Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-25
now WOMEN CAN e,229 CARS NEEDED
AID THE NATION FOR $4,000 TROOPS
Railroad Requirements For One
Army Are Compiled.
DIVIDED into 366 TRAINS

How the Roads Are Pre- pairing to As
-sist Government In tho Movement Of
SoIdiers-Transportation Experts As.
sise the Quartermaster In Shipment
Of Supplies.
To move one field army of $4,000
men, consisting Of three infantry divi-
sions, one cavalry division and bri-
gade, technically known as q brigade
Of field army trOops-troops auxiliary
to the infantry and cavalry divisions
requires total of 6,229 cars made up
into 366 trains with as many locomo-
tives.
This information is contained in
bulletin issued by the special commit
tee on national defense of the Amer
lean Railway association for distribu-
ton to the railroads Of the country.
The figures were compiled by Lieuten.
ant Colonel Chauncey b. Baker Of the
quartermaster corps, U. s. A.
These G,229 cars would be made up
of 2,115 passenger, 1856 baggage, 1866
box, 1899 stock and IT'S fat cars.
This quantity Of equipment repre-
sents Z Of per cent of the locomotives
owned by American railroads, 40 per
cent Of their passenger cars and 2 of
per cent Of their freight equipment.
Requirements For Various Units.
Railroad equipment required to move
various organizations Of the army at
war strength is as follows:
Infantry regiment-55 officers, 1880
men, III animals, % vehicles; cars re-
quired, As passenger cars, 8 baggage
cars, Is box cars, 8 stock cars, 8 fat or
gondola cars; total, IS cars. Cavalry
regiment-54 officers, 1,2S4 men, 1,438
animals, 20 vehicles; cars required, SO
passenger cars, baggage cars, 25 box
cars, Y stock cars, 8 open cars; total,
$50 cars. Artillery regiment, light
As officers, ITO men, 1857 animals, 80
vehicles, "a guns; cars required, 80
passenger cars, 8 baggage cars, rs box
cars, IS stock cars, 48 fiat cars, 48 open
cars; total, 10 cars. Artillery regi-
ment, horse-45 officers, 1913 men,
1871 animals, IS vehicles, "a guns;
cars required, "a passenger cars, 10
baggage cars, rs box cars, 7S stock
cars, AZ fat cars; total, 1914 cars. Ar
tillery regiment, mOuntain-45 officers
1850 men, 1929 animals, "a guns; cars
required, 80 passenger cars, baggage
cars, 30 box cars, 81 stock cars; total,
124 cars. Engineers, pioneer battalion
-16 officers, 5O2 men, 1865 animals, -
vehicles; cars required, IA passenger
cars, baggage cars, 10 box cars, 8
stock cars, fiat cars; total, 3S cars
Signal corps, field battalion-9 officers,
III men, 2O6 animals, Is vehicles; cars
required, 6 passenger cars, 2 baggage
cars, box cars, 10 stock cars, fat
cars; total, % cars.
The preparations for war as made by
the government and the railroads have
been worked out along the lines large
ly developed by Lieutenant Colonel
Ch4uncey B. Baker Of the quartermas-
ter corps, who for a number of years
has made an exhaustive study of mill
tary transportation. He has been in
charge Of transportation for the quar-
termaster general from 1902 till 1906
and from 1912 to the present time.
Experts With Each Department.
AS agreed upon by the railroads and
the military authorities. representa-
tives Of the American Railway asso
citation from the operating, motive
power, traffic and operating depart
ments Of roads designated by the spe-
ofn1 INIT Cf 1nfA nf
the American Railway association will
be located in the Office Of the quarter
master general, at each department
headquarters, at each mobilization
point, at each concentration point and
at each strategic point at which troops
are to be assembled. Other inspectors
or representatives will be designated
as may be required to facilitate the CO.
operation between the transportation
lines and the military service, and as
the needs Of the service may Indicate
The railroads special committee on
national defense has advised the car
riers that officers for the above serv-
ice "shOuld be chosen from a class of
men who will be broad minded and
temperamentally men of such charac
ter as would take broad view of
transportation in movements Of troops
and supplies They should wholly di-
vest themselves Of any disposition to
work for or In favor of any particular
transportation line, but should apply
themselves solely to the solution Of
the transportation problem in the man.
ner most satisfactory to the govern
ment and in such fashion as can be
most effectively executed by the rail
ways. They are assigned to this duty
as transportation experts and will as
sist the quartermaster, with whom
they are serving, not only in the trans
pOrtatiOn of troops. but in any other
matter pertaining to transportation in
which their assistance may be re-
quested."
To Salute the Flag.
Every citizen of the United States is
to be asked to stand mOtiOnless and
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