The Army in April, 1917, possessed 3,039 trucks, 437 automobiles, 670 motor cycles, and 12 tractors. One and one-half years later it owned approximately 85,000 trucks, and had the war continued until July 1, 1919, there would have been approximately 185,000 trucks provided for its use by American industry. In addition, this same industry would have provided 30,000 ambulances, 40,000 passenger cars, 70,000 motor cycles, 70,000 bicycles, making a grand total approaching 400,000 vehicles, costing (with spare parts) over $700,000,000.
From the very beginning the Government received the hearty cooperation of the entire industry. The need was urgent, the demand tremendous, and many manufacturers were called upon to sacrifice their own product in order to meet the needs of the Army, and many were on a 100-per-cent war-work basis.
Motor truck production.| VEHICLES STANDARDIZED FOR OVERSEAS SHIPMENT. |
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| Name. | Class. | Capacity. | Manufacturer. | Address. | Total ordered to Nov. 1, 1918. | Total completed to Nov. 1, 1918. | Floated overseas. |
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| G. M. C. standard | AA | 1-ton | Commerce Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 450 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Velie Motors Corp. | Moline. Ill. | 1,000 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Dort Motor Co. | Flint, Mich. | 1,000 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Elgin Motor Car Corp. | Elgin, Ill. | 500 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Lexington Motor Co. | Connersville, Ind. | 500 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Auburn Auto Co. | Auburn, Ind. | 500 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Hupp Motor Car Corp. | Detroit, Mich. | 500 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | General Motor Truck Co. | Pontiac, Mich. | 1,000 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Saxon Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 500 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Campbell Motor Car Co. | Kingston, N. Y. | 200 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Columbia Motor Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 300 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Moon Motor Car Co. | St. Louis, Mo. | 300 | | |
| Do. | AA | do. | Liberty Motor Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 450 | | |
| G. M. C. ambulance | AA | do. | General Motors Truck Co. | Pontiac, Mich. | 5,811 | 5,553 | 4,001 |
| White | AA | do. | The White Co. | Cleveland, Ohio. | 2,695 | 2,196 | 809 |
| Total | | | | | 15,706 | 7,749 | 4,810 |
| Dodge light delivery | AA | ½-ton | Dodge Bros. Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 9,352 | 2,644 | 1,802 |
| Dodge light repair | AA | ¾-ton | do. | do. | 1,012 | 1,012 |
| Ford light delivery | AA | do. | Ford Motor Co. | do. | 12,002 | 5,492 | 7,206 |
| Ford ambulances | AA | do. | do. | do. | 10,042 | 5,340 | 4,362 |
| Total | | | | | 32,408 | 14,488 | 13,370 |
| White standard | A | 1½-ton | The White Co. | Cleveland, Ohio. | 9,201 | 1,813 | 1,532 |
| Do. | A | do. | Peerless Motor Co. | do. | 3,000 | | |
| Total | | | | | 12,201 | 1,813 | 1,532 |
| Light aviation | A | 1½ to 2 ton | General Motor Truck Co. | Pontiac, Mich. | 2,400 | 1,888 | 1,829 |
| Do. | A | do. | Paige Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 500 | 480 |
| Do. | A | do. | Republic Motor Truck Co. | Alma, Mich. | 500 | 354 |
| Do. | A | do. | Denby Motor Truck Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 500 | 488 |
| Garford | A | 1½-ton | Garford Motor Truck Co. | Lima, Ohio. | 5,010 | 1,010 | 499 |
| Packard | A | do. | Packard Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 831 | 636 | 526 |
| Pierce-Arrow | A | do. | Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co. | Buffalo, N. Y. | 4,023 | 2,423 | 534 |
| Total | | | | | 13,764 | 7,279 | 3,388 |
