TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, NOVEMBER 20, 19x9.
I from the time they were thrown in,
terrible and costly blunders in ¡June 1, on the very end he says:
"Infantry officers have told me that
rarely have they seen an American
AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION.
aeroplane over them when it was
'needed to chase away enemy machin
repeatedly came
As Revealed by America’s “Ace of Aces’V in es, over and them that at Huns
low altitudes, strafing
the troops with machine gun fire to
His Recently Published Book.
■Lì. l jtlieir
great danger and demoraliza
By Clarence B. Miller, former mem • aviators who were called upon to tion.”
We know beyond all question that
ber of Congress from Missouri.
perform prodigies in the air, respect-
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( J ing the failure of their country prop lin that terrible hand-to-hand fight-
(Continued from last week.)
erly to equip them. Speaking of this, ling when our men took Bellou Wood,
Torcy and Bouresche, and also when
We must not overlook the fact that on page 228, Captain Rickenbacker
I they first went in a little later to
our American boys ut that time, and says:
German
“The fighters on the front can nev I break the German attack
for three weeks, had been fighting
heads of
¡aviators
flew
low
over
the
the very cream of the German avia er understand why the authorities
our men, raking them with machine
tion service. We were fighting the back home denied them necessary
I gun fire.
arms
and
animunition.
The
air
fight
Flying Circus, wliich represented th.
Major Lufbery, the beloved of the
acme of perfection in equipment and ers cannot understand why we can
¡beloved American aviators, and at
skill of aviation. This Flying Circus not have parachutes fitted on our
1 the time of his deatli the ace of aces,
had been developed under the famous [airplanes to give the doomed pilot
idied the horrible death of being
lone
possible
means
to
escape
from
Baron Richtofen, who proved to be
I burned alive. He almost saved him
the Gertnun genius in aviation dur I this terrible death.”
self. lie manipulated his plane with
ing the war. Against these highly I In the above quotation Captain
all the skill at his command, making
|Rickenbacker
calls
attention
to
an
trained, picked men of the German
a valiant Hight for his life, and kept
¡appliance
with
which
all
the
German
aviation force, equipped with every
(lie flames away from him for a long
thing that science and genius and 'planes at that time were equipped,
lime, but at last, and just before he
money could provide to make them in appliance which was found extra
ireached the ground, a burst of flames
etl'icient, were our American boys, ordinarily valuable in saving human I
consumed him, and his machine. Had
¡Jives.
A
man
whose
machine
catches
whose experience had been extremely
his plane been equipped with the ap-
limited, most of them not having any |on fire ten thousand feet in the air
I pliant e with which all German
'and
whose
engine
is
completely
dis
at all, and all of them equipped with
I planes »were equipped, namely, the
an out of date and greatly Inferior abled and whose wings are perhaps
little parachute, he and many others
weapon. While the 49th squadron to destroyed has no chance to live. He
would today be alive.
w hich Captain Rickenbacker belong is already dead. If, perchance, he
Speaking of this attachment the
dies
by
the
air
route
the
death
is
one
ed was equipped on August Sth with
German aviators enjoyed. Captain
of
the
most
horrible
the
mind
of
man
Spads, it is not to be inferred that all
Rickenbacker, on page 318, in the
of tile Americans at that date were can imagine. Living flesh and blood
following language, described how
thus equipped. The great bulk of becomes a flaming torch, speeding
beautifully it worked. He says:
them were not. Most of them contin- through the air. Fighting pilots do
"I was almost equally gratified to
ued on, fighting with the same old, not want to die, but they are not
see the German pilot level off his
discarded Nieuports. It is much un ¡afraid to die. Not a one, however,
machine and with a sudden leap over
like equipping an army with pitch ¡who does not feel his soul shrivel
board into space let the Fokker slip
[when
he
thinks
his
death
will
be
a
forks, cythes and sickles, and sending
safely away from him. Attached to
them forth to battle with a compact ¡flaming death. That is the one horri
his back and sides was a rope, which
army equipped with repeating rifles ble thing about which aviators trem-
immediately pulled the parachute
Ible.
Our
government
was
not
only
and high-power artillery?
from the bottom of the seat. The um
But the American people should ¡not equipping planes with such life-
brella opened within a fifty fool drop
demand to know those who are re |saving appliance, but it was not
and settled him gradually to earth
¡even
equipping
our
men
with
planes
[
sponsible for this humiliating failure
within his own lines. I was sorry I
of American preparation and this tre [at all, they depending on second rate i
had no time to watch Ills spectacular
mendous sacrifice of American life, planes discarded by the French, and
decent, 1 truly wished him all the
British.
