Show Perfect in mencas AEn cas tk aerial war eyes es I 1 ARDI r Y a t train r 1 noure moves within thin 1 flie on allea 0 o inick back or of it the I 1 a GC german trenches or nond squadron of men mac come up for relief or digging Is on a new 0 em placements hat but a ot pali ot of ker keen eves em abad ali wil watching ichimi from great observation h ball jotta US jot behind the allrud front inkes ac notice or of it ee movement every activity Is registered cIt cd until a 4 schedule ot of tile the aiu in at al enemy routine Is built up and the kolege amount rl of anon aly acy fiora this labe schedule dule Is p woj a captain 1 an fn the aal 11 antion it corps N 1 in the be nw new lark sun A ill II 11 mr late or with more rius cais than I 1 men in tue recall being t ell id too frequently i m amit new roads road or bei being n g b built too earnest 1 li glo tile the that hoot hint that rots the line is up to something A kern keen balloonist it no anny of thebe 17 hall and at once telephones lonbo dw down to rho ground amol an anekt extra in tild haiti of six mr ars 8 pd P d at 1 10 C 40 anabile half a mile farthier fart far tl lier down own ta alie tire line pair of cies ampol is large convoy mooing nixing up to front range so no thee so still ft a little further farther down another Jd Clada Is rated noted un a til ill it the gj aall do down tico below US na bem bambling bling oil all these at straws foresees the tog aning of a big offensive across the lim hue C counter ter nus measures ision are to taken le bat arric directed convoys a and d tran trenches a emryed hed up and ad on alic no enem m B plans plane thrown threw mishew k pill 11 however tile offensive 1 as to come on fr from the ballon balloonist fid B no own side tile the observer beer ve C ascends facend walh full knowl 71 L edge of all the details 1 of artun action em con b probably to move a up di much ich nearer on the get german line lines the lhnn usual at 1 in the b ellef belief that tile the enemy s will be driven off the op opening ring bombardment Is a time of mosel ceaseless and ad vital work spotting shut shot b bv shot watching retching for far new enemy batt batteries erics to open it up p 1 moving I the bar rage go fire file hack back stall and forth wig with I 1 it the ad vance e of the troops am adv error here may I 1 send the steel to wall n into the ob b servers min troops or cost searle scores of lives later by to failure am to make Is a co corn demolition ot of the amor a its de fene work walk of vital I 1 importance pt holub airplane overhead arhe d Is 13 apt pa 1 to I break I 1 in ill through the itie toll telephone phone wire at any moment A german dilator more ad ventur ous a ban 11 his is feilo fellows Is sor olphia down perhaps under order a protecting cloud in idt ah attempt to put out at the ile ever watch tell I 1 fur eve epes the be observer bv let makes make ready his parachute the machine ne I 1 guns gone on i the glouid below elicit off a rain of lead it at the loved invader r and iloffe the e ul windlass men start bringing brit ill the big envelope slope to 0 o in ad with all 11 possible sped perhaps chaps tile the invader is off cur perhaps th the e balloon Is set all afire and ad the balloonist forced to p parachute pira chute to th ground in either case it Is if all a part art of the day days 8 work w which lich adds ad laiture t ore and romance commers to the response pl p ole ill do done III bv 1 the I balloonist such sol Is a lif briefly ferY lerv erv briefly the daar and work mark of t the balloon observer met h calm patient C ever cr r watchful he rides far above the ground as the great NO en C swaya eye on an it its card cable e the balloon helst service abroad bad been carefully a fully if modestly developed for fi military lutry purposes suit and tile the moment that the mos war settled into the tron trenches he a came into its own belt because imle it we was at mic once belld that worl could be do done ne alib ith them which could be done in a a no other flay y balloon observation b taint began to as some still ro until now low il a mile of the front line lines 1 I without out its big clumsy envelope A constant tt slbil is maintained over ever every move a of the enemy 1 over or ever even shell filed by of either tire side so that friends below low may be saved fr from tur sur erle V a and enemies mod across tie the lines tile a may fiel the of every shell hurled at them th the united states 1 I building up such a fi force Y from nothing last november bemb vemb the old eld field out west waa a nor overgrown with weeds voide the gas reservoir out of repair the whole place kwui in the last ing few rr month otle however or the field be baa be been ricahred and ad brought b back a it to Nt activity ity the air it onic a an again D Is IN filled w with ill big friendly b billions bil in loons ons anal ad keen h faced me men arc m being tred trained ld tor in immediate a t ice abroad already tile the first fiest annerl amerl can an detachments are I 1 in france the vanguard on gued of a large ai american bealo balloon force which ultimately it be BS as co corn ITZ zm its as any other branch of the army duties of observers e na m the work hit 0 this forre fore will mill do will be invaluable with will tile the airplane start spotters suit and photographers t ill complete the vast air service vice which it I 1 tg expected will blind tile the german or army my and prepare the way for far the ar tillery illy slid and fee ry to break up the 0 vt 1 y 14 7 Q 4 german get military les istance its min ute ore by minute observations win will head bead I 1 off if all 11 themy enemy surprises slid and will at tile the same time wake make it p possible ablo for amerl ameri 1 cans and ad american munitions ions to secure tho toe maximum as of 11 destruction I 1 on the other side of io MU man i lord land few of us is here re realize that the big envelopes commonly ascend as high its as 4 feet and ad that at stay may tor for hours in 1 midair to perform the re astuni le duties Rell assigned med to them leej IY the ascent re real 1 is made ad here from two and ad one can halt half to four face and ad one half miles from tile the enemy cray a front line has I 1 trencher rich depending on the power of his artillery the direction of the wind mind and the act activity Ity of no the salient in imy any case the observer ile has a