Deseret Evening News | 1899-12-30 | Page 23 | Reconnoitering in the Clouds

RECONNOITERING ur IN THE CLOUDS H 0 4 I 14 jJ f L 1 r 1 T I i l I l a a I 1 w r rOne One ot of the tho extraordinary features ot of till the battle ot of Farm In the tho Anglo Boer war was waa the use of at n a captive balloon to an armored train This balloon was utilized as a J sort of at movable conning tower and during the engagement an took observations of the position and ond movements and onel sIgnaled the same to his forces below Moth traIn and balloon on this occasion were under lre but the tho daring aeronaut e uninjured uninjured The success with whIch the balloon detachment of the engineer corps has been operating during the tho war seems to point to the tact That hat the balloon will certainly be a fixture In nil w warfare of the tho future unless of the tho world grows gros tired l of nil all the bloodshed that is 18 now taking place and asks allks for tor another and more effective Hague peace conference