Show good roads important to army mobilization land good roads and army mobilization are united linked in nn an incident recorded in the report to the chief of lu in fantry boon to he be nindo made public by the department of nf war the following 14 t the full test c of f nn an announcement niada public at tile department part ment an illustration of the fact that cool roads tire are a necessary adjunct to nit nil dional defense li is contained in a depolt to the chief of infantry covering cohering taj recent trip of a tonic tank front from tile the tank school at camp caknip meade maryland to welsh W va and return tho the tank was waa transported in a special truck tile the total distance of 1150 miles little via la Pred frederick crick and md aid 1 winchester and Iton va and tho the lee le highway lilB hway to welsh it in spite of the we weigh highs of 11 tons of the tank and its carrier nil all bridges were found an indent ly 17 to withstand tills this load the trip to to welsh wai ra 9 ninde in nine days with nn average dally daily run nin of gt the return trip was made in six dallys with on an average dally daily run of 00 91 miles the return trip wits vius made without once de 10 trucking the tank |