Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
MAKING NEW ROUTE MAP
. T0ARMY CAMPS IN SOUTH
James A. Hcmstrcct, Field Repre-
sentative of the a. 4. c., Now
Engaged on Survey.
PASSES THROUGH RICHMOND
Declares That Extraordinary Inter-
est Manifested Shows There Will
BE Continuous Stream OF Tourists
Over Routes This Fall and Winter.

Responding to the heaviest demand
ever made upon the touring bureau OF
S0the American Automobile Association
for. road information. the requests
Z springinE from motorists interested in
1 United States Army activities, James
A. Hcmstreet, field representative OF
. the American Automobile Association.
/. is completing new route log of the
roads between New York and the
camps In the south This became
known when Ilemstrect passed through
here yesterday.
AS n result of the survey. the Ameri-
can Automobile Association Will have
imm ediately available fer thousands Of
. interested automobilists in New Eng
land, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware, Maryland and other
z States complete American Automobile
Association strip maps which will pro-
vide for the stream OF tourists the
associations latest form of compact
road guide.
From New England. New York and
other sections of the upper Atlantic
seaboard to Berlin by way OF ;he
Southern army camps seemingly Is the
obsession OF automobile owners in
those parts of the country right now"
Mr.. Hemstreet. who is the American
Automobile Association director Of
touring, declared. The American Au-
tomobile Association is swamped with
requests for late road information to
the National Guard concentration
camps, the National Army environments
and to the reserve officers and aero
training stations. There is an ex-
traordinary interest through New Eng
land, New York. Pennsylvania and
other States. Evidently there is to be
continuous stream of tourists over
the routes this fall and winter"
Through the cooperation OF the
Maxwell Motor Company with the
mi
Hempstcct is assembling and map
ping the routes in one Of the Max
well Company's new model touring
cars. The touring official chose this
because OF a road demonstration he
recently was given when. having a
military message to be taken from
New York to Washington. he was
taken over the $50 miles Of roads in
six hours. the Maxwell maintaining an
average speed of approximately forty
miles an hour. The Maxwell Company
also has put at his disposal one Of the
who is handling the wheel as driver.
To Log Routes Complete.
so widespread is the interest Of
Northern automobilis,s in the can
comments and training camps, Mr.. Hem
street asserts. that it has been planned
70 los the routes complete from New
York 10 the following points:
Cantonments-Camp Meade, Anna
polls Junction. Nd; Camp Lee. Peters
burg, Va: Camp Dix, Wrightstown, n.
- camp Gordon. Chamblee, Ca; Camp
jackson. Columbia. S. C.
National Guard Concentration Camps
Camp Hancock. Augusta, Ga: Camp
Green. Charlotte. y. c.: Camp Sewer.
Greenville, :. c.; Camp Wheeler. Ma
con. Ga: Camp Wadsworth. Spartan
hurg, S. c.
Reserve Officers Training Camns-
Belvoir Barracks, Beivoir, Va; Fort
MCPHERSON, Atlanta, Ga
Aero Training Stations-Essington
Pa.
That the shining new Maxwell will
De a welcome sight to the thousands
Oh soloiers was made apparent by the
iact that II transported through here
almost capacity load OF cigars and
cigarettes gifts for the soldiers from
New York firms. while other bundles
contained letterheads and envelopes
Tor the use. OF the various New Eng
land, Ne@ YoGE State, pennsylvania
FirSiniA and other troops OF the Ma
tionai and drafted armies now in
training The letterheads are the gift
OF New York printing house.
The A a A. strip maps are to send
tho tourist stream through here, tho
maps giving the correct geographical
locations and also showing all the
crossroads. forks. bridges and school
houses. distinctive feature of tha
maps, there being map for each 125
miles OF the road. is that the nronI.
printed along side will show the va
rtous attitudes and cite all points OF
historical or other interest.
Hemstreet left New York Tuesday
morning, and the Maxwell schedule
called for the trip from New York to
SpartanburE 81 miles in four 49,,