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GEN. WOOD SOUNDS THE BUGLE FOR MOTORISTS TO MUSTER By HANK CALDWELL. Veer fcJOI Gl NKV.VL LF.ONARP'WOOrt. who Im ,s up ?? tike thore of historic old Lake Cbamplaia, training one thousand of P?T captains of industry to be captains ,, . motorists oftAmencaimust sito ie for militan rurposes. j j)v Mnksl b? ?*"J H 'n a way which made k U" I had not fo'.lo?**-?d him tu ?. far 1 could go in trying to .,e I ?Aould have asked him what ? the tip and give it to you. ?', i yt ? like, but 1 believe there d that remark I -burg to see the motor tram to, and I got hold of the gen H? was chasing around the camp ral ordere, at:d it was some even present my card to the gen I *_. a i, however, he did. and in a few headquarters, a beau i grov? <n the banks of the i.il tents, of the coffee col . amp of our citizen cadets. as he always is, dictating Lauding I mmind. but he graciously B a few moments we ?me as when he was laniards. _ t ... yet I could not fail to ing in. and be is much . go still stick out, and r*:- . '? Grasp upon detail, for which ? e *??* *??'?*? to talk about motors for army use 1 was only a baby. He has : could tell me more in five rite about in a week. on the need for -.mmediate eorpi throughout the coun? ts of this country and that this duty is be i "w'-r*- I wish every ; a motor car or commercial ? r at once. our hundreds of thousands i be one of the .- army. I to-day, scattered through? th no military training or organ: .,, . ? I theil machines - valut to the country. do something to drive - owl <?-.- They should get county and state, particularly in Our vast coast - and the Pacific needs the pro d come from the organization of ? - must be directed by the regu . of course, the motorists must .-????s to organize and be trained, - ess men who are in ? amp here rom? forward and are doing the work to the country at large than ?and. ??? motor organizations would units of cars of one make. ry of our motor manufacturers ? a great variety of cars of all ns. In order to make this army t I think it would be first rorm corps in the various states of ' . me, for example, that we are going tic coast states. '. from available statistics, .ite in these states. Stats "" New Jersey, m several motor officers woul ! request these gness to attach them ? on. amber of owner?, driving a ? ? ext s-ep would ??rganization, go into nt time and place and give them ? . could be induced to ? illy man his machine. ? lining camp with x men. according to the -nine, and all of these men would The Uniformed Head of Our Army Says It Is the Duty of Every Car Owner in the Land to Offer Himself and His Machine for Military Service, and He Urges Them with a Significant Seriousness to Begin to Train Now. Top?General Wood in his Cadillac consulting with camp com- Showing method of mounting Top?Cadillac armored car, which recently crossed the conti manders. Bottom?An officer of the motor train mounted machine guns on the rear of nent. Bottom?Autocar searchlight wagon used to light the on motorcycle. the vehicles. camps. receive training, not only in the operation of the car. but in every way that would fit them for active army service. "In this way we should ob'-.m enough men with every two or three hundred cars to form a com? plete regiment. To this regiment we could assign trucks, ambulances, armored cars, machine guns and special motor vehicles, which may be developed for practical use in time of war. "That, you see, would give us something to work with. The men would be transported from point to point in the passenger cars, and provisions and camp equipment by means of the larger vehicle?. "The matter of standardization, particularly as regards the larger vehicles, is a point which should ?*?