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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1917)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 30. 191T. V Hospital for Damaged Gear By Lewis R. Freeman, in October Popular Mechanics Magazine : : : - Over the hospital fcr wou: (led sol diers floats the Red Cross flafr. and over the camp for the treatment of wounded horses is the flasr of the Blue Cross; the "hospital" for dam-j aged geaT bears no distinctive sign, but if one were to be chosen for it, 1 perhaps nothing could be more fittinfr than the "Khaki Cross." In wars of the past, and even down x ti crnnrl vear of the nrcsent -'-"-" j - i : war. battle lamaged and war-worn!! gear of all kinds boots, caps, uni forms, saddles, harness, rifles, guns, etc. went at one to the junk piles and bonfires, to be written otf a na tion's books as a part of the cost of the war. Even the canny and meticu lously economical Japanese had no comprehensive system for salving damaged material, and 1 clearly re- call seeing thousand- of yens' worth of only slightly worn or torn accou terment being burnei! or buried with the dead in lime-covered pits at Tort Arthur. Even in the present strug gle the vasie of material on both sides in the chaotic opening months was incalculable, and in this, as with munitions and so many other things, it is probable that the Germans were the first in the fiell to minimize that loss. And the parallel may be car ried still further, for just as the slowT er but surer moving British havft finally overtaken and passed the Tcu tion in munitiotnncnt, so, also, have they developed a system for renewing or reutilizing their damaged uniforms. boots and other gear, as well as guns, rifles and other arms, including in I some instances material captured. from the enemy, which is, at least, the equal of anything the vaunted effi ciency and organizing talent of the Germans have put i.ito execution. Perhaps nothing that one can see in all England not even excepting one of the great new munition works is more clearly and illuminatively in dicative of the reserve of adaptability that has lurked more or less unsus pected even by himself behind the Briton's hitherto impenetrable mask of conservatism than the great "hos pital" for damaged war gear "some where" back of the front in France. mes kits, rifles, hand grenades, boots, puttees, caps, belts, tunics, trousers, a thousand things, the mere catalog ing of which filled pages of cjosely typed paper. German and British articles were kept apart, and also the damaged and undamaged things, the latter to be re distributed at the front, the former to go back to the "base hospital" far in the rear. The "combers" were Tommies with bags and push carts, and their duty was to go method ically over the conquered territory, as fast as it was cleared of the enemy, and bring in everything possible of renewing or working over into some thing else. Such of this floatsam and jetsam of the battle field as is finally adjudged worth "doing over" is carted to one of the inconspicuous but ubiquitous spurs of light railway that are pushed up steadily behind every advance, and go by that to a "standard gauge" and thence to the waiting "wards" of the great "hospital" nearly a hun dred miles away. This remarkable repair shop 1 was taken to visit 'the following day. Its "strategic" sit uation from an industrial standpoint is ideal, for not only is it in one of the best served of French towns, but it has a railway ad motor roads run ning directly into its busy yards Routes of Ak-Sar-Ben Parades This Week ELECTRICAL PARADE ' WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Start at Sixteenth and Cuming South on Sixteenth to Douglas, East on Douglas to Tenth, South on Tenth to Farnam, West on Farnam to Nineteenth, South on Ninteenth to Harney, East on Harney to Sixteenth, South on Sixteenth to Howard, East on Howard to Fourteenth, North on Fourteenth to Dodge, West on Dodge to Fifteenth, North on Fifteenth to Capitol ave nue and disband. PATRIOTIC PARADE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Start at Sixteenth and Cuming, South on Sixteenth to Douglas, East on Douglas to Eleventh, South on Eleventh to Farnam, West on Farnam to Eighteenth, North on Eighteenth to Douglas, West on Douglas to Nineteenth, South on Nineteenth to Harney, East on Harney to Sixteenth, South on Sixteenth to Howard, East on Howard to Fourteenth, North on Fourteenth to Harney, East on Hhrney to Twelfth, North on Twelfth to Dodge, West on Dodge to Fifteenth, North on Fifteenth to Capitol ave- . nue and disband. An advanced "combing station" was fjothing more or less than a couple of acres of level