Letters From theF r ont
YOUNG FLIER HUNTS
QUAIL IN AIRPLANE
NEAR FRENCH FRONT
Hunting quail in fast little airplanes, is the latest experience
of Walter J. Shaffer, son oi* Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaffer of
Dauphin, who is at Tours, France training for air fighting over
the batllelines.
His experiences ate thrilling. Once he was nearly thrown
from his machine when he hit "bumpy" air and another time,
he writes, his instructor was going to "keel him" because he
had not done quite the right thing at the right time. But that
all blcv over and now he has been taken over by the American
Aviation Corps and soon will be flying under the Stars and
Stripes as a Lieutenant.
Three letters received in a bunch follow:
Tours, France,
Monday, Sept. 10, 1917.
Dear Father:
Seems strange, but I should get
more letters from home now that
they have started. I only got the
first one about five days ago and
none since.
Things have been happening very
swiftly of late for I have been pro
moted three times in the last week,
the last one bringing me up to land
ing class, which explains itself. One
Is taught on this field to make land
ings only, it being taken for granted
you know how to fly while in the
air when you reach this class. The
field is very flat and green while
chateaus can be seen on the nearby
hills.
It really was a surprise to me to
be sent up to this class and pupils
are supposed to have six hours' ti.v-
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J ing time before they are sent to
landing class 1 have had only two
! hours and a half, but my former ex
j perience came to my aid and I
I quickly got the "feel" back, the last
: moniteur being so confident of my
; ability as to let me have the whole
I machine, engine and all. This, 1
considered, quite encouraging since
the last four rides with him were
some bumpy. It was a very hot day
and from the ground it looked like
perfect flying weather, but get up in
the air and it was just like riding
i over boiling water, as one would
| compare the bumps to bubbles. The
| heat rising from the earth causes
! this.
Well, I remember one trip, espe
ciallv when we were only 50 meters
(150 feet) up, or even less, and right
over one ot' those picturesque little
villages scattered around here when
a bump got under one wing and
stood us up right on end. That was
one time that I did not act quick
enough only pushing the stick three
quarters over. The moniteur in
stantly kicked It over the rest of the
way and we came back on an even
keel again. This second moniteur,
however, could .not speak any Eng
lish which is probably the reason I
learned so much from him, because
when they begin to explain some
thing in what they call English it
sure is complicated. However, with
this bird I did not ask him whether
I could do this or that thing. I
merely waited until we got in the air,
and then obeying the universal rule
in airplanes to handle all control
easily, did the things I figured out
on the ground. Of course, they were
not loops, steep banks, or anything
so advanced as that, simply little
things, such as slowing down the
motor when wo got to 250 meters
(750 feet) and juggling the plane to
a level keel, for one must needs do
this when changing his power. He
never bawled me out, or threatened
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t\ here (ilijsso Are Alude Klght."
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Third St. and Penna. Station.
to jump through the upper wing, as
some of them do in their excitement.
Am glad to say that all, he ever said
to me was "tres Men," or just plain
"bou," which translated means "very
good" and "good," respectively.
"I Keel oil"
Some of these English-speaking
moniteurs are very amusing in criti
cising a pupil, going off something
like this: "You want to keel us
both?" "Have you no one you love?"
"You wait, I get you on zc ground
—1 keel you." The last threat one
fellow took so seriously that he
would not come to class next morn
ing. They say lots of other things
not so amusing, neither so elevating
morally, but they get results. From
the reports 1 get of this landing
moniteur he sure is a bird, when it
comes to bawling a pupil out. How
ever, I can't understand French and
he can't talk English so a lot of it
will no doubt go over my head, be
cause there will sure be some bone
head stunts pulled off when he starts
to let me land alone.
Seven Landings In Ten Minutes.
In this field one makes seven
landings, in one flight of ten min
utes. For a new student the moni
teur makes the first landing, and
you notice how it is done; thereafter
the machine is yours and it's up to
you to follow his first example to the
letter. Since a man rarely stays in
the landing class more than a week
if he is any good, engine experience
and knowledge is very valuable since
one is so soon to fly atone. There
fore, this morning's lecture was on
motors and how they operate. Be
lieve me, I sure listened closely, for
a motor is all Greek to me and I
learned considerable about how to
adjust a motor as one climbed past
1,000 feet and on up. The air gets
thinner up there, you know, and one
must needs juggle his engine to meet
the thinner air. I also learned that
a carburetor held captive a "butter
fly" and why it was there and whitt
it was used for. Not satisfied with
this, the lecturer orunici *'l we men
in landing to attend a class
in shopwork on motors and the
erecting of planes an hour each
day for the succeeding three days.
