The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-07-06
TRANSPORT TRAIN TO
CROSS CONTINENT
War Camp Community ScrNioc To
Care for welfare of tho Mcn
10y The way.
TRAIN THREE MILES LONG
1hrr' Thousand Mile Trip, Fully
Equipped, u to Iic Made In
SiLty Days

ny order or he war department n
motor transport train three miles
long viii leave Washington uu July
and cross tho continent tu rhr Pa.
cIc coast. reaching San lruDisto
over tho Lincoln highway
This long journey Ia 10 hr made in
90 days n Will serve u .i,sI OF
tho efficiency of tho army trans
port service hu. what Is considered
more effective. wi. demonstrate. 900
tho nation fhr lrsruunU.r value OF
a atr'Cm of national h.FnwnNn
The plans fur the adventure have
been completed Ua fhn war depart.
mout Al oguIpmou. has been 0H
Ecmhied ana tho personnel detail d0.
signed This Transport train viii
BE- the heaviest ln iu' history OF any
army II will hn oven heavier than
any single Unit ot tho huge trans
port reryNro urod 'o Keep the armies
OF the allies upplled along thc
French front So motor transport
trhin ot any nation. has ever hrforr
attempted continuous Journey OF
5000 miles lr 90 dnfa with ful war
equipment The motor trucks viii
carry moi only their own supplies 20
last The entire iuuruei. bur viii carry
fu,l compliments Of men and on
GERS The marching orders call for
an average of 10 miles a day Jhia
schedule ncccsSitates speed 81 10
miles an hour all tho way from
Washington 10 tho coast. no matter
how unfaYoThble tho weather or
geographical conditions
Care for Men on Route.
Tho war department. through tho
chief of tho motor transport corpe.
Brigadior General Drake. has Off
oially notified tho war camp com
muuliy service ~ the departure OF
tho transport train and rcqucstcd it
10 care for the men all tho way
from Washington 10 San Francisco.
sending the Itinerary Of the line OF
march. The war camp community
service has been authorized 10 mako
official announcement OF tho event
Tor the war department and has al
ready dispatched special lottcru with
iheiructlonA 10 all 81 its orgn niZnrH
and field workers along the line OF
march. Plans Tor the men'a care
ana recreation during their brief
evenings In each community hNve
already been perfected.
The deciHion 10 send three miles
OF army motor trucks across the
country was reached several DAYS
ago In Washington after conDltn
tons between General Drns. in
command of the transport service.
Col owen Seaman and Lieut. col J
NJ. Riichle working In close collah
Grafton with tho Lincoln Highway
essoc clatlon
Crossing the Rochica.
=, Ihe most picturesque features oi
the long journey will he tho manner
In which the long Enake-hko train
or motor vehicles will wind its
heavy, humping way over tho Rocky
mountains II will cross by way OF
the continental divide. The engineer.
ing STAFF of tho army has carefully
figured out the Journey go that nc
mechanical or engineering obstacle,
stand In tho way OF itA success
The start Il 10 be made on IN,
morning OF July from I.afayett,
square In front of tho white house
The van OF tho train will immediate
" leave tho capitol. heading for
Pittsburgh Tho course then fol
lowed will take the soldiers trucki
through Ohio, Indiana. Illinois
Iowa. Nebraska. Wyoming. Utah an,
Nevada Tho transport trucks viii
finally drop down the western Stop,
" INV hlNlIN NV uuN lhhNN 10 Ehtfn
mento, ana then on to San Fran
cisco.
For many years Tho Lincoln high
way association has endoayored &
secure tho hacking Of the govern
ment IN ~ project 10 build a thor
oughly sound ocean 10 ocean high
way The proposed journey OF IN,
three miles OF motor transports 1
the first official assistance that 1
has received IN its project. In NAM
tates good roads have been cam
paiEn slogans ana many governor
and mayors have been made or un
made according 20 their ideas OF
thia public question. The war dc
partmcnt I'm its official statement q
tho war camp community HerVic
called attention 90 tho political i'm
portancc " good roads ihroughou
tho country
welcome Along tho Way.
n Is planned TO establish a goo,
roads dty in tho vArioua states oI
tho days tho transport convoy :