* considered carefully by our manufacturer?, with a\view to firoviding care of tbis class for future use. If we had, in one motor corps, a dozen trans? portation vehicles, ambulance?, etc., all of a dif? ferent make, there would be no possibility of inter? change of parts or tire?. "!? would be necessary to maintain a uniformity of tire size?. Tires are exceedingly important, and each motor unit all the cars should be equipped not necessarily with one brand of tire, but as far as possible with one size. 'There is another thing. Our road builders must bear this in mind. Very few of the bridges on the ? de roads are strong enough to hold the heavier truck? of to-day, particularly when they are loaded with ammunition and camp equipment. This has been demonstrated on the march of th* motor train vhich left New York August 7 and re?ched Platts burg August 11. "It required four days to bring this train le?? than four hundred miles, through no.fault of the motors, but because the bridges on the detours which the train was compelled to make from the main ron.U were not strong enough to hold the heavy vehicles. The men had to test all of the bridges before going over them, and I understand thst, nearly a dozen weak bridges were bolstered up and some of them were completely rebuilt before the 'ram could proceed. "The concrete bridges which are being put in along the state roads are ample to hold practically all of the vehicles available to-day, but we must not forget that an army is compelled, very fre? quently, to leave the main highway. "Il il seldom desirable, in fact, for soldiers to go into enmp along the main road. They must seek protected locations, and to reach them they must detonr into the woods, and tiie roads leading to the ideal places for camping are not now fitted with bridges of sufficient strength. *'! want to express my thanks to all the manu? facturers who have contributed to the organizing of the motor train for the instruction camp this year. This is the largest that we have ever been able to muster, and I trust that this beginning will de? velop into something of sn important size before the time arrives for our next instruction camp. "The credit for organizing the present motor train must be given to Captain Kaynal C Boiling, general solicitor of the United Statei Steel Corps lation, who worked faithfully in getting together the fifteen vehicles which cam" ?1 to camp this afternoon. He brought them successfully over the road from New York, and his work has b. en a fine demonstration of the poss.bilities which are he fore us. "I hope Th?? Tribune will be able to impress our mo'ori.-t? with th? getting together along lines which I have suggested, and they should appreciate that there is no time to lose. To-day is the time th?y should organize. It will be too late when the country is in need of these men and vehicles for active service. "If we were ?ble to complete an organization in every state in the Union to-morrow, it would be months before these men would be of practical ser? vice to the army in time of need. It is a great big undertaking, but it is no greater than the need which lies behind it." The motor train of fifteen trucks, ambulances and officers' car?, in ?ingle tile, pulled into camp i o'clock Wednesday afternoon. I? had been on the road four days and a half, making camp each This was not, it must be admitted, quite up to schedule, but the commanding officers told me they spent at lea*-* "*o ?lay? ar.d a half repairing bridges and doing other ma?! work which was require?l to ge- the heavy vehicles over detours which they wer? compelled to make to reach good camping grounds. ?ieneral Wood, accompanied by Captain Halstest?! Porey, commander of the instruction camp, ?trove out in (ieneral Wood's Cadillac to meet the ? (ieneral Wood reviewed it a'id eongratulat? . ? l officers in charge on their accomplishment. Captain I'.aynal ?'