Amador Ledger-Dispatch, 5 January 1906 — The Automobile In War. [ARTICLE]

The Automobile In War.

The first automobile to be used under actual service conditions will 3hortly be sent by the Russian military authorities to Manchuria, where It will be used to transport war materials and provisions. It consists of a 36-horse-power French car, upon which a large dynamo has been placed, which furnishes the power to the electric motors of five trailers. Each of these can carry a load of 1,760 pounds, and the train can be driven at a rate of speed averajrins ten mlle3 per hour.