It looks as If I'll learn why a motor
runs and how to keep it going.
Finds His Pretty Girl.
Saw a pretty girl at last. One of I
those kind you read about. Talk!
about your chicken! Oh, boy! I just]
naturally have to learn French now!
She came along In an auto and
stopped outside for an American sol
dier. Notwithstanding the fact that
a very good meal awaited our pleas
ure nobody remembered it. She had'
the whole camp at her feet, and the
"begion etrangire" hanging on the
fence, everyone that knew any
French at all was trying it on her.
She sure was full of zip and pep, and
my! what a smile! Did not seem to
mind our admiration either, in fact,
she liked it, said it was only natural,
which conceit only made us like her
all the more. You know that tall
fellow you saw in the steamship of
fice? Well, like a bad penny, he
showed up again, having finally got
in the • American Aviation ami
shipped down here. And, of course,
it would just bo our luck to have him
come bustling along at this critical
moment, the good-looking chump.
It's a good thing that the American
soldier came out to claim his love
just then, else he may have lost her,
because she sure was . beginning to
fall hard for that 6 foot 6 of mascu
line beauty.
A man had 3,000 francs stolen
here last week. Lined the whole
"legion" up and searched us person
ally, even looked in our shoes and
socko and through our lu'ggpge. DM
not find It, but later found the pock
etbook containing most of it out on
the road.
Have to quit now although have
lots more to say. Have to get some
sleep. WALTER.
Tours, France.
Sept. 14, 1917.
Dear Mother:
Doctor Gros has arrived with
money at last, also with offer to take
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all of we Foreign Legion men over If
we so desired. Being transferred to
the American Army has its advan
tages, moat of it being financial.
Would like to stay with the French
but realize that their financial trou
bles are as great as mine, so will re
move my presence if the American
Army thinks I have brains enough
to make an officer. Personally, X
would sooner be a good flier than an
officer, but it looks as if Fate (capi
tal letter there) has stepped in
again, for I made an awful stagger
at flying last night. You remember
what 1 told you about the lazy nionl
teurs I have now ? Well, last night
by the aid of an interpreter 1 asked
my particular "lazy bones" whether
lie would let me fly along home with
him. lie finally decided lie would,
so we were soon off, and right away
I got in Dutch, because he could not
speak English and it was quite a
little time before I realized that he
wanted to fly low and view the
scenery. So we sailed along over
the city of Tours, little hamlets and
rivers, only 50 meters <l5O feet I
high, with Yours Truly sitting in the
back seat, having his own troubles
keeping a light plane level on a
bumpy sea, and the moniteur hang
ing over the felde, waving to his lady
love at least, that was what 1
thought he was doing for after sev
eral minutes in the air I gave up
trying to figure out in which direc
tion camp lay and merely followed
Ills directions, because we were cir
cling and diving and making figure
eights. Especially was this so near
a chateau, where he insisted on
standing the airplane up on one
wing so he could get a better view, 1
guess. It was his funeral as much
as mine so I banked her up and
around she came. I saw him wave
and throw a kiss and that's all I did
see, because I was more interested
in solving the problem of how to
keep that plane on a level keel with
the least exertion. I assure you, it's
actually work to drive one of these
Candrons, since the pilot is not pro
tected from wind. Besides this there
is the pressure on the stick (or con
trol), tor when the engine is going
full speed one has to push very hard
on that stick. Really, after a ten
minute flight my arm Is sore from
the strain. And so is my neck. One
has to resist the wind pressure on
his head and that tires one nearly as
much as the engine does one's arm.
Anyway, when we landed, 1 made
the landing and strange to say made
it perfect. After the punk exhibi
tion I had given in the air I was
some surprised to hear him say "tres
bien" but he counteracted this by
saying my air work was "manvair."
Yeh! Get out your dictionary and
dig! So must I.
It's a universal fad In France for
an aviator to wear his ladylove's
stocking as a cap. Believe me, many
are the rare color combinations one
sees. One moniteur even wears the
lady's furs, but then he is a count
and very good-looking. Another
moniteur (teacher) wore a stocking
with a very passionate perfume and
merely put his pupils to sleep every
time be went up, since they were
loath to have the airplane go so fast
in order that they might drink in
some more of that heavdnly perfume
and not have it blown past them at
80 miles an hour.