. Boiling, the organizer of the mo'.,r ?rain, was in charge, assisted by Captain William J. Smedberg, jr., 2d 1'nited Stater, Cavalry, an expert on machine guns. The organisation was without official title, but the officers called it the First Motor Machine Gun Company. The fund for equipping the cars were furnished by Judga Gary, of the United States Steal ('orporation; (ieorge W. Perkins, J. P. Morgan, Brown Brothers, I i'hoate A- Prentice and White. Weld <v Co dated with Captain Boiling in the organi/.ing of the company were George W. Hubbell, jr., flrst lieutenant, and H. B. Clark, of White. Weld _ Co., second lieutenant, all former members of Squadron A, National Guard. The Autocsr company furnished four cars for the outfit an officers' reconnoisance car, a searchlight apparatus, carrying two lamps, which were used to light the csmps; a motor ambulance and a military transportation car. The International Motor Company supplied two - latest mode! trucks, with drivers; one of these was of three ami one-half tons capacity, and the other one and one-half tons. Both carried machine gins. The Cadillac company contributed one fully ar? mored car, with revolving gun turret, and one field rmbulance. These cars recently crosse,! the conti? nent on a tour which was made by the ca lets of 'be Northwestern Military Academy, under the com? mand of Colonel Davidson. The Gat-ford company supplied a field Hmbulnnce, w th body of s French pattern, I to carry ? is. This rebide can sito be ?;sc?l as a passenger car for carrying troops. The strel ba folded away and drop scats turned up to hold tweh ? Goodyear solid tiret and nrat in charge of II. F. Dobbins, of the Garford eomps been demonstrating the ambulance at various army posts throughout the country. It wa< used only once on the 'rip from New York to Plattsburg, on which occs carried mporary treatment to a hospital in Saratoga. The Cadillac company furnished a ?tx cylinder officers' car, and <'?r! H. Page, the New York ? ill agent, suppiici a Mitchell 6-16, which was . ' ?ptain? Boiling and Smedberg. Captain Boiling ?aid tht? cur gave remarkable ?ervire, and he did not recall that the driver had gone out of high ?peed but once or twice during the ?ntire trip. Aside from carrying several officer?, the car was loaded down ?rith ammunition and biggage A Ford chas-i?, fitted with a trar.?porUtion body and mounted with a machine gut:, gave quite a practical demonstration of the value of the light car for army purpose*. R. A. Derby, a plantation owner from Ja-kson Spring?, N. C. which is in the 7-and Hill country, r.ccompa.-.icd by Ralph W. Page, of Aberdeen. .V C , entered ?he Ford as U exper Mr Derby ??'d that he i? convinced the light car i? the pi lag for aimy DM and that upon k " '? ?its. I ? "er the in? struction camp ?s dosed, he will organize a com? pany of 100 Ford ears, and it i? hi? intention to mount them with machine guns and drive from North Cai ' ?he encampment nixt year. Ha ?hink* this idea should be taken up by Ford owners in all parts of tne country, and m?', >ear he says we should have 700,000 I foi j?? against the invader. The Buick company supplied a transportation wagon, mounted ?rith a Colt machine gun. There was also a Cadillac field hospital, which attracted considerable attention. 1 h : Simplex company sent a tran?portatioa wagon, mounted with a machine gun. There was one Muck one-ton truck, of 30 horse? power, fitted with ?teel plate? ana designed as a transportation wagon, to be used in emergency for defensive purposes. This vehicle ws* fitted with Imperial tires in front and Goodyear tires in tha rear. A Mack 3'i-ton truck, armored with steel plates, esrried a machine gun and towed a gun carriage and field piece. A Saurer Uve-toa truck was heavily loaded with ammunition an i men and towed a gun carriage and field piece. Motorcycles were employed by *h# non-commis? sioned officers of the three divisions comprising tho train. These were found use'ul in scouting ahead for roads, carrying messages and reports and as mail carriers. Among the enlistad men of the company wera Percy D. Houghron, Norman W. Cabot, J. W. Far? ley, Crawford