Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-08 | Page 18 | Batlery of Motor Tractors for U. S. Army, is Proposal

i kr of f f Motor I Tractors for fr U. U S. S I Army Is Proposal The appearance of the motored dragons dragons dragons drag drag- ons which crawl along annihilating paths in European w warfare has opened up a field of wonderful possibilities inthe in inthe I the application of the automobile as a I fighting machine machin iI in addition to being g a I I faithful transportation factor Although the debut of the tractor as asa a a land I is so recent that reliable I d data ta has not been gathered by the war department it is understood that at I present there is being organized for use a tractor battery for use in the Hawaiian Hawaiian Hawaiian Ha Ha- I 1 islands I I This battery which will have as its motive power polder tractors of special de design design design de- de I I sign will be composed of ot twenty-four twenty field pieces It is to tobe be designated it is said as the Ninth heavy field artillery ry I The tractors will take the place of 1000 draught horses and motoi motorcycles cycles will be bethe bethe the mounts mounts fbi the officers IT c rs The experimental worl work has been carried carried carried car car- I ried on at Fort Tort Sill Okla and besides being more effective for heavy work the tractor battery is less costly in oni- oni I I pinal inal cost and subsequent maintenance