The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-02-16
SCARED
ARMY TRUCK HERE
Will Be On Ex-
hibition In City All
Week

The battle SCARED, cumoutlufeu
six ton army recruiting tank. a vet
r OF tho World War. IL in town.
and will be on exhibition here for
the balance Of the week In front Of
the army recruiting station. Captain
Harry w. poian. 4. 3 Tank corps,
and his crew. Sergeant Darrell :. Nc
Nj han and Corporal Charles W.
schultz. will endsavor 10 answer all
questions pertaining TO lts vancouver
ing and the army IN general.
The army officers hope 10 be- able
TO obtain an old automobile. buggy
or truck and give a demonstration Of
how effectively the truck can demol-
lsh Il.
A general description Of the six ton
army tank would include that u was
an armored two man type. equipped
with a turrct containing either n
Marlin machine eun or a 81 MN, Zone
poundcrl small cannon. II Is driven
by a four cylinder, 40 b. ,. gasoline
engine, which impafts Its drive
through a transmission TO a trackiay-
ina OF crawling traction mechanism;
the power plant Is located in the rear.
while the operator Il located In the
forward end In n compartment, in
side the man body OF the tractor.
The gunners compartment IN In the
center. and this u surmounted by a
tunet. which 10 mounted on a ball
race. The entire tank IL enclosed In
armor plate. capable Of withdrawing
machine gun or rifle fire.
CAPT. Bolan says that the tank
corps il one Of the most recent
branches OF service In the L.. $. army.
II Il a distinctive branch, requiring
both skilled aud unskliled men, IL re-
ouires men who can use effectively
both their head and hands. The train
ing and work with tho tanks Involves
a minimum Of drudgery. with a
maximum OF interesting work and
instruction. The opportunities for
promotion are excellent. In view OF
the fact that more than one half OF
the enlisted personnel are uon-com-
missioncd officers. The nature OF the
service in the tank corps, however,
requires n substantial type Of men
possessing sufficient physical qualities
10 pass. without question, the physt-
cal requirements OF the army togeth-
er with a good order OF mentality and
stamina.
The schools al Camp Meade. Nd
where the training center ~ located
twenty miles from the capitol OF this
COUNTY, nv VI ~ HfHAf ~ R@
who desires n technical education
can get u. as the opportunity ~ there.
the results are entirely up TO the
man. Soldiers entering tho tank
corps schools at Meade today have
the advantage OF study In five edu-
cationai and vocational departments.
These departments are English ecu
cation, business commerce, Industrial
science, technical science, N pro-
fessional training. Under these de-
partments n man may study practic-
ally any subject that he average
Young American requires for profess
sionai equipment either In the army
or out OF IL. This school, hke all
others - equipped under the direc-
tion Of the war department. Al
books n supplies are offered abso-
iuteiy free. and all that Is asked OF a
man entering on a course IN that ne
be in earnest and willing to work
The courses OF study haNe Deen
selected with great cars, as wei as
she teaching personnel. More man
ever a mans Advancement in the
army depends on what he actually
knows. and Il is with this end In view
the rapid promotion OF men mat the
schools are operating.