ground covered with srdirlv nilrs of disorderly fragments of every conceivable thing from pocket knives to field guns that fig-; tired in the life and activities of the i British and German armies, gas hel ments, flash lamps, oxygen apparatus for reviving those poisoned with gas, This great plant at present em ploys something over 3,000 hands about two-thirds of whom are French girls, and most of the remainder men of the British army service corps The girls are of the average- factory type, quick with their hands and minds, but with no especial training. Their immediate "foremen" are Eng lish girls and women of a volunteer organization that has done important work in diverse fields of "war en deavor. The men include many high lv skilled workers, especially in the machine shops, for some of the repair work on such things as rifles and ar tillery demands quite as great a de gree of technical training as does the ' !ng of such arms in the first place. lir the work on arms, munitions and kindred things one is, of course, shown no more and told no more than if he were visiting an arsenal anywhere else. I was especially inter ested in learning to what extent ma terial captured from the enemy is uti lized, but this naturally is a question th?t would necessarily have to be an swered with some reticence. . Un doubtedly practically all of the cap lured material is used again in some form or other, but I gathered that no attempt is made to restore such things as German machine guns and artillery, even when ample munitions have been seized with them. I was shown stacks of chemical saturated fragments of cloth, which, on clotr inspection, turned out ''to be pieces cut from shirts, tunics, blan kets and other things doubtless too much damaged themselves to war rant restoring as such. Gas masks were turned out from these with in credible rapidity. Pieces were cut to pattern from the chemically impreg nated fabrics, stitched together, fit ted with goggles and mouthpiece and laid out ready for wear almost as fast as one could follow them as they I passed from hand to hand down the i lrnr benches. The cirls sanar as thev J urnrkrsf nA at till rnninletion of the I last operation the fitting of the ex haling valve l noticed mat most oi them gave the rubber tube a vigorous smack with their lips, a salute to the Tommy who was expected to use it in the trenches. Rather a pretty way of cementing the entente, I thought. Vista Battery Company To Open Branch in Omaha Announcement was made last week to the effect that the Vista Accumu lator company of Chicago will open a branch in Omaha under the name of the Omaha Battery and Service com pany. This station will be in charge of R. Jf- Decker, and the territory controlled from Omaha will mbrace Nebraska and western Iowa. The Vista people claim credit for being the oldest storage battery man ufacturers in the United States and isolation instead of insulation of plates is the particular feature of their battery, which distinguishes it from others. The Vista branch will specialize on inside battery service, starter anc generator work. Beauty and Luxury Aim v in Designing Enclosed Cars "As soon as automobile manufac turers had solved the ..mechanical problems of the motor car and per fected its operation they turned to the further development of the en closed car; and the advance made in this type of vehicle is. now the out standing feature of the industry," says Harry M. Jewett, president of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car company. "As a matter of fact there is strong evidence to lead us to believe that the car of the Sedan type will probably be the ultimate choice of the motoring public. "The popularity of the Sedan and the probability that it may dominate the field is due to the combination of utility, comfort and luxury which the better cars of this type now offer. With the development and perfection of the convertible type of body, offer ing a permanent top with glass sides that can be in place or"instantly low ered out of sight according to tem perate and weather, the Sedan is really an all-the-year-around car, good for winter or summer driving. It offers the maximum of comfort, lux ury and utility. "The present tendency in designing enclosed cars is fo increase comfort and luxury to the highest degree possible." Hayward Looks for Big Auto Business This Week Mr. Hayward of the Mclntyre-Hay-ward Motor company expects this Ak-Sar-Ben to be a record breaker from a standpoint of automobile sales made and bases his conclusions on the fol lowing: . 