Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1916 — AUTO AID IN COAST DEFENSE [ARTICLE]

AUTO AID IN COAST DEFENSE

Seven-inch Howitzer Carried ThirtyEight Miles in Three Hours Over Hilly Road. San Francisco. —Officers of the coast artillery here expressed satisfaction over a test made to determine the value of the auton§@bsJe as a factor in coast defense. The Thirteenth company was rushed from Fort Miley to Half Moon bay. The artillerymen took with them a seven-inch howitzer, weighing four tons. * jhe distance is 38 miles, over a hilly TO&fl. gnft the trip with horses would take, army officers estimated, about a day and a half. The artillerymen covered the distance in 90 minutes in motor cars. The gun was' only three hours on the way.