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Show Army Has Plenty of; Airplanes to j Use. MEN PROTECTED t . Troop Situation in, France Eminently Satisfactory. i WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. Confiden-j tial messages from General Pershing i and other reports from France.indicale i that the American army now is sup- 1 plied with sufllcient airplanes of all ' kinds to protect its men in battle. Gen - . eral March, chief of staff, gave tills! information to members of the house I military committee today al the'r weekly conference at the war depart-1 mont, Transportation of the United Stales! troops in France has been highly organized or-ganized by Colonel Samuel M. Fellor, who has returned homo and reported that the situation is eminently satisfactory. satis-factory. General March told the committee. com-mittee. I Representative Shallenbergcr of Nebraska Ne-braska called attentjon to reports of a shortage of planes and said the pub-lio pub-lio sliould know the truth. General March replied that all reports including includ-ing General Pershing's confidential messages, indicated that there was no! shortage whatever. Colonel Felton's report, the general said, shows -that the transportation branch of the army overseas Is fully equipped to handle tho great program involved in the new draft extension law nn i |