Arizona republican., 1914-08-26
WORK IS
 MOBILIZATION
Russian Railroads and Bad Thoroughfares Make It a Matter of Weeks or Pos sibly Months-Germany Does It by Machinery.

That Germany is not apprehensive of an early attack in force by Russia upon it's eastern border is the opin- ion of R. l.. Bake who formerly lived in Germany and has travelled exten- sively in Western Russia within the last half dozen years. MT. Bake yesterday mentioned the fact that it is not yet a month since Russia be- gan mObiliZing and one who knows something of the railroad facilities and other means of transportation in that country understands what that means. There is no civilized coun- try in the world with worse rail- road facilities than that part of Rus sia. There is single line track and a most miserable track between the province of Posen in east Rus sia and Warsaw and the equipment is such as cannot be found on the most dilapidated railroad in this country It would take month, said Mir Bake, to bring 100000 troops to the border over that line.
 Fifty years ago there were good roads, macadamized in that part of the country but they have been al- lowed to lapse into such a state of disrepair that they are not available for motor vehicles Many of the trained troops of the Russians will have to be brought from Manchuria and from points in Siberia ovef the single track Siberian road which is a fairly good one and fairly well equip ped but mobilization by that means on account of the great length of the road will be slow, matter of weeks and months.
 | But on the German side there are the best roads in the world and the railroad system is unsurpassed. The roads are all built for militay pur- poses The use of them for commer- cial purposes is only secondary. They are laid out with reference to hurry ing troops where they will be needed and in time of peace as well as in war, they are under military direc- 1 tion, all trainmen and all employees from switch tenders to engineers and conductors belong to a military arm I 1 have to do without further direction in time of war All trainmen are equipped with maps showing not only l all stations on the line to which | each is assigned but the stations or l connecting lines in France or in oth- 1 CT countries. There is information as to where water is to be taken or and where fuel may be obtained Whenever a change is made new I set of maps are issued to trainmeI on the lines affected.
 1 Ever since the FrancO-Prussian wal I there has been a constant reminder 1 to the country that war was at al 1 times impending. At distances oi | three or four miles along all princi. | pAl roads there are large signs de- lining the district in which the sigr is situated. All persons liable tc military service are informed where | in case of a call to the colors they | shall go; where they will obtain arms and where they will find cloth | ing. The call to colors does no mean that the reseryist shall star next day or as soon as he has fin l ished the task on which he is en- gagged but that he must start instant ly If he is blowing he is expected to leave his team in the field ant the blow in the furrow; if a carpen ter, he has only to drop his ham mer, saw or chisel.
 Trains run over the principal roads about every ten minutes so that there is little waiting at station by tho lreservist for means of transportation to take him to the point where mo Utilization begins.
 No time in the whole process O
 mobilization is lost in giving instruc
 tions. Every man knows his plac'
 in the great war machine and drop
 into it when he has received tn
 call to the cOlOrs.