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FACIE THREE
HUNDREDS Or
Fl
IGHT1NG PLANES
FIRST PHOTO OF WOUNDED BAC K IN U. S.
NOW BUILDING
Air Craft Production Program Well
on Its Second Stage, That of Pro
ducing Actual Fighting and Bomb
ing Planes Giant Plane to Mount
Small Cannon Four Types.
t , (Hy Frederick M. Kerlry.)
' DAYTO.V, O. Sept. 12. The con
centration of the "Liberty 12" mo
tor limited and determined the types
of planes that illicit he built here.
The prineipa) problem was how to get
fin appreciable number of buttle
planes to the front this year, while
aiming for n tremendous number next
year.
It had been proposed to build the
Spad fast pursuit plane over here;
but the Spad could not stand the
Liberty 12. So it was decided to
leave the production of small, fast
scout planes to the British and French
and concentrate on t lie two-place bat
tie plane, the second most valuable to
nn army.
The aircraft board selected Hie Dc
ITnvilund 4, u Iiritish model, designed
for the UtiO-liorsepower Rolls-Royce,
nnd fitted the Liberty 12 to it. This
type was iven to the Dayton-Wright
Aircraft company to build. Although
the first machine was completed in
October, 11)17, it was not until April
1018, after the Liberty had been put
through lis final tests, that the
ahead" order on the D. II. 4 could be
given.
1031 1). it. 4's mint
The Dayton-Wright had in the
meantime equipped its factory, built
400 training planes and assembled
nn organization to take care of the
1). II. 4. To date, 10:il have been
built nnd more than 900 consigned to
France. The Dayton-Wright plant's
output of D. II. 4s is larger now than
the combined output of nny two nir
eraft factories in Kngland or France.
. The D. II. 4, as a Hritish plane, had
one gun forward and one in the rear
cockpit. The American D. II. 4 was
eqiiippcd with two guns forward and
two nft. In addition, it was fitted to
carry 10 2j-iohii1 bombs; then it
Avas giVen a radio and photographic
apparatus. It thus combines the func
tions of the two-place fighter, the
day bomber, and the army observa
tion machine. It is three machines in
one. .
The Curtis compnny at Buffalo,
which had built a tremendous new
plant, was given the Hristol two-seat
er bnttlcplane to build, fitted with the
Liberty motor. Hut that machine
never got out of the experimental
Ktuge. It was n failure, and was
frankly abandoned. Now the Curtis
compnny is going ahead on an order
to construct the S. E. ,1, a single seat
er fast fighting plane.
The Fisher Body company at De
troit Avns given a supplemental order
for the De Haviland 4s, They, too,
have built a big new fuctory and will
Hotn go ahead with quantity produc
tion. In addition, the Standard Aircraft
corporation at Klizabeth, X. J., has
been ordered to proceed with the
Hnndley-Page heavy bundling ma
thine, nfter completing one experi
mental machine equipped with two
Liberty Motors.
Knters Second Stage
The aircraft production program
may be said to have entered its sec
ond stage; that of producing actual
fighting nnd bombing planes. Cer
tain other tilings are still in the ex
perimental stau'c. The (llcnn Martin
company at Cleveland will produce
n iiant plane to be known as tiu
"Martin Gun Machine." and it will
mount a small cannon. Nothing can
be sid about this work as yet, how
ever. The plans for 1019 call for the pro
duction of four types of'plane. There
will be an American high-speed, single-seater,
pursuit plane, the two
place De llavilirtid fighter, a day
bombing and an iirmv observation
machine, which will be of similar tvnc
to the De Haviland machines all
equipped with Liberty motors.
The program is independent of the
production of the S. K. the Hnilley
I'age and the Caproni.
We have exiierienccd more trouble
with our air program than with nny
other lmrt of the war work; but that
should have been e.ected when we
undertook to do something about
which we knew almost nothing. In the
main, the performance has hecn nn
admirable one; the lessons learned
are valuable: the experience of this
first year of production is going to
mean much next year.
