Big Military Bus Terminal Asked for U. S. Capital Publication: Automotive Daily News Dateline: Washington, D.C. Date: 27 August 1925 Subjects: American Government , Buses, Military

Washington, D. C., Aug. 26.—Construction of a motor bus terminal and armory in the central section of the capital will be recommended to congress at the next session, by the district commissioners.

The armory would occupy the entire second floor of the terminal, which would cover an area of at least a half-block.

Such combination of the armory and the bus terminal, it was pointed out by military men, would be of great strategic importance in event of an emergency. Sufficient motor vehicles would be immediately at hand to move the entire district guard, with arms and equipment, it was pointed out.

The decision of the commissioners is based on a report of a survey just completed on a tour of several big cities by Major W. E. R. Covell, assistant to the public utilities commission, who declared there was an urgent need of a central bus terminal in Washington.