Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-25

| Leaving behind cloud Of dust that
begrimed men, trucks and equipment,
the military transport train. of two
companies and three score motor ve-
hicles rumbled into the city late
| Thursday afternoon. After camping
for the night in Riverview park the
train pulled out west over the Lincoln
| highway at s: 80 this morning, altho 1t
was nearly o'clock before the last
of the vehicles ratified out of the city.
The train stops at jefferson for to-
night, at Dennson Saturday night and
at Omaha Sunday night.
The coming of the train drew an i'm
mense crowd into the uptown business
| district to see the convoy that MADE
turn thru the business streets.
Thousands visited Riverview park IN
the evening and many remained until
| late into the night.
Reaches Here at $3.50.
It was about o'clock when long
blast from the whistle of the t1sher
! Governor Company announced that the
! train was within few miles of the
city. Half an hour later the trucks ap-
| peared in East Main street and held
a cvourse thru the business section
| where crowds lined the sidewalks.
| Altho men and vehicles were pc
| grimed with nearly ten hours OF rid-
| ing thru the dust Of the dirt ROADS,
the train and men bore every mark Oh
| efficiency and power, grim In their
war paint.
| The military motor vehicles of the
| two companies numbered fifty-elsht
all told. including five passenger cars
two ambulances, six motorcycles
forty three trucks, including tank
| trucks and two trailers. In adollioh
there was an engineering unit Win
three trucks, one carrying a pontoon
| bridge with a trailer.
Recruiting Emphasized.
| Each of the two companies was d
! complete unit up to war strength. Inc
trucks each contained compliment oi
| from three to half a dozen men, Eacn
company had it's ambulance, dispatch
bearers in motorcycles, truck repair
shop and gas and Oil tank truck carry
ing a quantity Of heavy timoers anu
blanks to bridge bad spots ana
strengthen weak bridges.
| Because of the dust the trucks
travelled far apart in the country the
| train spreading out over distance Oh
| five to ten miles. In the city the!
| closed I'D. All the trucks are traVei-
ing on solid tires and the rate OF ira
vel is not to exceed ten miles an hour.
| Recruiting for motor transport anu
| tank corps is being emphasized on liie
tour. The recruiting is in charge ol
Captain Murphy. Such invitations as
1--WE want good men. Be one OF S'ooV
men for the motor trucks" and. MOTOR
transport-rorps moves the army. were
PAINTED on the bodies of the trucks.
DeIeaa alton Meets Train.
4 A delegation in automobiles from
this city braved the extreme dust ana
met the train at the county line just
Il east of LeGrand. 1t escorted the trans
port into the city. None OF the men,
bers of Governor Harding's stan was
with the train. it being said they gave
up the effort to accompany the COW ~
thru Iowa because Of dust.
After rolling thru the business ols-
trict both companies drove to River
view park and parked their trucks
While they were preparing camp 1oi
the night other vehicles were barred
from the park.
Canteen Serves Supper.
Camp was only hastily arranged anc
as hastily torn down this morning
The Red Cross canteen service served
supper for the entire train, the mea
consisting Of meat loaf, potato SALAD
picked beets, sandwiches, deyiled eggs
cottage cheese, Ice cream, cake ant
coffee. Cigarets were given away. Ia
Knights of Columbus, which has rep
resentative with the train, also serVe'
sandwiches and cigarets. The servlnl
OF supper was appreciated by the sol
diers and especially the cook detail
which was spared the work OF gettln'
supper.
Before and after the meal detail
were clearing trucks, making repair
ana otherwise getting the train
condition for the start this forenoon.
| Band Concert in Evening.
| No sooner was the park thrown opel
| to the public than a steady stream 0
visitors started coming. A processlo
/ of automobiles that was unbroken 10
hours filled the drives from early even
ing until far into the night. A mover
ty locally was the powerful searchllgh
which was kept playing on the clouo
for hours.
With the convoy was a band OF III
teen pieces from the Goodyear Tire
Rubber Company, of Akron, O., Waos
president, F. A. Soldering, is pres
dent of the Lincoln Highway Assoc1a
ton. It gave a concert from 1870 unit
1880, The soldiers home band play
ed from 8: go until 10 o'clock. A dane
II was not attempted
III Commercial Interests With Train.
| Commercial interests were well rep
resented with the train. The Goodyes
contingent, including the band, nun
bered nineteen people in charge OF g.
witthoeft, assisted by Carl III. Stbi
The trucks carrying the commerce
detachments brought the total numpf
of vehicles up to nearly seventy. II
Firestone and Goodrich tire company
have representatives and service M
with the convoy as have also u
Dixon Crucible Company and u
Packard Motor Car Company. the
] representatives are making observ
| tions along the trip and arc taE.'
notes on tire and fuel consumption a.
other statistical data.
Trip Without Incident.
The trip from Cedar Rapids W
without incident or accident. II