Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-17
Defense Notebook:
Suicide Squads
In u. ). Defense
Already Banned
Defense Notebook:
BY w. w. CHAPLIN
!. y. =. National Defense Expert

squad technique of warfare, which
some dictator countries have en-
ployed, has been banned in adj
vance for the American defense
army.
Detailed battle plans have been
drawn by the war department for
use n combat becomes necessary
10 defend the country. and these
plans stress that no soldier lives
must be needlessly wasted by
spendthrift commanders. They do
not deny, however that military
situations may arise IN which
sacrifice missions would be n
tactical necessity.
IN AXIS armies the suicide tech
Il nique. aimed at reaching an
objective regardless of the cost in
manpower. has been employed
with particular frequency when
parachute and alr-borne troops
are used
An official war department
operations manual makes plain
that wfaTeV0T may lie ahead Of
the United States defense army,
American soldiers Of the ar will
receive more consideration.
Except i'm extreme cases."
this document directs, when
used on sacrifice missions, troops
transported by air should not
he employed unless they can he
supported quickly by other mill
tary or naval forces or unless
they can be withdrawn after
their mission has been accom-
plished."
TALK: Whispers from
4 the aircraft factories say that
on the basis Of production in the
first half of October. the months
total of military planes ought 10
scale the 1000 mark without any
trouble.
The record figure for Septem-
her was 1,9li. an Increase Of 80
planes over the August output.
Unless new shortages of sup
plies develop 10 IL hoped I'm the
industry that 5000 monthly
rate may be reached next year.
and that's rate approaching
equality with Germany.
uNlIE WILD WAVES = I 4 =. = enough
u 10 make the wild waves wonder
who's boss anyway with all the
conflicting claims being made. The
English song still says that Brit
tania rules the waves, even If
Churchill and Roosevelt did re-
ratify the freedom OF the seas.
And now from this side Of the
Atlantic comes the assertion that
the United States viii make the
rules afloat a Stanza Of the Of
fetal song Of the new battleShip
North Carolina reads
The nsU North C.. ciN ride The
sea
From the Rirer Piattee 10 the
old North SeG,
From Tcci0pd's shore 20 Singa-
pore,
Throughout me World our guns
tcHi roar.
Our f6-iHch ~ ererY pinch
WI 50 control conditions.
No sHTD my EuTtt thr -srt-e- seaS-
Except Nth our permission.
CKY trails: II the maps pre-
~ pared for the air defense ex-
erclSeS in the Northeast which end
>nks week should fall into the
: 1ds Of Air Marshal Hermann
Goering he would probably think
the United States Air Force was
suffering from dizzy spells
Those maps chart Swooping
cirCuitous courses across the sky
OF the eastern defense zone which
are AZ considerable variance with
normal air invasion procedure.
The reason for this Is that the
United States Air Force wanted
each of the 10000 civilian observ-
ers in the 1900 observation posts
10 have a chance TO spot and re-
port an enemy bomber.
GO THE bombers were sent
~ circling and back-tracking all
over the sky This had 10 be done
because defense leaders consider il
as important 10 give practice TO
the civilian observers as 10 the
service fiers.
Defense quiz-Is the Garand
senli-automatic rifle. which has
been adopted as the basic infantry
weapon. a simple or a complicated
mechanism
Very complicated.
In addition 10 the black walnut
oCk. there are - metal parts
nich require from one 10 100
machining operations before they
n be assembled
Efficiency Of the gun depends
mon that machining as failure of
ny part would hinder or halt
ring.