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- ↑ "Motorized Army Force to Parade on Tuesday". Joplin Globe. Joplin, Missouri. July 14, 1928.
- ↑ "Mechanized Army is at Gettysburg". Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore Sun. Aug 1, 1928.
- ↑ "Motorized Army Arrives Here on Training March". Gettysburg Times . July 31, 1928. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
We are trying to make 1918 equipment stand up in 1928
- ↑ "Annual Report to Quartermaster General". War Department National Military Park Gettysburg, Pa. September 18, 1929.
- ↑ "Army Division passes over Berks Roads" Reading Eagle
- ↑ "Motorized Forces of Army to Try Long Trip". Bradford Era. Bradford, Pennsylvania. August 14, 1928.
Col. Oliver S. Eskridge, commanding the force, plans to give the motorized units a thorough try-out on the trip to test the convoy for speed, stamina, and control over distance. It is expected to maintain an average speed of 15 miles an hour. The trip northward will be made in two days with a stop-over Tuesday night at the Pottstown, Pa., racetrack. An endeavor will be made to make the return trip of 205 miles in one day. The force will move in two sections so as not to interfere with normal traffic on the highways.
- ↑ "Defense Fund Declared Low" (pdf). Salt Lake Tribune; Newspaper Archive. September 16, 1928. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
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