QUESTION IV. Give one word which means each of the following: (a) " Quot homines, tot sententiae." (b) " Stop." (c) " Form up in a line of sections of three, at the same time forming a close column of platoons and ordering a pint of bitter." (12 dynes/unit p.) QUESTION V. Your C.O. tells you to explain the lying load. You have already explained it six times. What would you say to him ? (Cl. 35.5 ; C, 12 ; 0, 16.) Note.—Be tactful. (7/6 in the £.) QUESTION VI. What is the field signal for " enemy advancing out of sight in Rolls Royce cars " ? (dy/dx Cos 0.) Paul de Kruif.
THE WAR IN THE AIR. If it is possible that any good can come out war, then perhaps one rather interesting issue is the fact that the man in the street is becoming increasingly air minded. It is therefore not surprising that the papers are publishing details of air fights with increasing frequency; and thus we hope that anyone who reads this article will not be surprised to see a survey of the war in the air appearing in a school magazine. This survey, which is taken as far as the middle of March, embraces most of the activities of the belligerents in the air war. The much vaunted " Luftwaffe " had its first experience of warfare in the Polish campaign. The air arm was used to its fullest advantage. Almost before Poland had realised that she was at war, every known Polish aerodrome was raided and at least a fifth of the Polish Air Force wiped out. Then followed a systematic bombing of railheads, junctions, roads and bridges. The Poles fought back heroically, but their machines had to run with no maintenance, and no spares were available. The whole Polish military machine was brought to a standstill. Reserve troops could not reach the front, as the railways were submitted to continual bombing and machine-gunning. Besides this, stationary locomotives were repeatedly attacked by Messerschmitt Me 110s, which used their cannons to perforate the boilers. No anti-aircraft 37
