Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-06
handling Kicks" in Railway Complaint Bureau

that really grateful persons will buy
thrift stamps with tina, extra bit.
Another Army officer voiced Il conf
plant to tne new bureau and found it
officer received orders TO move to =
certain point He purchased Il ticket
checked his baggage and was Well 'on
his way when he received later dgs-
patch ordering him elsewhere. THIS.
OF course threw all of his original
plans awry and trouble with his bag
gage was almost inevitable, 1t seemed
for a time to be most hopelessly lost,
and he felt justified in lodging com
plant. The bureau had received other
were subject to sudden change.
After ascertaining that these were
not isolated cases, but that there was
in truth much baggage which was
the property of soldiers being con-
stantly lost through confusion of con-
.ditions, the bureau decided promptly
that something must be done. Shortly
a special ruling was made relative to
complaints from soldiers whose plans
this matter whereby these annoying
conditions were corrected.
Baggagemen, upon observing that
certain piece or pieces of soldiers
baggage remained unclaimed in a sta
ton a longer period than usual, were
the baggage to the War Department.
rhe War Department is able to locate,
in practically no time at all. any man
serving actively for Uncle Sam The
department consequently PROCEEDED TO
further instruct the baggagemen as
to the exact destination of the trunk
that had temporarily lost its owner.
When these new orders have gone
into effect and are running smoothly
sold
untold annoyance over his luggage.
In spite Of the fact that conditions in
this country are abnormal from the rail-
road angle, they are long way from
being as difficult as they are either III
ing at the railroad stations and on the
trains is worse in Europe and rates for
travelling far less moderate than in this
country. A reliable authority has stated
that week ends bring about conditions
unprecedented in London: Throngs OF
people, wishing to buy tickets for points
outside Of London, form in long lines
in front Of the ticket offices md pur-
chase their tickets hours before their
trains depart. This they are obliged to
do in order to get any sort Of accom-
modations, or even the chance OF trans
portation.
Bad as many persons find conditions
in this country. they must acknowledge knoS ssge
point Indeed. the new bureau points
out that these are days when an ap-
peal is mado not only to the would-be
globe trotter and every member Of the
public, but to the humblest of Uncle
Sans employees. to be as stanch pa
troit as the man lover there has
right to expect.
For instance, there are two ways to
tackle job for Uncle Sam, as the BY
reau observes. One sees In that job no
reason to be thankful for busy us ,ful
day, but rather every cause for dss.atis-
faction. An eternal grind propos. ,ition
confronts such a person whose :: ault-
findings get him nowhere and. who
secs in the daily task he has to pc 'rform
only a life sentence"
On the other hand, there is the OIL 'ti-
mist who has the faculty of naturally
adopting the happier frame of mind.
He secs his job as indeed real essen
tial and himself a most necessary part Of
a great and good scheme. To him his
position is an opportunity which, If he
will but take it at its worth. will be
stepping stone to broader fields and
higher ideals