Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1931, Page 4

LS WASWINGLES VN VAR BEGA Government Had Done Vir- m“!fiAglinMakrSlrong tually Nothing in Aviation % From 1908 to 1917, Gen. Pershing points out in bis story of the war that at the Hme n- trance of the United Mtates “the situ- ation as to avistion was such that every American ought 1o be deeply chagrined 1o hear 16 mentioned.” Ma). Gen. 3 Owen Bauier, war-time chief of the Bervice, in & series of three articles, of which this is the first, describes in de- tail the early deficlences and shows h s wonderfully efficient fighting machine was developed as the war progressed. MAJ. GEN. GEORGE OWEN SQUIER, U. S. A, Retired. (War-time Chief Signal Officer and Chief of the American Air Service.) The Signal Corps of the United States Army. under date of December 23, 1907, iscued an advertisement and specificationz for a heavier-than-air fiying machine, and the sealed pro- porals under this announcement were opened formaliy February- 1, 1908. The main requirement before acceptance by the Government an endurance test. in which the fiying machine must yemain continuously in the air one hour without landing We all remember the world-wide in- terest which w:: aroused by the per- formance of this new and promising realization of the dream of the ages. During the continuance of the experi- ments the eves of the world were cen- 3 »y was tered upon the little flving field jut outside of Washington. The President and members of his cabinet wege i1 e, and Congress ad- frequent attendan whenever a journed from dav to day fiight_was.in prospect And then an almost inconceivable thing occurred. The Wright brothers, having thoroughly demonstrated and fulfilled all 6f the conditicns required by the specifications, the first machine was duly purchased and.paid for, bul during the eight years following the entire appropriations by this Govern. ment for military aeronautics amounted to less than a million dollars. Unprepared for Warfare. European. powers, however, in their quest for military advantage. quickiy interpreted what had happened at Foit Myer. Va. and Prance, in particular, during these years was respqnsible for the principal advances in construction and design I shall not enter here into the causes, some military. some civil, of this utte unpreparedness. but the outbreak of the World War found the United States with but a handful of flyers and very few training planes There was no aviation industry in this country” end the number of pro- fessional men trained as aeronautical engineers and designers was so small as to be practically negligible. In this respect the problem of developing an air program was unique. The United States had bu'lt ships before, had manufactured _clothing. guns, - muni- tions, built cantonments, etc., and had & splendid body of men trained in these professions and employments, but, outside of a few men, there was no ‘one in the United States with ex- perfence in (h> design or building of evan traning planes When the United States actually en- tered the war the pressure from our allics and a sudden realization of our real situation in seronautics led Con- gress fo grant for this putpose. in the act of May 12, 1917, $10,800.000; the act of June 15, 1917, $31.846.000. and finally the appropriation of $640,000.- ~000, the largest ever made by Congress or eme spectfic purpage, which was pur through t! Tiouse o Reprflsehuth?ta' Military Affairs Committee in two sit- tings—the House itself in one sitting: the Senate Military Affairs Committee in 45 minutes, and the Senate itself a ‘week later, the bill becoming a law on July 24, 1917, three monihs and a half after the outbreak of the war. Tribute to Valiant Workers. I can only hope to presect some of | Lord Derb; the salient features ments of this effort and accomplish- Of the hundreds and thousands of men and women who | ¥hil wrought, valiantly and loyally to acijeve these results it will be impossible to mention specific names, or to give any- thing like just credit or mention to individuals or particular corporations. The work involved in treining avi- ators and obtaining acronautical equip- ment in the United ‘States, up to the signing of the armistice magnitude as to preclude the possibility of presenting more than a brief resume of the major accomplishmgnts More than 8,600 fi in the United States during the war and more than 16.850 had graduated from ground schools by November 11, 1918. Plyers were graduated from primary training schools at an average rate of approximately 700 & month and during the Jast few mont war the average was nearly month There were training fatalities in the United States. as in all other countrles where training has been conducied on & large scale. However, when the fact 18 realized that our students flew more than 880,000 hours, the equivalent €6,000000 miies. it will be secn that our training ca ties were astonish- ingly few. Statisiics show-that we had 1,000 & & lower percentage of fatalities than any other of the allied countries. The monthly average this country was one fatality for every 3.200 hours flown Two independent investigations have shown that 90 per cent of training easuaities were attributed to the aviator himself. An analvsis of training fatalities showed that 35 per cent vere due 1o tailspins, 19 per cent to collisions. 