1 Nebraska farmers are fast occupy ing a prominent position on the' pro duction chart of the manufacturers. The farmer has recognized the fact mat the automobile is a utility and a business adjunct. With every indication that crops will be unusual and prices the best farmers are fast becoming automo bile owners. Ak-Sar-Ben week is sure to bring many farmers to the automobile row. "K. of K." For One. Erred. When Lord Kitchener was in India young- member of hi staff asked for fur lough In order to "j homo and be married. Kitchener listened to him patiently. Then he said: "you're not yot 25. Walt a year. If then you desire to do thia' thing-, you shall hav leave." Tha year paased. The TO TH TH OSE WHO-'HAYJi: OUGHT OF BUYING CHAL ,V An arrangement has been effected whereby the Max well Motor Company has leased for a period of five years the properties of the Chalmers Motor Company. The immediate effect of this transaction is: : 1. The Chalmers car will be continued under the Chal mers name for a period of five years. ' 2 Those distributors or deal ers who have been suc cessfully marketing the Chalmers car will continue to do so. The appraisers of the prop erty and their engineers report the current Chalmers model a good car and the Chalmers plant a wonderful factory. The first move we have made is to 'increase the efficiency of the Chalmers organization. The second move was to place behind the' Chalmers car the resources of the Max well Motor Company. This is a business transaction between two automobile companies, of probably no more than ordinary interest to the public but important to you if you have thougnt of buying a Chalmers for these obvious reasons? ' 1. You obtain a good car. 2. You obtain a car produced in a magnificently equip ped plant 3. You obtain a car pro duced by an organization materially strengthened by the addition of able ex ecutives. 4. You obtain a car produced by an organization mate rially strengthened by additional financial re sources. 5. You obtain a car from a distributor or dealer who will have the support of this organization. In this way all three .of us prosper in the transaction. President am) General Manager Maxwell Motor Company, Inc. - , i ! officer once more proffered his requcs' "After thinking It over lor twerve months," aid Kltchenwr. "you still -wish-1-marry ?" y. lr. Very well, you .hall have your furlough. And. frankly, my boy. I scarcely thought there was ao much constancy In the masculine world." Tha staff officer, the atory concludes, marched to the door, but turned to say a ha was leaving: "Thank you, sir. Only It's not- tha same woman." Everybody' Mag-slne. Giain Dealers Buy In Iowa for Frank L. Kilby, 340 says the grain dealers ticipate continued adv value of western Iowa predate these farms as Land Investment Bee building, seem to an ance in the land, and ap ment for their surplus money. He reports having sold six farms, a to tal of 1,265 acres of western Iowa land, last week to grain dea ers. ana has inquiries from several more. These men are in a position to-know land values and their e.-.ample will no doubt be followed by many others in a safe invest- their line ot business. I ' r : ' t mm h, .".-'- '' EVERY ROAD A CITY PAVEMENT Every Dollar a Dividend Paying Investment APPERSON ROADAPLANE Road travel to the owner of an Apperson Roadaplane Eight does not bring thoughts of short jerks and wearing jolts because Apperson engineers have solved that problem. A perfect spring suspension system and a perfectly balanced car make possible the elimination of bumps through the springs. Every dollar invested in an-Apperson will bring a divi dend each day in adequate transportation, efficiency, prompt ness and health. The Apperson is so near mechanical perfec tion as to practically eliminate all worries of this nature. Buy an Apperson and watch your operating expenses 'de crease. Get the mileage out of your tires that the tire manu facturers boast of. APPERSON MOTOR CO. J. H. De JONG, Mgr. 2060-62 Farnam St. Omaha. 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There, is a style and size for your business 1,500, 2,000, 3,000 and 4,000 lbs. capacity, at $1,450 to $2,550 for the chassis (f. o. b. factory.) ' 9 Ask the nearest branch house listed below to show you. - During the month of July, 1513 International Motor Trucks were sold in the United States for commercial purposes. International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated) 801-807 Capitol Ave. -:- -:- :- Omaha, Nb. BRANCH HOUSES ALSO AT Cedar Falls, la. Concordia. Kan. Denver, Colo. Dei Moines, la. Lincoln, Neb. Mankato, Minn. Salina, Kan. Sioux City, la. ' Topeka. Kan. ' Aberdeen, S. D. " Crawford, Neb. Kansas City, Mo V St. Joseph, Mo. B3L ' ' 3B wi . ZDS Council Bluffs, la. Fort Dodf ., Is. Mason City, la. Sioux Falls, S. D.