Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1931, Page 28

FOULOIS PROBABLE HEAD OF AIR CORPS Only Fight Against Him Looms From Pointers, Who Back Brig. Gen. Pratt. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. The success of Brig. Gen. Benjamin . Foulois, the M-tion’s first military pilot, in conducting i1e recent maneu- vers of the 1st Air Division has put him in a leading position for appoint- ment as chief of the Army Air Corps to succeed Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet when the latter's appointment expires next December. The only fight against Gen. Foulois, it is believed, will center around the fact that he is not a West Pointer, but Yike Gen. Fechet has risen from the ranks. Those in the service who in- Bist upon the appointment of Military Academy graduates are backing Brig. Gen. Henry C. Pratt, a graduate of the scademy, now in command of the Air Corps materiel division at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohlo. “Benny” Foulois today stands out in the eyes of the world as one of.the most colorful figures in the United Btates Army and is regarded by Air Corps officers as having a more thor- ough practical knowledge of military aviation than any other officer in the Army has. Fechet May Ask Line Post. Almost as much interest is felt in the Air Corps over the future of Gen. Fechet following his retirement as chief ©of the Alr Corps next Winter as is manifested over the appointment of his successor. Though Gen. Fechet has had 30 years of service and is eligible for retirement if he chooses to Tequest it, he is understood to be seek- 4ng appointment as a brigadier general of the line. Persistent failure of the Army general staff to select ranking Air Corps offi- cers for appointment as generals of the line to fill vacancies which have cecurred since the Air Corps became an important branch of the Army is felt keenly by the Air Corps Tcers. The fact that general officers on the staff in Washington and the command- ing generals of the corps areas, who mre generals of the line and who possess authority to employ Air Corps units, have no real first hand knowledge of the Air Corps is regarded by the run of Air Corps personnel as an unfavor- able situation. Pilots Plane at 51. Gen. Foulois has accupied the world stage during the life of the division which he led. Yet in the Regular Army he ranks only as a lieutenant colonel and as the fifth lieutenant colonel. There is a feeling in the Air Corps that in assuming command of the 1st Air Division, Gen. Foulois staked his whole reputation in the Afmy on the puccess or failure of the maneuvers which recently were concluded. Gen. Foulois, though he is 51 years old, ranks as one of the great Alr Corps pilots and invariably flies his own plane. During the maneuvers he flew his own plane from start to finish, carrying only an _enlisted mechanic with him. He warmed the hearts of his friends at the outset cf the ma- neuvers by flyihg across the Alle- gheny Mountains in dangerously thick fying weather, leaving behind him 20 other younger pilots who were forced down or compelled to return to their starting points. It is characteristic of Gen. Foulois that he later apolgized ublicly for flying tarough and leaving gs juniors behind, explaining that he had the benefit of the finest flying dnstruments and that they showed ex- cellent judgment in not trying to go through under the circumstances. Not only was Gen. Foulois the first airplane pilot in the Army, but he also was pilot of the first American military dirigible and was the youngest brigadier general in the United States Army when at 38 he served as chief of the ‘Air Service in the American Expedi- tionary Forces. Was Firg U. S. Pilot. Gen Foulois was born at Washington Depot, Conn., December 9, 1879, and enlisted in the volunteer forces and ; LANSBURGH’S 7th, 8th and E Sts. graphs that Reproduce Your Personality Just drop in our Photo- graphic Studio while Shop- ping. A cozy place to meet “Nonchalant” Reply Ty Accident Quiz Causes Test Fzilure By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, I, June 5—The ‘women, and perhaps some of the men, may be interested in this. ‘Three out of 240 women whose m:l were graded in a police school, passed with 100 per cent marks. Seventy per cent of Ill o( them passed with grades One of those who failed to pass, when asked what she would do in cas> of accident, said she would be “nonchalant.” Another said that if she noticed