15 per cent to nose dives. 6 per cent 10 side 3 slips, 4 per cent o fires stalls, 2 per cent 1o col per cer pse of pl 2 per cent to loss of control, 1 per cent 1o motor trouble, 1 per cent 1o fall from pisne, 1 per cent 15 ¢ and fire and 11 per cent 10 unknown causes 7.602 Planes Produced. When the war ended we had nearly 100 squadrons overseas. In May. 1918, there were 30 squadrons at the front: in July the number had increased to 50: in August the total went over €0, and in October the number was more tha The actual production of pl e reached a grand toisl of 7.602. Near half these were the JN-4D - types. 1600 were SJ-1s and 1700 were the “Jenny” 4Hs and 6Hs More than 16000 Liberty engines were produced during the caiendar yesr 1918. At the time of the ar ce more than 14,000 of these engines had been manufactured. Toward the end pro- duction had been stepped up to 2,000 & month. Ordnance produced under the direc- tion of the Air Service included 81.754 machine guns and more than haif a million bombs The armistice prevented carrying out of a production program on four Army planes that had besn developed, tested and approved by the Air Service. They were the Lepere, equipped with the Lib- erty engine; the U. S. De Haviland 9-A. equipped with the Liberty engine; the Martin bomber, equipped With two Lib- erty engines. and the. Loening two- seated fighter, equipped with the 300- h.p. Hispano-Suiza engine. The facilities for the manufacture of instruments necessary to give planes pilots and observers their greatest use- fulness were extremely limited at the outbreak of the wer. “The making cf these instruments invoived practically the formation of an industry new to this country. By June, 1918, 20 types of instruments were in production and being supplied for installation in train- ing, bombing and fighting planes. The Tist ingltided air-speed indicators, alti- mete mpasses, salety belfs.giivgen appers radio sets and all othe? nec- ! some who held prominent places. | casualties. | thorities of Great Britain it is fair to | THE EVEXNING | | "Bid for Amalgamation of U. S. Army Through Efforts of Reading. CANADIANS PRAISED ON RECORD ABROAD Concession to Dispatching | Infantrymen Ahead of | Other Branches Found to Be Embarrassing. C" APTER XXXVIL T was always stimulating to owe’s | morale to visit the headquaiters of | the Canadians, where one soon caught the fine spirit of that superb body. I made such a visit about this time, in the Spring of 1918, and talked with their corps commander, Lieut. Gen. Sir | Arthur Currie; his chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Weber: his chief of engincers, Maj sen. Linds: and others, and had tea with them | ‘The alertness and confidence of these neighbors of ours and the excellent record they had made and weie still | making gave us as much gratification as though they had been our own. 1 remember this visit with much pleasure, and recall the prediction of the Cana- dians that Americans would soon play g T an important pert in the war, Brig. Gen. Evan M. Johnson, then Gen. Currie deplored the fact that umgpomuv in command, and his staff the British had so easily given up Pas- | gfficers. He praised the soldierly quali- chendale Ridge, which the year before | los of the imen. but sald they were he had been fold must be taken at all | yery much behind in their training cost. and for which the Canadians ' This division had suffered severely mad> the tremendous sacrifice of 16,000 from the practice followed by the War Department of taking men who had been under training for some time and sending them elsewhere for special purposes, a total of 30,000 men having been thus selected from time to time and their places filled with recruits. Therefqge, the Infantry and machine gun units of the divisfon. about 17.000 men. that reported in France. were composed largely of untrained or par- tially trained troops While at Sir Douglas’ headquarters he and I reached an understanding as to the training and administration of our troops that were to be temporarily with the British. In the first place, they were to be allocated by regiments to Britich skeleton divisions under such a schedule as might be agreed upon The training staffs of British divisions were to be at the disposal of these regiments. especially for instruction in the use of the rifie and machine gun and the handling of gas. Plan of Training Units, | | | i | Showed British Confidence, | His divisions were then holding 9.000 yards each, or & little over five miles of front. as compared with 6,750 yards per division held by Gough's army and 4.