Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-07
AUTOMOBILE MEN
TO AID The ARMY
Leading Organizations of
Industry Offer to Help
With Vehicles.

The members of the Society of Auto
mobile Engineers. through its council.
signified some time ago its readiness
to assist the federal government by
! cooperating with II to develop mill
tary transport. The S. A. f.. represents
| the mechanical organization and in
vcntive genius of the American auto
mobile business and has developed its
Standardization work to point OF ef-
iicicncy which has received interna>
! tional recognition in engineering
! practice.
The board of directors of the ma
tional automobile chamber Of COM
merce has authorized its executives to
meet the military authorities at every
point in the development of systems
for motor transport service. The n.
! A. &. G. has already on file complete
and accurate information concerning
the manufacture and shipment OF
motor vehicles, together with records
of dealers organizations and up-to-date
| lists of truck and pleasure car owners
in all sections of the country.
The American Automobile associa-
ton with organizations in practically
| every state Is the national body OF
| owners of pleasure cars, and through
it it will be possible to coordinate
| the various volunteer movements
which are being inaugurated in vari-
Gus sections of the United States.
The American Railway association
committee was formed some time ago
to cooperate with the war depart
/ mcnt in transportation arrangements
/ looking to the national defense.
The war college has been working
for years on transportation plans to
he effective in the event of war, and
| the purpose of conference held last
| NJ "a shinutnp N,tth n n NJ
bile and railroad representatives was
to formulate "A complete line of pro-
Cedure as soon as this can be done.
The limitations set by the provisions
! of the United States statutes at this
time were explained clearly. as well as
some of the legislation contemplated,
such as that proposed to be enacted in
the form of the hamberlain bill to
provide for motor truck reserve
corps. the president appointing re-
serve corps subject to the orders OF
the war department at any time in
case of special emergency and for rel
atively short intervals in times of
peace. 1t is thought that the motor
truck corps would be under the juris-
diction of the Quartermaster's depart
ment and the railroad transportation
plans under the direction of the en-
gineer corps of the army.
II is appreciated, of course. that
modern mobilization systems are, in
view of the great war, subject to rela-
lively quick changes. No nation
abroad has given up animal transpor-
tation entirely in war. New regua
tions Of this government are being
tried out in Mexico at this time. In
mobilization regulations current
abroad at this time motor transport is
divided broadly into two classes. con-
sisting of heavy trucks and light
trucks. respectively. Pleasure car au-
tomobiles and motorcycles are, ol
course. used extensively as well. BY
the use of twenty-five hundred trucks
fifty thousand troops have been moved
N what would have been thought in
past years an incredibly short time
The use of the trucks for transporting
supplies is obvious.
The automobile industry will ap-
point representatives to work on a
! national system to he developed in de-
tail Ways and means must be hac
to form units of procurable machines