The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-04-26

a steel body designed to aCCOmmO-
date packing boxes Of any type of
ammunition mounted on Il fOur-Whecl
drive truck chassis The equipment
repair truck, making use Of the same
type Of chassis, has bins and drawers
for spare parts and material for re-
pairing personnel equipment, rifles
and machine guns, leather equip
ment, etc.
The artillery repair tpuck has
fOur-Whecl drive chassis and a small
maehine-Shop body with equipment
consisting of a lathe, drill press,
bench grinder. electric drill, welding
outfit, air riyeting hammer, milling at
tachment, blacksmith outfit, and other
tools. Electric power is supplied by
gasoline. driven generator.
The 215-ton artillery tractor weighs
about 5000 pounds and is capable of
making l. miles an hour under favor
able road conditions. The tive-ton ar
tillery tractor, weighing 5000 pounds
and capable of a speed of six miles
an hour, will handle a load of 10000
pounds. 1t Is intended for use with
47-inch gun and 6-inch hOWitZer nate
rial. A load of $4,000 pounds is the
maximum for the lotion artillery
tractor, which will make about AZ
miles an hour on high speed
The 15-ton artillery tractor and the
12OhOrSepOwer artillery tractor will
be supplied in limited numbers. They
are of the track-laying type similar to
those used by the French and British
governments and are for heavy loads
which Nre not Subdivided for transport
tatiOn.
Other standard motor equipment
consists of the reel and tire-COntrOl
truck with a fOur-wheel drive truck
chassis and rear wheels replaced by
caterpillar trucks; reconnaissance car,
q 1-ton truck capable of speed OF
| from 80 TO 10 miles an hour; the light
repair truck, weighing about 2,400
pounds; the 11a-ton trailer for anti
aircraft guns; the 3-inch field gun
trailer, which is utilized for hauling
ammunition as well as the 3-inch gun
material.
Tanks and other armOred land We
| ialn nd
maintained by the ordnance bureau.
There has been a constant effort to
keep the variety Of vehicles and parts
10 minimum. Only one size of tire
Is used on all the heavier trucks and
trailerS, this size also being used on
similar vehicles by the quartermaster
corps, signal corps and engineers.
The same magnetic is used on all types
of ordnance vehicles. All types of
ordnance truck bodies are inter-
changeable on all truck chassis issued
TO the artillery.
SO urgent is the governments need
! for bO0kkeeperS that civil service en-
aminatons to fiji positions of this
character will be held throughout the
United States each Tuesday until fur
Their notice. Women as we'll as men
are eligible.
Two classes of examinations are an
nounced. A grammar school educa-
ton or it's equivalent is required of
applicants for each class. with the
further stipulation that those who
wish to take the bOOkkeeper-type-
writer examination must have had at
least six months experience in book
keeping, and those who would under
take the observation-disclosures eXamina-
ton, one years experience in clerical
work, six months of which must have
been in bookkeeping. The Vacancies
TO he filed from the register. obtained
from these examinations are in the de-
partmental service at Washington and
offer entrance salaries of $1,000 a
year.
These examinations are open not
only to all citizens of the United
States but also to subjects of allied
nations who are otherwise qualified
for the positions offered.
There is being prepared in the adj
jutant generals office a new "pay
card which will be kept by the per-
sonnet officer and will show the pay
status of the man at all times. Should
q man be transferred or detached
from his company he will carry his
card with him. This is expected to
eliminate the many causes for de-
layed payments of men so transferred,
and to do away with many of the an
noyances that have heretofore existed.
/. During the first year Of war the
army paid $60.000,000 for. horse-dravn
vehicles and harness; more than $780,
100000 for horses, mules and harness.
Expenditures for the fiscal year end
| ing June 80, 1919, for fuel and forage
are estimated at more than S500000,-
600.
A standard system Of inspection by
which federal food administrators
may keep check On commercial bals-
ers is being worked out by the de-
Ipartment' Of agricaltureraadr the food
administration.