L A N D AND WATER 
February 6, 191 5 
16 H.P. SUNBEAM MOTOR AMBULANCE 
A Tery fine piece of work 
field liospital to the base with a load of wounded is neces- 
sarily slow ; yet this is just the time that one does not want 
any breakdown to take place. One of the first essentials of a 
motor ambulance is reliability, and although a really good 
second-hand car — if not too oid — is very often quite as 
reliable as a new one, yet it is always better to do the jcb 
properly if one intends to do it at all. 
with regard to field kitchens 1 offer the same advice. 
The chassis must be strong, well designed, and built to stand 
the weight of the body, which, as is obvious, tnust be heavy 
when one takes into consideration what it has to carry. 
One of the most sensible 1 have yet seen is produced by 
FORTY-ONE SUNBEAM 16 H.P. MOTOR AMBULANCE.S 
Tfiese, togelher with four cars for Officerj, were presented to the King 
by the Maharajah of Gwalior 
Barkers and has been presented to the St. John Ambulance 
Association by the Ladies' Automobile Club. Its general 
appearance and fittings can be gauged from the illustration. 
The chassis is a Crossley 40 h.p. As regards the exterior 
the driver has the protection of a canopy, whilst a locker for 
tools and sundries is provided under his seat. The sides of 
the car are hinged to enable them to open outwards, and are 
each fitted with a large window, rendering the interior 
particularly light — a necessary feature. When the sides are 
so opened up a flap or counter drops outwards. As regards 
tlie interiorof the- car this has called forth the expenditure of 
considerable thought and ingenuity, the idea being to make 
use of every available inch. There are two tables, with a 
zinc-lined sink interposed between them ; several cupboards 
and drawers; abundance of shelves and racks; cups, jugs, 
plates, cutlery, with the requisite hooks, saucepans, stew- 
pans, bread basket, etc. ; and last, but by no means least, a 
special boiler, as well as a large spare water tank, oil tank, etc. 
-Altogether it will be seen that this self-contained field kitchen 
should prove a very great boon to our men at the front, as it 
will provide welcome food and refreshment at close quarters, 
and we can imagine the chef or chefs-there being room for 
two in the central gangway, one to serve out on e'ach side — 
will be kept more than occui)ied. 
.Another very excellent example of a serviceable kitchen 
is that produced by Messrs. Brown, Hughes & Strachan, the 
central heating arrangement being exceptionally ingenious, 
and it is admirably adapied to the requirements of active 
service conditions. The general idea is very well shgwn in 
the illustration. 
THK DETACHABLE WHEEL 
It will readily be seen that, in these days when important 
messages have to be delivered and members of the General 
Staff have to be transported from place to place in record 
times, delay may prove fatal, and such being the case it 
BEDFORD-BUICK STREAMLINE TORPEDO 
Wilh Delco seU-slartei- and lighting equipmenl. Several of these cars 
are being used for dispatch carrying in Flanders 
SIGNALLERS AT WORK 
behoves those who are in charge of this very important 
branch of motor transports to see that cars used are equipped 
with every possible delay-preventing device. One of the most 
prolific causes of trouble is the puncture or burst, and it is 
hardly necessary to state that should a serious burst occur 
when an important message has to be delivered it means a 
very great loss of time should the car have to be held u]) 
until a new tyre is stretched on. In the simplest of cases it 
will take two men half an hour to perform the operation, and 
two men are not always available. With the detachable 
wheel this delay is at once eliminated. Any ordinary man 
with a grain of sense can change a wheel in five minutes, even 
allowing for the unstrapping of the spare, finding the spanner 
and jack in the tool box, jacking up the car, and effecting 
the change. This is where the Rudge-Whitworth wheels 
have more than proved their worth at the front. Many a 
serious delay has been saved and many a nasty corner been 
got safely out of owing to the fact that Rudge-Whitworth 
wheels have been standardised. Not only is the celerity of 
the change an advantage, l)ut the extra strength afforded by 
the wire-spoked wheel is very much appreciated by those 
who have had experience on the roads of France and Belgium. 
Collisions — owing to the crowded condition of their 
roads in some areas — are frequent, and where the fracture of 
a wooden-spoked wheel would at once render a car hors de 
combat it has very little effect on the wire wheel. Half the 
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