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Show ARMY ENGINEERS OPERATE LARGE FLEET OF TRUCKS Work Early and Late and Have Appetites That Do Justice to Rations Like Mother . Used to Cook on the Farm. A battle-girded nation, like a human being, has a heart and' a soul. They live or die together. When one falls, the other, whether human or political, must crumble. Our boys in khaki are the heart and soul of the nation today. On them depends de-pends the successful issue of the great war for the liberation of the wurlcL and whether they are fighting abroad or doing their bit within the precincts of home encampments, they, nevertheless, neverthe-less, represent all there is of the might and power of a free nation, battling for the cause of humanity. And so it is with ineffable pleasure that the photos of motor equipment snapped at Fort Douglas, with the permission per-mission of Post Commander Captain E. M. Miller and the consent of Lieuten-' ant B. H. Crosland, chief supply officer offi-cer of the Seventh regiment railway engineers, now located permanently at this station, are reproduced for the edification of Tribune readers. When The Tribune auto reporter and the staff photographer arrived at the fort, they were halted at the dead line by a guard, and, upon stating their business, were unceremoniously conducted con-ducted to the office of the supply sergeant ser-geant by a corporal of the guard carrying carry-ing a regulation army rifle and with several rounds of real war cartridges belted securely around his middle. Sergeant Major L. Freitag, in charge of all supplies, received the newspaper men cordially. He readily consented to their bold plan of shooting up the tefrain around the supply camp, after it had been duly camouflaged with motorcycles mo-torcycles and trucks, with a camera, albeit cameras and camera men arc very much taboo at Fort Douglas just now He issued peremptory orders to this effect, and in a short time the photos shown above had been officially posed and officially shot. At the precise moment the photos were snapped luncheon was announced from the quarters of A company, the culinary section of which is presided over by Commissary Sergeant M. V. Tweedy At the insistent invitation ot Sergeant Major Freitag, the newspaper men accompanied him to the dining ha 11 and partook of their first army meal. It was a revelation.. . Announced at the luncheon hour tins army menu was more of a real farm-dinner farm-dinner set-up. and consisted of a witte range of finelv cooked and very appetizing appe-tizing food. Conservation has not yet hit the armv diuner table a solar plexus blow; in fact, it has not even lazed it Thero were two kinds of meat-beef meat-beef and pork roasted to a turn. And listen, real white bread like mo, her used to make, done up in big, spongy loaves on which a fellow could make a hcartv meal without half trying, given good butter to spread. And the good butter was there, too. In the way of vege tables there were masshed potatoes with New England gravy as an accompaniment, accompani-ment, creamed onions and some that were not creamed. The finish was of prune variety, but cooked in a way that made them most pleasingly edible. All the food was dished up in wholesale lots and you helped yourself once, twice or a "dozen times if you liked. The boys in the army get up early in the morning, work and drill at regular intervals, sometimes quite hard; but they surely do eat Troll. It is easier to get inside the dead line at Fort Douglas than it is to get out, especially if you are toting a graflex quick action camera along with you. The Tribune duet got through the big meal all right, had thanked Sergeant Tweedy profusely for his hospitality and commended his cooks, and were beating it for the' open country when they were held up by a non-com and threatened with instant incarceration in the guardhouse unless they had a pass for the picture box. Just then Lieutenant E. H. Crosland, with whom they had arranged for the pictures, hove in sight, and what promised to become a difficult situation for a couple of rubes unfamiliar with army regulations in real war times, was happily hap-pily avoided. Don't take a camera with you when you visit Fort Douglas. If you want to see seven of the finest army trucks that belong to Uncle Sanij three snappy Dodge power wagons ot light, build for rapid hauling stunts, a string of motorcycles, each with a side car, and especially designed for fast army work on the battlefield or at the army stations, go to the southern border bor-der of the fort grounds and in a direct line south of the frame barracks or cantonments can-tonments built last summer, and Sergeant Ser-geant C. E. B.irnguolt, in charge of all motor equipment and all enlisted mechanics, me-chanics, will be delighted to show you around. When the railroad spur is built connecting con-necting Fort Douglas with the main line of the Denver & Eio Grande, near Sugarhouso, the fleet of big trucks will do'much of the hauling of railroad supplies. sup-plies. The smaller trucks take care of the lighter work, such as hauling provisions, pro-visions, camp supplies and are often pressed into service as taxicabs for the soldier bovs. It is anticipated that in time this" fleet of trucks and motorcycles motor-cycles will receive additions of other tvpes and models now being built for army service. |