INDEX

A

Aboukir, 235, 236 Aërial mail service, 362 Aërial instruction, 109-121 Aërial Coast Patrol Unit, 188 Aerodromes, 170 Airplane costs, 224, 225 American aviators in France, 109, 111, 174 American Flying Corps, 175 André, General, 267-269 Andrée, Polar expedition, 41, 56, 57 Anti-aircraft guns, 128, 129, 144-147, 150, 151, 169, 172, 173, 211, 230, 297, 305 Antwerp, 195 "Archies," see anti-aircraft guns Arlandes, Marquis, d', 29 Archimedes, 19 Army Aviation School, Mineola, 188 Arras, 185 Astra-Torres, 81 Austrian, submarine, U-11, 190; seaplane, 191; warships vs., British submarines, 334; submarines, 261, 360; submarine strength of, 306, 307 Aviation, in England, 104, 105, 106; in France, 104-106; Germany, 104-106, 108; Russia, 106; United States, 182-190, 194, 202, 221 "Avro" machines, 148

B

Baker, Ray Stannard, quoted, 287-293 Ball, Captain, 212-214 Baltic, 157 Bauer, Wilhelm, 253, 254 Belgium, 18, 108, 184, 196 Belgium, mapping coast of, 150 Berlin, 65, 74, 75, 156, 357 Besnier, wings, 16 Blanchard, aeronaut, 35 Bleriot, aviator, 35, 95, 109; airplane, 186 Blockade, United States, 10 Boelke, Lieutenant, 118-120; story of air duel of, 214-216 Brazil, submarine strength of, 307 Briggs, Commander, 148 Bristol, biplane, 126 British, 105, 147, 149, 151, 152, 164, 166, 171, 183, 188, 190, 334; Admiralty, 236, 272; Navy, 195, 274; Royal Flying Corps, 105, 106, 164, 166, 167, 174, 212; Royal Naval Air Service, 150, 200; submarine strength, 301, 302 Brussels, 165 Bushnell, David, 246-249, 263

C

Calmette, M., 267-270 Canada, airplane factories in, 107 Caproni, airplanes, 204, 228 Cayley, Sir George, 36, 83 Channel, English, 30, 35, 55, 144, 324, 340, 341 Chanute, 90 Chapman, Victor, 176, 179, 180, 214 Charles, M., 25; balloon, 31 Churchill, Winston, 155 Civil War, 5, 7, 10, 61, 260, 261, 333 Clement-Bayard II., 56 Coffin, Howard E., 202 Congress of the United States, 182, 187, 194, 196, 201, 221, 276, 301 Congressional Committee, 204 Cressy, 235, 236 Curtis, Glenn, 83, 98 Cuxhaven, 8, 108, 132, 148, 149, 150, 155

D

Dardanelles, 157, 190, 310, 334 Da Vinci, Leonardo, 15 Day, J., 242-246 "D. H. 5," 126 Denmark, submarine strength of, 306, 307 Department of Aeronautics, 182 Deutsch, Henry, prize for aviation, 39, 46-50 Deutschland, The, 13, 364-378 Dewey, Admiral, 271, 272 Diesel motor, 308, 309, 319, 325, 363, 366 Douaumont, 162 Drachens, 220 Drebel, Cornelius, 238-240 Driggs, Lawrence La Tourette, 358, 359 Dubilier, William, 357

E

Eiffel Tower, 42, 46-49, 51. See also Santos-Dumont Emperor of Germany, 65, 69, 72 England, 73, 75, 95, 105, 108, 142, 147, 166, 182, 184, 194, 201, 202, 207, 209, 240, 251, 253, 303, 345 Essen, 8, 108 Expeditionary Army, 106

