Show SHAM A IT ACK BY A AR ENDS Army Plane Maneuvers Maneuver Succeed In Defeating Imaginary Foe CA CAMP IP SKEEL Oscoda Mich Feb 20 20 Pliers Filers ot of the Or first pur- pur pursuIt pursuit pur pursuit suit group of ot the Iho United States army sand home air service serIce ser Ice winged winced home home- homeward ward ard to their Selfridge field today their winter Inter air maneuvers maneuver maneu ers ended and ac ac to 10 Major Thomas G Lanphier commanding a com com- complete com com- complete complete success The Tir maneuvers demonstrated Major Lanphier said that th t the tho army anny air ten sen ice can maintain an aerial campaign under Such uch con con- conditions conditions con conditions without any recourse to ground troops of o an any kind and without the aid of o anyone any one branch brancho of the tho nations s military establish establish- establishment ment Wo We could carry an attack from tan Michigan to 10 Alaska as ely elya a as wo we e launched an attack from Camp Skeel over oser tho the straps straits of el Tuesday Major Maor Lan Lan Lan- said ald It It would make mateo no to us It Jt ever every highway and nd rail rail- railroad railroad rail railroad road between field and Alaska Alasha were ere blockaded by Ice and anon SnO Ro M o 0 could carry on this trans trane- transcontinental continental campaign Into the Arctic with the same equipment so 0 used this week eek plus a few tew more transport craft c aCt Lieutenant Alfred Lons who ho studied the trans transport ort ser ser service serIce Ice said aia I 1 am ant fully justified In report report- Ing Jn reportIng that our transport service al- al although although tl though It comprises airplanes all ail planes built for Cor other purposes cs functioned Per cent all week eek and could hale ha continued l Indefinitely Indefinite Our success suc- suc success tuc cess In obtain obtaining InS replacement parts Is h typical Although Camp ts is miles mUes from Selfridge field we w reg obtained tir needed pal pelts ts within till three co hours after arter they had been Leen ordered l by radio Lieutenant Sam bam Lewis who ho act act- Act Acted acted ed as radio officer also ro reported report report- reported ed cd per cent performance ai- ai nl-I nl though al-though I though tho the radio equipment fur fur- fur furnished b by the government go could Ben seno 0 a radius radios of only 40 miles mUes The radio rudio used actually functioned I on a radius ranging from to 10 oo miles It was Has Improvised by byI Lieutenant Ellis and his detar detach detach- h- h I I hI men ment |