On
page
228
Captain
Ricken-
I
due to inefficiency and graft at
luck in the world. It is not a pleasure
home. When the men responsible are backer makes the significant state-j
to see a burning aeroplane decending
found out they should never again ment in reference to the death of [to death, bearing with it a human
be permitted to lift up their head [Major Lufbery, who was at that time I
being who was being tortured to
among decent folk. The hand of .the American ace of aces, the most
death. Not unmixed with my relief in
scorn should ever be pointed at them famous of American airmen, and per
witnessing his safe jump was the
and Just retribution for their crimes haps the most beloved aviator our
wonder as to why the Huns had all
service
produced:
heaped upon them.
"Lufbery and a score
of other these human contrivances and why
Incomprehensible to the Fighters. American aviators might have been our country would not at least equip
It is difficult for Americans, es saved to their country if this matter them for saving American pilots
pecially now that the war is over— of aeroplane equipment had been left from being burned to a crisp.”
Americans who were in the midst of to experienced pilots.”
As Captain Rickenbacker above
comforts and secure in their homes—
So much for the fighting planes pointed out, no American made fight
lifficult, I say, for them to visualize with which our men were equipped. ing planes ever appeared in the war
md understand the heart-racking
On page 283, speaking of the total zone.
:
No American air fighters ever
eeling that followed our American lack of aircraft to aid the Americans : fought in an American made plane.
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In America we had been tinkering
and tinkering and experimenting and
experimenting to produce something
new in the way of fighting craft,
Military experts and common, ordi-
nary experts had the satne thought,
Great Britian and France had been
in this war now almost three years,
The kind of planes with which the
war started were out of date within
six months, nearly every six months
had seen a new type of plane with
marked superiority over its predeces
sors, but at the present time both
countries had developed an extraor
dinary highly efficient and service
able plane. Why should not the Unit
ed States take the best of the types
that thus have been produced and
fight right, manufacturing them in
great quantities, and at the same I
time keeping up its experiments in
the present effort to produce better
planes? They should start right
where the allies were when we enter-
ed the war and not start where the
allies began three years ago.
just behind them and a little above,
were four very fast moving Fokkers.
I stuck up my nose and began climb
ing for the sun."
Thus it is that Captain Ricken-
backer began his account of the gril
ling fight he had with these four
Fokkers, Notwithstanding the tre-
mendous odds he outmaneuvered
them and outfough them, and, after
destroying one plane with its pilot he
got safely away. These four Fokkers
were part of the Richtofen circus
and were four of the greatest air
fighters in all of Germany.
opportunity for rascality and, In at
dit ion. caused this mammouth fail
ure. Unless a republic protects itself
by thus punishing those who so In-
tray it no republic can expect to litt
This colossal failure is didectly due,
first, to the secretary of war, ani.
secondly to those other officials ii
the war department whom the Presi
dent of the United States and tin
secretary of war brought into thia
aircraft business. The administratioi
can blame no one but itself. Let the
American
people
never forget
those boys that thus died in vain
and ever forget those who so basely
At The End of the War.
betrayed America in her hour of
A few more of these bombing
peril.
planes made in America, equipped
with Liberty motors, made their ap-
Participation Prohibited.
r pearance in France at the very end
of the war. They were only there a
few days, but in that short time they
Judge J. M. Humphreys, of Atoki
had received the sobriquet of "flam Okla., calls attention to chapter 111
ing coffins.” They were tried, of Page 913, Statutes at Large, to u|
course, but a limited number of times act of March 4, 1913, which says:
solely as bombing planes.
"Hereafter the executive shall not|
On page 337, in the very last mo extend oh accept any invitation U
The Aircraft Production Board.
ments of the war. Captain Ricken participate in any international con
But that is not what the adminis backer thus speaks of the situation gress, conference or like event with
tration did at all. An aircraft produc of the clumsy liberty machines.