Blagdon, G. H. Poe, D. G. Herring, D. A. Reed. A R. and R. K. Flinn. Charles Dupuy, R. L. Bacon, A. A. Fowler, J, G. M.?bourne, Langdon P, Marvin, Basil Miles, R A. Derby, R. W. Page. H. Livermore, Benjamin Joy, G. R. Fearing, jr., A. L Wheeler, A. W. Markham, (ieorge Ros?, R. H Ball? ing, E. McK. Hunt, J. M. Long, P. Toomey, Elihu Root, jr., Charles Reed, C. S. Helge?er, J. D F-rtz, R. C. Foster, E. B. Vaill, Grant Curry, J. M. Magee, Herbert R. Longacre, P. A. Carro!, A. Ferguson, W. R. Stausberry, B. S. Young, Van S. Merle-Smith, William B. Swtt, N B. Fox, F V. ?Lloyd, H. F. Harris, R. H. Gardiner, jr, J. E. Miller. S. H Borne? mann, James McTiernan and G. 0. Kayer. Kvery vehicle in the train was loaded to full capaci'y. but the drivers told me they had verv little tire trouble, and there wa? ro engin?- tro'ih!? which delayed any of the cars for longer than \ few moment.. Upon leaving New York the motor company was supplied with rations for the entire tr.p, and the cars al?o carried tents, one piece of baggage for each man and the regula';on art** g utensils. The Autocar company searchlight wagon fur el ample light for the entire camp at night In fact, the men said they could read letters and newspapers or shave them?elves two hundred feet away from either one of the ligh'a. The only thing about the motor train seemed to me to be impractical was th? m? ?owing steel tired, high wheeled gun carriaf ? '. held pieces behind rubber tire?! wagons ?hieh were gned to travel at the rate of twenty mile? ?n It was difficult for the men on the.?,? gun carriages to hoi?! on at a spee.i of ten miles an hour. The gnns swayed constantly from nn? ??do of the road to the other, and the terrific jolting would put even a cast iron soldiei out of business in abou* one week of travel. If it is neees.try to tow tield pieces In this manner, they BStUI be pro - I with rubber tired wheels or place.) upon a rubber tired carrier, which will stand the speed eliminate the vibration which -.? ould put both the men and the guns out of commission. Motor Trade "Movies" h a ve been tal ;.- at '?' ? it is t " ? 1, and ' mobile Associa ; anc lace, to s i ' ? - Spi i ? ?? ? Ricker ,' ft of succ? tl . out facture : i-d a r the ? pi of tire. Mr. in give I . ? ted m ?- . motor tractor toi rnanvfacturers ? n n ? i ,u ? cal ?I? mon h implcrn-nt was cultivate. Motor Company has ivation g Upl ' - : s are . .-?enger, an " . | -, ent pnces. Willis has been cie.ted viee I arroll Ad 1 leveland. Bniaks has beer, appointed : 'he Maxwell .*. Bishop, Dodge .',, have in-tailed in i**ir showrooms an instruction car foi ' lie idea is so simple ''? >** M i ?nge other dealers have not Mop?,, ^ ??? man learning to drive on the ?~?'c streets or even on country roads ? ksndcapptd by her timidity and the - rh which she acquires . ilizing this Mr, Bishop conceived the idea of jack :ng tin a touring car in hi and there teacl ng women who ? drive the trick of sl before they go on to the public roads. Dutrieu, th< French been ap ilmei -? ? ? for all France. Mlio. i ?> to th a country to secure the i repre? nd soon succeeded in con rial.? a* the factorj ?.id sell moi t es ' ce than any man who is non av.. ii-.blo. this lady ns rep ll ra of an American fac'ory ttcnl ?>n to the ?,. .ic war cla.-s , and ? ' c w<- may have tnatiy women repres? an cart on the otiicr side of tha II. A. Ki*"\ hi 'iis connec? tion with the Lyons Atla and i< -ur ni d to .-, XV. O. Turner has resigned as sec of the Lovell-McConnell Manu? facturing Company, milliers of Klaxon Th?- ? the Astor i up race a Bay ? peed 'l begin to morrow mon ft st J at the office of the . 1692 Br< 1 ifty thud and Fifty-fourth sts.). Michelin Tire ? mpany has u]n>ii the market a pi ?? h hi el. sail to be lighter and stronger than Pither the wood ? ' wheel. Another advantage claimed it a quick detachable feattue The wheel bas r ' ?y, but furthei btained from the Michelin Tire \. J. Clnr.-.i'.