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Show CIVILIANS AND WAR. ; Secretary of War Garrison points out 1 tha t a part of the proposed preparedness prepared-ness for war will be mobilizing resources in men and industry. Kailroad men. : bridge builders and engineers of all de- j scriptions would bo encouraged to share j in the work of the civilian army. The present war has brought home to ' military men the lesson that modern ' wars can only be fought with, succe? s when the industries and the technical experts of tfco nation are back of the military organisation with oil their power. -Such an apparently simple matter! or railroad men a loading and unloading freight t raius and keeping them on schedule without confusion is in reality an elaborato science, which the Germans have carried to perfection. And et when r be war he gnu the railroad organization or-ganization broke flown for a time and supplies did not gt to th front as speedily and as y-Tpn.at ie;ii!y as had been expeeted. The ino ir.g of military trains is a ince with which our own railroad men are not familiar, and in rase of war there wm.M be end!e-s con fusion. In Germ ny tho railroad men are sojuiers bum u n maie taeir uum- ', ni to leftm ho-.v to handle troop trains and ir.iiitsrv freight taini with the ; greatest dispatch. 1 The proper! to organize bridge b-A ! ers find ail hinds of engineers for military mil-itary purposes i to be commended. We hae u.ur- ei.iuee: of all kinds in this country tl.an there are in anv o'ber o ii T ry in The world, und their ts,t-. ;if directed toward mili'Hrv prohbu.s, ! v.-vuid acc(J:r,pi'h nnirve!s of tchie q , ment. but it is e-sential t'.it t.' jhhnuM de ote then selves to tfre j iob- !-m in pacr time nnd that t: ey should be organized io thnt their services ser-vices nia btvonio immediately aai1,nli'.e iu time of war. Thi is not such a dif licilt matter n it miht sm at firt hh.-di. A'l the engineers have their ov n oraeiafior.t and there is a jircat ce ritr.il mnii i, :i J i..n. It thee o; nni -'.ations sr. -nnd ti." gowrnicetit in lit rlt'nrU it will he eay to form n rcere w!; ich could enter the a mix itho.it a lutcb in uf i;ir. |