- 200 yards by Byng's division in March. Currie considered that his extension would b2 excessive in the face of a d:- termined and powerful offensive using shock tactics, but it showed the confi- dence the British commander in chief had in them. At the invitation of Sir Douglas Haig, British commander in chief, I went to the British general headquarters April 20 to discuss the training of our troops with the British and study operations in_progress. | We were always made welcome at British headquarters. It so happened | that on the day of our arrival Lord Derby. who had just been relieved as minister of war by Lord Milner, was there en route to Paris as British Am- | bassador. During the difiner the con- |~ Arter that, and with the approval versation ran along freelv. as though of their American division commander we were members of the official family. | {he regiments were to be attached to At length Lord Derby and Sir Douglas | 3 “Britich division in line. so each of drifted to the subject of British politi-| the three battalions of the regiment elans. would have the opportunity to serve It would betray no confidence to say that there was considerabl: eriticism of e coalition government came in for its <hare because of its attitude toward the military high command. Lord Derby was well known to bz & warm support:r of the British commander in chief. and from what 1 knew of the relations be- tween the civil and th> military au- with one of the three brigades in each British division. These battalions were to be commanded by their own officers as & part of the British brigade. while the Staff of the American regiment was 10 be attached to that of the brigade In the next stage the American regiments, with their three battalions united under the regimental com- mander, were to act as a brigade in & British division. The 1 al stage presume that this might have been the would find the four American regi- yeason he relinquished his post as min- | ments of each division united as such ister for war. | under its own officers, the artillery mspetted 73th Division, | being British until the arrival of its lown Artillery brigade. 4 He asked why all parties were not| In carrving out this scheme the represented in our cabinet. but I did not | tendency at first was for British officers undertake to explain, although I had | actually to assume command of our | also often asked myself the same ques- units in training. Our officers in most | o, 21t need hardly be recalled that cases permitted this to be done until | s ‘as the Americans were concerned | it was checked by my orders that v had always been most he'p- | “American units must be commanded in training by the officers and non- | | | | was of such | fort of the pilot. | rs were trained |’ s of the and |and a cut-up plant having a maximum | of | 10 | & high-grade lubricating oil, castor bean | ful. T took advantage of the opportunity le on the British front to visit the Nordaques area to inspect the advance elements cf the 7ith Division, one of the divisions selected for training with the British. We took luncheon with commissioned officers who are to com- mand them in battle,” and that Amer- ican troops would in all cases be com- manded in batile only by Americans, “The program probably expedited preparation, but questions of food transport and methods arose which demonstrated that any attempt at per- manent amsalgamation would have surely led to friction and ineficiency. Because they were needed elsewhere none of the divisions sent to train ‘with the Britich remained long enough o carry out the prescribed course, ex- cept the 27th and 30th. Opposed Amalgamation, Following & suggestion by Lord Milner, 1 went to London April 22 1918, 1o consider further the shipment of American troops. At our first con- fezence there were present Lord Milner | and Gen. Sir Henry Wilson, who had | succeeded Gen. Robertson as tne chiel of the general staff; Harbord and my- sell. The main point of difference that had developed in previous con- | ferences. as 1o just how far the Amer- icans should be committed to serve in active operations, was again considered. | 1 stated that the main thing was 10| get our units trained and that, while 1 was opposed to amalgamaiion, vet if during the period of instruction the units with which theyv were serving should be attacked, or if another great emergency should arise. of course cur men would go in. Naturally, the Brit- ish wanted unlimited infantry and ma- chine gun umits, but I would consider nothing further than a limited exten- essary adjuncts for the navigation of the air. and for the safety and com- Made Substitute Fabric. Some idea of the magnitude of the task involved in the procurement of the incipal raw material used in the con- struction of the plane proper, spruce, may be obtained from the figures on production and personnel. June 30 1918, the spruce production personnel consisted of 18.305 officers, enlisted men civilians. Railroads were construct- into the forests