The Detroit times., 1915-10-21
Eat Up" Roads Which
Break Down English
Make
200 TESTED OUT
AT HAVRE CAMP
Driven Over Rough
4 Roads at High Speed
As Trial Trip
" nGRsERr COREY.

& ny1o0. O.. or Richmond, Va, or
|omaha-utteriy given over TO the
n1noos Of making var. II you can
~ that picture before the eyes OF
ouR mind you can see Havre as 1t
u today. No flags or hurrahs. I'M
Eptand. No hustle. gun-nring.
not. confusion. general officers,
1uoulets. or music. Merely a fac
- town which takes In raw mate
~ ever the pier end sends IL out
n Anishsd form over the railroad.
y oommonplace as one OF our
>noeican steel mills. which are not
mmonpiace NJ all, but miracles.
YsfSy thoIbsnd English soldiers
oeAsd here one week and were
- on TO the 'front.'" said a resi-
~ who has had unusual emporium
- FOR observation.
Ths town must have been hys-
c1cal"
lot a. all You would hardly
ow that anything was happening.
- has become . business"
Sl1hvre n the fourth Of the great
onnol cities the English have
- over TO facilitate the work OF
fkHiux the Germans. Boulogne and
nH1o and Dieppe are the principal
16wnys Tor troops and supplies.
wv ID q q greater distance from
" 0Ghtiug line. and therefore is
m = . base Tenderfoot troops
irD here 70 be hardened for
~ time before they are sent for
1870 70 the trenches. A circle OF
Sun1oscent camps surround the
MiIlions Of pounds worth of
r1loo are received here and held
<nDt orders. The city has be
= storage place. In which Is
housed men ard motors, and
and cannon. II has no bust
Ge except war.
peace times Havre n the Sec
80 commercial port OF France. Its
|Hon cf docks Is especially note
When war came the docks
0mafically became q part OF the
I1tasy organisation. Ships with
~ cargoes took precedence in
o. One ship with. . peace cargo
AZ - the harbor for Eve weeks. and
~ then only discharged because
Vas needed 10 carry a war
11ght. Once there were 10 ships
IRg n the roadstead. while ships
ore ranged 1--WE and six feet deep
the docks. Today tie congestion
~ practically disappeared.
Suavrc's imports are greater than
~ have ever been in her history"
~ m ofllcial. But they NAV
ovsr show on the reports"
Inke . sample OF the business
~ u being done end the way X Is
<1ng done. In a single week 5000
1nortcan motor trucks were swung
u shipholds here. They were
mbaed on the docks, their tanks
and they were driven to an
- art Of the docks. where they
G Dbo6ed with supplies for the
Their trial trip was 10 20
1870 over roads that had been
~ - piecea by~niilitary trafic, in
nR6e Of drivers who thought they
we triumphant II they stayed on
p roads. and loaded until their
~ frames gruntsd. The French
ne the American truck 10 the
~ N the world.
The English truck cannot stand
under the treatment the Amer
- truck nourIshes on" they said.
~ your Hight cars run the legs
my car In the world. They are
l1s1y marvellous"
avre's war activities are not con-
1 % the harbor and the camp.
Oeoce Aimes the picturesque por-
" the water front is dotted
yVry handsome villas. The
4nosS of the villas have been turn
~. Today soldiers in the butch
t)ne uniform Of the British con.
oooe2t r.er out Of these win
~ One 10 rarely out Of the range
21o1oform. The Belgian chief OF
- occupies what was once sum
~ ho1ei.
;ooo l0f the most touching mem
&tmH W0I 10 thae VI tht Sdiutt
~ Belgian nag AT the close Of
Dghnpo 3 dozen men and women.
Co&s from q ruined land. watch
v1th their hearts In their eyes.
1ulcer with one arm In sling
Ii NJ orders. A soldier with a
u o&csft his head fred little
~ mortAr-a ritiful little mortar
IA been east because II was
fof tho real work OF war. The
poldicfs attached "a. headquar-
6 800 snsrsiy to salute. A the
1nys Of tho sun gIimmered on
M go the Ecigian nag nut
0wnN II seemed courage
,6e narrow. stonews.led lane
~ >nsfnd Of children sing
0Yu1 The CIR was elusive.
- pecoUnised II through the
<nzr1D1oo of language and