Received a letter from Ernest this
morning, also three pictures of him-
In his new uniform. 1 don't know
what the idea was unless he wanted
to rub the fact in that I am still a
poilu, and. therefore, forced to sa
lute. I give it up though, for I'll
never be able to send you a picture
of me so beautiful. It is not possi
ble. One can't make a prince out of
a.plumber, because they are too dif
ferent —one smokes a pipe ad the
other lays them. Bum joke, but,
nevertheless, true in this country.
Here they are tickled to get anything
to smoke.
Speaking about promotions I may
get some myself, because pow that
I Intend changing to American avia
tion I become a first lieutenant as
soon as I am "breveted" (pass my
tests). I hope that will be beforo
winter sets in, but I have my doubts.
I fear I will never get out of this
landing class. Been sitting around
for four which is the reason
why I did so poorly last night whno
flying. Surprising how tnuch of that
delicate air feel I had lost, and it did
not come back until we were ready
to land.
One big reason for changing is
that Christmas is coming. Everyone
that writes me a letter wants me to
send some little trinket back—such
as a button off the Kaiser's coat, or
the periscope off a sub. Such little
expeditions cost money to finance,
besides I have not learned to fly yet
and have an enormous amount of
training ahead of me before I am
able to challenge a German sky pilot
to mortal combat. Then again, I
have no money to buy a sky hook.
A peculiar as well as an amusing
thing about these Frenchmen is that
they do not like air-nor water.
The other night we opened all th-s
windows as usual before turning in,
and nearly started a civil war. The
only reason we got away with it was
because we were in the majority.
YOll know n Frenchman always |
with windows and doors tightly
closed. I have not discovered
what the reason is unless he Is
afraid the small, downy growth in
his upr>er lip might suffer frorn
frost. It was cold enough last night
for that, and they sure did dive
down under the covers when the
windows went up.
Awful kind of you, mother, to send
mo boxes of eats, but really I am
well fed here. As for the prevalent
belief that I am getting thin on this
diet of war bread and coffee, there
is nothing in it. I got used to the
sudden change, I didn't mind. I
really think it was good for me. Of
all things to send me—a loaf of
bread, white at that. If It is not too
stale when it reaches here I'll cut it
up in small chunks and sell it for
souvenirs. It certainly would be
something rare.
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taken this week and will see how
close I can come to the Ideal you
have of me.
"WALTER.
Tours, France,
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1917.
Dear Mother:
Your three letters received all in a
pile. Seems very strange, but mail
has suddenly stopped and 1 see no
reason for It to do so, unless the
censors are getting busy. Neither
have 1 received any package you
said you sent. I'm afraid that bread
is going to be some stale. Quite a
number of fellows are losing mall,
no doubt due to our being trans
ferred from Avord to Tours. Good
ness knows where wo go next.
It may please your patriotism and
you to know 1 took the exami
nation for American aviation and
passed. Sure, they put me through
all that parlor magic stuff, like
standing pn one leg with eyes closed
for 30 seconds, hopping backwards
and forwards in the same blindfolded
condition. Not content with all this,
they needs must spin me around on
a piano stool, stick a funnel in my
ear to look for pearls, give me a
rigid eye test, and then make me
swear to the whole shooting match,
despite my decided principles against
profanity. Pretty nearly turned mo
down on the mental test though.
This consisted of a few questions as
to where I went to school, whether
I was in a hurry to get to the front,
etc. All of which I answered to the
best of my ability. Doctor Gros was
in charge, along with two other high
officers after looking over my record
decided in my favor. Then 1 swore,
he signed the paper and I drank the
ink. Half a dozen more pictures
were necessary. That happened
Thursday and by Friday all the red
tape was finished with and the
worthy doctor left us with the ad
monition to be good and in about
another month we would be through
with the red tape, and immediately
on our passing the flying tests would
be made first lieutenants, with a sal
ary that was simply staggering.
Saturday things began to happen
for me. You know I had been in ihe
landing class for a week and had not
had a ride, due to the laziness of
moniteurs.
Took me up and surprised myself
and him by doing three landings in a
row very good. Then X made two
bum ones, and teacher, being very
hot-headed, began to grumble and
shake his head and finally turned
around in the seat and shook his
fist at me. 1 quickly corrected the
fault, however, and he nodded his
head with pleasure. I was feeling
perfectly at home in the machine
about that time and was watching
the ground below as it slid quickly
by making a very pretty sight. A
rabbit's antics far below amused
both the inoniteur and myself for he
could not quite decide what kind of
an enemy we were, or which way to
rim, until our shadow passed over
him and then he quickly decided he
had business elsewhere and hastened
to it.
