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The ii.Tien Sometimes Paint Humopus Designs on the Sides of 'i heir Macbtnes.. . Th; On Represent
me vernin Kabbit fursued Into His Hole by a Uog ot War.
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In tli air whrn
tlie Kre-ni-hnian uipI
who ha fi
mof fft ft yar Imti a nwrntwr of
f. r iJjifig Fjnalron. nol . who has
fwotjr f'turnra to thi 1ilhs States or.
rurlrtnrk because of illnfFa.
Tlfriie niake Jt, plain." sau Serf ant
Crebora, "that I am ot the hrro of any
of tW?iloits. W have manj beam!
fal pUota In our sf)HAilrun and otii rally I
fcar Ueard thHr adventure with tk
nfiaT 4iiM-uRae( at first hand. , ..
Pitrt MaHnoTifh. a Srrhion. who if
toy pal In t lie tMuaIron a nit mho b:i re-
eentlf htxiiight down bis rlerentb machine
J - (oftkjjJX i the jmiDxrst of llie Kr?nrh
area 4 ad a remarkable piUtt. He entf-retf
th' enrlr when he -m only secenlen
yeara aid .He fnlifd. In the Kreneb'
. draifor.aai aad.ljtt.transfVrrpd to ,he avl-
. On oe ocrasioD tbe Serbian .went -out
l!h 4ber ehaxseur maHiines to protect
one of Le bit tottrin- earn whirh tux
: rolnf 'rr the German lines o t.-ilce photo
graphs; '
"Tbo French nsaalljr send out.thrm bijt
' aaachiiaefl for ohscrTatioa work and photo
CTOphlaa; and naturally they ennnot pro-
(ret thamr'lves so well a a fighting ta-
rhfaew So tbe others go along, hovering
car tben. and teepine; a sharp lookont
for the army.-
"FicaHy the SerMan saw a German ma
chine faHa-.viog the French naarbines. bift
tbe Gimin.was keeping a long distance
off aoj wa very wise, apparently baring
o Jnt-wtiort of coming near until a par
ticularly pood opportunity to. d tilaiuagr
e fered ito-lf.
The Serbian dec-bled to take the initia-
tlft o4 atarted.oiit to c hiin.,. There
waea ow. tnea aboard tbe German mi
' , -cMne. and they had a rery beautiful
-''titoC TLU la unusual, as generally a
Tirat rlaaa 9kt wants to go np hy bim-
way a man is gim to turn when becomes
head on In mn-h nuuiters, and yt
don't think that the pilots are excited at
nrh nmments. tln v are Um intent, .-oil
what they ore fining. Afterward? Well, a
mis i as gcw.d as mile in such Cases
Either he got you or he didn't. Xohody
thinks of erm the most exciting encounter
the next eiid, there's tio much eke to
'hick about. Of eoura, whn iliino 011
th gnmud a man may recall wbut hap
pened; but there are so many encotiutfrF
tx of the inie tha nothing stand out
vert mitrh.; What a man In a single
plur machiue bt usually trying to do, b to
set on top of the enemy flyer and drive
nwn. A two place aiar-hine is different! hw . motor was no working, welt
- -self. They ratlier seorn going np ast pilot
. with a aecond man. But this man was a
finUhad pilot; always having his tnacbine
t onder perfect control, very smooth., with
. no JeraiBj; In his turns. Appareiktly be
v coflkj ioonjthinc h war.U-d.
Bvki 'Again to Death. f
z ' r Feven time? tbe Serbian fried to
jwp under "ibe Genoa n.Y tail, but bis
V bota flslk-d to take effect The last time
' tb Sbla tried' to, jump under bim the
vnt down In tail pin. nt '!
. didu't eame ot oif it to the iwual' way
that I to. 7, jutt flatteolns ouU If be
guid im this the Serbia o would bafe cot
, Oht he an out or- tv. ". usimi
i Gnu nirw ut n hi "Jo and
k er-fcbUf in a pirl. Il StrDian into
I'm ..ft aad thcr rame on Uce
G4 . t;nnvr.i how It was, bot thry
aWJ fciph oUiw. Thia i on of tb
tjct peculiar senaaUocs that, on ran
ba la th air, to com on fa to fac
witb a Bin a. each to fignre ont
wbii'k War the other i oin: to turn.
