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Show Motorcycle News "Tho motorcycle has not only fulfilled ful-filled but exceeded all expectations," says Capt. Louis Keeno, an English offlcor now In the United States 'on special detail, who brings with him the roost comprehensive and valuable valua-ble fund of information that has so far reached this country concerning motorcycles In European warfare. Capt. Keono spent two yars bo-hind bo-hind and In tho trcnches,1nTranco, and during tho moat of tlnwUmo wai in charge of a motorcycle machlno gun battery. That tho motorcyclo ern military tactics as a machine gun unit is tho contention of Capt. Koene. "I do not for a moment wish to belittle the great servlco of tho dispatch dis-patch riders, for thore aro heroes among thorn by the score, but I cannot can-not avoid tho conclusion that In tho final analysis It Is tho motorcycle roSMVBMaZZ 4'.bwBmV1i WaA BrBa $SVa -VBBflfeSvaW. v.t TSi BlBTBBaBTBBTBBTBBTBBBBTSMB'BYBBTBM -"awt 'aalrTOwfliiJw. '- " BBaSarBBHBL:tNr-tE i I 'BjwB'2'i 'v.aBBBBBBMLiJi BS ml BVBBfe xJ WTrjBajtf-aBBBJBBBJBJBBK9Bflk vlvcvlwtif -w machlno gun unit that weighs heaviest heavi-est In tho scales for victory," he says "Wo consider ono machine gun equal In fighting strength to 100 mea, and whon It Is possible to move si'ch a weapon quickly from point to.polnt by .means oMhe motorcyclo, you will undestand that tho combination combina-tion Is a wonderfully strong one." A surprising bit of news revealed by Capt. Keeno is the fact that more motorcyclists havo been killed so far by the motor lorries of their own army than by enemy bullets. "Transport "Trans-port trains have orders to get through at top speed, regardless of other road users and they follow those orders. If they run through a motorcycle squad and smash them right and left it Is all in tho day's work and tho motorcyclist know it. It a huge motor truck should simply bump a cyclist off the road and let It go at that, tho caso would not bo so bad, but thoy usually hurl the rider fifteen or twenty foot ahead on the road and then run over him. "Under no conditions can a motor lorrlo train stop without orders. Tons of high explosives, or equally precious preci-ous foodstuffs, must go through at any cost onco they are started. So a very Important part of tho motorcyclist's motor-cyclist's work is to keep out of tho way. In tho early stages of the war I bellevo tho motorcyclo sections were allowed to ride pretty close to tbo front, but it was later found advisable ad-visable to leavo the motors behind whon tho lads went up for tho fight-leg." fight-leg." Whon asked In tho light of his actual oxporionce what tho biggest leBson Is thnt America has to learn concerning tho motorcyclo In military service, he replied that motorcyclo sorvlco in war Is not a circus 'or a carnival, it's a business and a bloody business nt that, and you havo fallod to grasp that Idea. You could hardly hard-ly bo expected to understand it for you havo not seen blood split as yot. "Dispatch riding Is now considered rather tamo liy our boys. Tho pre-for pre-for tho machine gun motorcyclo sor- vice, as it Is thcro that they get nc-1 tlon." ,.i. . - '9tttuMm - vtj |