Show RAILROAD WAR BOARD The railroads are now faced with the tho task of ef getting getling their equipment back ack in time to care for Cor the next allotment allotment al of the draft which they ther are under orders to begin carrying on October 3 The next allotment will also consist of forty per cent and must be e entrained trained completely by br October Oc Oc- October tober 6 In the meantime the carriers car car- viers have no chance to rest for Cor the national guard which has been suspended for the last five days and began again yesterday several several sev sev- eral contingents In n Oregon taking up their journeys According to MacDonald there will willbe be men when this movement is completed This will be a little less leis than half so that the job involves In all men When the carloads carloads car carloads loads of troops troops troops' ilOW now roach reach American Lako Lake th the total equipment delivered there thorn by the railroads willbe will willbe be cars or about 50 trains Two thousand five iye hundred and eighty carloads of freight Creight have been boen consumed In the construction of or Camp I Lewis Equipment Equipment such as uniforms I blankets etc is now flow being delivered at the rate of oC eight carloads a day The Southern Pacific Co which is s 50 per lieI coat cent of the western west west- ern rn quota of the ithe liberty army armr in addition addition ad ad- must soon furnish service to Camp freemont where beginning this week troops of oC the the regular army will willbo bo ho Camp Freemont now j has Ilas accommodations for men The rhe Southern Pacific Co has hns completed II I ed Its construction work with the exception ox ex of oC the passenger station and agency on the grounds and is working work work- workIng Ing at lop top speed on spur tracks which will lead from the Dumbarton off cut to the great base hospital and the remount remount remount re re- mount station where ten thousand head of or young horses will bo be brokenfor broken for the tho government Four million feet of lumber is being delivered at nt tho trio site of the hospital By Hy special dispensation of the quartermaster general general U. U S. S A. A all department r tad camp general I agents at tl of the railroads war board hoard will wear arm armbands bands s of blue broadcloth whereon r i is worked in iu gold the i insignia of the the quartermasters quartermaster's corps over oyer the initials A R. R A. A A This will facilitate the tIle work of oC these railroad experts in transacting mill military tary transportation matters over which the they have hae full Cull authority |