F

Faotomu, Lieutenant Takuma, 352, 353 Farman, 95, 108, 218 Farragut, Admiral, 132 Fiske, Rear-Admiral, 155, 157, 206 Flanders, 6, 148 Fléchette, 138, 186 Fokker, 126, 128, 163, 170, 171, 212 Fort Myer, 96, 97 Foucault, submarine, 191 France, 59, 80, 81, 95, 104-106, 111, 120, 133, 142, 147, 167, 180, 182, 183, 195, 199, 200-202, 208, 209, 214, 240, 251, 254, 295, 303, 343 Franklin, Benjamin, views of balloons, 24; letters, 32, 33 French, airplanes at Battle of Somme, 198; Commission to United States, 196; guns, 147; improve on German airplane, 204; inspection of captive Zeppelin, 81; standardize their airplanes, 104; submarine, 309; submarine strength, 302, 303 French, General Sir John, 3-5, 106 Friedrichshaven, 8, 70, 75, 76, 108, 147 Fulton, Robert, 251, 252, 253

G

George, Lloyd, 210 German, Admiralty, 190; air champion, 214; air raids on England, 207; attempt to starve England, 194; fleet, 183, 184; submarine attacks on allied shipping, 305; submarine destroyed by bombs, 191; submarines vs. international law, 192; submarine strength, 303-305 German U-boats, 188, 206, 236, 304, 310, 314, 333, 336, 338 Germany, 61, 62, 69, 72, 73, 75, 79, 80, 81, 97, 104, 105, 106, 108, 121, 133, 142, 146-149, 157, 171, 183-185, 193, 198, 200, 210, 235, 280, 297, 310, 341, 361, 364 Ghent, 165 Gibbons, Floyd P., 347-351 Giffard, dirigible, 37, 38, 41, 43 Grange, de la, Lieutenant, 196, 199 Great Britain, 57, 58, 105, 106, 120, 142, 143, 157, 191, 192, 202, 203, 204, 207, 310, 341, 343 Great War, 3, 12, 72, 80, 98, 103, 159 Greece, submarine strength of, 307 Grey, C. G., quoted, 189 Gross, dirigible, 77, 78 Guynemer, Captain Georges, 211, 212, 214 Gyroscope compass, 312

H

Hartlepool, 208 Harvard University, 175, 176 Harwich, 208 Heligoland, 155-157, 202, 333 Hogue, 235, 236 Holland, 150, 235; submarine strength of, 306, 307 Holland, John P., 241, 274-277, 294; submarine, 294-296, 298, 301, 302, 304, 306, 313 Holland Torpedo Boat Company, 272, 277, 298 Hotchkiss, 147 Housatonic, U. S. S., 259, 260 Hydro-airplane, 160, 189, 190, 206, 225 Hydroplane, 280, 308

I

Icarus, 14 Immelman, Captain, 119, 212-214 Instruction, in aviation, 111-118; of American aviators, 11 Ironsides, 256, 257, 295 Italy, 81, 343; submarine strength of, 306 Italian submarines, 360

J

Japan, submarine strength of, 306, 307 Japanese submarines, 352 Joffre, General, 4, 196 Jutland, battle of, 12, 381

K

Kaiser, 78. Also see Emperor of Germany Kiel, 9, 108, 155-157, 183, 195, 202, 230, 253, 314, 367 Kipling, Rudyard, 80, 166, 226, 227, 346 Kitchener, Lord, 58 Kitty-Hawk, 89, 94 Kluck, General von, 3, 4 König, Captain Paul, 367-377 Krebs, 39

L

Lafayette Escadrille, 121, 175, 176, 216 Lake Constance, 62, 148 Lake, Simon, 278-295, 356, 364, 378-380; submarine, 294-296, 302, 304, 306, 317 Lana, Francisco, 17 Lancaster, F. W., 144 Langley, Professor Samuel, 82, 83, 84, 183 La Patrie, 55 La République, 55 Latham, 95 Laurenti, Major, 300; submarine, 302, 306 Lebaudy Brothers, 54; airplane, 56, 78 Le Bris, 86-88 Lee, Ezra, 249, 250 Lewis gun, 217 Liberty motor, 222, 226; plane, 127 Liège, 159 Lilienthal, Gustav, 84 Lilienthal, Otto, 84-86, 90 Lilienthals, 88 Lille, 185 London, 9, 134, 142, 156, 208, 209, 230 Lufbery, Captain Raoul, 121, 180 Lunardi, aeronaut, 30 Lusitania, 193, 210, 263, 343

