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S SHOWS WAR AID OF MOTORCAR MOTOR MOTORCAR CAR I INDUSTRY Animal Report of Secretary Baker Baler Shows 8 Part Played by y Automobiles l I t f Motor rotor equipment which according t to General Pershing nn and such generals ls of ot tho allied armies as Foch FOCI Halt Hals nn and Petain played such a. a vital It l part partIn I In n making successful various strategic lc I the tho great war engagements ments during during- possible Is thus making final l victory Ictor discussed at length In th the annual re report report report re- re port o of tho tiro f secretary of or war to Congress Congress Con Con- In connection with the the- or organization gress transport transport trans trans- atlon and activity of or the motor tho secretary secretary secre secre- t corps The report of ot port Into ef effect ef- ef put tary goes hoes into tho chan changes change cs as S to purchases of or motor equipment equip equip- equipment equipment equip equip- bureau bu bureau bu- bu ment the abandonment o of f the old reau system of ot buin buying Rn find and the other changes which followed follo JIo Ho discussed motor motor motor mo mo- General Pershing s 's s request that a the tho tor transport service be organized steps loading leading up to tho rho same sarno tho the personnel per per- tho the functions of or tho the department department department depart depart- ment etc ete The whole article emphasizes emphasizes automobile sizes tho the Importance of ot the Industries In tho the world orld today as follow follows follows fol fol- lows low s equipment equipment equip equip- The value o of or tho the automobile ment carried o over r from tho fiscal y cai 1013 1915 amounted to The appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap for motor transportation 30 0 0 ending Juno for tho the fiscal year car 1919 1319 Is Of ot this amount u n 1 h ft to n hn bo c there nas has been or ur orm m u arc v. v n on contracts which cannot be the tho re repair repair repair re- re For cancelled and program ram a 1 pair shop equipment further expenditure of ot will he be necessary and additional expenses Incident to demobilization and liquida liquidation atlon a- a tion of or the tho vehicles left on hand aro are Equipment es estimated estimated es- es estimated at to be carried over to tho next fiscal year oar 1920 represents an expenditure expenditure of ot the present value aluc of ot which is not mown known but b a a. lar large o part of or the e expended out ot of the 1 1919 10 appropriation should beof bo be boot t of ot continued use to the tho arm army or salable sala salable sal sal- a able le without loss os A t Grent Line The trucks completed complete to date traveling tray trav cling eling at the rate of ot twenty miles an hour would woud consume almost six days das dasIn In passing passins a given gl point an and If tc placed end to end would reach a distance of oC 2750 miles mUes or from New ew ew York Tork almost to Los Angeles Angele The average craGe truck miles milesa da day This travels about thirty a means that all th the trucks completed to to date would cover er a distance each da day equal to times the circumference ence of or the earth To date there e have been completed for the arm army S trucks standard standard- zed ired and commercial types motor motor motor mo mo- tor cars 2000 motorcycles bi bicycles bicycles bl- bl cycles and ond a great reat number o of trailers to be attached to the trucks There arc on hand overseas more than motor vehicles vehicle an and In the month of ot October alone 1500 were shipped to the American expedition expedition- ardy forces while there were available for fot shipment overseas on November Xo 5 G 1918 additional motor ve vc- vc of ot the United The he con o convoy service ser States Slates although formed primarily for training training- purposes has sinco Its or organization organization or- or taken overland more than trucks the greater reater part parlor of which carried freight In tho the shapo shape of spare vare parts and motor equipment The motor transport corps under tho the I present plan Is 15 merely an operating operating operating oper oper- corps the procurement and md the I supply of ot motor equipment being at attended attended attended at- at tended to b by a division of or the quartermaster quartermaster corps During tho the period of the war however everything connected connected connected con con- with the tho motorization of ot tho the arm army was at some soma time handled b by bythe bythe the motor transport corps and Its strength and antI activities are shown shon In inthe tho the following table Motor Corp Strength lh and activities of ot the motor motOl mo mo- tot tor transport corps corns Total personnel personnel- o Officers t fie era 2717 i 1 Enlisted men Training school capacity capacity- Officers i 00 Enlisted men Production Production- Trucks 90 Other motor vehicles chicles 6 tSZ Finances Finances- Estimated expenditure Estimated balance balanco Of Ot the artillery tractors tanks and tanks corps Secretary Ba Bak Balter er sas sa's says says- The results of ot the war havo have also I served the interests of ot peace in tho the development of ot small caterpillar tractors tractors tractors trac trac- tors to replace horses used wi with th hea heavy artillery artiller There Thero have havo been de designed designed de- de signed and antl put into production tenton tenton tenton ten- ten ton ton five and 1 two ton half wo-an wo lon halt tractors Largo tractors had hall for somo some years been boen used extensively In farm tarm work lumbering etc otc where heavy hauling must bo be do done no over o rough ground Gro It Is probable that tho small tractors which have hao been developed under t tho e pressure of or war ar needs will willbo willbo willbo bo extremely useful In tasks where a smaller unit would be bo suitable I To carry through the production required now new plants and plant exI ex extensions extensions ex- ex i tensions to the tho value alue of or about abou I I have ha had to be bo erected under tho the direction of or tho the ordnance depart depart- ment Tho rho number of ol contracts placed during tho the fiscal year jear car was approximately approximately of or an average value alue of oC 00 III IV IX VI n During the winter It Jl Is 18 particularly particular necessary to ke keep p tho the aU alignment of oC the trucks truck's front wheels checked up also tho the steering s system stem will need frequent a adjustment Misalignment of or the wheels frequently follows running in snow ruts striking a heavy picco of or orIco Ico ice and sliding over slippery ground round r |