Show ABYSSINIA TOPIC OF C 0 G C C 0 OFFICER Italy taly or any other nation that tries to Invade Abyssinia at whose borders war clouds are forming will find it ita ita ita a hard nut to crack Captain H H. C. C Wilcox Willcox in charge o of camp construction construction construction tion for tor the Ft FL Douglas C C C area arca told members of ot the Engineering council at the chamber of commerce Monday noon Captain Willcox returned to the United Sta States last August after spending spending spend spend- ing almost a year in Abyssinia on engineering engineering en en- work for the British gov gov- He is one of the few American army officers who have hale visited this remote African country In n recent years In recounting the difficulties es invading in in- invading troops would meet in Abyssinia AbyssinIa Abyssinia Abys Abys- sinia Captain Willcox pointed out there are no roads and the Abyssinian Abyssinian Abyssinian Abys Abys- sinian tribal warriors warrior's can travel over the rough country twice as fast last as strangers the land is disease infested in felted and there is little water and food so invaders would have to carr carry their heir own supplies He scouted belief that airplanes would prove a deciding factor actor Invading airplanes are effective In bombing large cities but there are only tin tiny mud huts in Abyssinia he explained The natives too are arc used to the sight and sound of planes for when I was there the emperor owned nine ships |