, each jockerinr for potition to aboot and
then solas ea. b oUier ao that the abots of
t ndllier talse effect., . '
, "Uavim paiceI each other, ea-b, man
sni came back as fart sa he eoold
ao (or three times tbe same thin ha p-
, tend--tker raine bead on without cet
tiiif each other, merely pasted and turned
airnlo.. Finally the Serbian turned more
u'uwkiy (ban the Gennaa. and before tbe
fjerpiaa could make tbe turn the Serbian
bad shot him in Ibe bacfe.
'J'hete are. of.conrae, aorae collisions.
kMnp. t ..t.ilttle fA cueisM which
lernii!e the man at the back can shoot
upward. Tbe man In a single place ma
liine in rntnhat witb ft two plare..ma
chine tries to come np under the tail of his
adversary. . ; , ,
"Flyers stand by each other to the lust
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loftkin out to see that the map, who
came out with them to look for the enem
Sets back all right, even if thia inrolvea a
risk to their own lives. - The following lit
tle account wi;. show you what It nieaus
to have a pal in the air service. The Ser
bian and another chaaseur from Sia 04
were out over th,e lines watching for
long -tune one day when they Raw ome
hhick smoke puffs which indicated, that
the French anti-aircraft marhinef had
pecn hootin; at a. Roche flrer. The two
Frenchmen were 30.000 feet up, and they
decided that they would not so directly
after the fellow but would gojnto, Ger
many and meet him on his way buck.
while they were flying out of Germany
When they were criming out of Germany
and approaching the French lines tbey
saw the German fooling over tbe. lines.
Obviously he belonged to the Richthofen
irctis. He was sn excellent flyer and c-.
cepted combat at once. t
B came straight for,. the Serbian and!
just before he got to him sheered, off, to
his left. Thg Serbian tried to follow, but
the German in passing so closel. bad dis
turbed the ajr currents so tUat the Ser
bian got going In a, tail spin.
A Savage Exchange. -
The German was then gomg sharply
to sard the left and the Serbian, in a tail
ipin, was out of the combat for tbe time
being. Tbe second Frenchman then looked
over bis shoulder . to. see which, way the
German was coming snd the German
then came around sharp to tbe right The
second Frenchman's nest more was then
to his own left, which brought bim face
to face with the German.
"They, exchanged shots .Just before they
passed. Then the German made a turn
so as to get In some shots on tbe first
man, who was tail spinning. This made it
necessary, for the second French flyer to
do a wing .slide sidewise, so, ss to sp
proach tbe German at right angles. It
was not possible for him to shoot st the
German from the rear, because in-tbst
case be would have shot at bis pal as well
as at the German.
"When the German saw tbe move of the
second Frenchman he sheered- off snd
made an endeavor to tarn snd , climb.
Then the. second Frenchman, who was
bavins trouble witb bis motor and knew
that-he cnnld not climb, had to go over
and literally sit on the German, r,
After a couple of attempts to rise the
German made a long descending terpen
tine. and. while be wss doing this the
Frenchman waited until he got on tbe
high aide of each torn, when there is
moment of hesitation, snd gave him, thirty
or forty .shots each tune.
"After some t'ois the Gersaaa went
straight down oa his nose, bnt tbe French
man was hy no means sure that tis wss
not. a n Flv- '."times. simulate
defeat ami when thev get neaMlic ground
scuttle awuv and save themselves,
"to-order tluil the H-Ieitnnp iniht riot
uwuv from him in this fu!non the
Freuchinan uoscd'dowit after mm unit:
the Geruian hetran Jo wiibble.- Then 'the
Frearttpisa fiiriitcd Hint it. was Jim ,f"r
the (erman toxelt-es if he were all risht
nd that he wns-ld save bis altitude, of
l,!iOeet and srt np rherc for a second or
two to. watch him. ..'.Iibost imniediateli
he suwvthe German score's perfect hir
There was very little left of the Gertnanil
- "Xt., tVeii became, L time for the French
man to think of himself. He hud fired
rounds of sluit, all that he had, and
He
would have fallen ao easy victim to an
enemy would have been, in fact, obi
lute.ly helpless, - ' . i
"This is where the good pal came In. .He
;ilso knew or surmisMl thnt hia comrade
would have spen( all bis ammunition and
iie bad observed the faulty motor. He
bad recovered froni bis tail spin, although
too late to get into the fight. Immediately
on recovering himself "he followed in the
wake of his friend ami their common foe.
twenty-five miles into Germany.
