El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

forth. which are embodied In the Liberty
truck OF today.
First 10000 Ordered
At the same time the machinery for
making these trucks was designed and
the new tools. dies and other machines
were rapidly brought into being Within
40 days after the designs were made the
first truck was completed. and then an
order was given FOR 10000 cars. That
order was distributed among IS different
plants. and the business OF these plants
has been 20 standardized hat the gov
eminent can now have its army trucks
made b. the tens Of thousands Il Is
estimated that we shall be able 20
supply not only our cwn troops. but some
OF those OF cur allies as well
Tho Liberty truck IL tho most efficient
OF all trucks for the purpose. i is made
from thrce-fourths Of ton 70 five tons
Without the body the largest truck
weighs almost four tons. The three-ton
and five-ton trucks viii each make from
Il TO - miles an hour and each has a
capacity Of more than 50 horsepower The
fuel is gasoline, fed By gravity from :
Is gallon tank on the dashboard. with
IS gallon reserve tank under the seat
A ons-ton truck that Is likely 70 have
a large part in our army work Is being
Demands Of cantonmenfs.
In addition 70 the demands from
abroad are the Increasing demands for
motor trucks in the various war activi-
ties at home You have all read OF the
war began We have created % military
cities and 16 OF these went Up Ike Aiad-
din's paiace-almost in q night Some OF
them covered as much as 100 or more
military buildings OF every description
They were made IN accordance with mod
ern sanitation. and each had its houses
for the officers and men. its hospitals.
Its drill and parade grounds. its machine
and repair shops Of various kinds. as well
as sewers. lighting facilities and arrange
ments Tor water supplies
some OF the environments such a. Camp
Dodge. were devoted 10 the training OF
cavalry. and connected with them were
remount stations. with Thousands Of
horses Camp Dodge, situated near Des
Molnes. was a cornfleid when the secre-
tary OF war picked It out as the site
for a camp. He sent forth his orders.
and the caravans OF war trucks went 70
work In a short time five miles OF
wooden buildings and ten miles OF streets
were created A concrete reservoir with
a capacity OF $4,000, 600 gallors. was built.
p miles OF sewers were dug Among the
buildings were a bakery. a laundry. a hos
pital. a steam heating plant and an cleo
tric plant. and Accommodations were made
for something Ike 10000 horses All OF
the transportation OF the camp vas done
BY motor trucks. and that 70 even hauling
IN the food for the horses and taking
away such horses as died
Have Great Tonnage
The motor truck IS doing an enor-
nous work IN hauling the material for
all kinds OF war industries and in carry
ing the finished products from the far
tories TO the seaboards Fleets cf trucks
are in the service all along the Atlantic
coast. and caravans OF them have been
moving back and forth over the Appa-
iachian mountains The loads carried are
OF every description Some have rubber
tires. gas masks made OF rubber aud other
such things from Akron on the way TO The
east Others carry munitions and nu-
tition making machinery. and some have
Pierre acid and other explosives. which
are 50 deadly that the railroads fear 70
transport them on account Of the danger.
Motor Truck Express"
The need for speedy transportation. IN
dependent o. the railroads. has been -
great that motor truck routes have been
established from many 81 the interior
as the Akron and Boston express. which
has been taking rubber goods from Akron
20 Boston It's trucks nave Il inch tires
and they run on express schedule They
leave Akron daily al oclock IN the
morning. get 70 PittsturE about IN The
evening. and at noon the third day are
at Philadelphia They reach New York
BY 10 o'clock that evening. and are due
in Boston "a hours later Two men 90
with each truck and cne drives while the
other sleeps. Teieerams are sent from
time % time as TO whers the trucks are
con the road
This service started with -four tricks
carrying tires 20 the east and bringing
back cotton fabrics and other materials
number and branches running off TO Wash
ington. Philadelphia and elsewhere were
added The distance from Akron to Bos-
ton and back was 1910 miles and this
was covered within less than seven days
In December. 1916. the first train Of
army trucks left Detroit for the At
lantic seahoard- Il consisted Of 80 trucks.
and Il made its delivery on schedule time
Two years later 1e.ee1 Liberty trucks
made the trip from Cleveland and De-
troit to the ocean II delivered by rail-
road those trucks would have required
IS. 900 freight cars
Philadelphia-NegT York Express.
There + a motor express frarn Phil
adeiphin 10 New York which has a num-
Der OF five ton trucks. one % which has
a refrigerator system that enables Il 70
take perishable goods in the hottest o.
weather The distance Travelled Is about
100 miles. and Il Is made In 10 hours
The trucks start from Philadeiphia at
night and reach New York early next
morning They carry all kinds OF goods
A record shipment comprised 20 tons %
ammunition that had 10 meet the sailing
date OF one OF the steamers. and an
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