The sun., 1907-10-31
Army And NAVY SEE AUTOS
OFFICERS INTERESTED ~ THy
COMMERCIAL bEHEfyES
which Are likely TO Be Adopted Tor rrar--
port Work last OF the special Nights
Many strangers. Including For.
eiguers, on Hand d--NumCrous sales.

II was military night ast evening al the
eighth annual show of the Automobile Club
Of America In Grand Central Palace. for
which invitations had been EXTENDED 10 army
and navy officers stat toned in and about
Ne. York Many officers Of STATE tIoops
also visited the show. Tho army men were
most interest ed IN the commercial veh icles
and the exhibit Of the Aero Club Of America
on the second gallery floor The increasing
use Of motor driven transport wagons by
European armies part cuarly those of France,
Great Britain. Ger'nsny and Austrin, has
turned the thought OF army officers in this
country 10 the adoption of similar types OF
vehicles for Uncle Sans use.
The Increasing reliability oi ccmmercia
yehicles and the fact that these cars arn
being made for all kinds of service over rougi
roads will undoubtedly lead 90 further es-
periments being made with them by th'
regular army, as well as by the diferen'
bodies of State troops during their annual
encampmen,s. The ability Of 50 many
American cars to travel over rough ground,
"a has been done by machines that have
been used by prospectors in the mining fields
of Nevada. will undoubtedly lead to their
adoption for army transport work even IT,
parts OF The country where the roads are roads
by courtesy only.
The plan Of the exhibition comm ttee OF
the Automobile Club OF America to indi-
vidualize the attendance al the clubs eighth
annual show by arranging for a sefiee OF
special nights for certain classes has worked
out vel. Prominent merchants, accom-
panied by the superintendent of their de
/ very services, attended the show by invi-
ta'ion last Friday evening and inspected
the different commercial vehicles. Saturday
night WAS SET apart for city officials, ana
the tour n z cars Members Of all the prom
nent en- gin eering societies the city were
the guests of the club on Monday night.
while Tuesday evening was society night
With the military night OF Yesterday the
special nights came to an end. The show
ends to,nighI ana ~ was nor aeemed eSo
One Of the most notab le fea lures Of the show
has been the number of out OF town agents
who have been present every day TO meet
customers from their own cities who wished
TO see the new models now instead Of wait
ing until the agent had received his new
demonstrating car from the factory. Many
of the visitors from other cities placed orders
with the agents from their home towns after
examining z the cars at the show. though not
"A few of en- insisted on having rides In the
show demonstrating cars before makinc
stands have been kept busy talking with
agents regarding territory. as several OF the
larger manufacturers have decided to restrict
the territory to be allotted to an agent apd
appoint a greater number of agents in the
smaller cities.
concerns thnt have adopted the policy OF
increasing the number Of agents In certain
territory have done 40 because they believe
the interests of buyers of their cars can be
better looked after by agents in the smaller
places than IL the buyer was forced to travel
10 some nearby city in order TO get expert
attention for his car when IL became neces-
sary. The consequence is that many carriage
dealers and men who handle agricultural
implements are taking on the agency for
some medium priced car and the aggregate
business of this sort that has been done al
the show since IL opened is large.
The number Of sold" placards on show
cars yesterday proved the reports that many
sales had been made to buyers who had hesl
tated over just what car they would pur,
chase in the early days of the show, Several
insi .nces were reported Of men who wished
Immediate delivery Of their purchases and
had arranged to come around to the Grand
Central Palace on Friday morning TO drive
their cars home themselves.
" yesterday had not been OFFICIALLY desie
mated military day IL might we'll have been
caled strangers day. Among the visitors
were scores of business men from nearby
towns and distant cities. and even from
Europe