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GREAT SALVAGE
PLANT TO SAVE
Those arc nmoi'iK tlio first wounded Ainci iciiii soldiers to be invalided back home. They nrrlvrd In lUiston
this neck and rea colivnlosciiig and being treated at lloston City hospital and tlio l'syclioialliie liospital.
All were wounded In tlio fighting around (liateau Thierry ill Juno, some of the men, as the picture shows,
have lost arms and legs. A number of them are marines.
RECOIL PROBLEM
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-An of.
ficial diKptneh fnmi France sny
new? fmm MiPrnn, lV"-i, confirms
ronoi-N of niunliT of Chritiiitis 1
Turks. ,
(By Frederick M. Kerby.)
DI-JTROIT, Mich.,. Sept. 12. The
most intricate, difficult, and unfamil
iar job of the war work that we have
had to undertake is successfully un
der way.
It is tho production of the hydro
pneumatic recoil mechanism for the
new 15."i millimetre howitzer and gun
which we are copying from French
models. v
This mechanism is being built by
Dodge Iirothers of Detroit, in a plant
specially constructed since last No
vember. Tlio story of the building
of this mechanism, and of much of
the machinery with which to do It Is
an Inspiring example of how Amer
ican manufacturing genius has been
applied to war problems.
Before the United States entered
the war there had never been built In
America a hydro-pneumatic recoil
mechanism. It is easy to build heavy
gun barrels. Hut the use of modern
high-powered propelling charges has
made the construction of a proper re
coil a vital factor in all heavy artil
lery. During the first part of the
war, when spring recoils were used,
guns were constantly out of commis
sion because of broken springs.
When our ordnance department
adopted tho Kt.l mm. howitzer (the
Schneider) and the 1 .1 5 mm. gun
(the French Filloux) It faced a new
problem. Two unsuccessful attempts
were made to Induce American man
ufacturers to undertake the work.
Then on Oct. 22 Dodce Hrolhers wore
called in. French blueprints of the
mechanism were furnished them, and
they were asked to undertake the
work. In nine days Dodge Hrolhers
designed the building In which the
new mechanism was to lie made, con
taining 12 acres under one roof. Ity
the end of .November a complete con
crete floor had been placed over the
whole 12 acres; on Dec. 12 steel was
going up; on .Ian. A tho first section
of the plant, US feet by SIS feet,
was up and ready for operation. In
the meantime many types of special
machinery had been designed and
built. This machinery began to move
into the building, while construction
of the other sections was under way.
Street car tracks, sewer connections
and a railroad siding were built.
The Spirit of "Must lt Done
In the meantime. In tho Dodge
automobile plant, a million dollars
worth of machinery wan running day
and night turning out tools for the
new plant. Hy the nd of December
tho tool room of the new factory had
$00,000 worth of machinery In it
The first completed, tested moch
anism waa shipped to the ordnance
department In .Inly. Tho curve of
shipments is rising now at a rharp
angle. ,
A.n I stepped from tho executive
offices In front of the plant Into the
great glass roofed building. It was
almost Impossible tbelfeve thnt nine
months ago nothing of all this vast
humwiing factory, with )t millions
oj dollars worth of machinery was In
existence, and that In Its place Mood
a cornfield In the country. It typIfioH
tho spirit of America at war the
spirit that says It must be done!
Dodpo Brothers built fi2 special
machines for drilling and reaming
the borings In the great steel forging;
from which the mechanism Is made, j
in ordnance work. The ordnance
practice In making a 'boring is to re
volve the gun barrel, while the cut
ting tool is held stationary. Dodge
Itrothors could see no reason why
they cpuldu't revolve the tool, and
use six drills at one time. Nobody
had ever heard of boring more than
one hole at a time. But Dodge Broth
era started work on 02 huge ma
chines without waiting for the first
one to be tried out.
It works! I saw six of these drills
each revolving at its proper speed
four drills, two from each end, des
tined to meet In the middle; two to
drill tho upper chambers half way
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WAR WRECKAG
E
5000 Persons Employed in Renovat
ing and Repairing Wreckage Saving
Uncle Sam Nearly Fifty Millions of
Dollars a Year Is Anti-Waste
Campaign Broght to Highest Point.
method of drilling orclnon, it would
require CO hours work for each of
the four chambers. With this ma
chine, all four of the chambers are
drilled in four nnd a half hours.
