OUR AIR FIGHTERS . i PLAY AFftIR GUI AVIATOR F. P. MAGOUN RELATES AN INSTANCE OF THEIR REAL j SPORTSMANSHIP. pNE FLYER'S LUCKY ESCAPE American Infantryman Has Advantage J Over the German in His Ammunition j Equipment Finger Prints of Ger-J Ger-J man Allen Females to Be Taken. (From Committee on Public Information.) " '"""''I- Washington. A committee on public Information representative In London .aayss . ;. ' There are no better sportsmen In the world than the allied airmen, and jAmerlcan aviators now fighting la Europe Eu-rope always play a fair game, as they learn It from the allies. F. P. Ma-gouri; Ma-gouri; a former Harvard student, now ' member of the Royal air force, re-. re-. ce&tly wounded, tells how the lives of German observers escaping from bal-i bal-i loons have been spared. .. , I k,.We caught three .Hun balloons rf7 above the allied grounds In a . mist, .which prevented their gunners seeing I jus," said he, "It was a cinch. You i ' should have seen them hustle out their , parachutes and abandon the balloons. a .' A they came falling down through the air we circled about closely but, of jconrse, didn't open fire, as that's against the rules of the game. As oon as they touched ground they took cover like rabblta." j ' Mngoun Is the only American. In his squadron, having joined In February of ' last year. He has bagged five German . planes. While carrying bombs for low attack In the recent offensive he re-, re-, ceived a bullet through his left arm, ,but managed to return to his own 'lines. Magoun tells of a companion ' In his squadron who had one of the , - ; Jncklest escapes during the war. He was put out of action 1,000 feet In the air when a bullet perforated his gaso-! gaso-! line tank. He was rendered uncon- scious by the fumes and his machine i took a nose dive to earth, but he es- - taped without a scratch. I ' A section of the Royal air force op- ii Yprwi salient has lost I Ita only American member, who hud I been with (he squadron only ten dnys I ..when he went on a bombing raid at ' low elevation. He was hit by a ma- I chine-gun bullet and his plane fell In flames. He was taken prisoner. r ' The efforts of newspapers to pro- lMWd1tff . i loans received official backing when i- Sir llandolf Baker, member of parliament, parlia-ment, offered to take charge of the . American troops welfare department of the Rrltlsh government. His plans V a contemplate a continuous program of healthful recreation in every Amerl-, Amerl-, fnn resteamp and training camp In fj gTsftlirnH?lhl -London theatrical 'f, companies will he sent out An or- ) gsnlzatlon known as "Sammy's Blighty f league" la being formed. ) v The American Infantryman In the ' U expeditionary force carries ISM) rounds gj of ammunition in the .pockets of his light ennvas webb bolt and his bando- j leers. The German soldier has only 120 round, and l0 of these are In his 1 knapsack. To secure them at a critical 4 '. moment lie mini love vein:1' W si, f The American well belts, according l to the war department, are far su- 1 pertor to the (ieriiwn leather hando-, hando-, t fleers. They are not affected by pro- ' ft longed rshiK nor torrid weather. Tin' , manufacture of these belts Is one of 7 the most Intricate of the operations In J ' the textile field. United States army It -belts are made almost entirely of cot- ' ton. ' The exact weight of the 220 rounds t carried by the American soldier In Franco-Is 12 pounds. With the Sprlng- Held rifle 23 alnifd shots can be fired each minute. Firing from the hip 40 l - shots can be fired, u minute. The new United States mxlel 1017 (modliled -f Entieid) does evt-n better. The registration of German alien C females, to begin Monday, June 17. and end Wednesday, June 2d, will be . jJ ' conducted In cities or municipalities e having 5.000 iMipulatioii or over by the potlc -tiltictsm.-tn communities hHV-PJ hHV-PJ 'log a insulation of lens limn IS.ixto the y i reglxtrntlon will be handled by post-M post-M : masters. gi , hi general the plan of registration Of Is the name ns that followed in the reglotrutlisa hi February of German alien males. Each person who must yj register will be required to regixter ihJ "'r filter prints. This method of Identltlcnilon Is also used in the mill-!"0. mill-!"0. tary and naval services of the United States. d(f Boy scout organizations are active th.W' " ting black walnut trees. Black ad'ffl w"'"ut luhiber is needed by the war j0 department for use In making air- 9 plane propellers and gtinstocks. ' Enough heavy Browning machine r : gun f(,r Instruction purposes have j been shipped to every National Guard f training camp and National army cantonment, in the country where troops are in training. Iieuvy Brown-'t. Brown-'t. Ingtf for overseas . training have been . I . shipped. Light Browning rides' sufficient in number to equip the machine-gun VHr vy.lu of more tlinn four army divisions u hive been manufactured, and over- j ; si'fls j-hlpinent of one half has begun. f . The oilier half of the output goes to irh ij umi diyJalww in this couatrfr , ' At every training camp In the coun try plans of the commission on train : lng camp activities have been carrlei out to provide athletic