Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Of the overhaul shop have their varied
automobiles out of those that have
seen hard usage. Here is section
which repairs tires, solid or pneu-
matte, and presses the big. SOLD
rubber tires onto truck wheels. UP
little ways Is room where man
can unlock a length of hose with
spraying device for a nozzle. turn
cock and paint an entire truck IN
nfteen minutes A few feet away Is
wide, open space sprinkled with
watts or troughs that look like nothing
more than deep bathtubs. AS mat
ter of fact, that is what they are.
An automobile engine dipped into one
of those watts, which contain cheml-
cal liquid comes out clean as the DAY
II was made, free of all grease, paint
roars steadily. Although only about
develop heat of 5000 degrees
centigrade. which is just thirty times
as much as would be necessary to
make water boil. Acetylene torches
particles of molten metal as their
flame pares through iron three Inches
thick.
There are vast warehouses, piled
high with boxes of automobile parts,
each box marked on all sides with
tid tifdl w Htte stripe u paint W iiSi'
Shiploads of supplies began to pour
into French ports from this country
they were unloaded largely by Chinese
laborers, who could not, OF course,
read English. 1t was necessary TO
establish some system of marking the
supplies so that the Chinese would
know what to do with them.
Materials for the air service were
given a distinctive marking, those for
the Medical Corps another and so on.
The motor transport branch uses this
diagonal white stripe.
Beyond doubt, however. the most
unique feature of the camp is the
Grating shop, where Lieut. G. J.. Bar
mum aud l,400 men prepared the
trucks Tor shipment overseas. This
Grating shop is the only specimen OF
it's Kind in existence. Here is the way
il Works-or rather, worked, for the
signing of the armlstice meant that
the Grating shops work was finished:
There are twenty two bays, or pits,
in the shop, where the trucks stand
while they are being dissected. TWen
ty-two trucks can he handled at a
time, The car is driven into one of
these bays, propped up. taken apart
and within an hour and half has
been packed away in pine crate
which looks exactly like coffin box
except that it is twice as large. The
Grating shop is somewhat similar to
packing plant; it is an automobile
slaughter house. hut it slaughterS
them so they can be put together and
reSurrected at n later date AS the
truck is run into it's bay a squad of
ten men takes charge Of it. Eight
OF thchl 20 ABOUT taklh; II 10 pieces,
"tie 49, eApS 5 - ptCA LIZ PtDfeS
m Nil Loa,.;1,~ roiinr, Giront,,. IL
front Of the exnirIne, trurI This
crate bottom is the Foundation of The
crate which houses the truck on its
overseas journey. After each part has
been placed where il belongs. ono of
the men goes over eVeryth ing with an
on spray, as pfeGautloh against
r i, as an addi tlonal precautlon me
~ tdie ceilseI3 aIe GOV LIEU
stdas and top ~ fbe ct,,f. ,rd ,oil"d
on and abouf an bont, and a balf ofter
the truck snortad in AT the back or
the shop it's Grated remains are pick
ed up by travelling crane and swung
down and out by a side door to be
loaded on fiat boat and towed down
10 Baltimore, en- route TO Europe
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Why the Grating? Why use UP con-
siderable time in taking caxs arart
mere ana putting the" together over
there? There are two reasons For
one thing the first sbinmerts of
"i't'i iu0N9 WHY 'h""e III the Oh
Vious way. The trucks were simply
run down to a wharf lifted on board
shin and cont ove. +, ,i,,i, .4o4o
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