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Show PRIVATE MITOS j SAFE FROM WAR 1 War department officials do not he- lieve It will be necossary to comman- M deer privately owned automobiles as a 1 war measure. Tho supply of such m motor cars as would bo adapted to military service, they say, exceeds the m demand at the present time, and the ' present supply could Ue materially in creased should the army require increased in-creased manufacture. ; If, however, by any unusual contln- gency, it should become necessary to commandeer motor cars, according to , war department officials, the samo pro- cedure followed in the emergency purchase pur-chase of submarine ohasors would bo followed and boards of assessment or appraisal would be organized to pass 1 upon tho condition and valuation of f the cars to be taken over, and tho I government would remunerate owners In tho amount recommended by these ii boards. ' The war department anticipates little lit-tle difficulty with its motor problems, for it expects that in the event of war ; thousands of automobiles would be gratuitously offered to the government if there were need of them. |