Show U. U S. S HAS OPPORTUNITY RI UNITY TO SEIZE AIR SUPREMACY By International News Service ASHINGTON July 18 WASHINGTON America has the opportunity nits to wrest control of the theair theair theair air from all aU other nations Already she is developing a type of aeroplane engine that will surpass the present fast British and French type Her material for tor expert aviators aviators aviators avi avi- is the equal of any That Is I Ithe I Ithe the opinion of the man who is probably the best aviator that Great Britain has produced He is In Washington ton now detailed here hereby hereby hereby by the London war office to aid the her States in mobilizing aerial forces lIe Ho is Major W W. L L. B n. aReese Reese of the royal flying forces forces the and her wears on his breast coveted Victoria cross awarded to him for extreme bravery on tho the battle front en- en American all aeroplane The being built bunt In the United d' d gino now Stated by bv Vincent Hall Hll Scott said Bald the major in discussing American Ameri Ameri- and foreign engines will surpass surpass sur sur sur- can pass any of the English and French types now in use This engine as a a I matter of fact may be the typo type that will spell success in thew the war r. r ought to Tho United States aeroplanes and Its build its own own engines It woul would take ak six months for American factories successfully to manufacture re English English En English En- En glish or French rench models England En En- England gland has twenty or thirty models models mod mod- els of aeroplane engines with which she Bhe is experimenting any any anyone one of ot these may at times be any of the machines machines ma found to surpass ma- ma chines we are now using American American Ameri Ameri- engineers will do the same can thing and they will work much faster If they follow their own ideas The quicker the American the aeroplanes aeroplanE's are put into service sooner victory will come If we had 10 American machines now wo we could blow up every railway railway railway rail rail- way Junction and an l plant inI ina In Ina time timor The aeroplane has a I short hort three classes of work First of all the aviators' aviators use uso useIn usein In reconnoitering enemy troops The next duty to direct artillery artillery artillery artil artil- lery fire Then comes the tho work of ot at at- at tacking We are hampered now In our of offensive offensive offensive of- of work by the lack of men and machines America is full of the type of mt men n that make mako the best sort of aviators that Is educated is-educated educated men with training and powers of ot reasoning reasoning rea rea- and observation The fate of thousands of soldiers sol aol diers is In the hands of ot the a aviator viator For Instance if an aeroplane ob observer observer observer ob- ob server sees a large enemy force moving into a a. new position he must be able to realize the effect it will have on his own forces If he fails in reasoning and If when he wirelesses wire wire- wirelesses lesses back hack he exaggerates or di diminishes diminishes diminishes di- di the enemy troops he sees moving he may cause the tho death of thousands of men of his own ran ranks Its Your American youths have the sport training They are naturally sporting men Your games of base base- bell an and football have developed in every very man the power of quick clear thinking This h has given them a power which should make them av av- av University and coll college go men are plentiful In the United States and there should be no In re recruiting recruiting re- re an air force superior to the any any the world has ever known Then you ou have the best facilities facilities facilities ties for training here In Franco France there are days and da days s 's at a time when we cannot fly because of climatic climatic climatic cli cli- matic conditions In England it frequently occurs that for more than a a. month wo we will till not have more more than two days in which we can be sent I understand that in Texas you have days in the year suitable suitable suitable suit suit- able for flying 1 I have heard ht ard our men aro are going to bo ho sent to Texas because of the fine weather for training But nut I have no official confirmation It appears as aa though the war would end in the air and aman a aman aman man can be a great factor In making making malting mak malt ing the air all forces of bf the allies the tho greatest force of the war |