The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-19
DESIGNS
FOR STANOARD|z|NG
U.S.M0T0R TRUCKS
THREE CLASSES BE MANUFAC-
TURED FOR WORK IN WAR
AND AT HOME.
TRA|LERS INCLUDED
Orders for These Machines VIII Run
Into the Tens Of Thousands-Prelimi-
nary Order for 10000 Already Placed
Go East Loaded With Supplies.

Detroit. Mich, Dec. 19.-Completion
OF designs for standardizing all the mo-
tor trucks and trailers needed by the
government for peace as well as fo,.
war work was announced today by tho
quartermaster corps.
Ihree classes Of trucks have been
provided, of which the class A. A.. with
three-fourths ton capacity, was the last
to be worked out by the 200 motor en-.
gineers who have contributed MANY new
ideas
Manufacture of the class B truck.
having rated capacity of three tons.
already has started after exhaustive
tests OF the sample cars. Three sample
trucks of the Glass A variety, capacity
one and one-half tons now are being
tested. One left Detroit today from
the plant of the DENLY Motor Truck
company and will be Joined at Cleye.
land tomorrow with a second from the
White company. They will be run to
Ardmore. Pennsylvania, where a third
one from the factory of the Autocar
company will complete the party for
the lridi Trip 10 washington.
Plans for Standard Trailers.
Plans for standard model trailers In.
clude one of three tons capacity re.
quested by General Pershing for early
use in France. It will have only two
wheels, according to present designs.
Assembly already has started of a four
wheel trailer, one and one-half tons
capacity, double ended, at the plants of
the Grant Motor Car company, Cleve.
land. and the Detroit Trailer company,
Detroit
third type will be devised for the
special use of the signal corps. to have
two wheels and pneumatic tires.
Brigadier General Chauncey j. Baker
has been in personal charge of standard
izing the designs for government motor
vehicles.
While the major portion of the new
trucks will be put into war work, some
will be used by the postoffice depart
ment and thousands will be turned over
to civilian uses of the government when
victory has been won.
Many Parts Identical.
Many parts of all three trucks are
Identical except in size, to facilitate
production and repair. An important
feature will be the accessibility of me-
chanical parts, any one of which can
De redcneu without removing another.
Headlights will be attached to the ra-
ditstor instead of the dashboard or mud
guards. Special bodies will be pro-
vided for the uses of the signal corps,
medical corps, bureau of docks and
other departments. but all will fit the
standard chassis
Five test vehicles of the newly de-
signed class A. A. truck have been
tested. Four will be assembled by the
REQ Motor Car company, Lansing. Teo-
eral Motor Car company, Detroit. Max
well Motor Car company Detroit, and
Willys-Overland company. Toledo
The fifth will be assembled in Wash
ington as a test against the drawings
of the quartermaster corps.
Orders by Thousands.
Orders for the three classes of trucks
will run into the tens of thousands
A preliminary order of 10000 has been
placed for the heavy Glass b vehicle
Estimates of the number of Class A
have not been made public, but of the
class A. A., $500 will be needed for
1000 for ordnance work,
5000 for the signal corps, and vast
number for the quartermaster corps.
All of them. with trailers, will be run
overland to the seaboard. fully loaded,
and are expected to relieve the rail-
roads of carrying several hundred thou
sand tons of government supplies.