The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-06-08

and another car substituted and sent
on through, with the same placard.
One of the chief troubles Mt Tampa
was that the freight was not labeled.
Nobody knew what the cars contained
or where any specific supplies were
along the line.
For months before diplomatic rela-
tons were broken with Germany the
committee on transportation and
communication of the advisory COM
mission Of the Council for National
Defense, headed by Daniel Willard
President Of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, had been in close communl-
cation with the officials OF the war
department. When the danger became
an actual menace the work Of prompt
ly organizing the railroads for defense
fell upon the executive committee of
the American Railway association.
Col. John L. Taylor of the bureau
of explosives Of the American Railway
association said last week that In the
whole world there was no such broad
and highly developed system as that
possessed by Uncle Sam. It was Gre
ated, however, for the pursuits of
peace; It made no claims TO efficiency
on special military lines comparable
with the transportation of Germany,
for instance.
System In Germany.
By the end of 1907 the normal
tracks in Germany constituted more
than one-siXth Of the whole Of Europe
"A system larger than that of any
other European country with one ex-
ceptiOn, Russia. The kaiser has been
eX Ofiicio the chief of the Imperial
railway Office. He has appointed its
members. He has had the power to
demand and to prescribe lower than
the normal rates for the transporta-
ton of provisions in case of emer-
gency. He, in connection with the up |
per house of parliament, may call for |
the conveyance of soldiers and the ma
teria,5 of war.
Not long after the war began Ger
many called to the colors every avail
able man. This gave a total of 4,0O0,-
900 men in the field to be supplied with
food, clothing, ammunition, and every
thing needed for actual service. There
were probably 100000 horses also in
the field. and they too had to be fed.
The ammunition and the guns had to
be carried to the front by rail, and
Of rtrnC fro hn ,Ir
forth several times. Germanys rail-
road arrangements had been complete
even before the war started. war
revised as occasion de-
has from the first been in the
possession of railway officers through
)ut the country, capable of being put
nto force at the shortest notice. Short
lines built by Germany on
he French and Belgian frontiers have
)een of the greatest Importance, and,
II addition, most of the main lines are
70 located as to have the greatest ef-
iciency for military purposes.
Every railroad car in Germany has
tenciled on it the number of men or ,
lOIStS II 10 CApCNlCu W |
n Germany the world has its most ,
omplete example of the state-owned
Bismarck worked for impe- ,
ial ownership. The foundation of {
uch a net as we now see in operation I
7as laid in 1871, when the lines of ,
came to the empire as q
result of the Franco-Prussisn war. :
n that war Germany used her seven +
lilway lines in the north and three =
the south, only one having a double a
rack, to transport 16 army corps, +
100000 men, to the frontier,
nd accomplished the strategic feat in 4
1 days. Today Germany has II dOu-
Ie-track lines grilling her broad sur 3
ice, and the manner in which she has &
Iade use of them to prosecDte the i
orld war has been a striking exam &
le Of the railroad as a weapon for +