The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04

Therefore, when the orders came In
France and Germany there was not a
moments delay. It seemed 10 us that
'hn urst reserve must have had its uni
.or0> ana guns At home for 1t was only
very short time before uniformed men
Nerr ;hronEng the streets. hurrylng to
ttc point OF local mobilization.
BY that time the railroads had been
taken charge of by the authorities who
had as their sole business the expediting
~ the troops. We motored out in the
country and the scenes were as those in
TIE city. We saw men coming from the
farms, line, Intelligent looking young men.
We passed four, each OF whom led a
horse. harnGssed ready for it's part in
'he general scheme. There was no hilarlty
about IL, no particular enthusiasm, just
sober deliberate. solemn performance
~ a dcpQrable duty.
The railroads had TO handle the rnen
and the supply trains. They were banded
without any trouble for several reasons
First was, it had all been thought out
beforehand, and second, II had all been
arranged. The troop trains came into a
station, the waiting soldiers clambered
aboard say In double tours or Fights. the
doors were locked and the train started
for It's destination run by the block sys-
tom.
Tho supply trains were made up at
the supply depots provided long before
Nfi' wal Mfl VINO Iltl DttH hpllolllttu
and trained beforehand loaded them and
they started Off The morning after the
frst call | saw train at one of these
dcputs being loaded to start for the front
IN few hours. Congestion was avoided
hr equations which permitted only a
fw organizations to approach the sta.
ton at q time. All others were held
u9 NJ a distance until they could be
handled.
The next day, our party having had
.'r automobile Communicated, was sit
'HE taking coffee at "A little cafe not so
f' from station. \ huge wagon loaded
with military stores stopped in front OF
us. ON u were SIX young men. Naturally
.0 .u2Itutlou was extended to them to
refresh. themselves To the surprise of
,"rr, one and in violation OF all tradi-
ICONS those six young Frenchmen took
lemonade.
They we're very likable young chaps
ard talked without excitement Ono or our
party said Isn't it II shame that you
h1d 70 have such quarreisome neigh-
Dor"
".on. but YOU have Mexico he said
luatngly.
Their turn came, the wagon APP
p~uIchod, discharged its LOAD ana 'h'
young men disappeared.
"I' remains To be told whether in the
stress OF campaigning later the railroads
went through with their tasks as smoothlN
a- they did At the start IL is appareh
'Y any one studying the situation that al
unforeseen hitch would seriously dlsar
rilur everything, that is, somethlnl
against whl,h they had not provided TINT
would not be a common occurrence, De
ctGse the problem has been studied IRON
aU viewpoints II would have to be some
TONG they had overlooked. The troupl
'H,'. would be great
They have not the Initiative over ther
IA TO take re
.noua.blity They must do as they ar
'..l. and that applies to the rallroaus
,..ryth.ug else.
- remember that the Paris Office OF IN
Equitable Life Assurance Society, think
l.a I might need money, sent me bOo
f.,uys II came In the shape OF hVe tele
ans. each for 1000 francs They wer
-. wordcd the same. addressed the sam
s--cnt the nth, which owing 10 teleg
rarucr's error became 'Horee' instead o
Halrro when I received II. II took m
Eve days to get the money on that las
message
An American operator receiving nv
rurh messages, one after the other. to IN
same address would have changed tina
" to an 4 and thought no more of II
Not there. They started 10 MAKE tina
correction through official channels an