Evening star., 1916-11-16
COUNTRY YSPREPARED
TO TRANSPORT TROOPS
Railroads Are Ready for Any
Emergency, Col. Summerall Tells
Passenger Ticket Agents Body.
Members Hear Speeches by Promi-
nent Officials an, Ljoy Musical
Program at Annual Dinner.

That the country is prepared for any
military eXigencies that may arise in
regard to it's transportation system
was declared by Col Charles p. Sum-
neral of the War Department at the
frst annual banquet of the Washing
ton Passenger and Ticket Agents As
eociation in the Hotel Cochran last
night. He said that the success OF all
modern military operations depended
upon the efficiency of the railroads.
and that not a single accident occurred
during the transportation of the troops
for military service" on the Mexican
border.
Joseph A. Hurney, president OF the
association, was POSTMASTER. Others
vino spoke were C. W. Westbury, gen.
eraI agent of the Southern railway
W. ]. Wilson, superintendent of the
WASHINGTON terminal: Col. W. G. Cole
man, general agent of the Seapoard
Air Line railway: y. ]. Poston. general
agent of the Washington-Sunset route
George =. James, district passenger
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line a- laii-
road. T C. White. general passenger
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line rat
road. and Mai c. B. Drake OF the war
Department. ;,o,
The entertainment included mts'cat !
selections by a quartet composed u
w. B. Peckham, f. Fl. Poston, X. II.
Aueman and A Lester Tracy. accom-
panied by Charles Howser: ,a,
oliver. as clown. contributes fioaei
Juggling stunts: Charles f. Won. ac-
companied by Byron S. Blodgett, gave
several musical recItatlons EuM III
Callow recited "A Little BIT or spa
ghetti Fun" and Edward q. Lamp sang
several solos. -
The banquet was in charge of a com
mittee composed of George W: Nler-
buchen, chairman: T l.. Llpse..
George E. Rowe, Thomas W LuckeIt'
Alpheus ]. Sherman and Carlsie
Needham. and the entertainment COM
mittee composed of Howard Ramoo,
chairman. and w. B. Peckham me
officers of the association are: fres!-
dent, Joseph A. Hurney: vice presl-
dent George b. Hartman: secretary.
Rodney G. Martin, and treasurer L. -H
Campbell.
Those at the Banquet.
Those present were: W. H. Tayloe,
traffic manager of the Southern rail-
way: w B. Bevill, traffic manager OF
the Norfolk and Western railway; C.
b. Ryan, general passenger agent OF
the Seaboard Air Line railway: H. F
Cary. general passenger agent OF the
Southern railway; c. W. Westpury'
general agent of the Southern rih-
way; W. J. Wilson, superintendent OF
the Washington Terminal; Col. W e.
Coleman, general agent of the Sea-
board Air Line railway: A j. Poston'
general agent of the Washington
Sunset Route: George p. James, DIS
trict passenger agent of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad: T. L. Lipsett. Dis
trict passenger solicitor or the Penn-
sylvania railroad; George NJ. Bond,
District passenger agent of the Ches-
apeake and Ohio railway: Col Charles
p Summerall of the War Department,
Mai. c. B. Drake of the war Depart
ment. Wendell A Herman, L. Rawls;
Joseph A. Hurney. T. c. White, A. H.
Alleman. H. L. Bishop. L. Burgher.
Frank Bowman. Charles S. Brock. c.
F. Bennett. Byron Blodgett. D. H Bur
CESS. J. c. Cliff. L. NJ. Campbell. c. f.
Crawford. Cliff Cohen. Edwin Callow,
Eugene Cochran. W. H. Connolly. G. C.
Cox, A C. Davis o. J. Deming. Baron
De Foe. ]. A. Flynn. c. II. Freed, John
j. F1aherty. Fred c. Greve. Il. A. GlIlen.
DR.. j. K Haywood. r. NJ. Hicks, e. ].
Hutchinson. Custis Hunt Paul Hunt,
NJ N. Hubbard, Charles Howser. George
Hartman, Alexander Irvine. r. L. Jones,
r F. Kaltenbach. John kean. E. l..
Lamb. Horace Lane, Eugene Loven-
liam C. La Clair. Joseph Mckeever. p
r. Martin, Eugene McGovern, William
Mcconnell. Rodney Martin. John Mat
ter, H 2. Meldrum, Jones Moore. T. NJ.
Mcqueen, T. p. Martin. f. A. Mcdonald.
Carlisle Needham. S. b. Noble, p L.
Peletier. c. f. Phelps. Charles Parks.
Frank Poston. w. B. Peckham. Z. w.
Pummill. Paul r; Ramey. ]. T. Rich.
mond, George ". Ryan. George f.
Rowe. F. r. Rochester. Harry Roemer.
Frank Rapee, Howard Rambo. Joseph
Rockfller, :. b. Shelton, H. T. Stan
clfffe, Robert f. shannon. Morgan
steel, A. J. Sherman, c. A Trotter. ]. +.
Taylor, W. NJ Taylor, A. L. Tracy, II.
H. Taggert, W. F. yolandt. Charles T.
Vandeveer. J. 4. Van Hoesen, George
Nierbuchen, Frederick Weifman, Harry
Welk Clyde Wendleken. Charles Way
son, w H Wardin, T. Il. Ward and
Charles Wolf