out first having specific authorityol
tion board was formed and six
"Thousands and thousands of Ger law to do so.” Mr. Humphreys de
gentlemen placed upon it, nearly all man troops had been unloaded from dares that this act specifically pro
of whom were automobile manufac trains during the previous night and hibited President Wilson from going
turers. It has new been well estab were now hidden in Grand Pre and to Paris as a participant in the con
lished, and we acknowledge it to our its neighborhood. The enemy fight ference which formulated the league
selves with a sinking at the pit of ing machines were out in force to of na.ions. It is not clear why
our stomaches, that our valiant sec defend this spot against bombing ident Wilson’s authority to partici
retary of war placed on this aircraft planes until these troops had an op ¡pate in a world congress for the for
production board men who formed a portunity for moving and scattering mulation of a world constitution hi>
plan to produce a new type of engine ¡themselves along their front. From not been challenged. It was a legis
different from any other kind in the I every quarter Fokkers were peeking lative proceeding, ' not ligitimatelj
world. In other words, these men be iipon the clumsy Liberty machines, connected with the process of forme-
came interested, not in making types which, with their criminally con lating a peace treaty, since the po’|
of planes perfected by the British I structed fuel tanks, afforded an easy ers with whom we were making th
and the French, not in utilizing the target to the Incendiary bullets of treaty of peace are not members !
efficient motors then in use but in the enemy, their unfortunate pilots the league of nations, and this pro
making a brand new plane with a called this boasted achievement of vision does not apply to them. W
brand new motor, both different our aviation department their “flam President Wilson not only participt-
ing Coffins”. During that one brief ed in this conference without le
from auything else in the world.
It is to be observed at this time fight over Grand Pre I saw three of authority, but boasted that he woulr
the British and French planes were these crude machines go down in tie the covenant and treaty so close
both largely equipped with motors flames, an American pilot in each ly that it would be impossible »
that were not made in Great Britian flaming coffin, dying this frightful ratify the one without swallow!«
France. The common type of mo- [and needless death."
the other.
tor then most servicable in fighting I The extreme need of air fighters to
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planes was the Hispano-Suiza, which aid our boys when they were first
is an engine that was purely Spanish, 'thrown into the gap to stop the huge
ALL WRONG.
it having been Invented originally by German drive did all but crush civil
a Swiss engineer, who had it manu ization appears from the testimony
MAKE WORK EASIER.
factured in Spain. So these men who of very experienced witnesses.
were interested in aircraft produc
This is the end of our aircraft ef Tillamook People Are Pleased t»
tion stumpled along in perfecting fort. A few flaming coffins represent
Learn How it has Been Done
both a type of plane and perfecting a the effort of the mightiest nation in ' It’s pretty hard to attend to dun |
type of engine. We sit back now and the world and the largest expendi
With a constantly aching back,
blush to ourselves when we think of ture of the largest sum ever expend-
With annoying urinary disorder»- j
Doan’s Kidney Pills make wort j
how these men and our government ed on aviation of any nation i in the
utterly deceived the American people 1 world.
- - A
- more complete and humili easier for many a sufferer.
in reference to the character of the ating failure never occurred in the
They’re for bad backs.
engine and In reference to the state history of man or war. Remember
For weak kidneys.
Here is convincing proof of merit
of this production. The truth is the we started out early in 1917 to place
Jack Mott, 818 Hayter St. Dall* ]
Liberty motor, whieh all the adver on the firing line the 1st of May,
tising which our government gave it, 1918, twenty thousand fighting craft. Ore., says; “I took Doan’s Kldne!
was never a servicable engine before We promised this to our allies; we Pills several years ago when I
the war ended except in the restrict ,promlsed this to our people. Our peo having backache and other kidney
ed field of bombing planes, and never ple did their part. They gave of their disorder. I blame the trouble to tM
will be any good for a fighting ma money without stint or delay. Con nature of my work. Constant strata
chine.
gress in all appropriated for aircraft and neglect caused my back to i1’
The clumsy contraption our war during the war upwards of two bil out. Doan’s Kidney Pill« relieved
department finally sent to France to lion dollars. There was ample funds finally. My back soon felt as .«trow I
serve as bombing planes early attrac to put the prodigious sum of twenty as ever and my kidneys were •*'’ |
,. I
planes in the mal.”
ted the attention of everybody be [thousand fighting
Price 60c., at all dealers Do»» 1
cause of some extremely imperfect fighting area. The extent of failure
features connected with them. They is complete. The American people simply ask for a kidney remedy -*• |
almost at once received the name of should never be content and never t Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same th*1 I
"flaming coffins." Captain Ricken- rest easy until they separate out Mr. Mott had. Foster-Milburn Co- J
backer, on page 239, thus speaks of those who performed criminal acts In Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.—Pd. Adv.
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them:
connection with this failure and
"They had come! A large flotilla prosecute them to the fullest extent
says
the
Count Bernstorff —
«- —
of American flaming coffins, as their of the law.. American people should scoffed at American InterventK*
pilots called the Liberty engines, never rest until they have picked out early in 1917. Maybe
were coming home at 12.000 feet those whose procrastinations, delays, some of those
after a bombardment of Metz. And inefficiency and extravagance gave War” posters.