Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-09
NO LIGHTS PERMITTED
DURING NIGHT OPERATION

At each side 0. each road there arc
isxIo-!nch beams. laid end 10 end for
the many miles from base 10 front.
These serve as nigh: guides for truck
are permitted. Even tail lights arc
taboo. because likelihood OF breakage
Of the red glass discs s great. Night
driving, therefore. is done in abs dilute
darkness, the drivers keeping TO the
right OF The road and guided BY the
bump bump bump OF the heavy wheels
against the thick beams.
The center of the road is always
Kept open for dispatch and officers
cars. And because there is often room
for only one passenger car on the
crown OF the road, the trucks. heing
slower. must keep 10 extreme right
and left OF the highways. After each
tenth truck there is ram" or NOV
ing island for one automobile to turn
in so that 4Hothea. from the opposite
direction may PASS. The tenth truck
has large white circle painted on
Its side. which may readily be dis
cerned on the darkencd nights. This
indicates the presence Of the ram" for
the officers car 10 turn in while the
approaching car passes.
CIGARETTES ARE ONLY
ILLUMINATION PERMITTED
TO the naturat question as To how
drivers can see on pitch black nights,
cigarette is the answer. a pin poiu,
OF red FIRE, readily seen At fifty yards.
is, yet obscure from enemy airplane
eyes These are the only lights.
in plateau country trucks and cars
seldom get closer than $500 10 1000
yards back OF the trenches. In hilly
or mounta4 country they are driven
UP almost as close as the third line
There is practically no marching o.
troops Motor trucks carry them Ia
and from the trenches. THIS eliminates
Eiuch WEAKNESS for the men and much
delay in transportation.
Group zones. IN which two or three
kinds OF trucks are used 10 tho exclu.
sion OF other makes, are recent de-
relopmen,. This permits mechanics 10
specialize and allows Tor interchangins
OF parts that would not be possible
were dozen kinds OF trucks used in
the same section OF country
SPEEDING DESPATCH
CAR Is SELDOM SEEN
Striciest orders prevail as regards
the conservation OF fuel. Whenever
trucks or cars are halted for more than
minute or two the engine is cut on
heavy punishment 70 the offender.
1t may be nice thing for artists
to paint and authors TO write about
but the speeding dispatch car is rare
seldom. eVea on those roads not lader
with miles and miles OF trucks &
o..
the point OF distribution Il, the frn,I
the speed limit IS twenty miles a,
hour.
Repair shops and service station,
are divided into three classes Bas,
repair shops are complete in every nee,
OF motor car and truck service Here
chassis is completely Rebuilt. itneces
sary.
Huge machinery characterizes ,hes.
plants. Moving them to other place,
takes from two 10 three weeks. anc
they are naturally co-rcspondinrr
safe distance from the front.
The second type OF repair shon /
senimohilc. II. too. is comparativen
safe in its distance from the trenchnt
IT requires two or three days 10 NOV
1t and contains equipment ana faciIi
ties Tor the handling Of adjus,mcn
and repair work which would reouir
weeks work.
The hrst-llne repair shop Is thor
oughiy mobile. being mounted en,.rel
on trucks and ready 10 move to An
designated point within an hour 4
most. On these trucks are tire y,,l
canlzcrs. bTazers. lathcs. emery An
other grinders and other machiner
necessary in rapid overhaullnp an
adjustment