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Show THE MSI CM j ID IE IS (Motor Life.) f All of the three phases of human ' I activity covered by this magazine will be mightily affected by the war mo- I torlng, motor boating nnd aviation. I GueaBwork on the duration of tho "war is hazardous In the extreme. Let us IS say It will last threo years and -will j not follow any of the aurious but pos- j slble tangents which might lengthen IL i and complicate It such as a separate j peace by Russia, a war with Mexico or a peace In Europe which will leave J us fighting Germany alone. I ' At tho end of three yeans of hostil-. i itles the American motor car will have filled hundreds of new roles. It will j r, have been adapted to many strange i 5 uses already In operation in the armies of our allies, In addition to which 3 Yankee ingenuity, having already de- f. veloped the motor car In this country to a degree undreamed of by other j nations, may bo counted upon to make I it All other needs and purposes as they j arise. Therefore, when tho war is over we may expect to see the motor car In general use in ways now un- ( thought of. .!- $&M t For the present, anyway, the war rifinartmpnt flnos tint lnfrnrl fn rnm. fl mandeer private machines. There are plenty of now cars available to fill the demands of the moment and probably by the time other Increments of men aro noeded for the army, other new cars will be ready. But the Individual owner can be of great assistance. If he is eligible for military duty he should enlist In tho branch of tho service which has for him the greatest appeal. This may be any of the fighting fight-ing units or the motor transport of tho quartermaster corps so ably described by Mr. Claudy in this Issue. No branch Ib more important than this, tho transportation of troops and food and ammunition, and no branch offers better chances of immediato action. Likewise, in no form of national service serv-ice can the motorist prove more valuable valu-able for his motoring knowledge. If, for any of tho many reasons which make a man ineligible to tho active ranks, an owner does not come directly under the command of the war department, ho may still do Trojan Tro-jan work with his car. The local militia can use his services and his machine to great advantage, whether! it bo pleasure car or commercial ve- hiclo. The Red Cross branch nearest him will be more efficient with his motoring help. In every city and hamlet ham-let citizens' defenso leagues are form ing to relieve tho overworked police. The use of private motor cars will help them and oncourage them in their unaccustomeu work. And this applies to women drivers as well as to mon. Tho idea Is this: Let us all do our bit. according to our abilities. You may not bo capable of becoming a good soldier, but if you own a moior car of any kind, or a flock of them, you can serve your country in a way that will count, a way that you should and a way that will make ypu glad that you are an American at this time. |