the oil gauge reading zero she would “pour water in the radiator.” served as a “on-commissioned officer in the Spanish-American War at the ag2 of 18 years. Liking his taste of soldier- ing, he enlisted in the Regular Army, and while serving as a non-commis- sioned officer against the Filipinos he was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry. He attended the Army Signal School, going from there to serve in Cuba with the Army of Occupation. While there he was commended by the War De- partment for his excellent work in com- pleting an 1,800-square-mile section of the progressive military map of Cuba. Gen. Foulois began his aviation career in 1908, when he operated the first-dirigible bal'loon purchased by the Qovernment. The following year he was selected to take flying instruction from the Wright brothers in the first military plane bought by the Govern- ment. As observer for Orville Wright he participated in the first cross- country flight made in Americ traveling 10 miles from Fort Myer,. Vi to” Alexandria, Va, and return, averaging 42 miles per hour at an altitude of 600 feet, thereby establishing three world records, for distance, speed and altitude. Learned to Fly by Mail. He spent the year of 1910 at San Antonio as the entire flying personnel cf the Army. He flew the first Army airplane there during - the intervals when his eight enlisted men were not busy repairing it. to fly there by the correspondence school method. When he made a mis- take he would write to the Wright brothers at Dayton, r{iucrihlrg his dif- ficulties and learni from them by return mail methods fm‘ correcting his error. The results of his work were the sub- stitution cf wheels for skids and mono- rails and ‘the establishment of the saféty belt as standard equipment. The Government appropriated only $150 for the maintenance of the airplane that year and Foulois had to spend $300 out of his modest pay to keep the plane in repair. In 1911 Poulois adapted radio to air- plane uses, receiving messages up to & distance cf 18 miles. While patrolling the Mexicon border, using a more modern plane, he made a record- Three Rooms, Kitchen, Bath, Balcony Electrical Refrigeration Reasonable Rental THE ARGONNE 16th and Columbia Road h If you suffer from hig BLOOD PRESSURE | don’t hesitate to make Mountain Valley Mineral Water an impor- tant diuretic factor in your in- ternal hygiene. A well krown metropolitan specialist volunteers this statement: “In my opinion you cannot praise Mountain Val- ley Mineral Water too highly as a natural diuretic and eliminant. 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He commanded the 1st Aero Squadron when it joined the Mexican puni- tive expedition in March, 1916, and under his direction aviation first proved its worth in actual field service, lead- ing to a remark by Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the ex- pedition, that one limll.m ‘was worth a regiment of cavalry to him. After drawing up plans of organiza- tion for the Air Service at the begin- ning of the World War he sailed for France as the chief of the Air Service and laid the groundwork for the Amer- ican flying service in France. In 1918 he personally led the first squadron composed of American planes and American pilots over the German lines. He served on numerous commissions, including the Supreme War Council. His decorations include the Distin- guished Service Medal and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. After the war he served in Washing- ton in connection with the demobiliza- tion of the Air Service and the salvag- ing of its property, and then went to Berlin as ar attache at the American embassy. He took command of Mitchel Field, N. Y., in_August, 1925, lnd from 1927 to July, 1929, was in charge of training_and operations of the Air Corps. From July, 1929, to July, 1930, he was in charge of the materiel di- k/#‘ ross. //o”/ All Government BACON Pork Loin Roast LARD BUTTE BEEF COFFEE Pork Sausage OLEO - OLEO oo SHOULDERS Breast, 6c LAMB VEAL o> STEAK EGGS ams- FRYERS Ib. mneuvexs k 1mAj lutheruulnothho Sugar Cured Package Lard ROSE BRAND Pure Creamery Boiling Beef Ground Beef, 1b., 121/c Red B.. gllon at D-ym u;‘d thex} l;‘n:'nl‘“.tlo' ashington to e charge of e . fon- of the Air p I Gen. Prat HuintheAerom!hu been npld ‘Three ‘y:nr: ago he wu a His climb his &‘ t post tion work and knowledge of nlrcnn enzu:nnnz Born in New, Mexico, Gen. 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