- A. of th. ilf dec Manufact iring < on of Springfield, Mass, and for twenty >i art with the Corbln Sen tion, of New Britain, Conn? h? sflerte?! bv John N Willys as vice preaiderU anr! director of the Willys Overland Company. Mr Earl, it It said, will n - do m i i.'uber BenSOli a fluid which has bsSl of which is alcohol, is to be rr-a ured in th. the Cal it ."-'haro::, Penn. A manufact ??* ruction and will probably be in oper? ation in a few months. Wallace C. Hood ha? been appoin'ed ?alet manager of the Detroiter Motor Car Company. 382 ,;.;ffiHankCaldwel. S j?i_l ? JB_ __r L_"r ti V70a5J?1 or1 The Vincent Astor Cup. Quite a bit of color was nd?led to the Bheep h?'a Bay Speedway development during the last week b; the announcement that Vincent Astor bad donate? a challenge trophy and that the name of the open ing race has been changed from the American t( the Astor Cup. .Mr. Astor ha* not hitherto taken a serious in terest in motor racing, although he has loi,g beei a member of the Aut?.- ih of Am?n r.? driven ' not a spei enthusiast in ?h, ens? that William K. Van? derbilt, jr., was in the early days of motor racing, ow that he has donated a cup, it is likely hi will taie a greater interest in i| test In addition to the Astor Cup. the S| ? H cials will offer a cash piiz? of 160,000 for I mile race, to be run October 2. The prize will he distributed among ?he drivers probably down to the tenth man to finish, although thi 1, tail has not b? en full) settled. The last r? he progress of the Speedway indicated that it will be I I : within t\*,. of the schedule time. S it Sept? n en set for the official i are being worked out for a motor parale and celebration '.?> start probabl] ? rc!e and run to the track. Thi ?de committee i? compose! ,,' B S Tohack, agent for the R ng car; William C Poertner, agent for R t . .1. McShani, agent of the Mercer car. bile >? ib? In th ? ty of Nea York have ? I to join in me parade. Cars in Use Exceed 2.000.000. The automobile has Increased so rapidly since 101] that the total number in use in the I'nited States hs? almost gotten beyond the control of the riaii.or itatiitieiani. In "Thi Automobile" gust 12 Mr Donald McLeod Lay gives I ? i?' in ?, which, he says, have \ ? o far as it ta notor stat "Ai laat.V he say?, "the ; ' and motor truck- in the United Stat?? has ? the 8,000,000 mark The total registration country for the first six months of l'l'i that 2,070,908 machine? were in u.-e between tha Atlantic and Pacific and Canada and the Gulf. "Thi? ?tupendou? showing, at th? firat glance, overshadows the gain *\h'ch war, shown ? i ? - The total registration figure? in 1911 were 667,000, ?huh would mean an increase to date of . most surprising showing for a of four years, particularly when it : tion that 1019 and 1914 were depi years in near!;.- every brsnch of business. total registrations in New York S*ate up to ' .!? 1 were 185,767, Ohio is the second state in number of nutomobilet in use. with a total regis? tration up to July 1 of 162,9(0. Illinoit has 151332, i 16,000, Pennsylvania 128,000 and Iowa 117,000. All the other tatet on which Mr. L.iy has been ?in 100,000 auto ? . with, a total registration of only Industry Approaches Crisis. he bellet 1 ess it approaching a erisis, and that the manu facturer who it In a position t<> produce car.? in v?. lb? the i irvivor and control the Held "The demand for tl .? automobile," he says, "has spread around the world like wildfire. This uni? versal call for the car from every corner of the globe has caused a revamping of prices to D ? ? ti.e masses. Only by inerea-mg hi? output and selling his cars on a c:o?er ?jrer hope to m<*et the changed ? Auto Insurance Kates. I T Hollister, wh?. is always pleased to answer automobile insurance questions for Tribune read? ers, calls my attention to the fact that an impor? tant change has just been made in the greater New York ? ?ahich, at amended, will read at follows: "The grea'e? New York territory comprises the hatten, Kings, Bronx and Queens." th? renewal Susll es? ? I to I on and after September 1. 