The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-08-30
ARMY MOTOR TRAIN
PASSES THROUGH EUREKA
Meets With Cordial Reception
Upon Arrival, But Misses a
Good Time Monday Eve

review before Secretary of War New
ton d. Baker, on Pennsylvania ave.
nue. in Washington, d. c.. July q,
the day of its start across the CONT
nent. The one exception is a small
truck which was literally blasted
over a 300-foot cliff in the Allegheny
mountains.
The train travels in three sections.
The first is composed of Co. E, 9Th
Engineers. and Co. E. 413th Motor
Transport train. The second section
is made of Co. F. 413th Motor Trans
port Train and a medical detachment.
The third is the Service Parks Unit.
sos. The rolling kitchens leave camp
each morning as a separate unit and
catch up with the train in time to
serve noon lunch to the men.
No car is allowed to fall behind the
Service Parks Unit. This is the re-
pair outfit and lays at the rear of the
convoy so that when a car has me-
chanical trouble it can drop out of
line and as soon as the Service Parks
mechanics arrive they warm over
the wounded truck like ants and
have it rolling at the earliest possible
minute.
The camp life of the convoy is in
teresting. At AIS each morning
they hold reveille and at $50 r on
the road. No matter what time
they reach town at night each driver
and relief driver clean up their
trucks. Incidentally n seldom
hears a motor transport man refer
to his machine as a truck. It's al
ways "a heap" Also the men are
dirty fuckers" After the cars r
cleaned up the men are given passes
until IL o'clock at night then taps is
sounded and a detail of military po-
lice see that every man is out of town
and back in camp.
The trip from Salt Lake City to
Eureka was a difficult n for NE
and machines alike. The first trouble
was experienced when the train start
| ed across the Seiberling Cutoff. over
| the Salt Lake bottom. Here soft
| going almost stopped the train. 1t
made two miles in ten hours that day
| and the entire caravan lost a day and
stopped at Black Point to coordinate
| the train and consolidate the mess.
| The next days journey was better,
the convoy reaching Anderson'sra
for nightcontrol. From there it moved
| to Ely. travelling Sunday to make up
| the day lost on the Salt Lake bottom.
From Ely to Eureka was also hard
| rolling on account of the steep grades
and alkali flats. 1t was necessary to
stop the train at Pinto. seven miles
| short of the city, to prevent accidents
in driving through the canyon at
night.
Before leaving at the head OF his
column Tuesday morning, Lieut-Col.
| C. W. Mcclure, expeditionary COM
mander. asked the SENTINEL to thank
| the ladies and other residents of Eu-
reka for the most hearty reception
accorded himself and men. He said:
please assure the people of Eu-
reka that both the men and officers
appreciate the spirit in which the
city received US. We were a dirty
looking lot Of soldiers but we were
on the last end Of a decidedly hard
journey. We like the western peo-
pie. They have shown toward us a
spirit of welcome and friendliness
which we will never forget. The en-
tire personnel of the convoy will look
back on Eureka as a community of
friends"
Although three days late the CON-
handing officers do not anticipate
losing more time. and expect to reach
San Francisco three days behind the
schedule. or September 9Th. At Salt
, Lake City Lieut-Col. Mcclure was in
formed by the War Department that
this is the longest trip ever accom-
plished by any motor train. the pre-
vious record being only 900 miles, or
less than one-third the mileage of