1 he second . r renebmau. looking up.
thought thnt an enemy machine was ap
proachiug him. He saw a hhick shadow
ngainst the sun bd4 believed, himself in
for anohUer wrap, but bis friend being in
another . pnsitiv immediately . saw the
allied i.isiguia, nw- the second -nxun's ma
chine snv.signaHed.to bits, i As he saluted
in return lie second Frenchman,,fcjt hap
pier, than Ik' .had eve) been .in, bis whole
life. All tits wuy. bf to tbeir station
the Serbian fksy with h.sv to protect him
from a possible Ksj, -, , '
Xot all. air" efc-Ntmnters ruire such
adroitness on the Dirt f ffc pihtt. , Un
another occasion, the vVrbinn aron an of
ficial Ration .when he bad not Intended
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The Spad It an 'tyeinciy; Popular Machine with French AlrmeA.f U Hat a Speed1 of 132 Mitoan Wour
of tnet-hanfes to ti(ke "are. of the mnch'meBj witb his machine more on than off a piece
.. ..!,. i!.!k' n1... tit tt I.iMulri-d !Hti! fitfv ;ii'n'or i the itixe of a ued mlteei. J lie
Pierre Marinovitch, I he Youngest
French Acs, Who ' Recently
Brought Down ll'u Eleventh
Machine.
to. pUti-e. nyj'jiiop, with an observer in
the Iiicr seat. As he drew up oa, tin
!ei'rtaij machine the .observer, instead
f iing liit gun. ducked, grabbed a cam
era. trained it on'.Madon and then ducked
again to put it down before tur.iug hi
-.'i tu on Marion. Th r reuehmuo besi
;ruted. lie realuteu instant.y tltnttneuer
man olwi-rver thoxght be could get aw. jr
with a picture of, the fuirfbtis IJreucH ace
mitl it seemed to him one of the eon hst
acts h hud ever seen. But 'war la war.
lie siid to ffimself; tt Isn't a thing", oi
seiitiuu'iit.' and he stud the (leruian before
lie could fdrnighten up. T
"Although the airmen who belong to the
chasseurs are primarily engaged iu fight!
tug enemy airmen tbey have also the duty
of hooting up tlfe ejemy trenches when
the Kreuch nre going to make an offen
sive. We know nothing of the strategy
involved in thW work, which is nil timed
and carried out with .the utmost precision
u 11. tour niuad.ims'ucv UKvIiit'd
a station. . , ,vj
' "After forty hours' work oyer the .cr
Qian. line, a man uuiy he sug;;es.ted for
seryi-ant. Thnt doeyii t nay that he wit:
act the prunudiou. but he may be proposed
fur it. )i;e hundred hours more ill
make bim eliuilile for adjutant nad lrvt)
hours in addition to the adjutant'H record
will make tiiui eligible, fur lieutenant.. Of
oiire. If he cm tnmhle machiucs that
rmikes urotuutitm n'ttieker. It la arecessarv
to earn eveiy, proiuotum Iu the avintion
;-orps.. Nothing, ,nea by fuvor.
Isn't all .work iu the air branch f
the, service or Ui addUutu to the fur
hutglw there ftf? , the parties wbkb are
always giveu when a mail of the squadron
wins a,citiilion. This man has to give
the party, ami if he wins many Htations
it keeps him poor as tlie deuce. I sua:iy
five or six kinds f wlue and cordials are
served on these, oceoaious, and sometime
the (frtnkhis'is rather heutr. When men
are scheduler! for early duty the nest day
they generally go lih; on the jmrtles.
while those wlioare uot down for early
work are not so careful. 'In our (u)midrou
we have an old phonograph ' which we
always turn oik on ucb occasions, hut
us it long ago ceat(l to work hi tbe usual
fashion wn have to bave a faithful
uuK-hanlc who stir it up Jill the time.
