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Show (STUDEBAKERS PART OF A1UMIUIOS Carry Whole Troop at Race Speed for Battlefield in Demonstration. The possibilities of motor cars as aids in the quick mobilization of troops have just been demonstrated in army maneuvers maneu-vers held at Utica, N. T. As a result, an automobile battalion of twenty cars will be formed to serve as an adjunct to the United States troops stationed at that city. ' Sixteen Studebaker cars were chosen for the maneuvers, which included dashes of twentv-two miles up and down the Mohawk valley. Two large manufacturing manu-facturing plants, one at Utica and the other at Ilion, were chosen as the strategic points, and in "covering" them company B of the First infantry set a record "for speed and efficiency, the motor cars getting the soldiers to these points at a hitherto impossible speed. The remarkable work of the automobiles automo-biles in the "skirmishes'' is all the more noteworthy, the use of the cars on this occasion being a forerunner to further efforts along the same line in othpr army maneuvers at various camps. It required less than forty-five minutes min-utes tc rush an entire infantry company com-pany from the state armory to the most important strategic points in the Mohawk Mo-hawk vallpy. The demonstration was the most spectacular and unusual in the historv of the national guard, the work of the motor cars being the feature that attracted most comment. Using 1200 rounds of blank ammunition, ammuni-tion, the troopers gained a theoretiral victory over an imaginary enemy, the speed "made possible by the automobiles being one of the chief deciding factors. While army maneuvers on a large scale have been held on several occa-sipns, occa-sipns, this ' ' battle ' 1 was the first in wbii h nmtor cars played so important i a part. The Studebakers were given a 'mark of perfect mechanical efficiency. 1a repair wagon which accompanied the fleet of cars was called upon only once, and that was for the purpose of changing chang-ing a tire. All the machines uspo were seven-passengf r touring cars, but carried car-ried on the average of eleven soldiers apiece, two being stationed on each running run-ning board, iu additiou to the seven in the cars. , |