Theso holes must be without a blem
ish, parallel, true to slue, exactly
round and so highly polished on the
Inside that not the most minute in
equality remains.
Tarts Aro Kept Secret
There are a hundred different pro
cesses of machining that a steel billet
must go thru. There are many other
parts that insist be fitted to It, some
mado of solid silver. When finished,
recoil nnd gun must be practically
one plcco of steel.
After tho chambers are drilled, the
forKlng Koe3 to various shaping ma
chines, where the surplus steel is cut
from It.
I went Into the locked steel cage
where only a half dozen men In the
plant aro permitted to ko, and saw
tho parls of the mechanism laid out
in order for study. Only two or three
men know the namc3 even of these
parts; they aid known in the factory
simply by numbers. This is done at
me request 01 tlio French nov.irn
meat. Hrxause our government has un
dertaken to guard the secrets of this
recoil, 1 cannot give a description of
Its workings. Tho reader has un
doubtedly seen moving pictures of
the 15 5 ' In action, and has noted
how tho "kick" of the gun is taken
up by tho recoil, and tho gun barrel
returned to Its place by tho recoil
mechanism and Its pistons. This
must suffice as a description of the
mechanism, tor altho the lluns have
captured several l.'.'i's In action, they
have never been able to find out the
tecrets of tho hydro-pneumatic re
coll. Uut the fart of Importance to the
American people Is thut our manu
facturers arc making them success
fully, and that the production figure
to lie reached by .Ian. I, 1919, is an
Impressive one.
In France, much of the work that
this factor) Is doing by ma. hlnery
Is dono by hand. That is the real sig
nificance of the acconipllfln.ient over
here. The engineers of the Dodge
plant have succeeded in working out
machinery for the quantity produc
tion of this vital part of nour new
artillery equipment.
"Pershing's Crasadors" showing
tonight at the Page for the first time,
is the first of a series of government
films depicting America's participa
tion in the war. The Crusaders shows
America's preparations on this side
of tho Atlantic for tho world war.
"America's Answer," the second in
tho series of "Following the Flag to
Franco" pictures, has completed Its
successful four weeks engagement In
New York, and Is now being shown in
other important cities. This picture
visualizes the woililcrful preparatory
work accomplished by American en
gineers, In France, as well as the
soldiers on the fighting front, under
the leadership of General John J.
Pershing.
"Our Uridge of Ships," which the
Division of films has recently Issued
thru the General Film company, Is
rapidly being booked, both cast and
west, and will undoubtedly shortly
bo offered in the local film houses.
This very comprehensive picture Is
condensed into two reels, hut they
are reels of tho most .timely charac
ter. They show plctorlally tho story
of what America has already accom
plished, and is accomplishing, in the
building of ships for the transporta
tion of hundreds of thousands of
men and vast stores of munlt'ons nnd
other sun-'ic :-j i',i..ue. More films
are to follow.
Tho "Official Wnr Itevlew," which
is distributed for the government by
I'atne, is ncing rnmlJlarii.-.d to pa
trons of r.-.one theatres all over the
United Slates, and has become an
institution. Its single reel tells, In a
tabloid form, jui t what Is being done
at the stat of war from week to week.
AMSTKIiKAM. Sept. 11.--A1m.iiI
''.". Itrili-h p.ri.-f.uiT- arc coriliuetl like
bird-, in u cii-e wiih scurccly rouin to
move about near the t'lutig liei!s at
I'Aerc, a suburb id' I'm ..!.- ( pro
tect the hr.nu'nr-i agaiit-l uciinl jit-tai-k,
aeryrtlini; to the Libre 1'elupie,
Those enlisting In the S. A. T. (.'.
will re elvo ppcrlnl military Instruc
tions and training under military of
ficers and .ulijects In tha regular
college roursca that will best fit them
for military service. Tho men will
not tie called Into a live service until
extreme neco.nliy arrives, lieglstru
tion opens Sept. 2.1.