| Standardized B | B | 3-ton | Packard Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 5 | 5 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Gramm-Bernstein Motor Truck Co. | Lima, Ohio. | 3,750 | 1,000 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck Co. | Springfield, Ohio. | 1,045 | 301 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Indiana Truck Corporation | Marion, Ind. | 2,545 | 475 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Service Motor Truck Co. | Wabash, Ind. | 1,795 | 337 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Republic Motor Truck Co. | Alma, Mich. | 3,750 | 967 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co. | Buffalo, N. Y. | 1,000 | 975 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Selden Truck Sales Co. | Rochester, N. Y. | 3,750 | 1,000 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Bethlehem Motors Corporation | Allentown, Pa. | 2,725 | 675 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Diamond T Motor Co. | Chicago, Ill. | 3,203 | 638 | |
| Do. | B | do. | U. S. Motor Truck Co. | Cincinnati, Ohio. | 2,545 | 490 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Brockway Motor Truck Co. | Cortland, N. Y. | 2,202 | 587 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Velie Motors Corporation | Moline, Ill. | 3,045 | 455 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Sterling Motor Truck Corporation | Milwaukee, Wis. | 1,795 | 479 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Garford Motor Truck Co. | Lima, Ohio. | 1,750 | 978 | |
| Do. | B | do. | Hurlburt Motor Truck Co. | New York, N. Y. | 100 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Midland Motor Truck Co. | Oklahoma City, Okla. | 500 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Atterbury Motor Car Co. | Buffalo, N. Y. | 750 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Standard Motor Truck Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 750 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Maccar Co. | Scranton, Pa. | 500 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Clyde Cars Co. | Clyde, Ohio | 500 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Rowe Motor Manufacturing Co. | Lancaster, Pa. | 500 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | J. C. Wilson Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 500 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Lewis Hall Iron Works | do. | 500 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Denby Motor Truck Co. | do. | 1,500 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Winther Motor Truck Co. | Winthrop Harbor, Ill. | 500 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Vim Motor Truck Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 500 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | Signal Motor Truck Co. | do. | 500 | | |
| Do. | B | do. | United Motors Co. | Grand Rapids, Mich. | 500 | | |
| Total | | | | | 43,005 | 9,452 | 7,655 |
| Packard | B | 3-ton | Packard Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 10,106 | 4,856 | 3,479 |
| Heavy aviation | B | do. | United Motors Co. | Grand Rapids, Mich. | 200 | 188 | 2,110 |
| Do. | B | do. | Federal Motor Truck Co. | Detroit Mich. | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Do. | B | do. | Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck Co. | Springfield, Ohio. | 2,225 | 1,725 |
| Do. | B | do. | Standard Motor Truck Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 250 | 186 |
| Do. | B | do. | Velie Motors Corporation. | Moline, Ill. | 1,000 | 700 |
| Riker | B | 4-ton | Locomobile Co. of America. | Bridgeport, Conn. | 3,690 | 1,690 | 1,351 |
| Pierce-Arrow | B | 5-ton | Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co. | Buffalo, N. Y. | 3,170 | 1,970 | 1,660 |
| Mack | B | 5½-ton | International Motors Co. | New York, N. Y. | 5,575 | 2,563 | 1,365 |
| Total | | | | | 27,216 | 14,878 | 9,965 |
| Four-wheel drive | TT | 2-ton | Nash Motors Co. | Kenosha, Wis. | 14,684 | 8,139 | 7,034 |
| Do. | TT | do. | Hudson Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 3,000 | 219 |
| Do. | TT | do. | National Motor Car & Vehicle. | Indianapolis, Ind. | 3,000 | 95 |
| Do. | TT | do. | Paige Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 3,000 | 145 |
| Do. | Winch | do. | Nash Motors Co. | Kenosha, Wis. | 100 | 100 |
| Do. | Winch | 3-ton | Four-Wheel Drive Auto Co. | Clintonville, Wis. | 800 | 364 |
| Do. | TT | do. | do. | do. | 7,150 | 4,233 | 4,748 |
| Do. | TT | do. | Mitchell Motors Corporation. | Racine, Wis. | 5,023 | 855 |
| Do. | TT | do. | Premier Motor Co. | Indianapolis, Ind. | 4,500 | 1,307 |
| Do. | TT | do. | Kissel Motor Car Co. | Hartford, Wis. | 3,500 | 997 |
| Total | | | | | 44,757 | 16,454 | 11,782 |
