Evening star., 1933-12-14
ARMY MOT0R|z|NG
PURCHASES MADE
7,776 Motor Vehicles Or.
dered Under $1O,OOO,000
Public Works Allotment.

Under the s1o,0oo,ool public works
allotment for Army motorization. the
War Department today authorized pur-
chase of TITS motor vehicles, of which
e.225 are for Regular Army units in the
United States and insular possessions.
and 1851 for National Guard units. A
general motorization of the Army will
result from the supply of these vehi-
cles, it was said.
The District of Columbia National
Guard is not affected by the moto-iza-
ton program, since it provides only for
Field Artillery units. The District unit
is Coast Artillery regiment.
The Sd Cavalry at Fort Myer, Va,
and the 18th Field Artillery. at the
same post. are units included in the
motorization program.
The authorization for these huge
purchases of motor, vehicles was de-
scribed in War Department circles today
as the most forward step the Army has
taken in undermining it's obsolete equip
ment. Gen. Douglas Macarthur, chief
of staff. declared in his recent annual
report that the great proportion of
motor equipment now in possession Of
the Army was built during the World
War and is obsolete as well as largely
worn out
1,164 Vehicles in United States.
The authorization includes cars,
motor cycles. light and medium cargo
trucks. tractors, cargo trailers, special
signal and engineer vehicles, servicing
and maintenance vehicles, cross-country
passenger vehicles, scout cars. prime
movers, traction devices, pintles and
adapters for 75-mm. guns.
The Infantry in the United States is
allotted 1,164 vehicles under this pro-
gram. Infantry in the Philippine
islands will receive rs and Infantry in
Hawaii. 244.
Allotments for other Regular Army
units are Field Artillery, 1,811; Cavalry,
438 Coast Artillery, 731; Air Corps, $50;
Engineers, 1856; Signal Corps, lat;
Chemical Warfare Service, 81; Medical
Department, 139; Quartermaster Corps,
67 Ordnance Department, 96.
Field Artillery units in the National
Guard are allotted 1851 vehicles.
The motorization equipment Of the
American Army. chiefly of an expert
mental nature, is so inadequate, 1t was
said, that no comparison can be made
While the S10,O0O,000 authorization is
big step forward, the figures are well
behind the amount recommended by
Gen Macarthur in his annual report
To meet the general motorization needs
of the Army, he recommended S39 .000,-
900, explaining the total needs OF the
Regular Army are 1885 trucks and
279 tractors. Especially in the case OF
the National Guard, the authorization
made public today fills only partially
| the present needs The aggregate re-
quirements for the National Guard, Gen
Macarthur said, are about 19.50(
vehicles.
Would Motorize Tank Unit.
The term "motorization," as used ir
the Army, pertains to the utilization o1
motor vehicles by military units fol
transportation purposes. 1t is not tt
be confused with mechanization. on the
other hand, which pertains more par
ticularly to the use of motor vehicle!
as weapons on the battlefield.
With respect to the Infantry, the al.
lotments would motorize all active tanl
units in the Regular Army with un
armored motor vehicles.
AS regards the Cavalry. it substitutes
motor vehicles for animal-drawn We
hicles of the field trains OF all Cavalr!
regiments in the United States and II
the Philippines. It also makes the samt
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