To show the deep musical appreciation
,kf ihr niiTidifft ' on one such occa.don
We nre timed to go to certain points a mi L ropIf, of 1IS removed the uee'dle frm
there for. fifteen or twenty iniuujtea' we.,,.. mn(.bitte. The mechanic kept on Mir
to fight ot all., He was Vst b ringing bW
new machine borne from the factory wten
he saw a Germ on. and thinking be miM
get bim jumped on bim and bi:ugh(, hi.!
uunia .uijut u l JJ rs iMttu I mst asinr.-sk. pvmi:-
times tbe easiest cQiubata aee, one?
which are officially recognized without
difficulty, while some of- those tn wikb
the utniOKt adroitness has-been expen3d
hv tbe aviator eatfnot be verified ;. s .
MadonIieu tenant Iadon be-, should
he railed on e -of the greatest rrejicb
fljrcrs, used to say thnt the hardest, tier
man be ever, shot down was a fJkw i0 a
two place mucbin H'bub, be encountered
one. day. . . i . . ,t '
One day Madon was up in this all red
machine and got right behind a German
sjioot np the enemy trenches. V'? do not
enerally encounter enemy airmen on such
oceasions because we nre tlyuig too low
It would b impossible to engage in a gooi'
arinl combat at this distance from tin
ground; ftnt the work is done in the midst
f a shower of shells, and how the deuce
they mifs the flyers I cannot tell. .As a
matter of fact they usually get through
all risht. . . J
After hooting np tbe enemy trenches
we are under instructions as a rule ti
return and do stunts over the hods ol
our own infantry. Pejbaps the object of
this ig to encourage the infantry with tb"
feeling that we are thcrio help them
out. Or it may le that we are kept fl
uand so that we may he used if occasion
warrants. We do not know what tbe
'h).Yt of this work is. 1 It is simply out
luty to obey orders and to be on tiaieat
be po'nts specified. ' . ,
Life of the Aviator. . v .i
"The pi'ot serves for four mouths at
tie front ad then Is given a 'ten days'
fur ough, wh"h.he r..ny spend where he
will Fsually l.e spends it in Paris. While
on riiKy the nun of each squadron arc
divided into pattvts. There are eighteen
pilots in a squadroi and a reat number
ring it .up. a solo dancer who usually
figures in the entertainment at a purty
kept on dancing and everyliody else kepi
on having a good time. It was twenty
minutes during which the phonograph am!
the mechanic were working bard befe
anv one noticed tlie music nan sroppeu
other fellow-canto down within fifty -feet
f Hie bed sheer, but NaWro landed
si'tuirely oh it. lie smashed his machine
to hits, but he won the wnger.
"Naturally the grcatewt Interest of the
pilot's life centres in bis profession, and
it Is when some new phuse of aviation
develops that you will ac the men's ot
tention most keenly anuiNed. When a
(.eni.au machine is captured lutuct it h
tuken to one of the schools or to the eta
lions, so that the men may examine It
carefully and become acquainted With al
of its capabilities. H is then repainted
with the ullieV Susiynia and taken up by
a monitor the teacher of the flyers. At
the suuie time an aviator is sent up will,
a camera. If be can manoeuvre bis mu
ch ine so as to get a ht With bis camera
at the uiou'dor it is considered that he
'on Id meet sucU a tuachitie succeKfiilly
The camera shot counts for a gun shot.
','The aviators were greatly intercKtcd
in au experiuieut with a 'monoplane nia
bine which seemed to demonstrate that
the speed of these machines might mak
them very vuliiable. 1
"This was a Moraue monoplane taken
m hy I'utunm. and this was the first
time that a tierman was brought down in
a srap wjth a monoplnne. It wnn a
iriOliorse power machine, having nine
cylinders, wlh a fourth speed of Htt
miles.
