AIRCRAFT INQUIRY.
GENERAL DISRATED. WASHINGTON, March 6. Mi- J. W. Weeks, of the War Department, has diseiphned BrigadierGeneral Mitchell, the instigator of tho recent aircraft inquiry, by failing to re-appoint him to the post of Assistant Chief of the Air Service, which he has held since 1920. General Mitchell automatically reverts to the rank of colonel, and it is expected he will be assigned to the flying field, away from Washington.
Lieut.-Colonel Fechet succeeds General Mitchell on April 27. President Coolidge had already announced that he would appoint whoever Mr Weeks recommended.
The move indicates the punishment demanded by the army and navy administration chiefs. General Mitchell is expected to continue the fight for a unified air service, if necessary resigning from the army and running for Congress. Thirty army airplanes, dropping one hundred-pound bombs containing ten pounds of explosives each, demolished a canvas battleship on a field at the Fort Monroe tests. Brigadier-General Mitchell directed the experiment and was notified of his reduction in rank on his descent. The demonstration was a surprise sprung upon high officials attending an anti-aircraft gun demonstration, who were not aware it was to take place.—A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 83, 9 March 1925, Page 5
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