Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-05
U. s. GOVERNMENT
ENDORSES DODGE BROS.
War Demanded Thousands
Dodge Brothers Cars to Be
Placed in Service.

When Pershlng and his soldier.
crossed INC border into Mexico. the
Old style pack train was there 70 DO
its part as in other wars But times
mad changed. and better transportl-
u0n was the keynote oil modern war
fare. The mule train was too SLOW
and speed vas vital This was the
first opportunity that the Govern
ncnt had TO test the utility Of the
motor ear. cars were needed, and
needed quickly. Pershing ordered
many different makes. for ne had no
way Of knowing which could sue
cessluilv combat the fardships If
forced entrance into that roadiess
country. several hundred Dodge
BrCthers cars were supplied by local
dealers llcng the border and it was
only u short time before the per
t0rmanco OF these cnrs became favor
ably CONSPICUOUS. The Government
had been ca elully watching the re
suits.
Following CLOSELY came orr entry
into the great war ana PorStlln%
sailed for France. Thousands OF cas-
wore needed quickly by the American
t,xpcditlonary Forces. TranspOr-a
ton, the back bone Of the army was
the Governments first thought.
Within a short tune Dodge Brothers
Motor Car was officially selected as
the only car Of its class for use III all
our military operations. Training
camps and cantonments all over the
country had their Dodge Brothers
cars IN active service. Thousands
went 10 Pershing's men in France
Other thousands were put to every
possible transportation use IN rhe
United States. Cantonments had
their fire trucks. police patrols, hos
pital anbulances, and other special
bodies mounted on Dodge Brothers
chassis.
Dodge Brothers cars were used for
training The first Motor Car Division.
as it was then called, in Camp John
stOn. Jacksonville. Fla.
During the terrific storms of last
winter transportation was a serious
problem. Hundreds of these cars
were boxed to the works Tor export
and carried to the seaboard on mo-
tor trucks. travelling IN trains OF
thirty to sixty trucks At 4 time. 9th
er hundreds were driven to Atlantic
ports under their own power. IN solid
trains If rs nanT rs one hundred
and twenty cars, where they were
Grated for overseas shipment.
II these ears had seen strenuous
service in Mexico and in the United
States, the work they have been
called upon TO perform in France.
Belgium, England. Russia and Italy
has been moro strenuous still.
Perhaps one CT the most interest
ing letters is one received at the
Coast Artillery School at Port Mon
roe. Va. from an overseas soldier
who llumorously describes the vari-
Gus methods Of transportation in
France.
Up at the front you travel by
narrow gauge. truck. side car. a
pied. or Dodge. The narrow gauge is
all right II It doesn't run off the
track. ana you are possessed With IN
infinite patience and a prospective
shower bath. The truck furnishes a
chiropractic sort Of experience until it
develops gastronomic asthma. or a
failing for bitches. The side car
makes the hand salute a menace to
the right eye, and a pied IS Q. X. If
Won aren't wearing the socks that
mother or sister sent you. But the
Dodge-the Dodge. Be it the most
delibitated Dodge that ever ratified. it