US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Eustis, VA)

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+ t 'fEl!z:::5,, . ..... ..., ,.,,. I The Highway Transport Service traces its origin to the year 1916 when motor vehicles were first used by the United States Army in pursuit of Francisco Villa in Mexico. ln April 1917, when World War I began, there were 4,138 motor vehicles of various types being operated by the Army. By the time the Armistice was signed in November 1918, this number had swelled to 85,000. Although the responsibility for the opera- tion of motor vehicles was originally assigned to the Quartermaster Corps, a separate branch of the American Expeditionary Forces was established in February 1918 and subse- quently named the Motor Transport Corps. This service was organized into Motor Com- mands, Motor Supply Trains and Motor Re- pair Unitsg Motor Car, Motorcycle, and Motor X 3 .. L Truck Companies. Some of the names of the vehicles operated in 1917-18 are unfamiliar today: Pierce Arrow, F.W.D., Jeffrey fNashJ Quad, Winten, Dorris, Locomobile, and the famous '5Liberty.', The Motor Transport Corps adopted as its insignia an automobile wheel with a winged helmet super-imposed upon it. This device was not only worn on the collar of the uni- form but was also incorporated in the chev- rons of the time. A driver wore an embroi- dered winged wheel on his sleeve and a master sergeant a winged wheel with a star above and a wreath beneath. The war ended, the Army reverted to ya peacetime status, and the Motor Transport Corps again became a part of the Quarter- master Corps. wir... -eps--1