Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-15
WAR RECORD OF
NASH AN HONOR
Company Made Trucks For
Army; President in Charge
of Aircraft

The war taught the American peo-
pie many things they did not know
about themselves. 1t taught them
how much they loved their country
way down inside. 1t taught them
how much they could do and how
readily they could get along with
out some of the things they con-
sidered necessities when their flag
was in danger.
American business may welf be
proud of the part it played in win
ming the war and among the indus
tries at the very top of the list of
those which helped is the automo-
bile business. Unquestionably all
manufacturers of motor cars did
their best--as did every other man
ufacturer with hardly an exception.
I The part played by the Nash Motors
Company, of Kenosha, added no
small quota to the stupendous
amount of war work done by this
third largest industry in America.
The huge Nash plant at Kenosha
turned out many trucks during the
period of the war for military pur-
poses, not to mention the Nash pas
senger cars supplied the navy and
Marire Corps.
In fact, long before the United
States entered the war the Nash
Quads were carrying on up and
down the western front in use by
the different armies of the Allies.
In all kinds of weather, over the
poorest of muddy roads. across
tra ckless miles of shell-torn fields,
loaded with everything from SOL
| dicrs and Chow" to heavy NUM-
| tions, or pulling behind them huge
guns, these Quads were doing their
part.
Finally, when Uncle Sam lost his
| patience, rolled up his sleeves and
waded III, the Nash Quad waded in
with him. Immediately the entire
! plant was placed at the disposal of
| the War Department-more than
| 100 acres, over 1000 trained motor
car builders, the engineering staff,
the entire force was at the serv-
| ice, in whole or in part, of the gov
| ernment to use as it saw fit.
Huge cor tracts were placed with
| the Nash Motors Company by the
| government and the Nash Motors
Company made good on each con-
| tract. deliI ering Quads on the sched-
ule time called for by the govern
| mcnt.
Nash Quads riade good wherever
| they were put under most difficult
| conditions. So much so in fact that
no less than three other plants were
| engaged to buIid them.
Next, and most important, c. w.
| Nash, president of the Nash Motors
! Company, one of the leaders in
| quantity production in the United
| States, at the urgent request of the
| government, closed his desk in Ke-
nosha at the time of the reorganiza-
| tior of the aircraft board, and took
| charge of engineering and produc-
ton of aircraft from them until the
! signing OF the armistice on Novem-
Der IL.
Although the armistice prevented
an actual demonstration of the win
ming of the struggle in the air. it re-
| mains a fact, nevertheless, that the
| airplane force of America would
have smothered the German armies
| had the war continued.
When it comes to employees ac-
| tually in the military service of the
| country, Nash Motors again ranks
| high. Five hundred and siXty-two
| men from the factory at Kenosha
! were in the various military forces
during the war. OF these eight were
commissioned officers and 554 were
| enlisted men.
In short, the lart the Nash or
| ganization played in the work of
winning the war added much to the
success of our victorious armies. al
| though it is merely an example of
! the way the entire automobile indus
| try, when the call came, dropped
| imm ediately all peace time plans
and strained every effort to help the
! cause.
proud as we are of the help our
| organization was able to give to the
government" says Mr.. Nash, "I wish
to emphasize the fact that only by
| the conscientious and able efforts of
the loyal workmen in our factory
could we have succeeded in making
good in the work we were called
upon to do. To these belongs the
greater credit, and we are proud
est of all of the boys from our plant
who Joined the colors."