Made another landing pretty fair,
hut nearly landed in a carrot patch
—and I neved did like carrots either.
And then we chnsed up a flock of
quail. Teacher took the controls
then and began a series of evolu
tions that were considerably mora
thrilling than safe, He was out
after quail, and no sooner was the
machine off the ground than ho
stood her on a wing and around we
fsme, no higher than three feet off
the ground. I know because we cut
the tops off a potato patch we
passed over, hit the ground with one
wheel, bounced up again and ma le
another turn, still scraping the
ground and going full speed (about
70 miles); then we hit a plowed
field and stopped on the edge of the
carrot patch with four wires broken
and a bent wheel axle. Nothing seri
ous, of course, but we got no quail
and after a lot of grunting and push
ing we finally got the machine on
level ground again. He said J did
very well and proved it by promoting
me to solo flying (flying alone).
Quails and pheasants are very plenti
ful around here and since the hunt
ing season just opened the moniteurs
s&w no reason why they should not
get some of the birds via aeroplanes.
They all went quail hunting that
night, and my moniteur later got
three quail and another moniteur
also got three. Of course not, they
did not shoot them, simply steered
the airplane among the flock, and
knocked the birds down with pro
peller, wings an<J wires—a very effi
cient way indeed for results, but a
little hard on the airplane as one
fellow turned a somersault while fly
ing so close to the ground. Broke a
propeller and one wing. Yeh, dad, I
am still the lucky boy, for right after
we stopped at the edge of the carrot
patch at the finish of my quail hunt
ing expedition and took account of
stock I looked down to discover that
my safetv belt had been loose all the
time and was lying open in my lap.
However, It was an experience
would not care to miss. Just tho
same, it will be some time before I
care to attempt it alone—l flew
alone this morning, you know. Just
a short, straightway hop. Nothing
to boast of, I assure you, for the
landing was punk, although fortu
nately I broke nothing. However,
am encouraged to know that I han
dled the plane all right in the air.
I can see now where the "penquin"
training at Avord did me a world of
good, for It sure taught me how to
use the rudder and keep'my plane
in a straight line, something which
a number of these Army men could
not do. One fellow nearly gave the
class heart failure, as he hal to
make three attempts before he got
off and then he went off turning to
the left!
They also have a little monoplane
to teach us penquin work. This little
bird will really fly, for I have seen it
do so. The other day all we solo
men were called out to take a trip
on it. The throttle was wired open
only so far, so it was Impossible for
one to get far off the ground with It.
An Army man tried it first and be
lieve me, he sure took it slow. The
next man up was one of our crowd
and knew something of the tricks of
the steed he was mounting. He ran
her along the ground In a straight
line and actually went off the
ground several feet, but there was a
strong wind behind him and when
he shut off power the wind caught
him under the wing and smashed n
wheel. That settled monoplane
work for the day, but I am hoping
1 get a ride in the thing before long
'Tis very hard to describe the
beautiful sights one sees from an
airplane. It's really too wonderful
for words and can only compare to
the man who went to Heaven and
came back unable to describe its
beauties. I am actually at a loss to
describe what I have seen._ but j
prettier sight than a fog lying like
drifts of snow on a citv I have never
seen. Want to take a bath to-day, so
will have to stop. Gee, but I'm
sleepy! WALTER.
Firemen Lauded by
Speakers at Banquet
Eighty members 'of the Susque
hana Fire Company attended the ban
nuet held last evening In the home of
the fire company, in celebrating th<-
motorization of the Are department.
A banquet was enjoyed, and man"'
prominent guests were present.
George D. Younc, president of ' 1
oompanv. was toastmaSter, and t-tro
<*uced the following speakers: Col<-m '
H. C. Pemmlnn. .1. Henry Snirer. th•
Rev. Frank P. McKenstie. Fire Chief
John C Klndler and Assistant Chief
M. C. Verheke. who alt dwelt on th<-
hraverv nnd ability of Harrlsburg's
firefighters.
TELLS OF WAR
SCENES IN FRANCE
Dr. Fitch Proves That Work
of Hod Cross Is Not Con
fined to Wounded
Citizens of Harrlsburg who were
fortunate enough to gain admission
to I'ahnestock Hall last evening
hoard an eloquent and Inspiring ad
dress gl\en by Dr. Albert Parker
!• Itch, of Amherst College, before an
auditorium, filled with Red Cross
workers and others interested in re
lief work for soldiers.
