Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-04

VIZ ASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. THAT newest
wv branch of the American service, the Motor
Transport Corps, just now offers splen-
did opportunity for men with experience in the
automobile industry, who want to render service
to the government and get to France quick.
There are to be five thousand officers and two
hundred thousand men in the corps when it is
fully recruited, and about two thousand of the
officers still to be found. Men in deferred
classes are given preference, but any man who is
properly qualified may apply for cOmmissicI.
He should address his APPLICATION to the Training
Branch, Motor Transport Corps Washington, D.
c. If he qualities, he will be sent the training
camp for officers, which is a part of Camp Joseph
E. Johnston at Jacksonville, Fla Another motor
transport officers school is to be established at
Fort Sheridan, and there will be several others
for enlisted men.
strongly emphasize two things-that it is no
'slackers' brigade" but service full of danger
and hardship, and that no will be sent to
france until he is as proficient in his job as in
struction and experience can make him.
The best officer material for the Motor Trans
port Corps has been found to be of educa-
ton, who have been in the automobile business
manufacturers, designers, statesmen, garage
ayers and the like. 1t should be borne in mind
that there two principal divisions of the Motor
Transport Corps-a park service and convoy
service. An officer of the park service has charge
of repairing and rebuilding cars. Men with an in
innate knowledge of motor car mechanism are
therefore especially needed for this branch. The
convoy service actually the in getting
food and ammunition to the fighting units, and
all. In this branch resourcefulness and familiar
ity with the operation of the requisites
for both officers and men. The corporal who was
carrying ammunition to the front when the radia-
tor of his truck was punctured by a shell, and
who mended it with the solder from a tomato
can that he found by the roadside, is a good ex-
ample of the kind of men needed in this branch
1t is a business of considerable hazard, as is
shown by the fact that when three truck loads
OF ammunition were started toward the marines
who took Chateau Thierry, only one of them ar
rived. The driver of that had four bullet
holes in him. He offered to go back for another
load on the ground that he was the only man
who knew the way. He is also of the kind
they are looking for.
The Motor Transport Corps has been getting
its enlisted men by application to the provost
marshal generals office. Men who have indicated
a knowledge of the motor car business on their
missionaries are commonly assigned to this
branch. But the corps has now obtained permits
sion to recruit ten thousand men from the civilian
population without regard to their status in the
draft. 1t especially wants skilled repair men and
skilled chauneurs. To have owned and operated
some kind of a car for year or two is not
enough. Real professionals of the motor bust
ness, and especially mechanics and truck drivers
are what the motor corps wants. Men who want
to enlist should apply, the same as those who
aspire to commissions, to the Training Branch
Motor Transport Service, Washington, D. c.
The ''motorization" of the American army ia
one of the swift miracles which war has worked.