| Show 1 ENGLISH TROOPS ON THE MARCH I 1 1 14 4 c d t tH t H AMY Z 4 i B jv S Ai A Y i Q 1 9 f h r x r C O leU 1114 nt American by American oy-American tress Press Association Note the cook stove and fuel The The b government go has as pr promised to feed Tommy Ye welL U fi MAY BUILD I r WAR MOTORCARS i i Armored Autos Provided Autos Provided For In An- An thongs thong's Bill T t y The Washington The genera generalise use of at armored armored ar- ar 7 mored motorcars for tor war purposes In i Europe and the valuable services that they are rendering nave have gripped the Imagination of ot some congressmen Representative Representative Rep Rep- i- i e D. D R. R Anthony of ot Kansas of ot the committee on military affairs of said that he would Introduce a bill for tor forthe the purchase of ot armored automobiles l' l l. for the United States army arroyo Sentiment nt In favor tn of ot Mr Anthonys Anthony's proposal b- b c said eald to have developed eloped among other othe y members of ot the military committee i there Is considerable considerable consid and around the capitol a erable crable feeling that this government cannot afford to be without this unit I of ot war equipment To my roY mind said Representative Anthony there can be bo no no- doubt doubt- that any up to date army arroY must roust be eq equipped with armored automobiles The things j that have been accomplished through ti their use in Europe h have ve demonstrated that as engines of ot modern warfare they are indispensable This Is so In connection with all aU cavalry r movements Nobody can question th the advantage of ot having fast tast moving veM- veM vehicles J cles Iles which can carry fighting men roen and t. t keep them Impregnable to rifle fire f I 1 understand that one of ot the arguments ments against the use of at these cars In Inthe in i ithe L.- L. tb the United States Is that our terrain w the lay tay of the land Is not suitable tor for 1 their use This It seems to me Is an untenable objection The country over it the terrain of at the United States does offer more obstacles th than n that of Europe Europe Eu Fu t rope tope because the present battlefields battlefield of ot Europe are a it network of Improved highways But there are many areas where hostilities might take place In i this country that are exactly suited to rt the use of ot the automobile SIt S- S j It must be remembered that an f armored car Is not the ordinary touring car It Is not built for tor Instance with pneumatic tlc tires and It can traverse open and rough country with facility It can even go so through the panel of a fence without being stopped and It can can cando do away with the efficiency of 01 barbed h wire wh fences obstructions which our r American encountered with troops i such fatality In the Spanish war vt Properly equipped with a su sufficient sufficient- l a aly ly Iy low speed the cars ars could climb b steep Y r l hills bills offering absolute protection to to their occupants from rifle fire and ordinary n nary ri machine gun shots thus accomplishing plashing a n movement which would be Impossible to cavalry and atthe same time throwing a deadly fusillade Into i d the enemy Y As life lite saving sa devices the th armored automobiles seem to me to be the greatest great great- If es est war Invention In we have h had d for tor z f r. r so some e. e time tune In an au armored car four tour iSi men can be he transported transport d at a high rate of speed sped to the point from which the r- r e attack seems to be made mode and can handie handie handle han han- die dle their rapid fire machine guns with f t practically no dan danger er from hostile fire fk It does not require m much cb Imagination to realize with what deadly efficiency 1 ti ir or of ot these cars could operate against the enemy Thc They would be of prime Importance in in protecting a retreat re re- 4 treat bc because cause they can cnn he be constructed on so that their fire can cnn be directed from 1 either fro front t or rear and behl being armored armor armor- i either ed cd they would form torm a sort of moving t fortification behind a n 01 screen 11 which the Continued on Page 4 r r U U. S. S to Build Motorcars t f Continued from Page 1 S 'S S r sh y bS d A Photo by American Ire fre a s Association I D. D D. D R It A OP OF KANSAS SAB retreating troops could operate The Tice time nl may y soon com come when much of ot tb the military work done by the horse will be accomplished through the instrumentality of the armored par ear for tor armored cars can pull pall greater weights than can cnn horses b and can cnn hold positions which would be he Impossible for tor cavalry When this time does arrive It would be bt n to have p this thil colin try try behind all others In such valuable and nd essential equipment lent w c |