facilities foi the men. Baseball heads the list i. popularity,, and full equipment ha been placed In the camps. More thui. 70,000 baseballs aud 3,000 bats hav been sent. At Camp Lewis, Washing j ton, there are 10 baseball fields in use Practically every company In eacl camp division throughout the countr; has Its team and there are company battalion,, regimental and lnterreg! mental leagues. Every form of track athletics occr. pies the attention of men training a the camps. As many as 800 men have taken part in divisional contests, am track meets have been witnessed bj more than 20,000 spectators. Where facilities permit, Instructlor In swimming Is given. Men are firs given land instruction and then sen Into the water, ' Tennis courts havi been built In every camp, one havln. 40 courts, and the sport Is rapidly gain lng in popularity. Through the gem roslty of golf clubs located near tin camps, the demand for golf courses I partly being met., Polo matches art frequently held, and competition fo. places on the teams Is keen. There Is a list of 137 occupation where the demand for men in the war department constantly exceeds the supply. sup-ply. A pressing heed exists in the army for men experienced in handling mules, and before all future needs are met a recruiting campaign may become necessary. neces-sary. No difficulty hag been experienced experi-enced In getting men who can buy and handle horses, but blacksmiths are scarce. There la a constant demand for butchers, and cooks are greatly needed. need-ed. . In several technical branches, particularly the engineers, men for the ' higher positions are plentiful, but the workers for the ranka are scarce. Experienced Ex-perienced mechanics, especially those familiar with automobiles, are always In demand. More Interpreters than can be used have applied for positions with the war department, and applications for commissions as army chaplains are also In excess of the need. The excess totals thousands hi each case. Clerks for general work are plentiful, but there Is demand for specialists. At present there is a surplus of dentists and pharmacists. Deliveries of the 8,000 motortrucks recently ordered by the motor transport trans-port service of the war department are to be made between August 1 and December 1. These trucks, known ns "Class B Standards," will have a capacity ca-pacity of from three to five tons, and will be distributed as needed through the various branches of the army. Ten thousand of these class B standard- ufucture and delivery. Under a new agreement the army will handle all mall for the expeditionary expedition-ary forces after it leaves United States ports. The post ofllee department will deliver the mall to military authorities at the port of embarkation In this country and receive It from them at a port In France for dispatch to the United Htutes. The domestic money-order money-order service to the troops will for the present at least, continue under the direction of the post office department In France. The first Porto Itlcan labore-s to reach the United States under government govern-ment auspices will be st work upon frovHinent contracts within a month. -..v i...tJ.ujnu ut service of the department de-partment of labor has already found employment for at least 100,000 of these men ns common laborers on construction con-struction work at Norfolk. Newjairt News, Baltimore und vicinity. Arrangement Ar-rangement sre now being made by the department of labor to provide proper housing for these men. Women between the ages of twenty-one twenty-one and thirty-five who have had a high school education or Its equivalent will be eligible for admission to the army school of nursing, arrangements for which were recently made by the war department. It Is Intended to start several schools In selected military mili-tary hospitals. Unless otherwise specified, spe-cified, applications should be sent directly di-rectly to the army school of nursing, office of the surgeon general of the army. Washington, D. C. "Keeping Our Fighters Fit For War and After," is the title of an official book Issued by the commission on training camp activities, describing the athletics, muss singing, social life and other recreations of men In urmy and navy camps. The book tells of the theaters, the work of the Y. M. C. A.. Knights of Columbus und other organizations or-ganizations associated with the commission com-mission In welfare work, and gives details of life In the camps. The two plrrlc acid plonts to b built at Little Bock, Ark., and Brunswick. Bruns-wick. Oa., coni racts for which have been completed by the wor department, depart-ment, will cost approximately $7,00,. tXX). Men of selective service age who leave the United States to evade military mil-itary duty will have to stand trial on charges of violations of the selective service act when they return to the country, according to the department of justice, even though they do not return re-turn until after the war. The department has at band Information Infor-mation from which complete lists may be prepared of all men who have left the country to avoid service, says a recent statement authorized by the attorney generul.