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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1920
Page
11
A critical report details how Congress rapidly funded aircraft during World War I but failed to deliver effective front line planes. It cites 1917 1918 appropriations totaling about 1.69 billion with over a billion spent or obligated by mid 1919, and notes widespread inefficiency at Curtiss and Standard plants alongside testimony from Baker Hughes and Borglum about idle workforces and poor oversight.
A vivid account from World War I about American Liberty engines called flaming coffins. Captain Rickenbacker describes fighting four German Fokkers near Grand Pre while praising and condemning the same aircraft for their fatal design flaws.
In the final days of the war about 2,000,000 American troops were in France with 1,250,000 in field armies. The request for 3,400 fighting and observation planes contrasted with actual front stocks: American built pursuit planes limited, one American built bombing plane, 196 DH 4 observation planes, and 44 planes bought from allies. The Aircraft Production board, seen as inexperienced, bypassed established manufacturers like Wright and Curtiss, failing to secure adequate wing machines and wasting a large sum.
On September 19 1917 Curtiss received an order for 3000 fighting Spads that was cancelled on November 7 1917. Vice President Keys testifies before Congress detailing production capacity eighteen thousand seven hundred employees and a plant capable of 100 machines daily. He notes Curtiss built 1411 planes for the Navy while Baker and the aircraft board face questions about mismanagement and conflicts of interest.
Five craftsmen Deeds Coffin Walden Montgomery and Potter new to airships ignore aviation experience to design a Liberty motor using Delco ignition system. Deeds held United Motors stock and later claimed to sever ties. records show false transfer to his wife in October 1917.
Report details how the Liberty Motor, designed by Packard, failed to fit any aircraft type after testing. Contracts collapsed amid graft claims and repeated design mismatches. Presenting a chaotic account of trials with fighters such as Bristol and Curtiss projects and unresolved promises.
A garbled account recalls a World War I aviation controversy involving Baker and Deeds firms, Liberty motors, and Curtiss, with blame cast on Hispano Suiza and Simplex as German fliers upended American plans. It notes promises of 20,000 Allied planes and reflects on misled troops and publicity errors amid the campaign era.
In a wartime era voice a speaker condemns graft and incompetence at home while praising Allied aid and American manpower. The aria argues no soldier's death justifies domestic corruption and criticizes a Democratic administration for clinging to its war record to stay in power.
A State Tribune summary notes massive government spending over two years and high taxes. It cites Sheri dan fortifications like Fort McKenzie left idle and dismantled, with plumbing moved to camps in the south. It also recalls $500,000 spent moving men and materiel from Fort Russell to California and Texas, then back east, while cavalry drilled in mud and pneumonia claimed lives. A $5,000,000 Fort Russell plant and a 6,000 acre reservation remained underutilized.
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