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Show I UNCLE SAM CHASING VILLA WITH AUTO TRUCKS , ' - . Chasing Villa through tho Mexican desert Is proving no cinch, Ono of tho chief difficulties with which tho nrmy, under General Hlack Jack Porshlng, has to contend 8 keeping tho lino of communication open between be-tween tho ndvnnco guard and our bneo ot supplies in tho United States In order to keep a stream of ammunition ammu-nition and provisions flowing steadily steadi-ly toward our boys nt tho front. An odeQuato food supply Is oven moro essential than ammunition, for tho soldiers cannot fight very long on an orapty stomach and ovon wator, both for man and horso, has to bo transported to tho army In certain portions of tho desert. There aro no railroad trains ovor I tho sandy desert nnd tho rough mountain moun-tain trails whero our bravo boys nro pushing their way Into tho Interior. Tho roads nro bono dry nnd covered several Inches' deep with nlkall dust finer than powdered sugar. Evory tlmo soveral peoplo start to walk up Iho trail a cjioklng cloud of nlkall dust rUos llko smoko all around them nnd follows In their wake. Even tho proverbially tough army mulo Booms to be Inadequate to keep tho lino ot communlcntlon open. Its all right tor the first mulo and possibly for the second mule, but whero thero Is a whole caravan It I'j heart breaking work for both tho men and tho mules who aro In tho wako of tho leadors. To add to this awful dust Is n pitiless piti-less sun, the rays of which burn llko coals of nro. Even tho shades of ovonlng bring no rollof but rather an added horror, for tho nights nro very cold. Instead of the hunt of tho day a chill wind blows off the snow covered mountains and frequently frequent-ly thoro Is n frost. Men and mules nro baked by day and half frozen by night. Such a condition Is taxing tho Ingenuity of tho army lenders to tho utmost to keep tho lino of communication com-munication unbroken and to ensuro or ndvanco soldlors an adequate, supply sup-ply of food and nmmunltlon. It Is no wonder thnt General Fun-ston Fun-ston nnd his Aides, In tho Commissary Commis-sary Department on tho American border, nro turning with relief to tho Goodrich equipped motor trucks recently purchased by tho army. Tho accompanying photograph shows a fleet ot Packard trucks equipped with .' ' . -. - Goodrich Solid Tires, which have lust boon entrained at El Paso, TIicbo aro proving more and moro popular every ev-ery day as both trucks and tires nrp standing up wonderfully under t'10 heroic wprk which thoy aro called upon to do plowing thru tho sands of tho deBert and over rough nioun- Hra tain trails and frequently carrying heavier loads than tho original specifications speci-fications called tor. In tho opinion of transportation exports ex-ports tho motor truck will buporcedo tho traditional nrmy mulo as a burden bur-den carrier, except In advance work whoro tho ongineorlng corps has not as yet had an opportunity to level tho mountain trails for vehlclo uso Tho Barefoot rubber In tho Goodrich Tires Is proving moro suro footed than tho four leggod pack mulo. |