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Show NOTED" OFFICER IS MARMON I Will H. Brown supervises Purchase of Supplies and Materials. Lieutenant Colonel "Will H. Brown, widely known in the automobile industry, indus-try, who has just returned from France, where he was in chargo of all motor transport of base section Xo. 1, A. E. F., has been appointed supervisor o purchases of material for Xord3-ke & Marmon company of Indianapolis, succeeding suc-ceeding J. H. 0 'Brien, who resigned recently. re-cently. Colonel Brown was commissioned a major in October, 1917, and sailed for France November 13, 1917, where ho became chief motor transport officer of base section ?vo. 1, A. E. F. Approximately Ap-proximately one-half of all of the motor transport of the entire American Expeditionary- Force passed through or belonged be-longed to this base, which was 200 miles square, the first base to be developed, and which included two of the most important im-portant base ports in its area. In command com-mand of the motor transport in this territory, Colonel Brown had under him 7800 men and 200 officers. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and was cited for distinguished merit in the performance of duty by General Pershing Per-shing and was later appointed a member mem-ber of the liquidating commission in Paris, which was in charge of the disposition dis-position of all material, including the surrendered German material. In connection con-nection with this duly, Colonel Brown went to all important points in Germany, Ger-many, and over a large portion of France. Mr. Frown returned home in late June and began his duties with 2s or-dyki or-dyki & Marmon company July 7. Before Be-fore his army career, "Will' Brown was long a commanding figuro in the j automobile industry and sinco its in-! in-! ception has been prominently identified identi-fied with purchasing and management. Marmon cars are distributed in the intermountain district by the W. K. Lovering company, Fourth South and State streets. |