Show I AMERICAN AIRMEN I WIN HONORS t A IN FRANCE 4 Marquis Here With Exhibit for fox f Bazar Praises Fliers for Daring Deeds N NEW W YORK June 3 Daring Daring and skillful flyers who have won the love and admiration of ot the French people are the tho American aviators serving serving- Inthe inthe In Inthe t the French army This description of ot them Is II given bythe bytho by bytho tho the Marquis do de Polignac who Is the tle II official representative of the French i government at the allied war bazarI bazar and who brought over with him the I I I large e exhibit for tho the affair which has I been s sent nt by his government I Although busy from the time the tho Lafayette of ot the French line on board i which he bo arrived reached the pier the Marquis before he left for Washington took time to pay a tribute to American Amen Ameri erica eri- eri ca can flyers American e n aviators are splendid herald he lie said paid There Is not a Frenchman who does not appreciate what a real help i they are to our country They are all clever flyers and are all extremely courageous Practically all of ot them are i sportsmen and were in good condition 1 at the tte start of ot the war we All were prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to stand the most strenuous experiences ex experiences experiences ex- ex which aviators are called caned I upon to undergo Furthermore the I eagerness with wish which they enlisted won the love of ot a all 1 French people Marquis a Regular Fellow The Marquis do Polignac is a typical specimen of or the red blooded young man There Is nothing of at the conventIonal conventional conventional conven conven- stage Frenchman about him and he Impresses one at once as being a regular fellow Before Detore the war he was known as one of ot the most prominent prominent prominent nent advocates of ot sports In France l W In Jn 1908 and 1909 he promoted the first r two big aviation meets In France Prance He HeIs Heis Is 28 a member of ot the Aero Club of at France Prance the Automobile Club of France and the Co Comite mite pique the organization which represents f seats the tho French Interests In the Olympia Olympic pic pia ie- ie games He Hg H also is active In the LAcad des des' Sports ports and the Comite Nationale des Sports Sports and founded in 1912 at Lyons Le La College an educational Institution specializing in physical culture Like many other titled Frenchmen he had no military rank and when the call for arms came he enlisted as a private He served In that capacity during luring the retreat to Paris and after he had been stationed In Rheims a short time won the rank of ot sergeant Then ho ho obtained a leave of absence and went to an aviation school where he learned to operate an aeroplane f Sinco that time he has been attached to u the aviation corps flying a Maurice- Maurice Farman biplane 4 Your Y ur French soldiers in the tre trenches chrs he said are are far tar from being discouraged They all realized that I the War war would be of long duration and are now more determined to win than ever No I have never had the fortune to tight light an air duel with an enemy aviator That Is something I hope hoe to have a chance to do when I get back back at after r tho the bazar huar Is over In my months of service I have been confined to doIng doIng doing do- do Ing range observation and ance work You see all aU aviators cant can't conform to popular belief bellet and simply go flying where they please looking for tor or a chance to fight an air duel Brings War Material I f have brought with me a large consignment of ot war material material large cas cases s loaned for the by my government o Everybody in France from the unfortunate women and nd children children chil chil- dren at home to the in the mud mud- dy Iy trenches will nev never r forget what the Americans have done and are still doing for tor France and wo are are glad to have hav this chance chanco to contribute to the th success success' of or the coming exposition We are only too glad to be able to show them Jn in reality some of or the terrible devices de- de devices de de- vices with which the great war Is be being be- be ing conducted There are some of the famous which have been one of Frances France's bul bul- There are machine guns most of ot them like the cannon bearing the scars of ot conflict Then there of the tho famous and centimeter are some shells aeroplanes both French an ana an 1 German Gennan the latter brought down by aeroplane guns somewhere in France and an American merican ambulance automobile automo bile which was pierced automo automo- S. S by many p pro pro- ro- ro hl One ot of the he most interesting I f the parts arts of ot collection ti is ls the he i articles t tore torea n J by the y in I Yo the trenches I weil ee when WiD a soldIer has extra time me on hIs hands I it th the metallic and cannot write he uses fragments t i of at balls pieces of ot shells sheila and bombs to make rings trinkets Even en though and mado made roughest of ot with the he theare tools some of t them hem really beautiful and are arc arcI una ees express s the i arwas ar- ar I feeling of or the Fr French each soldier U UPOn Unon n his arrival t the tle Marquis de do special ao vrna was met at the pier by a lied bazar committee representing th the allied al al- Baylies The and committee headed b by Y Edmund L L. s representatives of ot the three Included the Inter interested ted in the bazar the bazar-the national na- na allied relief the na national na- na re relief clearing house committee the war wax i sion for tor and the c commis relief In Be Belgium lum ii arrived d at the Biltmore When he h hotel where he k wm staY till tin the bazar Is l greeted b by y representatives representative over he was ti onal Association of ot of or the National Na Na- In French Teachers America which had just held mee meeting to a ng arrange for tor its bazar In the afternoon booth at et the he left for Washington to meet representatives this of ot government about the loan L exposition I tIon for the |