The Washington times., 1913-05-05
:iqhtaen Trucks Left
Washington on Time
In Early Hours Today

IN Larry HOURS I0udy
Eighteen motor trucks. together with
Z number of ambulances and fleet of
touring cars, left early this morning
On q four-day reliability tour through
Maryland and Pennsylvania. They are
competing in the first motor truck re-
liability run ever held in this section
and their work is being closely op-
served by fourteen prominent officials
who are making the run in order 10
study the truck proposition with view
to making Recommendations for Gov
ernment purchases.
The first truck, a Vulcan. entered by
the Commercial Garage and driven by
H. r. Marshall, W.T. sent away at
o'clock by Starter William Jose, and
the balance We're dispatched at inter-
walls of two minutes.
Entrants and Drivers.
The other trucks in the competing d.
vision, together with their entrants and
drivers, are as follows:
Mais, entered by Mais Motor Truck
Company, Indianapolis; driver, Ted
Lewis; Little Giant. Motor Truck Cor
poration. H. w. Miller; Witt-Will, Witt
VIII Company, Washington. w. D. Grif-
Raphael semmes; Rowe, Rowe Motor
Manufacturing Company. s. L. Walden;
Hupmobile, Washington Auto Service
Company, Charles Kloppmeyer; Mcln-
tyre, w. H. Mcintyre Company, Au-
burn, Ind; ]. W. Smith; Autocar, Auto
car Sales and Service Company. y. c.
Althouse; Lauth-Juergens, Lauth-Juer-
gems Motor Car Company, Buffalo, Roy
Graham; five Atterburys. Atterbury Mo-
tor Car Company. Buffalo. drivers,
~ KaI1 NJ a an
Franklin, c. z. Shaw. and Lee Logan;
White, the White Company. Cleveland.
w. Cyphers; International, H. B. Leary,
IT., Bert Robertson.
The ambulances are White Brown,
ana Four-wheel Drive, and have been
entered by Major p. L. Hal oran, OF
the Walter Reed General Hospital. The
official cars are a Marmon. Mitchell.
Buick, Stutz, White, and Warren.
Government Interested.
The interest the Government of the
United States is taking in the run Is
Indicated by the fact that the follow
ing Government officials were detailed
to make the run for observation pur-
poses: Major /. L. Hunt, Bureau Of
Insular Affairs, War Department; E. ].
Ayres. division OF supplies, Interior
Department; Charles Boyd, Life-Saving
Service, Treasury Department: w. ].
Turkenton, division of supplies. Navy
Department: II. c. Allen, Coast and
Geodetic Survey, Department Of Com
merce; w. A. Fitzsimmons. disbursing
Thorpe. division Of supplies. War De-
partment; Major p. L. Halloran, United
states Medical Corps. Walter Reed
Hospital; Lieut.. II. H. Arr old, aero
nautical division, United States army;
James A. Edgerton, purchasing agent,
1Ar
schmar, jr., chief engineer, Revenue
Cutter Service. Treasury Department:
". r. Metz. Government Printing Of
flce; Hugh Higgins. general supply
committee; DR.. L. l. Hewes, Office of
Public Roads, Department of Agricul-
ture-
Officials of Course.
The officials of the run. which is un-
der the auspices Of the Washington
Post, are as follows: Referee, David
Beecroft; technical committee, i. T.
Donohoe, George W. Lucas, Charles
Brooks; starter. William Jose; assistant
starter, Howard Fisk; chief observer,
s. g. Grogan; assistant chief observer;
r. NJ. Clendenning; chief checker, E. T.
Howard; fuel checkers. ]. II. Pflling.
J. A. Smith: weight checker. Leroy
Mark; pilot, II. Z. Duckstien.
An interesting route of 2SS miles has
been laid out for the run and will
AFFORD an excellent test for the ma
chimes. The roads are good and there
are jus: enough hills to enable the con-
testants to demonstrate what their ma
chimes will do as climbers.
First Days Run Seventy Miles.
The first days run is 30 miles, with
a noon stop at Frederick, and a night
stop at Hagerstown. Harrisburg. Pa.
Is the objective point OF the second
days run. which is 76.7 miles. with d
noon control at Shippensburg. The third
days run is to Hanover, Pa, with a a
noon stop at Columbia the distance
being e53 miles. The last days run is
the longest. being S3s miles and extend
ing from Hanover TO Washington. Bal
timore will be the noon stop.
The contest has been sanctioned by
the American Automobile Association
ard will be conducted under rigid rules.
an observer being on each truck TO
keep tab on the driver should he en-
,deavor TO tinker with the machine en-
route.
The route will be marked each day
with confetti spread by the pilot car. a
Marmon. which is being driven by Ar
ihur Foraker. son of former Senator J.
r. Foraker