New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
HOOS|ER MOTORISTS BUSY
Plans Are Nearly Complete for
Long Journey TO Coast.
TO USE FIRElESS COOKERS
Each Tourist Must Wash His
Own Dishes and Must Take
Turns at Guard Duty.

The mass of detail work necessary 20
the safe and efficient running ~ the
Indiana-Pacihc Coast automobile tour.
which starts from indianapolis on July !,
is reported TO be well under wav. The
commissary end OF the affair has AL
ready been worked ont and the entrants
notified that the food will cost each per
son g. a DAY during the six weeks run. .
The caravan will employ large mum
Der OF nreless cookers IN addition 70 the
army cooks who have been engaged for
the tour Fireless cookers are now made
as big as -four barrels and by the use o.
these Fl will be possible 70 cook a good
! luncheon at breakfast time load II on
| truck. shoot IL hundred miles and then
serve a piping hot luncheon at the mid
I DAY stop
At least three auto trucks will accom-
pany the tourists for the transportation
! OF food supplies. camp kitchens and tho
/ like The supply trucks and tho large
kitchen trucks will leave early each
morning while the breakfast car will
/ bring up the rear Of the procession after
1 serving breakfast When the night stops
arc reached by the kitchen and commits
/ sary trucks those I'm charge Will select
/ camp sites. set up temporary kitchen.
I and in most cases have the evening meal
prepared by the time the main part of
| tho procession comes up
1 Each tourist will carry his own dishes
and wash them after meals. 50 that this
task will be divided into 200 parts. Incl
dentally, each tourist will have one or
more turns at guard duty, for with forty
or moro automobiles and trucks thers
will be a great amount % movable prop
erty that will require police protection
guard tent will lie set Up every night |
and the guards assigned FOR the night
will sleep there until each has served his /
guard turn.
Woe 20 the slusgard who tries 10 shrk /,
this police duty. for n he sleeps overtime !
after being called n Is whispered that hs |
neither garments will be stolen and put |
into the supper car which moves west |
ward before dawn each day VIII Ia.
obedienty take his turn next time?
In addition 10 the commissary truck /
squad additional trucks Will be employed |
for the transportation OF extra RaSolene |
water and oil for emergency uses, and |
other materials, such az temporary bridge
building parts. and the wireless telegraph |
ouift for the tour will be in constant |
electrical connection with the rest of the !
world. no matter how far 1t may be from /,
the ordinary telegraph and telephone ser |
vice.
on the baggage division will also be
hauled the huge searchlight and gen !
orators which will light the camp al night |
Harlow Hyde, OF the Empire Automobile |
Company, will DO I'm charge OF supplies. |
II is planned TO have on hand before the |
four starts minute statistics OF gasoens |
and oil supply sources. prices, etc, for |
the whole route so that there will always !
be fuel and of In sufficient quantities for |
the whole caravan at every noon and |
night control
W. Mex White. OF the Marion Motor /
Car Company chairman Of the tour COM /
mittee. and W D. Edcnburn OF the Hen /
derson Motor Car Company. chairman or /
the stunts committee, have been inde- 1
fatigable in their work and plans for the {
move! run. and their wide touring know
edge has done much 10 make this Longest
of all tours an assured success. Other
committeeman who have collaborated with |
these committee chairmen are A. G. Wag-
ner. Of the Nordyke Marmon Company.
Frank Mutt OF the Haynes Automobile
Company. and Jean Marks. OF tho Service
Motor Truck Company. all OF the tour.
committee
II is possible that. aside from the army
people on furIough who will be a part OF
the tour. Uncle Sam may also take some
official action in connection with the tour
II has been proposed thst some new
army trucks join the tour to try out the
experiment OF forced march. with n
company OF regulars as passensers