of the West Coast ed capacity of 8,000,080 board-feet of lum- ber a month was erected at Vancouver Barracks, near Portland, Oreg. To No- dember 11, 1918, approximately 174.000, 000 bosrd-feet of spruce and fir had been shipped, of which more than two- thirds went to our allies. At it impossible to produce the millions of yards of linen fabric Te- quired for wing and body covering. & suitable cotton substitute was, developed and manufactared in this country in| quantities sufficient to meet the needs of both America and the allies, and at a cost slightly more than half of that of the linen fabric formerly used. This accomplishment, theretofore thought impossible, ranks among the achieve- 34on of the six-division plan ments of the first importance During the conference a cable from The “ope” used on the fabric of Lord Reading to the prime min'ster was brought forth, which stated that the President had sgreed to the ajnalgama- tion of Americans with the lritish. I had nothing official at hand later than the President’s conditional ajiproval to joint note No. 18 of the Supieme War Council, as suggested by Xecretar Baker, so I promptly said that it could not be possible that any such conces- sion bad been made and that the classes of our troops 1o be shipped over and thelr disposition must be left to me. Of course, we knew that the British | were pressing this point by constant ap- planes presented many difficulties not onlv 1o us but o our allies. This and other chemicals required soon were being produced in this country in quan- tities sufficlent for our sllies’ require- ments as well a3 cur own To mect the exicnsive demands for seeds about were Jmported from- India and | 108000 acres planied in this untry. Meanwhile research work with mineral olls was carried on in- tensively, with the result that lubricant was developed which proved satisfactory I practically ‘every type of sirplane Peals to the President and that they cipilie, except the Tolary engine, in Were insisting he should agree to the which castor oil was preferred. | shipment of 120,000 infanity and roa- The p:rsonnel side of the Alr Service, ¢hine gun units per month for four including the selection, training, or- months, to the exclusion of all other ganization and operation of the fiying Personnel. While the British conferees forces. developed within the fiscal year had concluded from Lord Reading's cable that their case was won, I took 1917-18 into an educational system on quite another view and declined to con- a scale infinitely larger and more di- verse than any obe had expected sider the information as conclusive, “Victory Creed” of Aviatio Training With British Army. As a result of these discussions we Teaching men 1o fly, 10 send messages by wireless, to operate machine guns in the air, 10 know artillery fire by its bursts, and to travel hundreds of miles by compass: teaching other men to read the enemy’s strat2gy from aerial photo- graphs, and still others 1o repair instru- reached &n agreement which provided for the shipment in May, by British and American tonnage, of the infantry, | machine gun. engineer and signal troops, together with the various unit headquarters of six divisions, for train- ments, ignition systems, propellers, air- | ing With the British Army. It was pro- plane wings and motors, required a net- | vided that any shipping in excess of of fiying Relds and schools, & large | the amount required for this number of work in m troops should be utilized to transport | the artillery of these divisions; also that | he job was accomplished by strict such personnel as might be required to | adherence to the “Victory Creed” of our |bulld up corps organizations should Service. which bears repeating in time | then follow, it being understood that | of peace as well as in time of war. Here | the arfillery regiments would train with I | the French and join their proper divi- ““Fo foster individual talent, infagina- | slons when this was completed. tion and initiative, 1o couple with this| To meet any emergency thai might | a high degree of co-operation, and to require am excess of infantry after the subject these to a not t0s minute direc- | completion of this program, it was | tlon; the whole vitalized by a :«upr«mr‘lBWFfl that all the American and Brit- purpose which serves as a magic key t» | Ish shipping available for the transpor- | {nlock the upper strata of the energies | tation of troops was to be used under of men.” |such atkangement as would insure im- — | mediate ald to the allies and thereater. (Tomorrow: How the American Air|#8 far as possible, provide other units ctional force and a maze of equip- and curricula Service was developsd.) Decessary ml complete the ,organization (Copyrizht, 1931. by North American N of our divisions and rm‘nfi ‘ . Deper Allianeen It was furthes agreed thAl the com- STAR, W that superb bod. batant troops mentloned in connection with May shipments should be followed by such services of supply and