| Cadillac, limousine | Pass. | | Cadillac Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 1,043 | 222 | 1,503 |
| Cadillac, open | Pass. | | do. | do. | 2,970 | 1,734 |
| Dodge, open | Pass. | | Dodge Bros Co. | do. | 8,559 | 5,065 | 3,390 |
| Dodge, Winter top | Pass. | | do. | do. | 3,201 | 2,126 |
| Ford; touring | Pass. | | Ford Motor Co. | do. | 20,201 | 5,379 | 2,344 |
| Total | | | | | 35,974 | 14,526 | 7,237 |
MOTOR VEHICLES FOR DOMESTIC DISTRIBUTION.| Name. | Class. | Capacity. | Manufacturer. | Address. | Ordered to Nov. 1, 1918. | Completed to Nov. 1, 1918. | Completed to Dec. 1, 1918. | Total floated overseas. |
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| Commerce | AA | 1-ton | Commerce Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 1,548 | 1,548 | 1,548 | 272 |
| Ford trucks | | ¾ to 1 ton | Ford Motor Co. | do. | 2,494 | 2,474 | 2,474 | 1,772 |
| Total | | | | | 4,042 | 4,022 | 4,022 | 2,044 |
| White Unstandardized | A | 1½-ton | The White Co. | Cleveland, Ohio. | 394 | 394 | 394 | 327 |
| Kelly-Springfield | A | do. | Kelly-Springfield Motor Co. | Springfield, Ohio. | 356 | 16 | 16 | |
| Denby | A | do. | Denby Motor Truck Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 500 | | 182 | |
| International | A | do. | International Harvester Co. | Akron, Ohio. | 1,125 | 125 | 485 | |
| Miscellaneous American | A | 1½ to 2 ton | | | 949 | 945 | 949 | 220 |
| Wilson | A | 1½ to 2 ton | J. C. Wilson Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 200 | | 75 | |
| Moreland | A | do. | Moreland Motor Truck Co. | Los Angeles, Cal. | 85 | 43 | 76 | |
| Miscellaneous American ambulance | A | do. | | | 78 | 78 | 78 | |
| Total | | | | | 3,687 | 1,601 | 2,255 | 547 |
| White | B | 3-ton | The White Co. | Cleveland, Ohio | 306 | 306 | 306 | 280 |
| Peerless | B | do. | Peerless Motor Car. | do. | 385 | 385 | 697 | 385 |
| Mack | B | 3½-ton | International Motors Co. | New York, N. Y. | 368 | 368 | 368 | 278 |
| Velie | B | do. | Velie Motors Corporation. | Moline, Ill. | 125 | | 28 | |
| Gramm-Bernstein | B | do. | Gramm-Bernstein | Truck Co. | Lima, Ohio. | 100 | | 66 | |
| Federal | B | do. | Federal Motor Truck Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 500 | | 85 | |
| Standard | B | do. | Standard Motor Truck Co. | do. | 287 | 35 | 89 | |
| Selden | B | do. | Selden Motor Truck Co. | Rochester, N. Y. | 171 | 71 | 121 | 5 |
| Republic | B | do. | Republic Motor Truck Co. | Alma, Mich. | 250 | | | |
| Moreland | B | 4-ton | Moreland Motor Truck Co. | Los Angeles, Calif. | 60 | | 40 | |
| White | B | 5-ton | The White Co. | Cleveland, Ohio. | 48 | 48 | 48 | 34 |
| Packard | B | do. | Packard Motor Car Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 65 | 60 | 60 | 17 |
| Hurlburt | B | do. | Hurlburt Motor Truck Co. | New York, N. Y. | 200 | | | |
| Federal | B | do. | Federal Motor Truck Co. | Detroit, Mich. | 300 | | 53 | |
| Miscellaneous American | B | 3 to 5-ton | | | 278 | 278 | 250 | 209 |
| Total | | | | | 3,443 | 1,551 | 2,211 | 1,20 |
| Dodge Sedan | Pass. | | Dodge Bros. | Detroit, Mich. | 10 | | | |
| Dodge Roadster | do. | | do. | do. | 550 | 22 | 175 | |
| Ford Roadster | do. | | Ford Motor Co. | do. | 435 | 185 | 186 | |
| Ford Closed | do. | | do. | do. | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
| Miscellaneous American | do. | | | | 958 | 958 | 958 | |
| Total | | | | | 1,969 | 1,181 | 1,335 | |
MOTORCYCLES, SIDE CARS, AND BICYCLES.
The need of the Army for motorcycles, side cars, and bicycles was so tremendous that for many months during the war practically the entire output of these vehicles of the kinds selected as being most suitable for Army use was taken by the Government.
It was found that the Indian and Harley-Davidson motorcycles were best adapted to meet the necessities of the Expeditionary Forces in France, and these types were standardized for overseas shipment. Orders for a total of 39,070 Indian motorcycles were placed with the manufacturers at Springfield, Mass., and before the end of 1918, 18,081 of these had been delivered. From the Harley-Davidson manufacturers at Milwaukee, Wis., the Government received 14,666 machines of the total of 26,487 ordered before the end of 1918. In addition to the Harley-Davidson and Indian machines, 1,526 Cleveland motorcycles, made in Cleveland, Ohio, were contracted for, and 1,476 delivered previous to 1919.