About IT, interested persons met
with I,. .1. Allen of tho t). A. f. laM
night nt the Hotel Medford.
For Information write II. M. Ten-
nanl, liigistrar, O. A. C, Corvullis,
Oregon.
Students Army Training rorpi
Herniations Issued by the war de
partment on August 2:1 provide that
students of IS jears of age or over
who are enlisted In the Student Army
Training corps but whose draft num
ber has not yet been called will re
ceive pay of 10 per month. After
their draft numlier is reached la ad
dition to $:;u pay they win re eive
commutation for quarters and subsls.
tanee (room and board I. All enlist
ed men receive full uniform und mili
tary equipment.
AMF.IilCAX Kl'lTl.Y HEAD-
QfAUTKIIS. TOUtS. I'UAN'CK.
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) Two carloads of hair
hrushes abandoned hy American sol
diers in cantos were auinug the wreck
age of haltlc brought today to the
great salvage depot of the American
tinny here. This was only one litttle
item in the grist of debris and litter
from the fighting zone which litis been
carefully galhcred up and sent here
for restoration.
Five thousand persons are employ
ed in renovating and repairing this
wreckage. The material thus saved
and restored to use or sold amounted
in value last month to $2..".ll0,nil(l.
Follow the Fighters
In tin1 big battle aritund Chateau
Thierry, as our fighting men went
over the top they were followed elose
lv by detachments of mui-couibtittint
'roups lo grone amid the wreckage
and dehrie and save it trotn complete
abandonment and loss. I'.ach detach
tr.ent comprised '.Ml enlisted men and
tin ol'licer. They had trucks anil der
ricks anil all I he paniihernalia for
galhering broken down cannon, rifles,
ciirlridge belts, helmets, clothing, and
Hie vast stores of abtindumil arms
and malerial left in the truck of a
onlost, and to send it back to the
salvage depot here.
Strange things have come out of
this war, hut none stranger than this
iganlie salvage plant where every
thing from crippled guns and cannon
to old army shoes and caps is saved
f n mi lotal loss and turned hack to
some useful end at the front. At first
people looked nl it as a freak. There
was nothing like it in the civil war or
I he more recent modern wirs. 11
started on n small scale with 2110
hands,
Us Moll iter Industry
Hut now, after a lew mouths, it is
a monster industry, with huge build- j
inus and towering stacks. It will savet
the government it:!.".,00(l,(IOII the first
vear, and it may reach ..".0.000,000.
This is no freak; it is cold, hard sttv-
ins of millions of dollars at a lime'
when material is scarce and shipping:
difficult.: 11 is the nuli-wasle cam
paign brought to its highest develop
ment by a huge government uni'.erttik
inir. (loijtg over Hie plant loilny there
was an opporlunil y to see the re
markable details of this salvage. The
wreckage of the battle field is only
one of the sources of this salvage,
'xplained our escort, but it is the
greatest source. As men spring into
tetiim, Ihev throw aside everything,
'M.I absolutely essent i:il. There is he- I
sides the litter of the actual lighting,
broken and abandi.lied goods of every
conceivable nature.
It is nut only what is left l.y our
own troops, hut what is left by the
nctny, iil'leti great slocks of anus.
aiittiiiinilioii, bayonets and every kind
of lighting uialeriul.
Kvcii whin llierc is no battle, Hi"
mere shift of a division of troops
leaves an enormous stic k of nl.unil
tloncd goods. Moved on short orders,
llie men pick up a few fighlitig essen
tials, guns. I.lankcls, emergency ra
tions nnd leave the rest behind,
books, extra clothes, shoes, etc. The
men nrrhe Iroin America wilh an
undue si 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 of eloHiing; il is trim
med down al the first training camp;
again it is I rimmed down as Hiev go
to the front, and each new trimming
of HioMstinils of men means nnother
huge slock fur salvage.
William lleclie, an old soldier who
resides at tho stale soldiers home ar
rived In the city this morning from
Itoseliurg for a visit.
With Medford truao Is Medford made
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military training, has responded to the call. The College is
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Distinguished also for
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