The Washington times., 1926-02-15
Army and NaU1in Plot,
Mitchell Declares
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The Army and Navy have Virtu.
ally formed union to keep down
Rir power. Not one Improvement
has come through their action alone.
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them BY the air officers u the ser.
vice ana under the most diLLlcslls
cOnditl0ns possible, because tnese
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which would not allow air power
to become an independent agency
like the Army or Navy.
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In the air service had not done
what we did, we would nave prac
ticaliy no aeronautics ~ tnls coun
try TO-DAY. Nacn advances Al oul
aeronautical development mas peer
wrung from tRe Army and NAVY
only by continued appeals 70 Ion
gress and the people
When those OF us the All
Service came BACK from Inc III
rOpean war, familiar with the use
Of air forces from having nandIec
them ourselves, familiar with tne
systems and kinds OF arplanes ~
use by foreign powers, ana reported
these things officially through tnt
regular channels to the Army and
Navy, we were scarcely Mstenet
to.
We were told by the Army anc
Navy bureaucracies that We were
trying to advance ourselves per
sOnally, merely seeking publicity
and that these things would con
tinuG as they HA0 since Inc OAyA
of the bow and arrow.
Ar FOWerS DeIaOnstrated
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we were enabled to show to the
world that we could sink battle
ships or any other surface craft
that we could fly great distances
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planes 70 1ly over our country
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people ana sent out Dy the Army
and Navy mas oeen, on the part OF
the Army tnat war ought 20 De
made primarily by land forces ano
that airpIanes only assist IN Hs
prosecution--rurtner, tnat antl-alr.
craft cannon anu artilerV are
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,neonIa and armies ara oniv their
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of armies we win save hundreds