The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-10-09
One Hundred Big Cars With Equipment for
Soldiers in Battle of Chateau Thierry Ran for
Sixty Hours and Kept Up With Advancing
Troops.
by r

geant willie.
but We can only send twenty
i've trucks y said Captain Nrs.
ley. ~ Just got word. The H0Chc
are shcllng blue pcrdItion out OF the
told S up there, and they VIII only
taN" q chance with twenty fave trucks
at t time.
$50 the men 81 supply train 40 tui
7 called each other fighting names Tor
I ID while on. yes. they an volunteered.
They had only worked sixty hours
without Steep, aud the ueNt trim
only meant t~wcuty-four hours more,
also without sleep. ON roads that were
being shollcd. So they wanted a. flrht
Tor the privilege OF going captain
Wesley aud Sergeant Willie had 10 use
their Authority.
when Suspicious Mere Nrou~cd.
Here enters tht uutCast chauffeur.
Back In the rest area. where sup
+ ply train No. lU5 uuly got shellcd once
in 1 while, the soft job was a. run
the shop truck. Men hunted soft
Jobs shaWeicssly then Tho man az
the shop truck "iaid I'M comfortably
yN'ry night 90 e bed iiEEcd iu the
rear ui the truck among the Tools
"a ltthes aud Vises. All he Ind 60
du was work all day Even that was
not oyer hard Tor him, because I sus.
Bpyt-=
aNANN NNNt WIS Im IlfIF MtlN IflfINls
ilut 10 isn't In nature that e man
can take hundred big chliu-driVe
trucks and Keep th,m all running like
Captain Wesley lus over roads that
luuk liz outuu maps of the Little
Missouri VALLEY. and 'u tho midst OF
war. Even ~. q would NOT believe
W when Captain Wesley exported
,Nli supply train t01. alone among
'he supply trains tn France. had cy-
'iy car 90 began lie with. 49, . SIM
ply refused 90 believe 70 checked up
Captain Wesley and went away Won
uoriug.
~ @ is ton busy tp waste time in
conjecture. Hut ] suspect. 10 being u
ltrt ui ny business iu lie 20 suspect.
that the chauffeur Of any otncr supply
train who happcus TO break down ON
'r. road near supply train lUi had
best stick to his ear. That Is mer"
suspicion, you understand But ~
certainly b. "a fact that Captain Wcs-
Irt never seems Go lack spare parts.
mo- matter what happens. Tie said
something KIND of co"uflru51tory OF
this stsspicion the other day. too.
% used to run an auto repair shop
loo u little town iu Wisconsin said hc
So Il was tho snap sob of the outfit
tu run the shop truck The price OF
tuc job tluctuated more or less. ac-
tutdiuE Ia conditions. aut 10 was al
ways strongly held. as wall street .
would say. OF course. n the shop
truck man struck au unusual mum
hcr OF thrces of a Kind when some
body managed To make flashes the
price might go down. Once the shop
truch driver got q Roche pistol as
boot when he ywlppcd Jobs. aud an
other got q ~ilyCf watch aud another I
got eight dollars.
Same old job, here IN Chateau
IhirrrN same IBID snap. Nothiug 90
hut tinker around the car % little
ANA help the mechanic in his repairs
and WutCh for rain. An the other !
drivers take their turns driving up
those dcloctahio roads toward the
front whore the shells fan every little
while Two or three of the trucks hav,
already been hit, hut not hard enough
go that captain Wrsloy's patented
system viii uot save them, Thr other
drivers do not meet with any graft
Whom they get up to the front. Z
cithor ON the other hand. they get
the -uurost of sour words.
tie Hate His Job Now.
WHY didn't YOU get here yestor-
dHN they are asked " wish to
Cruosus this mans army would g.'
somebody that knows how To- drive 30
truck
That looks lkc % fine Job. back iu
thItpau IutsrrN doesn't 10 Nuthlus
go du but loa around IA, shop tee
AMI pat boz a little gas now ~ then
and maybe hit something w.'h q ham.
u,T ifu the driver of the shop
truck who gave s. fDr the Job back
,u 20 quiet and lovely sectors tn
uut'lSt. lie rlowcI~ at pDopl, amt
tu the shadow uf his trurk with
hi- mess tin Go eat. precisely i~ t
utly dog crawls backward into his