Evening star., 1918-08-11

orders to cross the HlO GrauOo anu
move southward, had scores Of loco
for his troops.
The engines and cabs had been mob
ilized by Mr.. FELTON,. who had also
concentrated along the Mexican Dor,
bridge material. Men to run the
trains carrying soldiers and to rebuild
the railroads and bridges had been
organised under Mr.. Felton's direc-
tion. The invasion did not OCCUR,
Hs Ras hi sran work fSs
the selection of Mr.. FELTON, for the
greater work to be done In France. Y
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It might almost be said that Mr..
FELTON, was brought up behind loco
motive. His father, also Samuel
Morse FELTON,, Harvard man and q
civil engineer by profession, was
superintendent Of the Fitchburg rail-
road in 1s4s--which was ten years
before the son was born. II was he
who planned and directed the secret
passage OF the Abraham Lincoln from
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Wilmington and Baltimore railroad.
The son, having graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute OF Technology,
was 2 railroad rodman at the age Of
lowed he served many transportation
companies and became famous AZ the
physician Of those that were ailing
and had been given up by other good
The work that he did in Mexico
during the days of President Diaz
caused j. p. Morgan, the elder. to
place him in charge Of the debiliteted
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cheerfully and hopefully eonyersinE.
He has treated the Pan Handle, the
Boston and Maine. the Erie and the
Alton; besides 2 score Of smaller cor
two or three cases while treating the
one whose life he is saving. Other
doctors, on such occasions, follow his
directions and administer his medi-
NJ. FELTON, was president Of the
to organise force for the rehabilita-
tion Of the railroads in France. He had
In his plans for. Pershing.s invasion
locations Of thousands Of locomotive
engineers. firemen, conductors. brake-
men. track workers. machinists.
bridge builders. telegraph operators,
station agents and bookkeepers.
soon organised. Two more have since
been recruited. These regiments were
sent to France that the railroads
there might be ready for the coming
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paired. The colonel Of each regiment
was an engineer oficer from the
Army.
Lieutenant colonies of the Ave regi::
large American railroads.; captains.
thirty Of them, had been engineers of
maintenance Of way; lieutenants had
been supervisors or roadmasters and
track and bridge forsmen, while the
privates were experienced track la
borers
Shop and operating regiments also
were organized. These were COM
had been general managers. division
superintendents, trainmasters. master
mechanics. chief dispatchers and SO
on of railroads in this country. The
makeup Of each company in the op-
Grating regiments included twelve 10
men. eight conductors. eight switch
men. twelve telegraph operators,
three clerks and stenographers, seven
signal maintainers, twelve car inspec-
tors and repairers. fourteen track
foremen, as well as craftsmen. sur.
veyors. storekeepers cooks. pipe fit-
ters, yard foremen. machinists, black
smiths. boilermakers. carpenters and
wagoners.
1t was Mr. Feiton's theory--and he
carried IT out in every particular
that the men he organized and sent to
France should be competent to oper-
ate and maintain the railroads OF that
country, from the laying of track and
the building Of bridges to the running
Of trains. and the transportation on
time OF troops. weapons, shells and
food.
II locomotive leaks or coilapses,
Mr., Felton's experts can repair 1t. His
mechanics are competent to take over
any railroad machine shop in Europe
and conduct 1t efficiently. The best
conductors and engineers are running
troop. food and munition trains. Al
together there are thirty-eight regi..
ments and battalions Of standard.
gauge American railroad men in the
Army. There are also men to operate
and maintain the narrow-gauge track
hundreds of miles of it-that goes
almost into the trenches themselves,
over which shells and SO forth are
carried.
In the autumn of 1853 Confederate
soldiers destroyed bridge over the
of railroad between Bull run and
Brandy station. Federal engineers
rebuilt the bridge, which was 625 feet
long and IS feet high. In nineteen
working hours.
Gen. Blacks engineers are prepar.
ed to duplicate that achievement, and
in an area under shell fire, if neces.
sary. And Mr.. Felton's force, clnssed
as engineers in the military service,
would have loaded trains waiting on
the banks to go over H5