Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1919 — ARMY TRUCKS ARE NOW READY [ARTICLE]

ARMY TRUCKS ARE NOW READY

<45,000,000 Worth to Be Distributed to the Various StatesWashington, May 9. —More than $45,006,000 worth of motor trucks have been turned over to the department of agriculture by the war department and are ready to be distributed to the various state highway departments through the bureau of public roads. The trucks, numbering about 20,000, a majority of which are new, are a part of the surplus left on the hands of the war department when the war ended. They are to be distributed to the states under a provision of the postoffice appropriation bill and must be used on road construction work.