Putnam mixed right up In a btincli of
Gertnaus scveu or eigh of tbein. He let
his 'owu machine ruu lilong on seven
cylinders, third speed. Wheo he wa
ready be dipHd right under tbe first
three Ciermuiis. ' Then be fired thirty-five
shuts.' and one of tbe fiermatis Tell right
over( He wanted to nee'wbat his own
machine could do and be didn't want to
fool away auy.inore atntiiunitinn, sn lie
j pushed up to fourth upeed and just saibil
A fnt fellow who is a member ti right wny fmm the iwlouUhed-Oerivans
ftoiiariron and. who elves tmitatiotis of
Charlie' Chaplin and the aplu. dancer are
rivuT entertaiuers. at these affairs. All
the Frenchmen nre crazy about the
Charlie Chaplin stuff.
"The French flyers don't go In for
athletic games In their hours., off,5 a
American soldiers do, but they sometimes
make wagers concerning the prowess of i
their machines or illustrute their own
adeptness. which are of interest to alt
of us. A famous wager of this kind
was won by Navarre, whom many pilots
consider the most f beautiful pilot of
France, not excepting 'Guy neuter, Guy
nemer was a dead hct. but for finesse.
manoeuvring and the art of the pilot gen
ernlly Navarre Is declared never to have!
Teen snrpasserl by nicn ho know what
lenutful piloting is.
"Navarre bet another pilot that he could
come down on a bed sheet that is to Miy
Stored Death in thp Face
The Hebai.ds . Ijondon correspondent
s-ntes;
The' annals of thec British - nsry sol
arm i are replete with thrilling instances
of men who since Aotust 4, 1914, hsre
looked death in ,tbt face and come out
unscaUied. ' '
Hidden away la tbe dry official ian
rnase- of a report on a British sub-
marine'f cruise ia a story of experiences
utirrinj the soul of any, man, It Is sn
account of bow the little sbjp was hunted.
and banted vigorously, and of what the
crew went, tbrouch more than one b,an
dred feet below tbe waves,.
The submarine coming to the surface
in the course of ier roysge In the North
Sea sighted a number of. fast . craft, In
cluding serersl destroyers, near ber. So
Jose were the bonters that the submarine
had to, dive at the greatest, speed.. In
endeavoring to straighten: out -the com
mander found that his helm bsd jammed.
Barely bad this discovery been made
tbsn a violent explosion, apparently
csnsed by a depth charge from one of (he
surface craft, shool the vessel. The con
clusion wss so great that several men
tbe stern chambers were lifted off
their feet Still deeper went the sub
marine until Fbe reached tbe sea bottom.
A hurried examination rerealeif that tbe
hull had withstood the test of The flfM.
shock in itself a sterling tribnte to the
designer and the men who built 'he ves
sel, for bad It bcrn a jerry-built craft -or
had the Tessel contained a piece of
hastily done work, loss of valuable Uvea.
in the first fw moments of. tbe attack
on this boat mbibt bpvc occurred.
Three minutes after the first explosiop
the crew heard a further loud report.
There was nothing -to be done hut to lie
absolutely qui?t and if possible to give
no indication of the iiibmarine's where
abouts to the hunting craft ' All motors
were stopped, snd even tbe ventilating
apparatus wss shut off.
During the twenty long minutes that
followed tbe submarine was again care
fully examined, and again it was reported
thnt there were no signs of leskage.
Then wss heard what was calculated
to shake even the stoutest of hearts-!-a
loud scraping noise along the whole length
of the submarine. It was a' trawler's
sweep endeavoring to locate any obstacle
on tbe sea bottom. Would the sweep
catch one of the rudders, or would it
become entangled in the ConnlDi tower
snd rfve awsy the submarine a hiding
place? .
Slowly the noise progressed slong the
ship and then oeased and the sweep left
the veel free. Hut hardly bsd this
meiteco m.,"! red when n third arid
even more violent explosion occurred. The
ship shook continually and ail ligjits went
out, ine esoes; ueing so severe uini in-
switches were thrown from "On to
"Off." Other and more delicate mechan
ism was also put out of gear. Still the
submarine's crew carried on ond were
relieved to find thst1 no serious damage
had been done. The reversing of tilt
nmitches sgaioi lit up the ship. Steps
were taken to. put ber in trim again, not
withstanding the fact that st any time
the attack might be continued. However.
the faith of the hunters in their depth
charges seems to have been such that
they left their-quarry for "killed."
