Show AUTO transportation IN FRANCE what the motor truck and car can accomplish com as a means of wholesale transportation is being demonstrated dally daily in france by the american red cross fleet of 63 vehicles these not only handle an average of 2500 tons of freight monthly at fourteen ports and move nearly 1000 tons per week from the paris stations and the seine landings but transport supplies workers refugees and wounded in all sections of france not omitting those parts under shell fire when a hospital suddenly wires in that it needs emergency supplies it if a car or truck will get them there quicker than will a train the load goes with a red cross driver ifa german drive threaten a village red cross trucks are there to move the civilians and their belongings to a point of safety or i hasten them to refugee trains waiting at dis tant stations the ambulances may assist with wounded soldiers on their way bad to base hospitals or may answer a call fro froni a bombing raid mid to help uncover and remove the wounded trucks ambulances and carl can all serve at times as passenger vehicle calesto calls t in two months they answered 2528 of the then move people in paris alone many refugees to be taken from one railed week ahm the depot to another in L single were city calls for journeys ou W sent of paris and forty seven cars were prolonged duty I 1 near the army lines and of the fleet are trucks thew lances ordinary cars P and fleet are motor bicycles to k keep e ep the carlt WO two ing the red cr cross 0 ss maintains paris ilisie park I 1 n garages and an automo automobile the needs nc fifteen other garages meet i service s the port and other transportation I 1 ski complete machine shops with at the chief caiet s n chanice are maintained at the ports P speed in handling goods a an n essential and the red cross dr frolloff rather proud of moving tons cargo landing in a single day A single ba 0 cases weighing 9 80 tons alvas wa V 01 D with similar speed by the 91 gaso soline 0 he 90 goods dds plat pa for to por tation corps the at a 1 a cases is paris may contain cr oss OU over 80 per cent of the red cal 0 0 sul sm plies have to pass through abe pl are their final journey of relief aba dec every article shipped from am america 0 or ri bandages er a babas sock a case of ba D dl ed 1 complete hospital equipment e quip ment is ha 11 some point in one of these thes e cars |