M

McConnell, Sergeant James R., 160 Marne, battle of, 5, 183, 196 Maxim, Sir Hiram, 83 Merrimac, 12 Meuse river, 4, 161 Monitor, 12 Mons, battle of, 3, 5 Montgolfier Brothers, Jos. & Jacques, 20, 22; balloon, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 30 Moranes, 186

N

Namur, 4 Napoleon, 99, 108, 252 Naval Committee, House of Representatives, 271, 272 Navy Department of U. S., 188, 189, 278, 298, 300, 301 Navy Department, Civil War, 256, 257 Navy, Secretary of, 187, 194, 222 Needham, Henry Beach, 166 Nieuport, airplane, 140, 163, 186; town of, 150, 151, 154 Nordenfeldt, Swedish inventor, 263, 264, 275 North Sea, 6, 76, 144, 149, 154, 156, 157, 187, 188, 190, 235, 236, 305 Norway, submarine strength of, 306, 307 Noyes, Alfred, quoted, 335-340

O

Ostend, 9, 150, 151, 191, 194, 200

P

Paris, 3, 23-25, 28, 48, 50-53, 61, 110 Parseval, dirigible, 77, 78 Parseval-Siegfeld, 141 Pau, 110 Père Galien, 17 Periscopes, 296, 305, 310, 311, 326-328, 333, 366 Petersburg, 6 Pilcher, Percy S., 84, 86, 88 Pitney, Fred B., quoted, 323-328 Porter, Admiral David, 259 Prince, Norman, 176, 180, 216-221

R

Rees, Major L. W. B., 174 Renard, 38, 42, 43 Richmond, 6 Roberts Brothers' balloon, 34, 35 Rockwell, Kiffen, 176-179, 214 Royal Aërial Factory, 105 Rozier, Pilatre de, 27, 29; death of, 30 Rumsey, Adjt., quoted, 217-220 Russia, 81, 106, 203, 254; submarine strength of, 306, 307 Russian ships sunk in Baltic, 157; submarine sunk by bombs, 190

S

Santos-Dumont, 34; quoted, 38, 39-47, 48-50, 51-54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 88, 95 Scarborough, 208 Schutte-Lanz, dirigible, 77, 79 Schwartz, David, 63 Scott, Lieutenant, 133 Seaplanes, 105, 106, 108, 143, 149, 150, 154, 188, 191, 225, 236 Severo Pax, 77 Sikorsky, airplanes, 203 Sincay, Lieutenant de, 191 Sopwith, biplane, 126, 219 "S. P. A. D.," 217 Spain, 81; submarine strength of, 306 St. Louis Exposition, 54 St. Petersburg, 63 Submarine, controversy between U. S. and Germany, 342; cruise on, 323-331; interior of, 318-323; losses, 351-354; tenders, 316; strength of different countries, 306, 307; ventilation, 239, 240, 307, 312; war zones, 342, 343 Submarine warfare, allied losses, 344; British losses, 344, 345; neutral losses, 344 Submarines: Argonaut, 282-295, 379 David, 256, 257 "E" class, 301 Fenian Ram, 275 "F-1," 300 "F" (Holland type), 301 German type, 304 Gustave Zédé, 266, 267 Gymnote, 265, 266 Holland No. 2, 275 Holland No. 4, 275 Holland No. 8, 278 Holland No. 9, 271-273, 278 Hundley, 258-260 Intelligent Whale, 261 Le Diable Marin, 254 Laurenti type, 306 Morse, 267-270 Mute, 253 Narval, 267, 270 Nautilus, 252 Nordenfeldt II., 264 Octopus, 299 Plongeur, 260 Plunger, 277, 278 Resurgam, 263 "S" class, 302 (Laurenti or "F. I. A. T." type) Turtle, 247, 249, 275 "U-3," 314 "U-20," 330 "U-47," 328-331 "V" class (Lake type), 302 "W" class (Laubeuf type), 302 "Viper" class, 299 Submarines, aircraft as enemy of, 357, 358; armament of, 312; (general topic), 159, 188, 190-195, 209; marksmanship, 322; microphone, 357; motives powers of, 308, 309; precautions and devices against, 345, 346, 355, 361; requirements of modern, 307-317 Sweden, submarine strength of, 306, 307 Switzerland, 150

