The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-17
Connecticut Men Heroes In
 Thrilling Motor Truck Dash Into Mexico With Supplies
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 HOO, pounds, about equally divided between candy and tobacco.
 Remember, these were three-ton trucks" said Wales, proudly, calling attention to the overload" "but on top of the freight were soldiers, who went along as guard, and also a quartermaster sergeant.
 "Of they went, cheered as they startoN into a country where motor trucks Slad never before penetrated. And in vcht days they were back, safe and sound, hailed as the pathfinders of the motor truck contingent and cheer ed for their splendid success"
 Wales talked interestingly of the life along the border.
 We in the States haven't the view point of the boys on the border" said he. Whether Wilson is right or wrong; whether the United States troops are ordered from Mexico or not; whether Carranza is the right man in the right place-all makes lit- tie difference if squad of half drunk Mexican soldiers attacks a little band of Americans, or perhaps dozen ne- gro troopers of the United States have a chance to avenge the. death of their comrades by a pot shot. We can theor- ize all we wish, up here, but wheth CT we have war or not won't depend upon our theories; it will depend upon what happens down there at the border"
 Wales can't say too much in praise of the regular army officers.
 fYou1l know a man if you sleep under bush with him. he declared. I've done it. I've seen these officers eating their burned beans-or perha ps no beans at all-and I've seen them when there wouldn't be blankets enough to go around. The officer took the fat and the lean, share and share alike with his men,"
 It should be mentioned that Wales has seen army life in many countries, and knows whereof he speaks q ex- pected to find caste, perhaps, snobbery. We'll, it may exist in garrison duty, but know it doesn't exist where I've been."
 The Stratford man spoke of the courage of the automobile drivers in general, as we'll as of the two who made the pioneer trip to Namiquipa.
 Its terribly hard,'' he said.
 There are about 500 motor trucks in service there. And in the few months they've been in use, there have been no less than HOO drivers"
 Added to the heat, he explained. is the feeling of responsibility and the absolute lack of any roadways. "Some of the men get into the hospitals others break down completely and and come home: it's the worst driv- ing you can imagine. If you picture the worst roadway you ever saw, in New England, then try to remember the worst section of it, that particu- lar section would be like a boulevard for the poor fellows down there who are dashing across country without even a trail, breaking down bushes and threading their way among sand hills.''
 Wales spoke of the use of the de- vice of A. L. Riker for opening rail- roads to motor truck transportation the steel f1anges which are attached to the wheels of trucks to hold them upon the rails. It has worked out very successfully. he said, in sections where railroads are constructed.
 In this connection, he explained the Mexican method of destroying a railroad. When Villa was in his ascendancy, several years ago, he de- stroyed a whole section of railroad. from Juarez to Chihuahua, two days run, in very short time, by using heavy chains, attached to a locomo- tive and to the rails. As the locomo- tive pulls away, the rails are bent into misshapen mass destroyed in this wax for further use as track, and an entire new equipment of rails is necessary before transportation can be resumed.