Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-19
N,nonal Motor Company Engineer
One of First Volunteers Tor
Motorizing.
GOOD WORK OF VIM. WALL
uc,pcd Provide Most Astounding
Equipment for Army In
World War.
$3.50 TRUCKS NOW IN USE
Ton Thousand Heavy Duty Trucks
of Standardized Design NO"
Being Built.

u-ben peace Is restored to the
.uhatt,ed nations of the world ana
reutonlc frightfulness is only nor
rtb,e memory, the American auto
mobile and allied industries can
,ook back upon the role played III
,,o reddest and most stupendous oi
wars dramas with much paroo"a"I'
pride.
Past accomplishment forecast
-,,,oo,ior of such a prediction
In the last thirteen mohtns'
neriod largely devoted ~ a' ~
rrenaration and the mooil'%a''IU. I.,Ia
men material and resources III
Gam has had the united anu -, -
,b,e cooperation of the pu''
r,o,or cars and the makers W 80
mobile equipment. NOT on.y Cd
,hev worked in their aecustf to Tor
fields 10 make the worlu o, sa NJ
democracy, but they haFH roer-
their skill and experience ',S Se airg
lea might be supreme III wv 49,.
In this year and a 'montn,
.|.,oan u army has been motor 10
n,iI,a and horse, faithful put w
.o Mu as agents of military ua
have been replaced oy s"'0
line. r army
.,rpa motorization of our 49,
80 the most marvellous "a
tire achievements of the pas S,cuson,
,ns" Ln, said George NJ. Dleh2o,i. So :,
n.H,'ti's n'don, Of the National Motor "a Sn'
tppahiole corporation of lndlahapo''9'
"a comnarison of conditions :, :"
an and now is eloquent ploo-
70 The truth OF such statement.
ar. os i,st year ago that WI.
liam Guy Wall, our NIep Na from
and chief engineer resiene ooont a
the National company 10 finance
majors commission IN ti.e ~ the
department and take CHa. a.s,ors,hIe
, ~ design. purchase and man, :,
~ the armored cars anu
eds mat will support Genera =
shing,s infantry in their drNes
G.rman trenches. He was the ~ @
or the many automobile englheeFs
TO volunteer for military service
AT that time. there we're only
two army officers in the ordnance
department that were speciahzins
IN motor TRANSPORT. They cannot
boast OF the same exclusiveness TO-
day. Hundreds of men have been
assigned to this same work. a
building of fifty or more offices Is
required to house the OFFICERS IN
this department who are now de-
tailed at Washington.
Motor Equipment for Army.
'.Uncle Sam provided motor
equipment for his army that Will
astound the military world, He is
about to invest S54,OOO.OOO in
31,345 vehicles for use at the thirty
three divisional camps. These in
clude passenger cars for Officers
Highland heavy trucks. special ma
chiries and motorcycles.
"The motor equipment Of a divi-
sion costs about $500, 900, each
division having four closed cars,
three seven passenger cars, twenty
nine five passenger cars. ten road
sters, ten light trucks. 343 three-ton
trucks and 112 motorcycles.
I'm the past year, $3.50 trucks,
$500 passenger cars and 6,l26 mo-
torcycles were purchased for the
Immediate needs of the quartermas-
ter's department and to supplement
the equipment already on hand con-
sisting Of 5000 motor trucks. $50
passenger cars and $40 motorcycles
that wore acduired for the Mexican
expedition and border patrol
Ten thousand heavy duty truckq
Of standardized design ore now IN
course OF production They will ho
rsed for hauling amrou1itidn and
supplies. Tho urgent deficiency an
propriation bill also calls for the
purchase ot 13261 motor vehicles
for the artillery and I 1.122 roadsters
trucks and tank wagons for the
truck companies.
For maintaining this equinmcnt,
16o garages and shelters aIra adv
have been built. Three million dol
lars has been anproprip ted for heat
ing these buildings. Repair shops
costing s5.700.00o ere to he con
Etructed. Each Of them will cover
your acres NJ rround and require the
Fervices Of 200 mechanics Orders
have ben placnd for snau n1china
shops mounted on truck chassis
each omrlovinp twelve skilled or'
s7rs m render fret aid 10 disc hid
vehicles. make rNjror renl1cem ents
and s7lvare wrecked ca-s.
AT the outbreak of the wa.
french taHicahs and motor buses
saVed Paris. Thousands OF Amer
Ican motor cars and trucks also viii
rove4eapal to the Homeric task OF
halting tns Hun"