Auditors were Impressed with his
wonderful story and many eyes were
moist as Dr. Fitch told of the con
ditions under which tep million chil
dren have been living; the conditions
which the American Red Cross Soci
ety is striving to eliminate. The rutli
les* uolicy of Germany is not con
fined to ships and submarines alone,
It is directed upon France's noncora
batants, he said. During the first
two years of the war, the old men
who were unable to take part in the
fighting were unsupported and many
starved.
Dr. Fitch held the interest of
every one in the big audience, as he
described conditions In France, and
then told of the actual fighting and
of the work the American Cross Is
doing to relieve the sufferings of the
wounded soldier and to appease the
hunger of the starving children. First
aid stations and the various base
licspitals were described In his talk,
and he told of the heroic men and
women who brave death in the
trench first-aid stations by risking
their lives helping fallen comrades.
The ambulance drivers, who drive
through thelnky blackness of the
night with their ambulance loads of
wounded, and stretcher-bearers re
ceived their full share of praise from
the speaker. He pair tribute to the
work of the physicians who have left
American practice of the highest re
muneration, to take up Red Cross
work.
Efforts of the Germans to "break
the heart of France" and the almost
unbelievable methods they have
W • Wl 1 Wft
1 It Will Take Dollars-
W Billions of Th <fF
This War With the Hun
Uncle Sam is calling upon you and
me today. He appreciates oar good
wishes—bat good wishes and lip \J||m
111 patriotism will never help oar boys
to smash Germany.
Hjjjf Hoarding yoar dollars means
that you are willing to spend the lives
fjjjjjj ol your sons. ■
Do yoar bit —big. Buy ait the
Liberty Bonds you can.
te&rd This Space Is Contributed by "The Different Kind of a
mjffl Jewelry Store" TOTO
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IV/fIGHTY indeed—for not alone has the "St. Paul Road" by its electrification
ftg iVI across the Continental Divide (now being extended through the Cascade
Range) leveled the mountains as a barrier to transportation—but has also released
great stores of earth's treasured energy for other much needed purposes. §3
KH By utilizing the hitherto wasted power of moun- this fuel are freed to serve other pressing needs n
tain waterfalls to move the heavy steel tfains of transportation.
across the mountains of the Northwest, there is .... , . fa 3
VSm conserved annually over a quarter of a million ln lhh uorU crhh - when euer f '<><" °f the
tons of coal, over a half million barrels of oil, '* taxed to Us utmost, this "St. Paul" achievement
WM and the thousands of cars necessary to transport takes on extreme importance. N
LWjj When next you journey to the cities of the Pacific Northwest N^|
MA I travel the smooth, smokeless, cinderless electric way—via the
hicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. sS
Send for electrification literature and full information —address 99
j. R. POTT, Dist. Pass. Ag't. Kg
Rooms 20.V0-7 I'ark Building
I'lttsburgli, l*n.
OCTOBER 24. 1917.
taken to accomplish thisj have given
the American lted Cross multiplied
duties, Dr. Fitch continued.
His description of the havoc and
destruction wrought by the Germans
with no purpose but to malm France
Is the kind to make every fair
minded person willing and anxious
to do all In his power to help rid the
earth of the Prussian peril.
(•rrinnn* Wreck Kroner
"The one great effort of the Ger
man," I >r. Fitch said, "is to break the
henrt of Frame. They have left
nothing undone that could In any
way contribute to this end. ("In their
retreat It is simply amazing the ends
to which they went to devastate the
country. They fight with the spirit
of the ancient barbarians, with the
idea that they must fght the enemies
In every city and town they have left
they have turned their guns on the
churches and cathedrals, leaving
them in semi-ruined masses with no
purpose but to destroy the shrines.
"After the churches come the city
halls, where all records are kept.
The records have been totally de
stroyed, in many places piled high
and burned. This is to keep the
French from having any way of tell-
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I Miss Anne Morgan Cited
| by France For Services
New York. Oct. 24. Miss Anna
Morgan, daughter of the late J. Pier
pont Morgan, and her co-worker*,
Mm. Anne Dike, of the American
Fund for French Wounded, have each
been decorated by the French Minis
ter of Agriculture in recognition of
their services for the people of de
vastated areas of France, according
to a letter receive* by Miss JSHzab"'"!
Scarborough, secretary of the fuim.
Their unit lias been engaged in re
building the ruined villages of the
Alsne district and recreating a new
life for the spirit-broken refugees.
ing now who owned any land or
having and to throw, apply.
Next come the monuments and
buildings of historical significance.
They used SIOO,OOO worth of powder
to blow up a historical monument in
one town simply because they knew
it was cherished by the Fench for
its memories.
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