Comments on: Defense through Decentralization https://www.isegoria.net/2011/11/defense-through-decentralization/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 09:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Joseph Fouche https://www.isegoria.net/2011/11/defense-through-decentralization/comment-page-1/#comment-372936 Joseph Fouche Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:45:08 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=27133#comment-372936 The 1919 Motor Transport Corps Convoy was a convoy of 82 trucks and automobiles sent from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco, CA to gauge the suitability of the nation’s road network for automobile transport.

Per WIkipedia, the “average for the 3,250 mile trip covered in 573.5 hours was 5.65 mph over the 56 travel days for an average of 10.24 hours per travel day”. It reported no paved roads between Illinois and Nevada. The convoy had to make numerous road and bridge repairs along the way.

The observer from the new U.S. Army Tank Corps was Major Dwight David Eisenhower (Breven Lieutenant Colonel). His report is reproduced here.

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