l use would beefficient for the conduct of the affairsof his office. The armoredcar, as originallyconstructed, wasforty-two feetlong and eightand one-half feetwide. It was builtat the UnitedStates MilitaryCar Shops at Al-exandria, Virgin-ia. The luxuriousinterior of the carmarked a distinctadvance… … chide Lincoln for such pretentiousness.Once the coach was completed, he stead-fastly refused to accept the car or toride in it during his lifetime. With the assassination and death ofLincoln, the officers in charge of themilitary car shops were ordered to stripout a portion of the interior of…