After staying on tbe bottom for some
eight hours thesubmarine came nearer
the surface and In the evening proceeded
to her base. Throughout the whole of
the harassing time on the bottom there
waa not the slightest vestige of a ponic on
tbe phrt of the brave men. . They faced
the posxlbililiea of death with character
istic ErltVi spirit Their nerves must
have been of steel. '
it was not tbe first time that the skip
per had been hunted. He ha 4 once be
fore, come iu)dr the fire of an, enemy
decoy ship., htiots from, several G-ineh
guns at a range of little more than a mile
fell close to the vessel, and a bngd column
of water nearly washed the officer off
his legs as he waa getting into, the con
ning tower prior to submerging.
Here ernin tlie Kr'.5i Mcrtnd.-
nl the same time, and no one would take
it into Jiim room to sleep for more than
nitfht Tito poor obi dug had to g.i lulu
a different rimin every ntiflit. And yet yntl
wouldn't wiy that the 'wen ever think ot
disaster. It Is a iuutter of opurse, and
nobody worries about It .When the niuiii
tor is Instructing over there be doewi't go
up with liis pupil as he dSa here, but
simply gives him ItnlHictiurt 'and sends
liiiti tin. ' If the pupil does not: follow hit
instruction add fulls those n, the g.Vlud
to not run in nick bim up. Tbe monitor
sends up the nest man before directions
uie given to ph-K P tue -ruao wo aa
fallen, nnd if lie refers lo the accident, it
Is onlv Iu advise the pupil aot to make a.
mistake in following lustractioos Use that
f.silish cadet over there." Wbe on of
mr men falls or is shot down We Wore up
sr the table where" we sit ia the order of
our attainments. ' . , ! -
Tbe avint'ir who boasts unduly' of his
attainments, especially when his boctting
takes the form of cold print, bos a very
difficult time of U when the boys discover
it. and tiier are bound to do ra, for some
of the folks hark home always send them
clippings about anything eonoernins their
own branch of tbe service. I suppose
the same Is true of other branches, but t
have seen for myself what bappena tn a
pilot who poses to the uninjtiiited, 'a
hero of the air when pcrbap be la o'y a
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'TbeVafe Crilloo In Paris la the rsl!:fv.
itig place for ail sorts of. American, and
it i here that the 'young bery' who. baa '
been led luto putting it over oa the nubile
by a weakness for the liiueligjit finds .
hiuuielf in purgatory. . Krery aort -
army and navy man is to be found ba, tb
iiife at tiuica, Tb Americans nay ia-
hole sailors, naval officers, avbliervtriny
officers, sometimes Including a' geurrsl. ,
airmen of our own fonws and those of
our allies' and a spriukling of private '
itizens. i . , ,
Wlicn SpolUtfiis Hurl ,,-Au 4 . ,
Wlien it la most crowded a trail with
ii fetal clipping will take the stage,' gel
up on a rhsir or otherwise make himself
muster of the situation snd. dragging his
wretched victim with biui, proceed to
point him out to the crosd. ss ihe uau
of much achievement " :
"This young man,' be will call (Out, .'
IMVintlng to the fellow wbo baa been writ
ten up for deeds he never did, 'this yonag
man is pie marvellous pilot of tbe Kreuch
i.ir servie of whom you bave no doubt
henr.l lie Is one of the greatest heroes
of alt time, descrviug of tbe plandits of
'the ettiwn of all countries la all agea
of the world. My friends. If yon doubt
it listen to his story as it appeared in a .
certain American paper on such a date. . '
"Then he will read sleud 'tbe clipping,
and call for three cheers frdln tha crowd,
Of course, the fellow that bas brought
tins down on bimself rnjoys this. Some- .
