Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-31 | Page 25 | Pays Tribute to Airmen "Spotters"

PAYS TRIBUTE TO AIRMEN "SPOTTERS" Aid WMcli They Give Gunners in Getting Get-ting Enemy Kauge Commented Upon. LGNION. March C In pi eventing the first estlrna;";i for the new air nervier to the houe of commons. Ma. lor Ha ti d paid a t ribut e to I he airman ".spot tcrs" v. ho diiccUd the bring of lie long-range guns. "Heavy guns can fire on haMerh.S fifteen fif-teen mtle.-i iiwxy." ho said, "with a precision pre-cision t hat would te impossible but for fne airna n a rm re Ikj.v who will remain re-main in tho o Ir for bonis fa r over the enemy's line?, nmlrj conDimous tint I -air-cm ft lire and a t: a ks from enemy air-ct air-ct a it, until h" has dire'-ted lb", tire on tlK- hatl.-ry and 11 b..s ben destroyed. I ''I'he-'e hoys are more than the eyen of I In army --they aie the Jife-KavrrV f our runn-TH nnd our infantry, tor each hostile- hatterv p'H out. of action means so many hundreds fewi-r of bleb ex-ploBivoa ex-ploBivoa and gas shells cumins; ovor Into our line."