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1917
1917 - 0298.PDF
MARCH 29, 1917. ZEPPELIN time is well on the way to commence for 1917.Activity in the near future may be safely looked for, and this time Scouting for the German High Fleet will be even morein evidence than in past years. Matters aquatic as well as aviatic are distinctly on the screen just now. Already theZepps. are out hunting in pairs, and in wide fields of operation. ON the Somme front again the German Air Service is un-doubtedly making itself felt very acutely indeed. The most strennous efforts, and in a very unpleasantly successful way,are being put forward on the German side to prevent our " Eyes " spotting too accurately the dispositions whichHindenburg has been planning. And judging by the un- usually large number of our pilots who are going down, thepenalty for our insistence appears to be pretty drastic. An analysed table of the machines in use with their " history "should be very illuminating, and should give highly valuable data for those in charge at home, upon which to found athorough overhaul of super, good, bad and worse machines. It is a hopeless proposition not to look facts as they aresquarely in the face. Scrapping of obsolete fighting machines, both made and in the making, should be ruthless and im-mediate, if the situation is to be saved. The Huns are having air matters, at present, far too much their own way, to makethe future a pleasant outlook, if the much required antidote to their enterprise is not pretty speedily in evidence in largernumbers than at present. Our men will, and do, take all and every chance against them, but the. sooner the bottom-doghandicap is on the enemy's side the better. THE latest Departmental " annexation " is the Home of theInstitution of Electrical Engineers, which has fallen to the embrace of the Air Board, which has pushed out its grapplingiron from the adjacent Hotel Cecil. THE National War Museum looks like catching on with'nomean hold. A highly practical and valuable Committee has been got together by Sir Alfred Mond, who, in his capacity ofFirst Commissioner of Works, will act as Chairman. The remainder of the Committee are : Sir Martin Conway, Director-General ; Commander C. C. Walcott, R.N., Representative of the Admiralty ; Mr. B. B. Cubitt (Assistant Secretary tothe War Office), Representative of the War Office ; Colonel J. R. Stansfeld (Chief Technical Officer in the Department ofMunitions Inspection), Representative of Ministry of Muni- tions ; Mr. Ian Malcolm, M.P. ; Professor C. W. Oman(Chichele Professor of Modern History, Oxford) ; whilst^Mr. Charles J. Ffoulkes (Curator of the Armouries of the Towerof London), will act as Curator and Secretary, with offices for the present at H.M. Office of Works, Storey's Gate, S.W. ALL, including public bodies who have objects of Nationalinterest connected with the war, are asked to co-operate in making this museum a " j oy for ever,'' although for the momentit is not desired that actual exhibits should be forwarded. A preliminary letter offering and specifying the object shouldbe sent to the Secretary, when its acceptance would follow in due course. The main object of the War Museum is tocollect and preserve for public inspection objects illustrating the British share in the war. The exhibits will compriseexamples of the arms and other war materials used by the British naval and military forces, trophies captured from theenemy, souvenirs found on battlefields, inventions connected with munition making at home, the literature and art of thewar (including regimental magazines and trench, drawings), maps, the music of the war, placards issued by the Governmentin connection with the recruiting, economy, ana loan cam- paigns, medals and decorations, flag-day souvenirs, andautograph letters of some of those who have taken distin guished parts in the war. Another view of salving a seaplane after an accident. 298
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