other contingents as we ourselves might con- sider necessary, the shipment of a large number of these troops having been post- poned. and that all these troops should be utilized at my discretion, except that | the six divisions which the British were | to_transport would be trained with them. Reaching Chaumont, I found that a cablegram dated April 26 had been re- ceived transmitting a memorandum dated April 19 that had been sent by direction of the President to the British Ambassador at Washington in_conform- ity with his approval of note No. 18. In this memorandum the shipment of 120,000 infantry and machine gun units per month for four months was con- ceded, with the understanding that their assignment for training and use should be left to my discretion, First Official Information, It went on to say that the United States, until the situaion changed. had no inention of departing from as full compliance with the recommendation of the permanent military representatives as_the nature of the case would permit This was the fist official information I had received that the administration had agreed to send any specific num- bers of infantry and machine gun units to France. The following quotation is a continu- ation of the memorandum: “It being also understood that this statement is not to be regarded as a commitment from which the Govern- ment of the United Stat's is not free to depart when the exigencies no longer require it; and also that the preferen- tial _transportation of Infantry and machine gun units here sct forth as a policy and principle is not to be re- garded as so exclusive as to prevent the Government of the United States from including in the troops carried by its own tonnage from time to tfjpe rela- tively small numbers of persohnel of other arms as may be deemed wise by the United States as réplacements, and either to make possible the use of a maximum capacity of ships or the most efficient use of the infantry and ma- chine gun units as such transported, or the maintenance of the services of sup- ply already organized and in process of construction for the American Army already in France.” This concession went further than it was necessary to go and much further than 1 had expected. Realizing tne complications that might arise from commitments so far in the future and the delay in forming an_American Army that would” follow, I did not agree in later discussions at the su- preme war cil with all that the My Children Had Frequent Colds—Ailing All The Time My Experiences in the World War BY GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING, Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. Lieut. Gen. Sir Arthur Currie, commanding the Canadian Corps. and Gen. Pershing, who praises “the fine spirit of | FEBRUARY 17.° 189, s =% service with the British. our argument was strengthened regarding the desira- bility of keeping our own troops together and organizing them into an American {Army at the earliest possible date | Purther discussions with officials and { other engagements in London during {my visit are noted in my diary of Aprii 24, 1918, as follows “Called Monday on Ambassador Page. who spoke of heavy losses by British and said my offer o Foch had greatly pleased them, “Talked with Admiral Sims, who thinks decreased danger from subma- rines warrants sending troops by cur smaller ships “On Tuesday Winston Churchill told me that as the German attack was & month later than expected. they had plenty of artillery and could help us out. “Called on Mr. Lloyd George. who is gratified to have Americans with Brit- ish Army. Discussed allied supply plan with him, but got little encouragement. |A‘Hnd luncheon with Maj. and Lady stor. “Dined informally at St."James' Pal- ace with Duke of Connaught, who does not share the gloomy outlook.” —Pershing Clashes With oop Shipment, Standing r Plan.) (Tomorro Il"o(‘h on Firm for (Copyright. 1931. in all countries by the North American Newspaper Alliance World rights reserved, including the Scandinavian. | Reproduction in whole or in part prohibite: {LAUREL LODGE HEAD ; HONORED BY MASONS Edgar §. \;hhmn;l Given Gift by Group as 230 Men At- tend Ceremonies. More than 250 Master Masons of Maryland and the District of Columbia last night were guests of Laurel Wreath Lodge, No. 149, A. F. & A. M. of Laurel to see the third degree conferred by the Grand Lodge of Maryland and to take part in a presentation to Edgar W. Whitman, worshipful master of Laurel Wreath Lodge. The visitors from the District in- cluded Col. C. Fred Ccok, grand mas- ter; Reuben A. Bogley. deputy grand master; Needham C. Turnage, junior grand stewart. and 50 members of tie order from the composing room force of The Star, where Worshipful Master Whitman is emploved. His gssociates on The Star gave Mr. Whitman a smoking stand. James T. Casebecr making the presentation. “London’s Bridge of Sighs," the High- gate Archway where so many have met death, was the scene recently of the death’ of Donald