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Show CAMPAIGNING I'OR KNMST- MKNTS AT CHICAGO Itrcently a "mechanical horse" was driven tjirough thn strqots of Chlcagoito attract "fighting men" id tlio nrmy recruiting station?. Tho powerful tractor, to-whichra ffbld gun and caisson wore hitched, was controlled entirely by two reins in tho hand3 of a driver. It was taken through the congested "loop-district" thoroughfares with perfect ease. The plan was employed dally for a fortnight fort-night and" apparently netted good results, re-sults, for during tho porlod large numbers of volunteers filed Into tho recruiting places. Although still little lit-tle known, the machine Is not a new type. Primarily It Is Intended for agricultural purposes. It Is sufficiently suffici-ently striking In appearance and op-oration, op-oration, however, to prick tho curiosity curi-osity of tho street crowds, and In this capacity It performed valuable work for tho army. An Interesting picture pic-ture of the modern "war horso" appears ap-pears In tho April Popular Mechanics Magazine. |