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Show io-. 'A::..r t r i : : ; ; : : : r. t leiid-rs it i' i"..r ' . .. :ii M) i.r.o a ero'.vii ! t-r:s e.:-i-. .1 - 1 : .. srf to -a v, : . v n- ' liu-.ia i r.;-..e. ,,f .f.si :.a. Ta.-v j.a-. .::ew ..:.r:.-l u :r- iir.'l T ' 1: r-:-) 1 '!".:.-' T ;:ti o.-.-r i.m the:- S.'i-i:s :ti:) 'ar'-: li-.e .-h-..s: in th-'ir ea A.ia I t, ar"l t'".-y ca n ca.sily bij ada; 'U-il as I Kea ai'ter the ap;oaranee of the j tanks in anion, the war offb-e was, by no means favoratdy inclined towards t lie newfangled weapon, and tin orV-r 1 1 ' ) r a thousand tanks was eounier-manded. eounier-manded. Th-'reupon Sir Albert "went to Mr. Lloyd George, - tlien secretary of state for war. The secretary declared lie had heaYd nothing of the instructions. ''I told him,'-' says Sir AHvrt, "that could not stop t lie order now. lie could cancel my appointment, but he could not possibly pet me to cancel the order. ' ' At this moment Sir "William Kober-sfon, Kober-sfon, chief of staff, appeared, and Mr. Lloyd George told him he could not understand how tho order could bo cancelled can-celled without his knowledge. Xext day the order 'as restored. The fight with the "war office even then was not over. As showing how bitter that fight was, Sir Albert says, is indicated by the fact that three generals demanded his dismissal for 1 ' presuming ' ' to press for more and more tanks. In the end, however, Sir Albert won the day, and also helped win the, war. ORIGIN OF THE TANK. Tlic origin of most of the modern engines of "war is known, and many bear the names of their inventors, such as ( ' Krurip, " " Lewis," ".Browning." Strangely, the origin of one of the most, effective pieces of apparatus employed em-ployed by '.he allies was, until lately, hidden in obscurity. . Many claims wcro made respecting the identity of the inventor of tho tank, but. as fast as those were published, others came into print refuting or modifying them. In the September number of the Strand magazine, London, Sir Albert Stern has an article which traces the history of the tank from its inception, and also describes tho obstacles with which its advocates met on the part of the government before finally it was adopted. The idea of a great "land ship" capable ca-pable of crossing tho Ivhine, was first put forward at a supper in 1914, according ac-cording to this article. Tho preliminary prelimi-nary discussion was followed with plans for a superarmored car, and Winston Churchill became interested. The outgrowth out-growth of Mr. Churchill's attention was tho appointment of a land ship eom- mitt eo. No government department would consent to house the committee so Sir Albert," then a lieutenant in the navy, took offices himself and thereby made 11 mortal enemies f? of the admiralty. Eustace D'Kyncourt was tjie chairman of tho committee and he had as his chief lieutenants Major Hetheriugton and Colonel Crompton. So rapidly did this committee work that in August, 19.15, a Mr. Tritton and Lieutenant "Wilson, had ready a full-size full-size model of a tank afterwards known as "Little "Willie.-" Thou came a series of setbacks. Manufacturers were no more favorably disposed to the new machine than the admiralty and war office had been, and there was great difficulty in obtaining ob-taining the necessary parts. Sir Albert tells the interesting story of the evolution of the name ''tank." In 1016 it was suggested that, the name ' i land ship ' ' should be changed for secrecy s sake. Mr. D 'Eyncourt suggested sug-gested ' ( water carrier. ' ' In government govern-ment offices committees and departments depart-ments are known by their initials. For this reason Sir Albert considered the proposed title whoHy unsuitable, and in ! a search for a, synonymous term the name ''water carrier" was changed to "tank." i The first tank. "Mother," was finished fin-ished on January It' Id, and was tried in Hal field park. f oloneb-Swinton, who was acting as assistant secretary to the committee of imperial dofni-e, was interested in the task of raising and training a corps to man the tanks. The first machines were sent to France in September, 1910, and were in action seven months after the order for them had been given. Sir Albert t e 1 1 s a good story of a Tommy's impression.' of the tanks, ex-I ex-I ressed in a letter to his family: Tiif on da up prisoners in bundles li!;e straw l.iiub-rs. and, in addition, have an a'' i;i,ion v. hieii enaMes tinan to catch t .;,- 1 1 oils, fold, tnnt and del Ivor t h.m in f ii : rt.'S, every i iiirN-ai I H man bei n liin.wn oiK a. littlo fart her i han tie: |