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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 8, 1941.

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Riding proudly over- head in their coats of silver, the barrage bal- loons have become a familiar war-time sight over London and an ever-increasing number

IN

SILVER

The Balloon Barrage And

How

It Is Worked

ment works quite satisfactorily. At the centres the cookhouses operate throughout the 24 hous, Many of the London balloon crows worked under, trying con- ditions in France, particularly during the German advance. One of the squadrons now guarding North London was in charge of the barrage at Le of British cities, towns, week sees an extension its not inconsiderable me balloons are always liable to be Havre,

and as

long as there' chanised transport section; punctured by shrapnel. It is of were British troops to be evacu Soon and villages. A menace of the scheme. to those who seek to de- every vulnerable area countants, catering officer, tions should be carried out were shot down by German it has its own doctors, ac repairs and regular examina- posts. One by one their balloons the utmost importance that the ated the crews stuck to their stroy, they are trusty, will have this comfort- butchers, cooks, police, and efficiently, for a leaking balloon fightera, but the squadron got silent sentinels by'night, ing safeguard.

office staffs; it supplies, re- becomes filled with a dangerous back to England without a casualty' and with a good part of Every day, each balloon in

their stores.

watching over the sleep; Methods & Men places, and repairs all its mixture of gas and air.

own balloons; it maintains a

4

from the

of

distributed by lorry from the like a stubborn mule, kicking

ing millions below, and the same dependable Like every other depart regular flow of inflating gas service la inspected, and unless friends to the busy ment of the R.A.F., the to the manning crews; and the gas sample shows a regula- Backs In A Team balloon defence has its own it has its own central depot. tainer is deflated and refilled tions was excellent experience.

tion degree of purity the con-

Working under these condi- throngs by day.

organisation. Balloon Com-

In appearance a centre is with new gas, which is sent out for the manipulation Though inclined to be mand, with an air vice- very like a bomber or figh- daily

centres on balloon is by no means as crisy capricious and a little marshal at its head, is res- ter station, except that its specially designed trailers..

as it looks. In a high wind a Daily supplies of food also are balloon will sometimes behave uncertain in temper ponsible for the barrages rather higher hangars house when the fancy (or, to throughout the counrty. Its balloons instead of aero-

centre direct to the flights, each out suddenly and unexpectedly, of which has its own cooking trying to hook itself round trees be more accurate, the regional control is main planes.

tained by groups, the largest

facilities. The catering officers or over house-tops, electric wind) takes them, they of which is London. Four Women's Help are men who are in the business pylona, or telephone lines. An never tire in their well- centres, corresponding to a

in civil life; the butchers and inexperienced crew could soon In Work chefs also are professionals, wreck n great deal of property. doing. Winter and sum- wing on the operational side

Thousands of yards of the kitchens and ovens, so that the cables.

They have the most up-to-date not to mention the balloons and mer, cold or hot, rain of the Service, subdivide the

Before a balloon in inflated it or shine, they remain work of defending the specially proofed cotton fabric men get excellent and varied

Metropolitan area. Each are used in the workshops for food, cooked in a manner worthy is stretched on a ground-sheet patiently on the alert.

centre maintains its squad- and making the air-filled "fins," over-statement, I know because tricate, network of cables, pul- repairing the gas containers of a first-class hotel. (This is no or bed and connected to an in- When the enemy seeks rons, flights, and balloon or stabilizers, which give the I have tasted it myself.) to cheat us of our food sites.

balloons their animal-like ap-

leys, ground blocks, handling guys, and other mysterious tac- Hosiery by Morley's-$2.95 pr. they keep him at bay; the balloons are a judicious W.A.A.F. have proved them- by sinking our convoys The men who look after work, but the women of the

pearance. Men do the heavier How The Men te gas traller is then brought up, and a 10-way filler Are Fed

is attached to the 10 cylinders when he would dive low blending of regulars, volun- selves expert in cutting and

at one end and the balloon in- over our war factories teer reservists, and auxi-

Supplies are purchased in ac- take at the other. 'cordance with a diet sheet vary-

The Inflation speed can The Command is

be and our homes they hold liaries.

ing from day to day for each controlled by pressure. The no war-time mushroom fitted in an incredibly short sures the men a change of food same way as a motor-car. The him at a distance.

squadron. This not only en- winch is operated in exactly the growth. Its roots had been time. Surface parts which have but prevents waste. At the driver switches on the engine. Their primary duty is planted firmly some time be- to

take the heaviest strain centres' not to bring down rai-fore hostilities began, so are reinforced on the inside by make their own brawn, sau- of sending up the balloon or cookhouses the staffs lets in the clutch, and the speed ders, though they have that when "the balloon went chrage, disha, known as dia sages, pressed beef, and salt bringing it down is governed by up" there existed a careful-gms, and by strong tape. beef. Since men operating in the pressure on the accelerator signed to keep attack- with the anti-aircraft bat- into service it is inflated with than those on done so. They are, de-

ly planned scheme, linked up Before a new balloon is put to possess healthier appetites

rural districts have been found pedal.

When the balloon is hauled ing aircraft at a height teries, for protecting our air by highspeed pamps in an sites and in offices, they are few feet of the ground by the city and town down it is brought to within a at which our guns and large cities and industrial inspection hangar. The same given the heavier food. mechanical process. The crew thing happens before, and after

then range our fighters can get at areas.

a balloon is repaired. In these

themselves around When the meals have been the bed and affix the handling days of widespread raids, when prepared by the flight cooks they guys, bringing the balloon down them and from which no

heavy anti-aircraft burrages are are taken by a quick delivery to a position from which an in- enemy, however skilled,

put up to defent them, repair service to the crews on the sites, spection work is fairly henvy, because The men say that this arrange- carried out.

or repairs

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Proved Its Worth guns and rifles.

