The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-09-03
AMERICAN PoRT. WESTERN

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There are oil kinds Of armies these
war days. and today we saw IN army
Of automobiles drawn UP In brigades
and regiments, every conceivable
kind OF motor vehicle for carrying
on the many war activities. These
were ammunition cars, tank cars for
carrying gseoline. steel trucks by the
hundred. ambulance cars for the
wounded. signal service cars with
complete wireless outfits and all the
equipment for field signalling. reiog-
nixance cars on which Is men make
Q recognisanee into the enemy coun-
I try. battalion after battalion Of tour
ing cars for headquarters and other
branches Of the service. and motor
cycles for the dispatch bearers. II
was like q half dozen big automobile
sxpositions rolled into one. and all
devoted to the one business Of car
rying on the war.
The c0mmandant led the way thru
III WII0Ou ovOuUo VI tuo uuBo psesss,
atfd turned into Roosevelt avenue.
On one side was stretched away
half mile square Of motor vehicles
In such . vast array - to be fairly
bewiidsring. but all lined up In reg
uIar formation like soldiers ready to
move forward to the front. On the
other side stretched away acre after
acre Of buildings for the innumsrabis
branches Of this work. and between
them on the open spaces armies Of
soldiers IN ovsrails setting up all
kinds Of motor cars. Everywhere
we're stacked the masses Of known.
down" parts Just arrived from the
Unitsd States; mountains Of wheels
and sides. motors. batteries. rsdis-
tors and block aftor block Of huge
crates containing the BIG chassis for
the many typss Of war cars.
i A. the commandant passed along
he summed up the magnitude Of the
work. Sixty-two complete trucks and
cars have been turned out In one day.
Thes 10 the record st the start. with
q monthly output Of 1900 cars snd
500 motorcycles. and . much greater
production when the organisation
! gets under way. In theory. these
are all standard parts which need
only to b fitted together. an easy
task. apparently. - most Of the pre-
,iiminary construction 10 done In the
H factories In America. But In fact.
20 say those who do the work. these
parts do not 1T: they have to BE-
shaped and fitted after arrival. Then
there are many factories sending
many kinds Of parts. Some factor
lee send complete equipment. such ~
bolts and heavy wooden silis for the
|tYucks. But other factories do not
send the bolts and sills.
There 10 no time to walt for these
missing parts. for war b going ON
and cars are being mobilised like
men. What 10 not here must be made
and from this has grown . huge In.
idustry Of government war production.
with big workshops and machinery
tor making bolts and sills and all
the various parts. and for testing and
making dynamos and generators. and
even for constructing the trim bodies
and frames and thus turning out
practically an entire car.
A long line Of ovens was passed
In which we saw some OF the deli
cate parts Of the mechanism being
baked and dried to cure them from
1.-The dampnsss Of the sea journey. The
ssa cir plays many tricks on these
parts. We saw the field windings OF
generator covered with sea rust and
green mould. All Of these have to
bs baked and made over. Fiber 10
considered In America - one OF the
best non.conduetors for automobile
construction. Dat on the ssa Journey
this fiber swells and becomes al.
most useless. Radiators also suffer
much on board ship.
In the workshops long lines Of
Allied machinery indicated how the
war was bringing the nations togeth-
Or In Industrial production. Each
lathe and mechanical tool bore this
Allied mark. with the flags Of the
Allied nations eatwined. and the
marks Of Paris. Turin. Pstrograd and
the csnters OF great world production.
But below the caating showed the Al.
lied machinery came from Wayuss.
boro. Pa. Cincinnati and the other
csnters Of American production.
Over section four OF the big shops
waved large American flag.
"That represents something more
than patriotism" said the command
ant. "Ths section that makes the
biggest output has the honor OF