Word: sherifians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...French line, will likewise be exceedingly comfortable at Algiers on the Mediterranean. Meanwhile General Marty will be marooned high and wet at Taza; and Generals Pruneau, Hergault and Billotte will occupy a 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...
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...
Untroubled by mundane developments, the Sherifian Escadrille, composed of U. S. airmen, continued to soar into the Moroccan ether and drop therefrom tons of bombs...
...legal point involved seems to hinge largely on the question of where the U. S. aviators enlisted in the French cause. A number of Americans, former members of the Lafayette Escadrille, have enlisted in the "Sherifian Air Force"; that is, the French Air Force, but nominally the Air Force of the Sultan of Morocco. The U. S. statute, if applicable, declares that persons making such enlistments are guilty of high misdemeanors punishable by fines up to $1,000 and imprisonment for not more than three years...
Sheshuan (which one is at liberty to spell in almost any possible way. -Chechaouen, Chechouan, Shishawen, Sheshaun, Sheshuan, Chechaoen), which is the Riffian headquarters at the western end of their sausage, was bombed 17 times by the Sherifian Escadrille (volunteer American aviators) with the destruction of many buildings and the estimated killing of 100 Riffians...