Further extracts from the

now a soldier.

THROUGH the hot, dry days we stamped the face of the earth to dust under our iron hects.

"Ai Baltalion you stop being rook- ies, and you become great big hairy soldiers. Here, you see, we lick you roughly into shape. Like metal- At Battalion they

we east you.

fuish you.

rough edges off you; teach you the "Listen. Here, we take the first ropes. Here, you haven't got no re- sponsibility, except to your King and Now the rain comes down in Country; and no initiative.

Con

TELEGRAPH

QUIZ

1. Mr Claronco E, Gauss is to succeed Mr Nelson T. Johnson as American Ambassador to China. Before Mr Gauss became Minister

perfectly straight dull grey lines, sloped like the bayonets you've got to do. You're herded to Australia, what position did he

of the Guards,

If German troops landed Nobody has ever pre- from the sea or the air the tended that a balloon men of the balloons know barrage is a defence how to defend their charges, against indiscriminate and they would also help the bombing such as is the Army and Home Guard to fate of London, but its drive the enemy out. If completed an hour of revision, going recralls: sort of apprentices. presence does undoubt, munications broke down gazine rifle point by point.

"You're told every little thing about like sheep. Which you areoccupy and where was he sta especially you, Ginger,

tioned? "All the time you're here, you're inngine you're soldier yet: you're these

2.

"They make real soldiers out of

We, under a roof, have com-

over the Short Lee-Enfield ma

"And that," says the Ser- you at Battalion.

cach squadron, each flight, edly prevent raiders) from selecting the tar- could carry on by itself. geant, "is that. The Short Lee- or, if necessary, each site, gets they would like to Even if the organisation Bofilmmunition. Weight, eight hit. But for its balloons from the centre or the group 303 ammunition. Weight, eight London would have suf- met with failure, the bal-Pounds ten ounces.

fered far more grievous-loons could still go on with

their work.

ly from the thousands

as a serious obstacle to

not..

Don't

"You've been grousing about not

With what sciences are terms associated (a) rheostat (b) therm (a) ascen- dant (d) protoplasm?

3. To what constellation does

Batalion you't be free you the Pole Star belong fal Orien Battalion you'll be free men.

No-(b) Tho, Plough (e) Little Bear

(di Cassiopeia?

'can go out evenings if you like. body tell you what to do. "The way some of you handle "But you've got to get your work it, you'd think it weighed eight pe, and you'll go straight in the who recently captured it?

done. Go about with your boots in.

4. Where is Agordat, and hundredweight... The way book. There aren't no spit-and- you handle it--you over there polish parades from 4 to 7 there you'd think it weighed eighty help you if you're lazy,

you use your own time, and God ruddy hundred weight..

M

Land" is (a) James Joyce (b) 5. The author of "The Waste

T. S. Eliar (c) Gertrude Stein (d) Samuel Goldwyn,

of bombs which have The groups direct opera- tions. They have a meteoro; been rained on it.

logical department to advise That the Germans re- them on weather conditions,

"And remember, your rifle is gárd a balloon defence which, of course, have an

your best-friend. The barrel "Drill is cut down to a minimum 6. Calpurnia was (a) Coasar's important bearing on the working of the barrages. It must be kept spotlessly clean: at Battalion. They concentrate on wife (b) Boadicea's sister (c) a

the action must be cleaned real soldiering there-long route priestess of Thobes. a their air activities is is the groups which decide

proved by the number at what height the balloons bright and slightly oiled. When with a hell of a lot of shooting

with rifle, Bren-gun, and two-inch 7. Name the famous italian of occasions on which shall be flown, when they you set to Battalion, they shoven, rende throwing: bayonet-who invoked cure on any

you in the cooler for a dirty rifle fighting; tactics, grounded, and and rightly so." fighters have been sent are to be

Italian who refused to halp Bri- "They teach you everything. tain in her time.of.noad. When you pass out there, you can over on special errands when sent up again. They

call yourself a Soldier--you'll be to destroy them. Many are linked to the squadrons

hard as rock, and up to every trick. have been shot down, by telephone and have other

"Soon you'll be fit to leave here

9. A graba is (a) the Irish Puttock, the Surrey man, the and go on to real training. You'll name for meadow (b) speedy means of communi- but as fast as one has cation.

son of the Roll with the oyes of bo free men, apart from your duties. ecclesiastical term ((c) a fish (d) - been lost another has

a baby and the bones of a bull, Well? What more can a man want? a diving bird (0) » species of

Liberty If you can be trusted to use. leopard, soared up to replace it.. In many respects a centre says: The importance attach-is a self-contained unit. It

What happens at Battalion, 'feeds, clothes, and pays the please, sergeant?". ed to this form of de-men of its squadrons, fights, Pittock so rarely speaks that fence is shown by the and sites; it is responsible we all look round at him. The your own feetl fact that almost every for the maintenance of Sergeant replies:

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8. Who invented" fireworks?,

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"Meanwhile, my pretty Inde, you'll 10. With what important drill, you'll spit and you'll pollah: national activity is Senator Mar- and the better you shape the sooner tin Dies of the United States

e, leaving school and standing on associated?

move up one. Get it? It's

you

We get it.

Answers on Page 14.