The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
PREPARES ROAD MAPS
FOR SOUTHERN CAMPS

Responding to the heaviest demand
ever made upon the touring bureau
OF the American Automobile associa-
ton fer IL cad Information tina requests
Cnhee States army activities. James A.
Hemstreet. field representative of the
A. A. A.. is completing a new route
log OF the roads between New York
and the camps In the South. This be-
came known when Hemstreet passed
through here yesterday.
A q r@suft of the survey the A. A. A.
Will have Immediately available for
thousands of interested automobiles
tn New England. New York. New Jar-
sey. Pennsylvania. Delaware. Maryland
and oshec states completa A. A. A.
strip maps which will provide for tho
stream OF tourists the associations
latest form OF compact road guide.
From New England. New York and
other sections of the upper Atlantic
saahoard to Berlin by way of the
southern army camps seemingly is the
q e.+sreTs ,ges asssosaesl5s~ awners Iva
thofe parts OF the country right now"
Mr.. Hemntreet who 10 the A A. A. d.
rector Of touring declared. The A A.
A. h. swainped with requests for late
read information 60 the national guard
concentration camps. the national army
cant,nments snd to the reserve ON.
GERS and aero training stations. There
IL Al extraordinary interest through
New Enylahd. 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 Max
wen Motor company with the A. A. A..
Hemstreet - assem- bling and mapping
the routes III one OF the Maxwell COM
panvs new model tour.ngt cars, The
touring official chose this because of
road demonstr ttion he recently was
given when. havtss q military message
to he taken fton I;ew York to WASH
ington. he was taken over the 2sa
miles of roads in nix hours. the Max
well maintaining an average speed of
approximately forty miles an hour. The
MAXWELL company also has put At his
dispcEal one of the compAny's road en-
gtnesrx. p w. Gibbs. who ia handling
the wheel as driver.
So widespread ~ the interest Of
northern automohIlists in the canton
streNt asserts. that II has been planned
TO log the routes complete from New
York to the folio owing points:
Cantonments-- Camp Meade, Annapo-
iia Junction. Nd: Camp Lee. Peters,
burg, Va; Camp Dix. wrightstowu. N.
j.; Camp Gordon. Chambiee. Ca: Camp
Jackson. Columbia. 8. C.
~
camps-Camp Hancock. Augusta. Ca:
Camp Green. Charlotte. N. c.: Camp
Sewer. Greenville. g. c.: Camp Wheel
or. Macon, Ca; Camp Wadsworth,
Spartanburg. S. c.
Reserve officers training camps
Reivoir Barracks. Beivoir. va: Fort
Mcpherson. Atlanta. Ga.
Aero training stations ssington
Pa.
That the shining new Maxwell win
be welcome sight to the thousands
of soldiers was made apparent by the
fact that II transported through here
almost a capacity load OF cigars and
cigarettes, gifts for the soldiers from
New York firms. while other bundles
contained letterheads and envelopes
for the use Of the various New Eng.
land. New York state. Pennsylvania,
Virginia. and other troops Of the ma
tional and drafted armies now in train
ing. The 1etterheads are the gift OF
New York printing house.
The A. A. A. strip maps are to send
the tourist stream through here. the
maps giving the correct geographical
locations and also showing all the
crossroads, forks bridges and school,
houses 4 distinctive feature Of t.ie
maps. there being map FOR each i35
miles Of the road. Is that the profie
printed alongside will show the various
attitudes and cite all points Of histori-
cal or other interest.
Hemstreet left New York Tuesday
morning and the Maxwell schedule
called Tor the trip from New York to
spartanburg. SIT miles. In four days.
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