The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-17

was informed by the War Depart
ment that neither their truck or the
truck mentioned in the advertise
men was entitled to the glory, but
SS99oWed up just that particular time,
The latter manufacturer advised us
81 these facts. and we wrote the
War Department. and the attached
correspondence speaks for itself,
Ford Motor Company,
Headquarters u S. Marine CORPS.
washington, February IS, 1919.
MI: c, "A. Brownell
manager of Advertising
FORD Motor Company,
Detroit, Mich.
- Receipt Is acknowledged of your
! letter of the q tn inst, and in reply
sthe Major General Commandant di-
rects NE to inform you that the
truck mentioned in your letter was
"a a'ord truck.
There are enclosed for your in
FORMATION an extract from a letter
NJ. C., adjutant Of the 9Th Regiment
OF Marines, A.. E. F., and copy of
poem cby Wallace Irwin entitled
'Elizabeth Ford
Very respectfully.
]. ID. Brady.
1st Lieutenant, a. A & l. NJ. c. R.
EXTRACT from lelter from Major
frank D. Evans, I. S. NJ. c.. Adju-
tant. Sixth Regiment, U. S Marines
A. E. F.
Marine Ford Historical.
Elizabeth Ford, as the regiment
knows her, has a unique careers Not
only in Qantice. where | drove her.
but in Bordeaux, and later up in our
training area, she carried every
thing from sick men to hard tack
Then we had two months in the
trenches near Verdun, and at the
end it seemed as though she would
have to go to the scrap heap. Hell
top was entirely gone and We made
a mail wagon of her. In some way
the men, who have an affection for
her that you can hardly comprehend,
patched her together and we brought
her down to our first billets. A
week later we hau to go to another
area; forty kilometers north of
Paris, and in the long trip the Eliza
beth Ford sailed along without mis-
hap and was the talk. of the divis-
"Then we came up here and she
rose to the heights of her service and
her record The night we took Bour-
esches with twenty odd men. and
news came through that others had
FILTERED in and the town was ours.
we shot out a truck load of ammuni-
ton over the road The road was
under heavy shell and machine gun
ire. Later in the night We sent the
Ford out with rations. For the
night and day, and for one period
ran almost every hour for thlrt~-
six hours. She not only carried am
munition ont to the men who were
less than 900 yards from the Boche,
. but rations and nvrotechnics: and
then to the battalion on the left of
the road. in these evil Belleau
Woods, she carried the same, and
water, which was scarce there. For
these triDs she had to stoo on the
road and the stores were then car
rled by hand into ravine. | saw
her Just after her first trip and
counted twelve holes made bv ma
chine gun bullets and shrapneL
A Jca-' of Arc Machine"
u,a uAt one time the driver; Private
Halter. and Bonneville. had to stop
TO make minor repairs, and another
time, when they had a blowout. how
she and the men escaped being ami
Inflated is a mystery The last time
saw her she was resting against a
stone w2ll in the little square of
Lucy-le-Boca@e, shell wrecked
"" IL. anu Sli''s W DIS me UlOSC DdCIcr-
ed object in the town. One tire had
been shot off, another wheel hit. her
radiator hit. and there We're not less
than forty hits on her. We are try
ing every possible way to find new
narts and make a new Ford of her.
She is our loan of Arc and if it
takes six old cars to make her run
again: we'll get those six and rob
Elizabeth Ford.
(By Wallace Irwin
We carried her over the sea. we did.
And tau"ht her to hep, hep. hen.
A cute little jimmy, all noisy and
tinnv.
Recruited into the CORPS she was
She came Of her own accord,
We flew at her spanker the globe
and the anchor
And named her Elizabeth Ford.
Cute little Elizabeth, Dear little Liz
abe+h.
Bonnie Elizabeth Ford:
She was short and squat, but her |
nose wfs sOt
For the Hipdenhur% line-O Lord, )
She hated a Hun like a son-of-a-gun. !
The Kaiser she plumb abhorrnd.
Did chunky Elizabeth, Hunky Eliza !
beth.
Spunky Elizabeth Ford.
We took her along on our hikes, We
did.
And a wonderful boat was she.
Shed carry physicians, food and /
munitions,
Generals, water or tea.
She could climb a bank like a first
rate tank
And deliver the goods aboard
When we touch our steel Kettles to!
"Somper Fidelis."
Remember Elizabeth Ford
Cute little 'Lizabeth, dear little LIZ