The Washington herald., 1917-04-13
Army and Navy News
Best service Column In city.

Instructions for war transport OF troops
and munitions have been issued by the
American Railway Association to the go
, railroad systems of the country. The
government authorities and the railroad
officials covering military operations CO.
operated in drawing up the instructions,
according to Fairfax Harrison, president
Of the Southern Railway, and general
chairman of the Special Committee on
National Defense.
The instructions read In part:
The routing Of troops from home sta
tions to mobilization camps will be in the
hands Of the Quartermaster General of
the army. Routing schedules will be fur
nished to the Camp Quartermaster, show
ing the route to be used by each organiza-
tion from the mobilization camp to con-
centration point or other destinations.
Where movements are entirely within the
territory OF the department routings will
be In the hands Of the Department Quar-
termaster. Owing to the limited amount
OF tourist equipment the assignment will
be In the hands of the once of the Quar-
termaster General
camp Quartermasters will make direct
requests on the Quartermaster General
Tor equipment as far in advance as pos
sible, when it Is definitely known troops
are ready to move. giving name of or
ganizations. number Of officers and men
70 move. route, and Approximate time
OF departure The American Railway
Association representatives. at each camp
will telegraph daily to the American Rail-
way Association Committee Central Bu-
reau at Washington departures for the
preceding twenty-four hours, organiza-
tions with strength to move in next
twenty-four hours. and strength still in
camp. with such other information as
may be necessary for their records. The
camp Quartermaster will assist the Amer
lean Railway Association renresentativ.
In securing this information" .ss
All owners of motor cars and truck. In
the United states will be called unon IN
FORM an organization subject to an emer-
Gency war call. according to a prorram
now being worked out in detail by the
motor reserve committee of the Council
OF National Defense. 1t will be a maor
transport organization more colossal than
had been considered possible before the
present crisis arose
There are 3,5o0.0OO passenger and conn
n1ercial motor vehicles in this country.
and IL no more than one-third of. them
were listed for emergency war WORN
the number in the corps would stiII
! exceed that OF all the automobiles in
the world outside OF the United States.
which is estimated at $4,000. Motor vehi-
cies in the United States have a pas
senger carrying capacity OF close to
1900 900.
Annapolis may not have London fogs.
and the Ancient City OF the Severn has
not yet gone through many of the war
TING sufferings the world metropolis of
the Britons has experienced. but, in one
respect. the State capital is experiencing
the things the big city of the tight little
isle has. How much preparedness there
is to be found near the mouth of this
Severn is indicated in the nightly search
light drills at the Naval Academy.
Each night for the past week therv
has been complete inspection of the
heavens and the shore line by a pow
erful naval light whose binding white
beams have searched out every nook
and Granny of the harbor and taken
many peeps into the heavens. While II
Is not considered at all likely just now
that the coast towns of this country
are In danger OF airship raids by the
aerial craft OF foe. the Naval Academy
authorities are having drills which win
put the town and the big government in
stitution in full readiness should such u
contingency arise.
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Enllstments IN the Marine Corps in the
last few days have broken all records in
the history of recruiting. These soldiers
of the sea" are making net gains daily
OF whole companies and battalions at
their distinctive recruiting stations from
coast to coast. according to reports just
made public.
Recruiting officials consider these in
creases just a start, however, as knowl-
edge Of and interest in this "two-in-one"
land and sea service is rapidly growing.
Present recruiting activities indicate that
the Marine Corps will reach its newly au-
thorized strength in the early summer.
The desire of red-blooded Americans to
be the first to take shot at a pcriscope
and the realization of the fact that We
need marines. as well as submarines, at
this time, Is responsible for this material
increase in Marine Corps recruiting ac-
cording to government officials here.