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Show HUNDRED THOUSAND AVIATORS Declaring that the new army must be drawn on to make up the requirements require-ments of the regular army, the secretary secre-tary of war places the number of men to be taken into the aviation service at 100,000. These figures give us some idea of the elaborate preparations "being made by the United States to help the allies al-lies gain a preponderance in the air. With 100,000 machines carrying daring dar-ing American boys over the Gorman trenches, within two months after the aerial campaign opens, France and Bel-glum Bel-glum should be cleared of the Teutons. Teu-tons. By bombing the German lines of communications blasting, blowing, shattering the bridges, railroads and highways the present German trenches on the western front should be made untenable. The bombing, by proceeding day and night, would bring the Germans in the trenches to a desperate des-perate condition, for, being unable to replenish their supplies, they would be facing starvation and be forced to fight without adequate reserves of munitions. mu-nitions. oo |