El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-31
Seven More Truck Compa-
MES Formed; Camped
on Cotton Ave.

Uncle sam viii form p provisional
brigade OF all the automobile trucks
that are stationed az Fl Paso with the
arrival OF seven additional companies.
that is expected soon. This is 20 be
done at the suggestion OF Gen George
Bell jr. commander o. the e. Paso
border patrol district who plans 10
make the automobile truck brigade ole
OF the most prominent among the units
Of the national quart and United States
army Maj. Edward Sigerfoos. eth in
fantry, L. :. A.. is In command Of all
motor trucks with the exception Of
those that are under the supervision
Of MAJ. William Elliott. quartermaster
OF the E Paso depot.
L. Companies.
Gradually the motor truck brigade
one OF the yitals OF the large force OF
the United States army that are sta
toned N ,he FL Paso district. has
grown 10 large Importance. The trucks.
their drivers and assistants are divided
into five companies now and seven
more companies Of the standard trucks
are expected to arrive soon at the III
PasO station Each Of these companies
is composed of 80 trucks The trucks
are of standard makes. and four wheel
drives. They have capacities Of one
and one half and three tons
Also ROadSters.
But the heavy truck is not the only
motor in the army camps There are
several rOadsters distributed among me
truck comuauie. Company No 4 has
two Of these roadster company No rs
TWO roadsters- company No %. one
company No. 20 two and company No.
=. one.
The principal object Of Gen. Bells
plan Of forming provisional orlsade
is 20 use the trucks for Transporting
soldiers Tests have been made IN the
transportation and the results SHOWN
have been excellent Only recently the
entire eth infantry " as transported I"
the government rifle range IN New
Mexico. 81 miles from FL Paso- The
regiment took all supplies and tehta-'
and went i'm % I. ucks- the men
left AZ : o'clock in the morning ana
reached the range at II o'clock The
transportation could have been effect
ed i'm much shorter time. said Mai
Sigerfoos. but the men took their time
in going.
Motor Truck Companies
The trucks We're scattered in all reci-
ments OF the army al Fort Bliss. Camp
Cotton and the few ether camps. until
Mai. Sieerfoos was placed in command.
With the exception OF the quarter
master 8 trucks al the motors are Kept
at Grant and Cotton avenues The me
chanics are stationed there and that is
where the trucks are brought each
night after their days work
At present there are 50 men employed
in the five motor truck companies.
These are civilian drivers. truckmast-
ers and assistant truckmasters. The
truckmaster is next in command TO the
A civilian driver is paid 800
a month, but his board is not included |
in this. No civilian in the employ OF I
the army earning over $50 is entitled |
to mess" an army statute says The |
truckmaster receives $3.50 and the as |
sistants salary is S125.
Wears Red Hat Band.
The civilian driver can always he Z
loticed by the red band that is at I
ached to his hat. This must not he !
onfused with the red bands around the !
arms of mounted Orderlies. There are
also two civilian mechanics attached to !
ZACH company. Most of these came di-
-ect from the factories Each OF the |
mechanics receive s125 per month. The
lpkeep Of the cars require large eX-
senditure. The oil for the trucks is
conveyed in two tank that are assigned
o each company. There is also I
Kitchen and a repair truck and the re
nainder are cargo carriers
Quartermaster Trucks.
The guartermaster has l. OF the
taudard trucks. They are constantly
l. work hauling huge supplies from the a