times tlicy send the bartenders to haul
him up where everybody can get kwik
at him. Of course, the man tries to (inck,
bnt lie generally Isn't successful, tliey
rasa a man In that place nntil his lift
(sn't worth living." . (
"Tlie other side of this picture If tb
conferring of the Medsllle Milltslre upon
us aviator who has performed hc val
orous fest This medal Is give eabj to 1
man in the ranks, and then la sMtMse
except the Legion of Honor whh-a a (ess
m.tc desire to win.- W hen lh enreinny
of bestowing It Is to be performed every
man In the equsdrod appear tn foil dross.
not only the aviator but all the. dm-
. ......v.-, . ".To. ni niecDssics are all
drawn np 'In a souar with the niiota in
front, of them, sod tb officer of.-th
oo.roa in uie centre with tbe general
who ha come" to coafer tb medal. Then
the msa who ia to receive It come for
ward and tbe general reads aloud rh.i
the fellow who is getting tbe rued) has
done to deserve It This meeWt mn.i ih.
r.cgleu of Honor are the auly ones which
sre conferred with a kiss. A. a villa -
the men who get these medal bare keen
grievously wounded in performlag fa '
deeds for which they are awardeC and
jimny of tliem lose their Uvea, so that tt la
an extra distinction for a man to, ban
perinruieu a ueeu ot tin character tk
still be able to come forward to tecebltj
the medal 'Groat atress i laid n th.
strjetest military order at such a' cer.
mony. U-Anics, helpers, even tb host,
lers of the squadron, ar in full msrebing
order, steering their luggage rolls,, guui,
Ac, It Is the intention of the military
authorities to make tHc ceremony alni
"Tbe monoplanes arc hclu; tried out In
one siiuadrou. but tle.v arc put very pup
nlur. 'Jliey nre considered very unsafe if
anythiiig happens to tbe wings there are
uone to fall back on.
"I;ir bnrraek. which are placed in the
wood so that ftiey caunot be spotted, are
dividwl along the tildes into- rooms au.d
each room is wcupiciMiy two men. Thn.v
is s large general room for eating, and
at the end of this there Is a little room
which w cull the bar. We club together
to buy not only liquor for this bar but
also eggs, for which we pay twelve cents
apiece, and when we have the opportunity,
which is rarely, we stock np the bar w ith
akes or other sweet eatables. Sugar Is
never served on our table, and when a
fellow gets a package of su'xar from Amer
ica he keeps lumps of it in his pocket
and passes it arountT when coffee is
served., as one docs cigarettes. In res
taurant in Purls tlie same thing is dun
A man with lumps of sugar brings them
out at coffee tifue and we all get sonic
and laugh at tlie waiter.
Hit Regular Cirl.
"We make the furniture for our rooms
out of boxes or okl boards anything we
ueg, borrow or steal. But w hen we
move on to another station we somehow
always, find that our ehlilrs, tables snd
any other srtU-k'S of furniture we havi
made sre missing, so we have to get ti
work and make them nil over urn In A.
for; room decorations f rery one has his
mother photograph and some few bave
the photographs of their girls, bnt miclitt
few fellow bave girls. Tbey fool around
a, lot, but as for having a regular girl-
one that they ore engaged to and who
mean, a lot to them that isn't usual.
uie mother picture ia the one that al
ways counts.
"Every one has hoard thnt the fiver b-
usually superstitious, and it is true ih.n
almost every map In a squadron will ob
serve the pet superstition of thst'pnrtlc
ular group. . Our Squadron nod a 'dog su
perstition which every one seemed to take
stoc tn. Une or the pilots bad owned
this dog and this flyer was killed. Well,
of course,-that didn't, attract much, at
tention, but Another pilot began to pet
the dog, take bim into bis room and feed
him. In a few day this pilot wa killed
Iben third man adopted the dog, petted
him, fed him and so on, and a few days
'after; he had adopted tho 'dog thl third
pilot died, 7. ' ' . r '" ' -','
"lie was the' last man who' was will-!
log to adopt the, dog. No one; would own
him, no one would feed bim, and no one
would net htm hsr himself f ... , 1, A..
t , , w - e'""'"ivH i. muse uie ceremony an tni
would attach Itself .to him. They a.lwayg,presive one. and it never fails of ' tUhf
insisted tbs-f another fellow re Ibe doe effect.". ' '. ''-S
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