T

Taube, 126 Thaw, Lieutenant William, 214 Tissot, Professor, 357 Torpedo chamber, 320; plane, 156, 157; tubes, 298, 301, 303-306, 312, 315, 317, 320, 353 Trocadero, 49-51 Tulasne, Major, 196, 199 Turkey, submarine strength of, 307 Turkish, 177, 188, 334

U

U-53, 12, 206, 353, 354 U-Boat attacks on, allied merchantmen; Amiral Ganteaume, 340; Gulflight, 343; Lusitania, 193, 210, 263, 343; Laconia, 347-351; Strathend, 354; West Point, 354; Stephano, 354; Bloomersdijk, 354; Christian Knudsen, 354; in general, 346-354 United States, 56-58, 81, 91, 94-96, 103, 107, 111, 120, 142, 158, 166, 180, 182, 185, 187, 193, 194, 200, 202, 209, 221, 228, 230, 239, 260, 261, 271, 295, 297, 301, 303, 310, 334, 341, 343, 345, 361, 364, 365, 381; government of, 96, 272, 273, 276, 296, 343; declares war upon Germany, 342; Navy, 297, 298, 300, 354; submarine strength, 350

V

Vanniman, 57, 159 Vaux, 162 Venice, 108 Verdun, 6, 55, 161, 162 Verne, Jules, 40, 262, 287 Vickers, gun, 217; scout airplane, 126, 131, 147, 164 Vicksburg, 6 Viney, Lieutenant, 191 von Bernstorff, Count, 353

W

Wanamaker, Rodman, 160 War, Department of, 101; Secretary of, 187, 194, 222 War zones, 341, 342 Warneford, sub-Lieutenant R. A. J., 164, 165, 214 Washington, D. C., 96, 97, 204 Washington, General George, 247 Watt, James, 19 Weddigen, Captain, Otto von, 236, 305, 334 Wellington, 108 Wellman, Walter, 56, 57, 159 White, Claude Graham, 128 Whitehead torpedo, 261, 262, 264, 266 Wilhelmshaven, 132, 156, 157, 183, 195, 230, 353 Winslow, Carroll Dana, 111, 115, 116, 139 Woodhouse, Henry, 190 Wright Brothers, 14, 43, 58, 60, 64, 83, 84, 87, 89, 90-95, 97, 98, 109, 111, 183 Wright, Orville, 74, 75, 88, 99-102 Wright, Wilbur, 88, 91, 96, 97

Z

Zédé, M. Gustav, 265, 266, 303 Zeebrugge, 8, 9, 150, 151, 153, 155, 195, 200, 230 Zeppelin, Count, von, 28, 34, 38, 50, 54, 59-65, 68-77, 79, 105, 362 Zeppelin, Eberhard, 64 Zeppelin disasters: Zeppelin I., 66-69 IV., 66, 72 L-I, 76 L-II, 67 Zeppelin raids, 9, 208, 209 Zeppelins, 8, 60, 62, 65-81, 100, 101, 104, 105, 108, 133, 134, 148-150, 164, 165, 208