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gireers who could devote substantially
their entire time to contamination of
the programme laid down
The result has been a truck designed
especially for military purposes and re-
garded by many engineers of the army
and others in an excellent position to
Judge OF it's merits as the best truck for
such purposes in existence.
The work thus accomplished was the
subject OF special recognition on the
part OF the Secretary of War, who pub
licly thanked the society and It's mem
bers for the patriotic service rendered.
As logical development of this work
a separate department Of the army
known as the Motor Transport Corps
has been organized. and a programme OF
complete Standardization OF trucks used
for military purposes adopted. Thus the
army was enabled to concentrate on the
production of a few standardized models
for trucks instead OF being under the
necessity OF furnishing parts for the
keeping in operation some thirty odd
different makes or models. lust what
this would have meant had the war con-
tinued !s easy for one who has handled
the spare parts problem TO realize.
As another logical outcome OF the work
in which the S. A. Z. cooperated there
has been established an engineering de-
partment of the Motor Transport Corps
the function OF which is to handle the
design of all motor driven vehicles re
auired for transport service in the army
Such a department was prime neces.
sity and has already eliminated much
unnecessary duplication OF effort.
COopera ton With Council.
The 8 A. r WAS one OF the first eo.
cheering organizations TO offer its ser.
vices to the Government after the Gecla
ration OF war on GERMANY One early
result OF this offer OF cooperation was
the creation OF an sutomotivc transport
committee composed Of members of the
society and representing each of the
major branches of the automotive prod
ucts section OF the War Industry Board
an organization which rendered very
valuable service not only to our own
country but TO the allied Governments
whose representatives sought its advice
In the purchase OF many varieties OF au-
tomotive apparatus
Even before the creation of this COM
m!ttee the society. at the request OF the
Secretary OF the Navy. appointed two OF
It's members who had been presidents OF
the society members OF the Naval Con.
sulting Board. an organization which
rendered very valuable service TO the
nation.
One or these past presidents later be.
came chairman of the Aircraft Board, a
group Of patriotic men of affairs. which
though they labored under great diff.
cultiea performed service OF unques-
toned value to the Government. among
other things arranging for the design
and production Of the Liberty engine
an t.
proved suitable for production in large
quantities, figured largely in the plans
" the Allies for driving the Hun from
the air and carrying the war deep into
enemy territory This accomplishment
added another page 20 the achievements
OF American automot.ve engineers dur.
ing the war.
Activities in the Aircraft Field.
Both OF the engineers who figure
prominently in the design OF tho Liberty
engine were members OF the society. one
OF them being an officer of the society a.
the time the work was undertaken.
Though the design and the origina,
models OF the engine were produced If
an inoonceivably short period OF time
much development work was necessar,
TO perfect the new engine. as was nat
urally TO be expected. This development
work. as well as most elaborate prepara,
ton for the production OF the engine wa.
carried out in large part by members o.
the society. II is indeed true that III,
society as such had little to do eithc,
with the design or tho development o.
the Liberty engine. 1t was. however
distinctly the product OF Standardization
and Standardization has been fostered b.
the s. A. u. as in no other society
In fact. through the activities Of tn,
society probably more than In any othc
way. automotive engineers have COM
10 think in terms OF Standardization
without which product such as the Lib
erty engine Is quite impossible. at leas
so far as quantity production is con
cerned. Many standards created by m,
society prior to the war were incor
porated in the Liberty engine The so
ciety also assisted n the creation o
many ot.er standards of great impor
tahce IN the aircraft field.
Anothc. and very logical outcome @
$. \. L. wor., in aircraft standardizu
ton matters va. the creation OF al