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[[photo]] Attaching the basket [[photo]] [[photo]] Ascension Made Feb 23. Lt. Frank P Latim [[page torn]] [[left column]] -campaigns. Lowe installed a tele- -in the basket of his balloon and -ted with officers below through - feet or more in length. McClel- - the possession of an observation -great value in the peninsula cam- -be confederates imitated the fed- -me extent in this respect. Commo- -es in August, 1862, introduced the -[[?]] the naval operations in the -er. -Franc-German War, which began -the French in besieged strongholds -d free balloons to carry news to their -outside. Paris while beleaguered sent -ions of letters by balloon, together -numbers of carrier pigeons, which -return courriers, and thus an almost -stal service was maintained. Gam- -was later to become dictator, as -Paris in a balloon to establish the -government at Tours. Of sev- -balloons that were dispatched -only one was brought down by the -ire. When the French army was -d balooning was included in its -an experimental balloon station -were established at Chalais-Meu- -Captains Renard and Krebs -aerostats that could be -moderate wind. General -vard minister of war, dem- -rtance of balloon scouting -vers of 1891, in which 100,000 -to one another in mimic -ch derived enormous serv- -baloons in their war in -itish in the Sudan in 1885. -er in Cuba. American war a captive -eral Shafter, in front of -n obtaining a correct idea -sition. But owing to im- -t it also needlessly drew -oon our lines and was the -sualties that could have -carefully trained baloon -as have the French, and -ere used by the former -vantage in the boer war. -is also provided with bal- -of the more recent dragon. -of the Brazilian, Santos- -the dirigible balloon -the work of Renard and -Meudon. Augusto Severo -shaped aerostat, broader -the Santos-Dumont type, -teered upon a somewhat -The American public -e unsuccessful attempts of Washington to make -navigate the air, -attained in appara- -the surface of the -from balloons and -Caillelet produced -alled photographic -m a continuous film -balloon should pass, -e of sixty miles an -duce the topography -s do the army engi- -inutely. Of course, -data to a general -inestimable. -ortant. -of the arrangements -s that which relates -lifting gas. In al- -supply of compressed -bes. There are sev- [[right column]] [[photo]] The America at W- fantry, taking up a position on a commanding hilltop, if one can be found. The ordinary height to which the balloon goes is 1,000 feet, but cable enough is attached to it to admit of it going twice that distance. If a change of location is desired one or two men stand up in the base wagon to keep the cable from becoming entangled with anything along the route, and the horses go at a trot across the country, up and down hill, perhaps for miles. When it is desired to lower the balloon for a brief interval a peculiar device is used. A stout pole is provided at the middle with a grooved wheel. Half a dozen men seize the pole, three at each end, and press the face of the wheel against the cable, moving steadily in a horizontal direction far enough to bring the balloon down, perhaps quite to the ground. When the balloon is again to be allowed to ascend they retrace their steps, releasing it by degrees. A balloon to serve continuously in a new kind of aerial bomb-throwing tactics must not only be of the dirigible type, but must be of greaty buoyancy and force. It must carry heavy ammunition and it must be able to move rapidly and accurately in any desired direction. None of the public experiments thus far made shows that any dirigible airship has been developed to this point. Of course, the plan may be pursued or sacrificing a balloon with each lot of explosives sent aloft to be dropped upon the enemy
Transcription Notes:
Top photo is a group of men gathered around what appears to be a hot air balloon still on the ground.
Second photo is a group of men in front of a hot air balloon basket still on the ground. One man is in the basket.
Third photo is a portrait of a man in a military style uniform.
Photo at bottom right is of a crowd of people looking up at a hot air balloon in the air.
The page is torn along the left and right sides. All of the text at the bottom is partial because the left side of the text is missing.