circle of vision of rho about t light eight miles and I 1 Is able to id are far back ted into the cherr a lines the most detailed rod and up to the minute labial maps the flon finest kind ind of field 91 glasses and it instant corn muni catlon with the ground make sit the balloonist a master of erting ever thing spread out before his ionic gaze tt IN hen hell the american troops are pre luring laring to go over tile to top pan an SHY ally large number lumber of balloons bell I 1 a all ill be concentrated as secret as possible in masked asked camps to in order not to betray what 1 Is about to take place at the a appointed ap pp i anted moment the will talie take th the air it and divide up every detail of th he battle among g the 8 some din will ill record od ill the heavy artillery artil rt ij lerv fire fee shot by shot others the will see a to it that the work of iscam demolition behind the CC enem s it line ed I 1 is effective others will oil guard ag against aint any re reinforcements or traps keep watch on foe file As A tile troops go oer er they will check closets the GO german in batteries the shifting of their I 1 infantry 7 tooter and ad the he 11 embling of supplies As the amerl am ri can forces alliance advance t the e bell balloons will nison mmel forward ill alio in unison w edth it them the long along ca rentes dor tc previously prepared bluer observations tor the barrage will be sint sent down repeated lv so that it may move bulk back N and it forth with rib the men und and details s sent ent so that the enemy s ga utis il setting up the destructive coun can ler barrage only may be to do title this the Amerl fon balloon lit co must it st know know enary detail of the emori a bu land it opposite lip it him tor for a mistake on hla h is part may cost the aliea ib of bicocca of men b below neross I 1 ow no new batty battery should open up the lines without its location being spotted on the detail map 1 I ih the aurb number or r and size of the pieces and d tach objective D bod and the height of if forgetfulness do you know remarked one kroml went amit club women I 1 to n another the other do dav dc details alls tho the indianapolis news when I 1 they j e Y met r in it the street 1 I a am getting awfully forgetful I 1 forget meetings acting what hat I 1 am shopping g tor for and e en thing 1116 that dby I 1 am even getting lung worse the than that who when I 1 get up to introduce a home so a a one I 1 for forget get the name the other day icar I 1 embarrassed bit NJ mr when I 1 introduced him to young M arb because I 1 forgot his name me 7 T have you beat replied the other last week I 1 had bad to go up to a meet set lag ins I 1 tu the dart northern I 1 a part dart of 0 the state and ad to since I 1 tile the train service m was us poor I 1 t took NO an later lute I 1 had to tifer ti tian fer OIL rt fincle for that we was all 11 ali the f farther a arther the ell car went just when mite I 1 got to the biot midow I 1 in the 11 muscle mica station I 1 for forgot g at where I 1 we was going nest I 1 w went at back to my alt and it seat nut in tile waiting room to recall the name am of the to town hut but for the life of 0 me I 1 counter fire preparations made against it no neto troops hould move into theof the enemy temy trenches without being to fully known down numb numbers as it is as rou routes dust diffin difficult it vork of all for fir tho the GO german has baa ninny many wily devices tor for batig simulating tion gunfire fire and camouflaging mo menta meat and the work also IIII will not be without dangers and difficulties difficult les though the chalcea of a fatal outcome are not arge it if it la Is not a swooping airman b bent beat on setting the big gas gai bag on hie it mav bo be a rain of shaft fund seeking the same name objective or of percussion kelle hells endeavoring to ill blow up the windlass indian below and ad set the big bag adrift in a w wind did blowing across the geral gemmill lines naturally net rally every CY precaution due 1 in the wry way of f protecting airmen I 1 and d 0 antl air aircraft raft guns are on oa abat hand but a een r at that constant vigilance Is essential till P plans P progressing oil 9 lag rapidly far pro plans tor all 11 tills this work ar are now p progressing r fin gr ug at t a gratifying INS rate 1 tha h american america balloon program has bece aided by the best and latest devel developments call shroud abroad while manufacture present but tt few a oving a to in the resources of the big AIDS american ahm rubber i ber companies T the he great need as a with all the alt program Is for men of the alii and ad ability needed men for far officers commissioned Us a observers ob servera and ad men I 1 for for tile the enlisted squadrons to do the dolic delicate tit mechanical work it or necessary nory men mo 10 h lo are a being selected 1 c t 7 d KS ob servers serm old and who ho will mill all b be e emmuns signed I 1 it as am officers should ho it have physics physical endurance acute vision an ap appreciation no of distances di and localities and bave above all 11 a of 1 ralp responsibility lault it and d thorough thoroughness in keeping with the J importance pr elates of the work assigned to them the they way may be somewhat older than avit aviators D preferably farm twenty firra to thirty five and of somewhat lest 1 severe physical mind requirements mulct A lape cial chil training Is given I 1 in winds mili ni tary observation meteorology and ad ind bat cooning before a cadet receives his officers commission and his post past above the trenchie trenched tren chei clie in france ta in order tl that the high standards prevailing III through at g I 1 out at tile the air service generally may be ba upheld phe it I 1 lor or the enlisted me men who he will forn fong the squadrons gas wo works cit employees m pkim nope riggers rigger cord cordage go workers and are especially pact fitted coulden couldn I 1 get it iraln time came near er end and nearer and I 1 we wa getting more ill desperate t at last lart la rt I 1 bud to nu lione booth and called up a friend in munch sh she told me the name ot f the town tow and ad I 1 got along 1 g all aai right 1 was mis the gift place 7 asked the one are it w was let me see aee but there the III poor woman 1 I topped shopped she again had for forgotten it the name a of 0 that little town somewhere where 1 ID northern indiana |