Show I MITCHELL OUT NOW COLONEL 1 Continued from page 1 the air power policy of th the government government government govern govern- ment which took place principally before the tho house aircraft investigating ing committee An ardent advocate of at a unified air service with all aircraft forces of the army navy and postoffice department under one head Mitchell carried his fight light Into high places I attacking not only his superiors but butI high naval officials Including Secretary secretary secretary sec Sec- I of the Navy Wilbur WlIbur Mitchell l charged that the general staff of or the army Ignored the dawn of the aircraft era that the genera general general gen gen- eral era board of the navy blinded Itself to the vulnerability of battleships I of suppressed vital facts in Its presentation presentation presentation pres pres- of the case before the I house committee His conduct evoked warm criticism cism from Secretary Weeks and each frequently denied the others other's statements of or fact Some port ort of punishment for Mitchell was considered inevitable early in the controversy when he herode rode rodo roughshod over army proprieties proprieties proprieties in taking his case to conI congress congress con con- I gress gross directly instead of through his superiors There even was talk of his for insubordInatIon tIon though this has died down Fechet will get the rank of brigadier brigadier brigadier briga briga- dier general During the world war warlie he lie belas was las in command of various aviation aviation aviation avi avi- fields fields fields-Carlstrom Carlstrom field Door field and Kelly field He was department department department de de- de- de air service officer of the southern department from May 1919 1519 to tp September 1920 when he he was assigned the to the office of the chief of air service first as chief of training and operations group and last as chief of or the war plans division Since July 1 I 1924 he has been air commandant at Kelly field Fechet was born In Texas in 1877 1377 and Is a veteran of of- the Spanish- Spanish American war |