RAJ hprInSp of weight
entailed by such apparatus. but that
smoke bombs were used instead to en-
able the aViatorS to place their bear
ingS and check their angles of drift.
He testified that this system worked
out very satisfactorily. He said that
if they had used radio there was the
possibility of it failing. and in that
event they would have been left to
navigate for themselves. Lieut.. Wade
told of the forcing down of his ship.
the Boston. in the North Sea. near
the Farce Islands and of being picked
up by British trawler and turned
over to a Navy destroyer.
In response to question by MIR.
Reid, Lieut.. Wade admitted that he
was seriously considering getting out
of the Army Air Service, explaining
that there was very little oppor-
tunity for d future in it,
Destruction Was Accident.
Lieut. Wade declared in his opinion
the Navy did not give the Arctic
planes sufficient test before taking
them north.
do you consider the matter of air
naviga ton still to be in the expert
mental STAGE" asked Maj. Gullion.
Il do not" the witness replied.
Did the Navy destroy your plane?'
questioned Mr.. Reid.
YES"
Maj. Gullion drew from the wit