February 6, i ;) i 5 
LAND AND W A T £ R . 
A BEDFORD-BUICK AMBULANCE 
Owing to their excellent ground clearance these cars 
are well fitted for rough roads and active service 
spokes may be ripped out, and in the case of a bad collision the 
wheel rim may be buckled ; but one can always get home so 
long as there is any wheel left on the stub axle, and getting 
to one's destination — no matter in what condition — is the 
only axiom that is observed in the messenger service. 
While on the subject of dispatch carrying it is only fair to 
mention the very excellent service rendered by the Rudge 
motor cycle with its mar\'ellous change-speed gear. It is 
the favourite mount of the motor cycle dispatch rider, and 
many a thrilling tale is still to be told of hairbreadth escapes 
and wonderful journeys accomplished on this machine. 
THE MOTOR G.4R UNDER ACTIVE 
SERVICE CONDITIONS 
One has but to step off the cross-Channel boat on to 
French ground to be in direct touch with the battle front. 
Great lumbering lorries, covered with mud and running slush 
from their step-boards and wheels, hurry by in two steady 
streams ; one lot is loaded up with all the necessaries of war 
and the other is a string of " returned empties." Over there 
may be seen two or three long, low, high-powered touring 
WHERE TRIPLEX GLASS IS NECESSARY 
A special sleeping car (or Officers, built by the Daimler Co. 
cars. They are painted grey and look wonderfully clean ; 
thej' will not look so nice by the time they have finislied their 
journey. Three of them are of the famous Rolls-Royce 
make. Every imaginable fitting is incorporated ; a double 
set of lamps is to be seen on one car, on another a swivelling 
searchlight. Everything that the ingenuity of man can 
suggest is to be found on one or the other ot these cars. All 
have detachable wheels and all are fitted with Palmer Cord 
tyres of large section. A khaki-clad dri\er. with the stripes 
of a sergeant, stands by each car and a soldier in French 
uniform beside him. The sergeant is the driver and the 
Frenchman is the interpreter. They are both fully armed. 
The very look of the cars, from the name-plate on the radiator 
to the Palmer Cords, shows conclusively that these vehicles 
are on some very special service. What that service is 1 am 
not at hberty to divulge, but that it is one which will not 
brook delay is quite obvious to any person who knows any- 
thing about motoring. That is why the best of everything 
is chosen. No price is too high to pay for efficient service 
on an errand such as theirs, and right worthily do they 
justify the price. 
Some two months ago^it may possibly be three — 1 
drove into the principal hotel in Abbeville and found therein 
STANDARD95 
REPRESENTS 
THE LAST WORD 
IN LIGHT CAR CONSTRUCTION 
It com Bines speecf witB Cuxury ancC its reputation 
for rcfiaSiCity and econon^ is universaC i A 
THE STANDARD 
MOTOR C^ W COVENTRY 
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