1911 Tie chsngs is, m effect, a reduction in premium ? ich n ill affect all | principal resilience is in the Borough of Richmond, -au County, Long Island, or that part of We-t ihester County which lies south of a line drawn from the north side of Port Chester, through Harta dale, to the northerly limitt of Dobbs Ferry. The old grea'er New V?rk rate included tl Borough of Richmond, Nassau County and most i County. Car Shortage Grows Worse. I said, two w? ? that real r?.a-?.n f? the shortag .??!??. is the ii of manufacturen to obtain raw material. "Autc mobile Topics" more than ver, - 1 predicts thai her . tion during the comin year caan? t be doom tment on deliveries. Th war, ?>f course, i? blamed for the coi I "Topic?" isys thai tioi deal ? ? ? hue the total out put for the corning year may exceed that of th last year. I treaaen h will b? One Gond Model Enough. Dui ' aferl in fact, in every automobile market eoui try, it is not th? which make a lar* Il are unabl? to gr> ? | of th? mode!? which have heen advertised. Concentration or thi part of tl he'.p to the buyer, In ..??? ? igh on t.me. But if 1 trato on on? model it ??ems to be true thai the dealer get? hil Sties earlier, buys a grearer number of cars because he can get them ahead of the other dealers, and before the manufacturers who are putting out a great variety of mode's ge' ready to shoot the - ?I his harv? [m, Houpt, ? I the Hu mi ?hat he ne would ever handle another car wh?'e tha factory wa? produc ng more than one model. "I have had n - sith the Hudson this year ?imply because I could get it through on time. It ha? ?hown me the importance of manufacturer? and dealers concentr?t.r.g on on? good model." New Cars at Lower Prices The price reduction fever has finally ? ' the Detro I ? | I'M ?'? I ' ? -.i- ir.?..]?*!-j ahich 'Hi? com rd lower prices to em to niake I and Vr. Anderson s.ivs it would '? ? ? lor -I.!- pro-? a h' which they have listed uni? had previ - ' ? ? 'he matter of .- ?, ear. In i- irrived ? ? which all of bod et will I." ? - . S w ve of ? .trier ? ittempt -o follow the lead lerson will not t. .'.ti as much as we have on depend upon it it? effort to ?.. ar. i lur new -. ?: epoch in the l ? ? cars have .this ? ?ti i a?, e been ,, ? , ?? :? doubtedlv - r. . reduc : ?ly n? ?? Four, to : a l.i-w Six, to litt at 11,486 There will be nine different m the Kissel line for the ruin? ing year. The all-\ear car will be continued I bv tig at 'en pur.-?. The Kissel top vor, and the im >! i; ?v.? li.'.-n mad? to s year will probably tend to in All t 1916 mode! 'hein are ? . in teal improve? ? Doubtless many readers of automo? bil.' i..that ths storiet re garding a thortaCS ?if <ar? are Urgelv . bu*. ttrangt te -av. there la more truth than fiction in most of th?'?e reports of th?- waiting lne for d?l iveriea. W, < Po?rtn?r, whs : ? for the ?id Jefferv been waiting for several weeks for a National twelve dem"- -a tor and the m-w $1,000 Jeffer*, four. a? a matter of I *" had been ria'iv to show he would have had little time to dei onstrate them Every demonstrator in hit < tablithmei ben, working until midnight each ?lav .'emo' ( th? i nal "Highway Six.** wh .li has been Hated at 61490. Ai'hough the it not been advertised, Mr Poertner say?, he thinks ? mutt know ? sere, and the S R. 0 -urn ? ?n on the demons'taM,),, ; .- - - \*i F Wrifrht, In?-. distributer for v i e?'ab i ihed an' St 1692 Hroad ... i fty-tl rd and I ft I irt Mr. Wrigl .: been ths Ne? York agent for Auburn cart several years. rirtsv.et^tst*asmatsaama**ama*aaamammwsms*aammmmm ^or*., s????sa????r-?sr?-- a-a? A Hi** ami Attractive fine AUTOMOBILE AND STEAMER RUGS ltd? ?!<? ?? C?rHa-?. Tnra-h !????' Hi???, <] T-?t,( amp W?t ?ml f.s??r Heat R?*?? ' or F.sira' li><4 Comiotla Fine All-Wool'Sbawls B-.?lifi! 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