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Show 1CLE 31 THINKS HIGHLY OF TRUCKS White Motor Vehicles in Extensive Use in the U. S. Army. What tho I 'nifiMl States at my thinks at the Wttitt: irui'K iiah Just n-vn tld to O. H. I l u mi , niH rumr of the While Motors unip,iny of Halt Lake Cliy, distributors dis-tributors of Him Whit-. .Mr. IujjI't "has )i:ttn fiiriii.'-lif'I with a ruMiploto history of the Whllti'H pf:rform:i n e on the Mtxi-can Mtxi-can AfHr.rin. Sp.-;ikin of them he Haid: "(lencr.n! f'r.hlriK'a f x pf-di r inn Into Mexico and Hit- iTiuhillznii'iii of reKnlrtr and ri.n loii.i I u ii it i d troops on t lift hnr d-r ffHve I'lKlf Sun fvt.'t-y opportunity to put' motor l i ji MHp'iri lo a riKhi f rvlce test . TIkto w.-i i-- t hniiitjinds of l;irc find smnll 1 1 n.'ks en(, f d hy I in 1 1 r.i i t crm;i 81 or rorps of ih annv and th" facility with which ht i n'- hni Hi's nf 1 1 nnpn con hi he jfiipplifd with cum in i Mi) ry stnrr, forage, fuel, crinlppano am other needed articles over lorn; rllHtances was domniistrutod to thj corn pU-t : wi t lHf;u't ion of the higher comma nd.-i'.s. The army mole wa quite nutdlf ta pccfl by the accomplishments of the truck. "Amoritf other Interesting experiments on the border waft the transport of lare bodies of troops over lmitf distances at u hHt, In rout cast to murchinK afoot or mounted, wuh almost incredlhle speed. Hupe trucks were often loaded with thirty or more in f 'in try men with full equipment equip-ment and sent on their wav to destinations destina-tions forty miles distant. lyakliiff the trip In from two and a half to threw hours. Hy ma i chine: the distance would have leiinii - .1 two days to rovpr. "The road r ondit ions met tested the captioHi 1 1 oh of the trucks to the utmost. I'eop sand, slippery and Htlcky clay mud, heavy snides, rough roads and arroyos were ever present for the truck driver to contend with. The army hud almost every make of t ruck on the Ameilcan ! market In service and tho quartermaster corps is now in possession of official reports re-ports showliiK the comparative va lue of each make. "A colonel of the United States cavalry, who was all up and down the line of com- , mimical Ion in Mexico, said when he re- turned to rhH tde .f te that l out of -.ti-von mn'-s t v i -1 had -en in s-iA'P e t . " ; v.:i.-j i.'ie on.- nek that .-:i h ,. , - . : ;i -i aiuhty to o'.-.-renrne ail t.i.e un:;i oraol.j i-jdd cutl- '11 t:ohM met wit h. I "Tl;.; u:real. power and '!:e V.;-: s;iwrl j of the Pl:k'lllf, l,,r; m i . a ii ! r-A 1 ...-rfection ; of the tnnsmilon, r.s u n : 1 1 1 a iKni-1 iKni-1 tiofi, even hit,'li-ano'i and wuiuii! of fuel, 'f. ail f.-i'-iois in us titor, iie h-'-ia t -d. Tht-re w-fi-e many t-.ucks tiiat. unh-r tpe-ial tpe-ial conditions, mu::t outperform the White, ho. pair), hut to Muaht'y a- over-'oii!)ni over-'oii!)ni every posio!e road condition met with and all possible road conditions are met with in Mexh-o -the Wiute, in hi a opinion, Ht oud ?iii pi erne. "Me said that it was his intention to submit to the war department, a result of h;s oh.it-rva t ions and It would include Hie hlK"''st recinniendation he could hrai for the While. A.skwl if he would furnish a copy of PL-j i-eport on tho tru -it, the colonel replied that lie w lM;ed hat lie mlhl, -for the reason i hat the White truck had pullet J him out of a number num-ber of tiffht places y ) u wou id in a measure repay his obligations lo the powerful pow-erful machine". regretted, however, that under war d-pH 1 1 meut rnifitions he m!t,'ht not ive hucIi a report to the public' |