Show TRANSPORT SERVICE i QuartermasterGeneral Submits Report Re-port of Work by Department Washington Nov 7TIme annual report re-port of Gen M J Ludlngton Quarter mastcrGenernl Is a review of the work done byhiis department during the year The most interesting feature Is uhat he has to say regarding the transports trans-ports In view of the desire In some quarters to dispose of them lie says that the ships ire filled up In the best possible shape for the transportation oC trnnns and llnif rrmrnannrn t lv i nt < v flgn nations have asked for the plans of the fillings with a view of Improv ing their transports TJie report con tinues Nearly every ship sailing from Ma nlla I had on board about 100 I sick who were provided with every attention and comfort In the transport hospitals that would be found In any wellregulated hospital I ashore Of the many Ihousands of potsons who have been iri rnnsporlfd on lie vessels ves-sels of tile army transport service vlncc Its Inception not one life has been gac rlflced by reason of any fault I In tile ml t thugs or ucrommodailoiiH upon the army transports Jn vlow of ihlrt excellent record and of the ospcrlcnue of tIe department In Its fullle efforts to > secure stilt iie cotn mercjal i whips for the transportation nf armies during the var v vl lth Spain and the fmther fact thai ulien withdrawn from active servlci transports rnnnoL bf iidvuiiUigcously disposed of bv attic I am firmly ronvlncrd tliit oven though I rlnMimstnnco1 should porinll I the I with ilrawul of the I tninsporin from r gulnr lino irrvlre to I he Philippine iHhinds It would be wisp polKy Ui retain n m suf flclcnt umber i of transports as part of IhpgCMiilpmpiH of the urmy lo bo em noinloally cared for and kept In shell condition as lo he promptly available for any emergency Wilrh my mu iris ro iiuirins the t transportation t of troops on the ocean |