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Title: The Times history of the war
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Subjects: Times history of the war Times history and encyclopaedia of the war World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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hanical Transport Pectionhad to take many rec iiits who were innocentof the most elementary knowledge of inotorvehicles. For the benefit of these a subsidiarydepot or school was established in the west ofLondon, and there they were taught driving,largely by a staff provided by the LondonGeneral Omnibus Company. As many as1,500 or 2,000 men were under instructionthere srmviltaneously. When motor vehicles had to be despatchedfrom England, whether as part of the original matter as it may look at first sight. Theystarted at definite distances apart, and then-speed was supposed to be strictly limited.But the leaders, with a clear road, were aptto push on rather too quickly, and thena sHght mishap to, say, the twentieth, mightdelay those behind it for a few minutes. Whenthe journey was resumed, it only required turn-ing to the left-hand instead of the right at a forkin the road to tlirow the whole fonnationinto confusion, and by the time an excitedmotor^ bicyclist sent back from the head of
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A TRAVELMNC; KKPAIK-SHOF. transport equiinuont of a fighting unit, or asspares to replace casualtieH, the necessarymen wore drawn from the taining depotawl Hent to the reception depot where theyjoined their lorries or cars or ambulannoH, asthe cafw^ might be. They then lete in every detail, they( aKHed on to the port of ernbareation an theofTicer eornrnandirig tlie ineehariical tranHf)ortdepot there gave notice that ho had HliijjKuvailable to take them to thoir destinatioriHovorHoaK. The convoying of a large batchof heavy )f»rri*H - Hay, 100 in not ho eaHy_a th(! (-ohimn had retrieved those that had goneastray, there might easily l)e a gaj) of 10miles between the two sections. But the task of obtaining complete vehiclesand forwarding them to the points where theywere required was simple in comparison withtliat of maiixtaining them in running order and

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