The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-09
CHAPTER XVIII.

THE MARCH OF THE MOTOR CARS.
When the German Emperor crossed the
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airy 0hs Inn mounted Snn.si on on, h .hf "a, and powerful West
O9dh In ph SGfsss; a1 saS SG9 Snns, and stamina, in
Plish.. i would BE- difisalt. Il pot fmpossibIe,
vs9sittsrt. even lfihe were restored to health,
he attempted TO fall back toward Paris. he laid
e Ssfd dis sas easSn stfaot nAn Il f he m nas cd soathl
ward he would BIO hard pressed in pursuit.
and could lido DO 9 99a Ins 70 r Geflst ths q. Kaiser. a.
Wilhelm Gould swallow during the Course Of
an T RsSI dfatssn aess E Be- tFasersed was 100 miles.
and the EmperQr told his troops that he ex-
on the outskiFts Of Paris. at the end Of thu;
In mere statement this task. to the trained
movement OF an army numbering 10000
fighting men. with q vast army OF commits
at the rate of nearly twenty-five miles each
day. has never yet been effected over anything
like the distance stated.
But the clockwork accuracy OF the German
machine imaniiests itself with telling force
Orssciseiy in, such a stupendoHs undertaking,
peror evolved in the Hotel de Vile at Metz.
whenhe heard Of the inclpient Paris commune
counted BY VansIttsrt before he left New York.
1t will be remembered that jerome had set
millions steriine Befors he sailed nYf IN the uss Sea-.
farer. Much OF this vast sum had gone IN the
h I%5p sdi%s, Su Re SSIs 4 E g. great Fnsx y9 95s Fr Of stores 5es
fences to be seriously deficient: but a huge
sum was devoted toward the CONSTRUCTION, and
the rapid transport Of troops across country by
msanS Of ordinary roads.
melG had been given to internal traffic of n
heavy nature By the adoption of motor trac-
ton. TIL qulek ;witted American, manufac-
turers soon saw that the horse would never be
pleaspre-loving public. 1t was quite a differ-
soncerned. Here was. the true 'futsrs Of the
horseless. carriage. and the result q a general
activity In this direction enabled the million
aire readily and promptly to secure the multi
tude OF motors he required,
So secretly, and efficiently had his agents
eneines were shipped from the States and
landed at Toulon without public notice being
Meanwhile the artihcers Of Lyons and other
metallnrRical centres In the south OF France
rIsges intended to be used in conjunction With
As these vehicles will figure largely in the
serve 10 Seiucidatee MATER II they are described
with some degree OF minuteness.
erful and so simply and strongly designed as to
be CAPABLE Of yithstanding rough USAGE.
clear feet Of axle width. gave ample margin
steep gradient. They were capable OF draw.
Ing a load OF forty tons at an average rate Of
twelve miles an hour. while on level straight
rouds'and. Observation-Disclosures this rate OF prog
ress could be greatly exceeded.
They were protected by plates OF tough steel
that Sven y ec artiIIesr snf IRE. Unless ~ eSceptIonaily
accurate, would fall to do them material dam
age by isolated hits. Against nnsketry they
We're practically i~mpregnablei The motive
temperature by inteTmixture with q small jet
of steam generated by II tiny Subsidiary boiler.
and II WAS possible to carry fuel ia last for u
run 81 $50 miles without Ieplenishment.
Each engine drew two ears. similarly ar
mored aud running on boRies,. while a marvel
lousy effective set OF spiral, buffer, gave CO.
hesiol and fairly comfortable resilienee TO
RAPIDLY. Zach Of these cars accommodated.
AT n squeeze. thirty men or eight. horses. besides
carrying ratiOnA and forage, while one in
OF two guns without limbers. the recoil being
absorbed on the quick firing principle.
At the, very moment when Nnnstttart re-
eelved ampIe assurance rom the Lyo2s arse
100000 men was available for immediate de-
livery he received the news OF the German
EmpenOr's march on Paris.
dec~isigeness. Vansittnrt ordered the moblhza-
tiun OF the motor-car arny at yitrY. He chose
this tow as being south OF the German line OF
He ordered the General commanding al
Chalonk to throw his whole force In the way
OF the, EInperor and TO delay him as much as
possible. but on no account 10 destroy bridges
or teSr up lads; even II retreat became
AboYe and beyond every other consideration
the French cavalry. must Keep the Germans
trom scouting 70 the SoutR Of chalops. else