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Show I American Ingenuity Is Proving I I Superior To European Ex-B Ex-B perience In Managing H , War Trucks w, "Extremes in dally temperaturo H mako travel by motor truck over tho H barren wastes of northern Mxsxlco a H hardship to American drivers engag- H f ed in General Pershing's Villa bunt. j 1 ' I'ollowlng a day of scorching boat H; h will come a night of chills and frost. I H ' ! I It is common for drivers to postpono H ttf advances lu tho morning until tho H V f sun's warmt,h has mltcd tho lco In H t' the radiator. Dcsplto such handl- H 1 caps, tho manner in which tho moro H V than 300 American mado motor, H ' ' trucks nro being managed is a trlb H I lite to American ingenuity." ' H i Such Is tho word brought back H ! from tho Mexican border by A. It. I H ' I.eavltt, assistant manager of truck H' tlr.9 sales for II. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio, whq returned this week B ' "after an IntcrcBttng stay with tho ar- 1 my forces at Columbus, N. M, Ho M was ther.o to AbsIhI in tho opcnin,( H 1 of a .now Goodrich truck tiro dlstrlb- j H I utlng store, as n convenlcuco to tho H J government in securing quick service ; M i In tiro renewals. C. II. Serfass, tluj H Goodrich aervlco man, Is stationed H ( at Columbus, H "I had an opportunity to talk with H a number of well known nowspaper J' , correspondents while in Columbus," i states Mr, Leavltt, "writers who had mnd? closo observation on various European battlegrounds before being assigned to tho Mexican border. : Without exception, they declared tho United States army 1b liai tiling motor mo-tor truckB far moro elllcletly thnn tho nrltlsh, French and German field forces.- Undo Sam's men aro doing this despite their comparntlvo experience exper-ience with motor trucks adapted la actual war conditions. For years tlu European armies havo learned to rely on motor trucks as Important war aids. Dut, according to tho newspaper men at tho border, tho Amorlcan trait of alertness In rising to tho emergency Is making up for lack of experience and advance planning. plan-ning. "In Europo the road conditions for motor trucks aro most ideal. In Mox-lco Mox-lco tho truck trains that havo pono-tratcd pono-tratcd tho interior for n distance of , 400 miles and moro havo encountered encounter-ed difficulties that arc most extreme In hardship, both to truck equipment equip-ment and drivers, Tho best roads over tho deserts, hills and mountains aro nothing moro ljuijunovcn trails, and tho'ro'ls a stretch of 75 miles followed by tho war trucks that must I bo, followed over the hardest, most 1 non-rcslstlng lava beds. I "Great credit Is duo tho various American truck manufacturers who havo put patriotism nboVo dollars In their efforts to mako the motor truck expedition of tho nrray Into Mexico n success. They havo sent tho most expert drlvors and mechanics from their factories for service ot tho front; and at El Paso, Columbus nnd I other assembling points, havo cstab- , llshcd stock depots to furnish parts vlth no moro delay than if the trucks Tvero driving up to tho factory door." |