El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-15

7 direct charge Of a trained engineer. of
this Cffice. who is a member Of the
Society Of Automobile Engineers, who
attends the meetings Of the society
and obtains its publications, and also
visits the plants of leading manufac-
turers for inspections and conferences
with their engineers
Adapted TO L. $. Conditions.
After completing the specifications
from the best information and expert
ence of this office they viii be sent
out to the manufacturers and the As
ISOLATION of Automobile Engineers for
remark and recommendation from
their point OF view After this they
viii be finally revised and used for
purchase under contracts
It is not 10 be understood that the
army contemplates at this time enter
ing generally into the procurement OF
a large number of motor trucks or au-
tomobiles for the use Of the army A
very limited number OF motor trucks
and automobiles is sufficient to meet
the requirements Of the army in times
OF peace
The means of transport required for
the supply Of troops may be divided
HI q 10 IN That he 1 Class Of transportation
that Immediately accompanies the
troops and lays down the daily re-
quirements- in the way OF r2lons'
forage. and ammunition This trans
pOrtatiOn may be classed generally as
the field trains OF organizations
Carrying Supplies.
(20 The divisional transportation
which carries the supplies from the
line of communications TO the points
where il is placed in the hands OF the
transportation described IN para
graph /
90 The transportation employed on
the line of communications, at depots,
arsenals. mobilization points, and con-
centratiOn points
The field trains Of the regimental
q
rule, be made up. as in the past, OF
animal-drawn transportation, with Ger
tain exceptions where motor transpOr-
tation can be employed to advantage
failure
The divisional trains described gen
orally under paragraph 2 and those
Ously be required only in time OF " ar ,
or when war is imminent 1t would !
obviously be unnecessary and unde- :
sirable 10 procure im advance the mo- :
tor transportation required for these Z
units at a time when their employ
ment does not appear TO be imminent. Z
improvements in this class OF trans {
portation would render IT more or less
obsolete before the occasion came 10 Z
make use Of it. In other words, II Is I
accumulate a large amount OF motor I
transportation IN advance Of the period |
when il may be required for use
Reserve Cars Needed.
It is believed to be desirable, how |
ever. TO create reserve ORGANIZATIONS +
that would be available for handling /
this class of transportation at the out 4
break Of war, or when war becomes /
imminent. II has been made appar-
ent 20 the war department within the
last few months that large bodies OF /
patriotic citizens hold themselves IN 4
readiness to make themselves avail
able for such reserve bodies
The enormous rate at which motor
trucks and automobiles suitable Tor
military service. with practically no
change, are being manufactured IN the
United States. would indicate that IN
government would be able to procure
rs rapidly as required the motor trans
portation necessary for practically any
number Of troops that congress might
decide to provide for any emergency. !
Test Out Tractors
It is considered most desirable to
gather information. test out types Of
trucks tractors and trailers that can
be useful in time of war. 1t is be-
Iieved in general that the type that
would be most useful in the military
service would be of the same type
hat would be useful in the operations
# the western farmer over the country
Dads. Up to the present time these