Arizona republican., 1919-09-28
AMERICAN TRUCK AND AMBULANCE
 DRIVERS EXCEL

1t has been said that the American ambulance and truck transport drivers were the most efficient of any of the armies that took an ac.lve part in the war" says c. A. Reuben oF the Reuben Auto company. local Kissel distributor.
 Quick thinking. quick acting and cool head at all times were the natural results of owning and driving either an automobile or motor truck. The American people as a nation use more automotve units in both their indus trial and social activities than any other nalion on earth. America has be- come motorized. There is one automo- pile for every IS persons in the United States. The nearest any other coun. try comes to this is that of Great Bri- tain with one automobile to every 225 ieopie. This familiarity is responsible '0r what has been termed Yankee pep and American snap judgment
 Driving an automobile has become second nature to over G.0UC, ,000 owners in ths country and of that number ovec half are acquainted with the intrica- cies of the mechanical construction of automobiles. This ability creates con- iidence-makes one unconsciously self reliant. If you don't believe it, stop on some Of the busy corners at the noon hour and watch the cars wind in and out of the traffic, almost rubbing lenders with each other, and where the variation of a couple of inches to either the right or the left might mean serious accident
 Tt is due 10 the ingenuity of the American motor car manufacturer that shis product today represents as near lOO per cent mechanical efficiency and perfection as engineering skill can make 1t.
 This influence Of the automobile is naturally felt in whatever other activi- ties owners or drivers engage in. For instance, it is related that during the drive on Paris that saved that won- derful city from the hands of the Ger mans, long stream of motor trans ports which had been blowing through the dark night il an amending stream. suddenly came to halt On investiga- ton 1t was found that the truck at the head of the line could not pass through an unusually narrow passage between inc camouflage partitions on either side of the road without danger of touching one of the sides. To make the passage NAAAACull lUtTe were reversed turns in the passage. One of the am bulance drivers walked on ahead to in- vestigate, came back and stated that he could drive q truck through, which he did by the simple means of see saving back and forth along the same lines he used to employ when getting his car away from parking spaces il New York City. It was merely a mat ter of the other drivers watching how the first one did it and following hi. example. On investigation it was learned that this particular driver for merly ran a taxi service in New Yorl City where tight places in traffii zones were common occurrence.
 "The railroad situation today ha. created a transportation condition practically made to order for the hun. dreds and thousands of doughboys re. turning from France, who after many months of experience in handling moto transports are desirous of continuing this line of work at home.
 ''The needs for a peace time ant industrial motor transport corps i greater than ever now that the wa