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English: The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, May 2, 1920

Cadillac War Record.
Car Burned up, but Chassis was Unwreckable.

Motor Transport Men Put a New Body on Battered Machinery and It's Still Going.
One of the most stories brought back from the war zone is told by Captain Paul Rutten of. the motor transport corps, who is now stationed at the Presidio In San Francisco. The following is taken from a report filed by Captain Rutten with the war department: "On or- about October 9, 1918, a Cadillac touring car, No. 16820. assigned to Colonel Peter C. Field, 91st division surgeon, was bombed while parked with another Cadillac touring car at Epionville, France, between the Forest de Hesse and the Argonne. The Cadillac burned to the ground with the exception of the motor and radiator, which remained intact. About October 15 a detail of the 91st division repair shop salvaged the remains of the Cadillac U. S. 16820, and hauled the wreck to the repair shop at Rampont, France. it was necessary to move the chassis twice while it was
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being repaired. A limousine body was salvaged from another car that was out of service - not a Cadillac - and by patching the gas tank, which had been perforated by bomb fragments and holding the body on with clamps, the job was finally completed November 30, but by this time the car was in Belgium.
"The car was turned over to Major W. F. Johnston, commanding the 91st until this - division returned to the United States in March. 1919. Thereafter it was turned over to the C. M. T. O. at Le Mans, France, and placed in service there. "From the time I left Revigny this car had traveled on its own power and had never, been shipped by rail, making the trip into Belgium and back through France to southern France."

"This is just another illustration of what the Cadillacs were called upon to do In France," said Captain Rutten. "A Cadillac car had to be more than a total wreck before we gave it up.. In fact, they lad to be literally blown to pieces before being considered out of service. This re building of the old 6820 was one of tbc most unusual that ever came under my notice. A bomb fell inside It and literally tore the car to pieces. The frame was twisted and it looked like the worst wreck possible, but because it was a Cadillac and because the officers demanded Cadillacs the men refused to discard it."
Deutsch: The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, 2. Mai 1920

Auto verbrannt, aber das Fahrgestell war unzerstörbar
Cadillac Kriegsbericht.
Motor Transport Truppen setzten eine neue Karosserie auf die ramponierte Maschine und sie fährt immer noch. Eine der schönsten Geschichten, die aus dem Kriegsgebiet mitgebracht wurden, stammt von Hauptmann Paul Rutten vom Kraftfahrerkorps, der jetzt im Presidio in San Francisco stationiert ist. Das Folgende ist einem Bericht entnommen, den Hauptmann Rutten beim Kriegsministerium eingereicht hat:
"Um den 9. Oktober 1918 wurde ein Cadillac-Reisewagen, Nr. 16820, der Oberst Peter C. Field, dem Chirurgen der 91. Division, zugeteilt war, bombardiert, als er zusammen mit einem anderen Cadillac-Reisewagen in Epionville, Frankreich, zwischen dem Hessischen Wald und den Argonnen, geparkt war. Der Cadillac brannte bis auf den Motor und den Kühler, die unversehrt blieben, völlig aus. Um den 15. Oktober herum barg ein Team der Reparaturwerkstatt der 91. Division die Überreste des Cadillac U. S. 16820 und brachte das Wrack in die Reparaturwerkstatt in Rampont, Frankreich, wo das Fahrgestell während der Reparatur zweimal bewegt werden musste,
repariert wurde. Eine Limousinen-Karosserie wurde von einem anderen Auto geborgen, das außer Betrieb war - kein Cadillac - und durch das Flicken des von Bombensplittern durchlöcherten Benzintanks und das Befestigen der Karosserie mit Klammern wurde die Arbeit schließlich am 30. November abgeschlossen, aber zu diesem Zeitpunkt war das Auto bereits in Belgien.
"Der Wagen wurde Major W. F. Johnston übergeben, der die 91. Division kommandierte, bis diese im März in die Vereinigten Staaten zurückkehrte. 1919. Danach wurde er an das C.M.T.O. in Le Mans, Frankreich, übergeben und dort in Dienst gestellt.
"Seit ich Revigny verlassen habe, ist dieser Wagen aus eigener Kraft gereist und wurde nie auf der Schiene transportiert, sondern hat die Reise nach Belgien und zurück durch Frankreich nach Südfrankreich gemacht."

"Dies ist nur ein weiteres Beispiel dafür, was die Cadillacs in Frankreich zu leisten hatten", sagte Hauptmann Rutten. "Ein Cadillac-Wagen musste mehr als ein Totalschaden sein, bevor wir ihn aufgaben. In der Tat mussten sie buchstäblich in Stücke gesprengt werden, bevor man sie als unbrauchbar betrachtete. Dieser Umbau des alten 6820 war einer der ungewöhnlichsten, der mir je untergekommen ist. Eine Bombe war hineingefallen und hatte den Wagen buchstäblich in Stücke gerissen. Der Rahmen war verbogen, und es sah aus wie das schlimmstmögliche Wrack, aber weil es ein Cadillac war und weil die Offiziere Cadillacs verlangten, weigerten sich die Männer, ihn ausrangieren zu lassen."
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Author The Sunday Oregonian, Portland, May 2, 1920
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