Show RAILROADS PREP mN V EQUIPMENT TO Rus RUSHI f TROOPS SOUTH Li i t G Government Gathering Dat Daton Data Dat f fon on Han Handling ing of of S Sol Sol- I J i S diers lers I D. D E. E Durie Burley and D. D S. S Spencor Spencer of oC th the Oregon Short Line Lino railroad received tele tee graphic dispatches last nl night ht from front the war department asking for tor information concerning running time for the transfer of ot troops from Vancouver r barack barracks to J Galveston Tex Tex The Twenty-first Twenty In Infantry infantry In- In fantry Is s stationed at Vancouver er barracks bar bar- ba J racks Three Thre special l trains will be f wi re required required re- re to 0 handle the regiment Route Rout to Be Taken H i In the event t ent the regiment nt is ordered to 10 the tho South It will move from Crom Portland over ocr the Washington Oregon Railroad 8 Navigation company companY to 4 over the tile Oregon Short Line from hunt ington to Green River Wye Wyo and over the Union Pacific into Denv Denver r. r From J Denver Demer the they will wl go o south over the Co Colorado Cob Colo- o. o rado Southern and then over O the te Fort Worth orth Denver emer City and into Calveston Galveston Calves Calves- Gans- Gans ton over O the tile Trinity Brazos Brazes ale Valley r There hero will wi be two passenger trains tins of or 1 i thirteen sleepers each and a freight train a of thirty one flat and box cars in In train ad- ad to kitchen kichen and baggage cars The Tue time for departure from Vancouver cr barracks bar bar- racks has not been heen set but I It i. Is ex expected ox- ox x j. j that the regiment will wl entrain a as soon toon as the equipment can cn be bo sent nt to f Portland from other points in fn the Northwest where here the Union PaU system has equipment stored PI In anticipation of 0 tho the ordering out of ot the the- r regiments In that part part- of the countr country i j Equipment Assembled J 1 The Tue Denver Rio Ro Grande railroad Ur of of-ij of fJ In this et city have have assembled assemble In In v I the local yards ards two twenty t tourist sleep bleep ors ens rs four Cour sta standard sleepers and a anum number mim- mim 1 ber of bag baggage ale cars and box carsto to tob 1 b be used In moving mo troops troop front from this ti r- r r In the tho event the national guard Is ordered ordered or or- der dered d Into service The Denver Rio Grande has issued an order ordel that In the event the govern govern- ment orders order the transfer of or troops OVet over any other line lne this equipment will mi b be be J turned over to that competing road rod to for government u use e Several steel flat Oat cars care cr J for the 1 use p of the Utah battery haler ave j been ordered b by the railroad from Den J ver and will wi b be held hero subject to the the v governments government's order They will wi arrive arrive- arrye from rein Denver r toda today Ready Rady for Emergency t v The Union Pacific system is fR 0 Ing lug equipment throughout hout tho tile Northwest i ifor T for emergency use While no orders hue have J been heen received from Font the war depart nt the railroads are anticipating that order orde 1 and are lit In In readiness to handle 1 without notice The Salt Sal Lake Route has arranged tor tore ha have e a n lar large c number of oC standard and i 4 tourist sleepers sleeper rushed to Salt Sail Lake City h hours hours' no no- noa a to be available on twenty four ur tice |