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[/QGHf] but will be retrieved by us in the long run, and there will be plenty of time for the apportionment of the blame when the war is a thing of the past. It would have been better, we consider, had Mr. Churchill stuck to his Leader in spite of the attacks upon his actions. His resignation was too great a sacrifice for the obtaining of an opportunity of justifying himself at the present moment in the eyes of the country. Work and very vital work would then have been ready to his hand in the form of taking a hand in the still greater furtherance of our Air Services. His past activities and support of this our youngest arm is well known to all those who have taken the trouble to follow the at first very slow, but subsequent phenomenal, growth of naval and military aviation. From early days Mr. Churchill took the keenest and most personal interest in the great air power which was then being born, and, supported by a few far-seeing Navy and Army enthusiasts, every effort was put forward by him to bring his colleagues in the Cabinet into line with his own views of the future of this now vital arm of our forces. Not only did he force forward the require ments of Service aviation, but it was largely due to Mr. Churchill's energy that the Armoured Car Squadrons which were linked up with the R.N. A.S. were brought into being. That they have done most admirable work in this resent war wherever opportunity has offered is world nowledge Now, and when once stale-mate trench warfare takes a vacation, we may confidently look forward to the resumption of their telling work with our armies. It was ® ® THE ROLL THE Secretary of the Admiralty has announced the following casualties:— Previously reported Missing, now Officially reported a Prisoner of War. Flight-Lieutenant Lionel D. McKean, R.N. (Assistant Paymaster, R.N.). Previously reported Missing, now Unofficially reported Wounded and Prisoner of War. 2nd Grade Ait-Mechanic H. G. Shields. Under date October 18th: Drowned. Flight Sub-Lieutenant John T. Bone, R.N. Under date November 7 th : Injured. Flight-Lieutenant Harold F. Towler, R.N. Flight Sub-Lieutenant Frank S. McGill, R.N. The following casualties in the Expeditionary Force have been officially reported from General Head quarters :— Under date November 4th : Wounded. Second Lieutenant L. J. Bayly, Royal Garrison Artillery, attached R.F.C. Second Lieutenant C. C. Miles, Royal Flying Corps. ® ® The Death of Col. Fulton. IT is with the greatest possible regret that we have to record the sudden death on the list inst. of Lieut- Col. J. D. B. Fulton, C.B., R.F.A., who, after occupying the position of Chief Inspector in the Aeronautical Inspection Department from its inception, had but a few days before been appointed assistant director of military aeronautics. Col. Fulton's death is a very heavy loss not only to aviation but to the nation, as, apart from his brilliant military career, he fought in South Africa and received both medals and eight clasps; he was a pioneer NOVEMBER 19, 1915. but a fitting tribute to the late Minister's great work in this connection, that the officers of the Armoured Car Squadrons should have deemed the occasion of his retirement a suitable opportunity of expressing their views of his genius by the presentation of his portrait in oils by Mr. John Lavery to Mr. and Mrs. Churchill in memory of his connection with that force and his devoted efforts on their behalf. Whether it is advisable or practical to create a Minister of the Air, as has been widely suggested from the most varied and mysterious quarters, and nominate Mr. Winston Churchill as the first occupant of that important Cabinet post is an arguable point and for the present beside the question. In like manner to the creation of the Minister of Munitions, Mr. Churchill, however, should be an invaluable national asset just now were he to be joined up in this connection with the Munitions Minister, to take in hand the supply of all things aviatic. There is an ever-increasing field for his energies in this direction in such a helpful way that need not interfere with the present splendid efforts of those in charge. The appointment should be such as to greatly strengthen and consolidate those efforts and enable this country to be, by the spring time, in an even more unassailable position in regard to mastery of the air than we hold at present. The late Minister's heart is in the work, and we sincerely trust that some modus operandi may be opened out whereby his great talents may be brought into play Imperially in connection with the ever-spreading fifth arm of our Defences. ® ® OF HONOUR. Missing. Second Lieutenant A. W. Brown, 3rd Manchester Regt., and R.F.C. Second Lieutenant H. W. Medlicott, Royal Flying Corps. Under date November 5th : Wounded. Captain C. E. Ryan, Royal Field Artillery and R.F.C. Missing. Second Lieutenant J. B. Robinson, Royal Flying Corps. Under date November 8th : Killed. Lieutenant G. F. Harvey, Royal Field Artillery, attached R.F.C. Second Lieutenant W. J. McConnochie, Royal Flying Corps. Missing. Captain T. D. Adams, R.F.A., 1st W. Lanes Brig. (T.F.), attached R.F.C. Lieutenant O. V. Le Bas, R. W. Surrey Regt. and R.F.C. Undated: Prisoner of War. Second Lieutenant A. L. Burnie, 8th East Kent Regt., attached R.F.C. ® ® in aviation. His pilot's certificate was No. 27, and dated November 15th, 1910, the qualifying tests having been made on a Farman biplane on Salisbury Plain, although Col. Fulton had previously taught himself to fly on a Bleriot monoplane. He served in the original Army Air Battalion, and passed into the Royal Flying Corps on its formation, subsequently going to the Central Flying School as an instructor. Returning to the Royal Flying Corps at the end of 1913, he was appointed chief inspector, and on the establishment of the A.I.D. last year was placed in charge of it.
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