Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-17

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III e.tcasas. 6sad hospltaaA senesr.'
SQ0Dooger. cafD and TRUCKING veMcass
y svsTy Inscription.
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~ ~ 1eganning o9 last year theee
VuD Ssuss&nfng uks lle.eee motor
tsusles In the war sons. We shail
Aa~s moro than that aumbsr tor our
ewa eresps there by the beginning
- 1919. The drst intention was TO.
pse 100000 trucks Of various types
tor 100000 men. We have already
alasst s,veo.ooo. and our Army will
have ssevsral times the number Of
trucks per division OF that Of any
other IN the fleid. At the beginning
3f the year France had something
Nlks one truck for every atty mon.
We shall have one or moro for every
TSS british say at least 10000 trucks
Qce needed for an army Of 100000.
svs tire. e cur on: e: T a.ia
~ thell probably require something
Hike 100000 trucks. That time Will
0Artment wants 100000 trucks de:
livsrsd BY THE 1T Of January, and ana
SSVtU uVW VA VIC 0A1aI W. DOAAWAtt0 sAASAAs
4eross by the thousRnds. Even at
too.ooo the cost 10 enormous. A single
3ruck with Its repair parts costa IN
the nsighborhood Of $4,000 ana that
hundred-thousand order alone Wall
have . value close sot4oo.ooo; ooo; T ne
Industry In 1917 was worth less than
$37e, o00. 900. From that you can get
tome idea OF the speeding up now 60
eAS on In war truck production:
IN sccomp,i.h;ng thi, s,, sssu,t u nsaS
ra nAi 10 "i hss oi h.s Il. Wheels Of
every machine engaged in the making
- motor cars for the war with the
gray matter Of our. ablese inventors
6AA most experienced manufacturers,
4al the result 10 we are turning out
ryeks faster and better than any
ether country on earth. Our first work
6iong this line was standard Sing the
Army gasoline vehicles. Before the
Nhr We had sixty-hvo different types
u truchs used BY the Army. and We
jiaeh Of these types had it, own repair
parts. and those used for one could mot
b used for the others. The same con-
1ition prevailed in the other countries
~ war. Tia Germans had simpltned
their vehicles to q certain extent. bat.
those Of the allies were composed OF
Snacl1ines Of many different kinds: One
Army, Tor instance, had four standards
81 pnsumatic tires ana no end Of
oiseS. 1ts tires situation was 30 IN.
Volved that II took seven times a.
fssy tires - II the trucks Ia.t had ss,s
u 10 much the same in that army to-
day. Similar conditions prevailed as
10 other parts OF the machines ana
tho whole necessitated . vast quantity
If repair parts of one kind or another
Ths British army still requires $4,000
kAs>A o. v>o PnN onrtain Of ft0 trucks
dad those Of other armies need moro.
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Very different are the war trucks
~ are now shipping to France. They
have been made after the standardized
model which we call the liberty truck.
This truck has only one-fourth as
many repair parts a. the British. and
everything connected with It 10 inter-
changeabls. so that tho parts Of any
truck Of one type win At into those
81 another. In bringing about this
Standardiss the American Army truck,
eliminating all waste motion and
waste parts and making az far a.
possible . fool-proof motor vehicle.
Which has all the strength and none
q the weaknessss OF the other I trucks Ky
~ bringing together nfty Of our
ablest transport engineers and truck
experts to design a new truck for the
Army. They had everything to choose
from. The captains OF the motor
truck industry gave up their trade
secrets. waived their patent rights
and supplied new ideas. The crank
shaft OF one company was used, the
piston Of another and tho oilins sys-
tom Of third. Tho work was largely
one Of elimination. and at the end OF q
months study the plans were brought
liberty truck Of today.
AT the Same time the machinery for
making these trucks was designed
and the new tools. dies and othos ma
chimes were rapidly brought into
being. Within thirty days after the
designs were made the flrst truck
kas completed. and then an order was
tfvon for 10000 cars. That order was