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...series of sloshy, uncomfortable positions to the west and northwest. Cables announced that the U. S. "Sherifian Escadrille," which has been fighting the Riffians to the annoyance of Secretary Kellogg (TIME, Sept. 28, THE CABINET), has been "disbanded" and the airmen are returning to Paris. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kerwood of the Escadrille declared not long ago (TIME, Oct. 19) that he and his comrades will reassemble in Morocco as soon as rains slacken enough to permit effective flying...
Having sustained a wound in the left cheek which will require a special surgical operation to save the sight of his left eye, Lieut. Col. Charles Kerwood, second in command of the Sherifian Escadrille, journeyed recently to Paris in search of expert medical attention. He is the first Sherifian to return to Paris, although during the rainy season in the Riff which is now commencing, it is understood that a two months' leave of absence from Morocco will be taken by a number of the American aviators...
Lieut. Col. Kerwood is reported to have hotly denied that the Sherifians make use of U. S. uniforms or insignia. He declared that they wear a special variation of the French Colonial uniform and "wear the American eagle on a special button dissimilar to that on U. S. Army uniforms...
...Charles Sweeney, Lieut.-Col. Kerwood, Majors Pollock and Parker, Captains Rockwell, Weller and Buffum, all U. S. aviators, left Paris for Morocco...
...Lafayette Escadrille was formed in Paris for service in Morocco. Granville A. Pollock of New Orleans and Charles W. Kerwood of Philadelphia volunteered to pilot bombing airplanes, and Charles Sweeney and Paul Rockwell, U. S. veterans of the Foreign Legion, volunteered as observers. Much comment was heard regarding the efficient and up-to-date methods by which Abd-el-Krim is conducting his campaign. His staff work seems of a high order, each attack evidently being-planned with great care and almost invariably at the weakest point of the French positions, made weak, of course, by the staff...
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