The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-04-12
Weekly War News Digest.
Ordnance Department Provides Stand
ard Cars for Field Use.

Ordnance Department Provides Stand
ard Cars for Field Use.
Among the standard motor vehicles
being provided by the Ordnance De-
partment are the following:
The ammunition truck, which has
steel body designed to accommodate
packing boxes Of any type of ammuni-
ton mounted on, four-whecl drive
truck chassis. The equipment repair
truck, making use of the same type of
chassis, has bins and drawers for
spare parts and material for repair
ing personnel equipment, etc.
The artillery repair truck has a
four-wheel drive chassis and small
machine-shop body with equipment
consisting Of lathe, drill press, bench
grinder, electric drill, welding outfit,
air riveting hammer, milling attach
ment, blacksmith outfit, and other
tools. Electric power is supplied by
gasoline-driven generator.
The 2 1-3-ton artillery tractor
weighs about 5000 pounds and is Ca
pable of making IL miles an hour un-
der favorable road conditions. The
5-ton artillery tractor, weighing. g.
900 pounds and capable of speed of
six miles an hour, will handle load
of 10000 pounds. 1t is intended for
use with 4.7-inch gun and 6-inch how
itzer material. A load of $4,000
pounds is the maximum for the lotion
artillery tractor, which will make
about IL miles an hour on high
speed.
The 15-ton artillery tractor and the
| 120-horse power artillery tractor will
be supplied in limited numbers. They
are Of the track-laying type, similar
to those used by the French and Brit
ish Governments and are for heavy
loads which are not subdivided for
transportation.
Other standard motor equipment
consists of the reel and fire-control
truck with a four-wheel drive truck
chassis and rear wheels replaced by
caterpillar tracks; reconnaissance car,
a 1-ton truck capable of speed OF
from 80 to 40 miles an hour; light
repair truck, weighing about 2,40C
pounds; and a IL ton trailer for
anti-aircraft guns; the 3-inch field
gun trailer, which is utilized for haul
| ing ammunition as well as the 3-inch
gun material.
| Tanks and other armored land We
hicles are designed, procured and
maintained by the Ordnance Depart,
ment.
There has been constant effort to
keep the variety Of vehicles and parts
to minimum. Only one size of tire
is used on all the heavier trucks and
trailers, this size also being used or
similar vehicles by the Quartermas'
ter's Corps, Signal Corps, and Engi,
neers. The same magnetic is used or
all types of ordnance vehicles. All
types Of ordnance truck bodies are in
Interchangeable on all truck chassis is
sued to the artillery.
1 Course Prepared to Train Men for
4 Technical Employment.
| A war emergency course to trair
selected men for machine shop occu.
pations, blacksmithing, sheet-meta
working, and pipe fitting has beer
prepared by the Federal Board fol-
| Vocational Education and will be dis
tributed to the schools throughout the
country. It is known as Bulletin No
I8.
i The board is acting with the War
Department in preparing these cours-
es of study and in dealing with the
State authorities in charge Of the
| school work.
Australian Farmers May Put Cattle
i on Wheat Land.
! Recently there has been considera,
u bl discussion through the press and al
public meetings in Australia concern.
4 ing the adyisability Of producing more
4 beef cattle and sowing less acreage te
i wheat, according to q report to ths
4 Department Of Commerce.
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