The Washington times., 1915-12-11
ARMY MOTOR TRUCK
. DOES GREAT WORK
Performance at Fort Myer
Astonishing to All Those Who
Saw Test.

The army officials and newspaper men
who witnessed the astounding perform
ances of a truck at Fort Myer Tuesday
came away with one certain satisfac-
tion-that, thanks to this wonderful ac-
complishment of the Thomas II. Jeffery
Company-the Jeffery quad, four-wheel
steer and drive-the United States has
unquestionable ''prepa paredness" in one
important department of the army,
namely. It's trucks.
The quad did stunts that stamp 1t
ideal for service in practically any sort
OF country. Alone, It climbed in and
out of almost every sort of difficulty
mudholes. gullies stiffest grades. and
embankments-with such astonishing
ease that Capt. Arthur Cranston, for
merly United States Army. special rep
resentative of the Jeffery Company, re-
quested that army "trailers," laden with
hind.
Two of these wagons were loaded and
heavS aden ne .Sen pued trnek the frasrs ises
over the same difficult emba nkments,
through the same cuts, and up the same
steep stretches that it had traversed
alone few minutes before.
A regulation artillery set, with gun
and caisson. were then hauled out and
the quad began what was the most re-
msrkable OF all its performances of the
II turned abruptly to the left and be.
gan a climb of fifteen-foot emba INK
ment SO steep that. as it started up
ward. the sharp angle reminded on
lockers of nothing SO much as a spirited
horse, thrown back on it's haunches. its
forefeet in mid air. The front wheels
ct the truck we'll up on the side Of the
een1bankment. the rear wheels at it's
hesitancy. climbed up to the top. hauling
Its train of artillery after.
Then. in rapid succession, it duplicated
the performances it had made earlier
in the afternoon. this time pulling =
almost Indifferent of the great weight
it seemed-the artillery along in it's
Several of the embankments and gull
lies through which the quad pulled its
heavy loads were so steep and afforded
such poor traction that it is doubtful
~ even the most powerful of pleasure
cars could climb them.
One OF these was so sharp. both in
I've 1o5o"nt on the approaching side
src II The cent on the opposite side
1hal Just ore the quad began it's
rraok y front formed two sides of n
y. F1lt "av up the far erbankment.
'.'thfu feet Of the top. It SEEM
.. 3 ahourh he truck must fail.
Il. WnHo. ost traction and the dead
weight in the rear was making the
trucks front wheels dig deeper holes in
the bank. But foot by foot the truck
gained ground until the front wheels
rested at the top. Then with a lusty
roar the big truck pulled its peace ar
auments along to the summit
One Of the newspaper mon who was
present expressed most aptly the fulfil
ity Of a resume of the quad's exhibl-
ton. After the party left the parade
ground for Washington. he remarked:
H, I don't believe it,
The audience was made UP as fol-
lows:
Army-CoI. Samuel Reber. Chief of
Aviation Corps: Major Wallace. Signal
Corps; Colonels Littell and Baker Of
the Quartermaster Corps: Capt. Morti-
1uer. Field Artillery: Cant. Wilson
Coast Artillery: CAPTAINS Kingman and
Paulis. Engineer Corps. and Mrs. Brit
ton. civilian ex pert. Q. NJ. c.
Marine Corps-Col Lajeune. Major
Roosevelt. Capt. breckenridge, Capt.
Fortson and Can't. Williams.
Navy-Capt. Wheeler and Chief Gun
ner Martin.
c. A. Carlson. local manager OF the
Troy Wagon Works. whose trailers
were used in the test: J. s. Combs. head
OF the Combs Motor Company. Wash
ington representatives for Jeffery pleas
IRE cars: Fl. Z. Duckstein. of the Post.
and the Times automobile editor