Munday in a 63-foot fall from the top. i allies now felt justified in demanding. | T was opposed to the action of the su- preme war council in assuming the power under any circumstances to dis- pose of American troo It was not Im any sense a prerogative of the su- preme war council. Concession Embarrassing. There can be little doubt that Lord Reading received the distinct impression from President Wilson that infantry and machine gun units would be sent to France at the rate of 120.000 men | per month for four months. beginning | with April. That the President agreed {to this “in principle” is practically certain. It need not be further em- | phasized that such & concession, even | though prompted by the most generous | impuise, could only add to the diffi ties of our task of building up an Army | of our own. It is probable that Tord Reading. ' skilled advocat> that he was. did more while Ambassador at Washington to influence the administration to grant allied requests than any other indi- vidual. The Secretary of War upon his return caused the administration’s position to be somewhat more clearly defined and modified, but the statement still left | much 10 be desited in the way of a positive declaration of our purpose to have our own Army. It left a very| definite notion in the minds of the al- lies that the administration at Wash- ington was favorable to amalgamation, | and that the main obstacle to be over- | come was the military head of Ameri- | can forces in Fiance. s is doubtless the reason why all the alli.d verbal “heavy artillery” was often turned in my direction. } “The agreement made in London, as actually drawn. while insuring the ship- |+ ment of largely increased numbers of | troops, did not commit us to sending infantry and machine-gun units ex- | clusively beyond June 1. The conces- | sion we made for May was a radical | departure fromthe sane policy of bring- | ing over balanced forces in complete or- | ganizations, but the clamor was :o| great and the danger of calamity | seemed so imminent that the temporary departure from that policy was thought | to be warranted as a means of helping | the allies. and have made the at— Irish Conscription. The question of applying conscrip- tion to Ireland was then under consider- ation of the British, and it seemed probable, according to views expressed | more or less guardedly, that British | troops would be required to enforce it.| | Inasmuch @s such a measure might possibly have affected the attitude of American troops of Irish origin toward at cost. Final Reductions in expended Fashion Park and Mode naturally are broken you'll find vour size—in many formal clothes are excepted, and necessary alterations will be made DR. BRISCOE RITES HELD | Services Conducted at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church Here. Funeral services for Dr. John P. Briscoe, pediatrist, who died in Garfield Hospital Sunday, .were conducted in St. Alban’s Episcopal Church today at 10:30 o'clock. The body was taken to| Prince Frederick, in Calvert County, | Md for burial Briscoe, who was 50 years old, 1 practicing here in 1907, speclal- | 17ing in children's diseases. He was graduated from St. John's College. An- | napolis, and Georgetown University, M’CORMICK ASSAILS | STATEMENTS OF WETS, Wickersham Commission Mem'ber: Denies Charge $500,000 Was Spent in Dry Law Probe. By the Associated Press. 108 ANGELES, February 17.—Fed- eral Judge Paul J. McCormick, & mem- ber of the Wickersham Commission appointed by President Hoover to, in- vestigate law enforcement, attacked ' yesterday what he termed ‘“misrepre- sentations broadcast by the wets” that the commission spent $500,000 inquiring intg_prohibition “The committee appointed to investi gate prohibition was allotted $65.000 fo that work.” Judge McCormick saic “Up to February 1 the total amount in the investigation was $35922.63. While I do not know that there will be any further investigation, there still is available $29,077.37 for this purpose.” ' The ju added that “wets through- out the country have attempted to place the commission in a bad light by mak- ing it appear that prohibition was the sole issue.” “Prohibition was but one phase of an investigation of crime that covered a variety of subjects,” he said. “Other phases of the investigation were: The causes of crime, cost of crime, the courts. crime and the foreign born, official lawlessness, police departments. penal institutions. prohibition parole. crime prosecutions and stat on_crime and juvenile delinquenc; Judge McCormick said he expected to return to Washington to attend sessions | ©f the commission March 4. and tics Because of the large humber of visi- tors from Germany, where the film was | banned, the run of “All Quiet on the Western Front” in Luxemburg this Win- ter had to be extended. ; “Still Deeper Reductions” | We're on the last lap with the Semi-Annual Clearance Sale— finals supremely interesting. 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