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Show EFFICIENT RAILWAYS. prominent railroad man cave it as hi opinion ro-i-nili that in an cjin rteii " the tmnseontitie'-t il I railroads eould move 1-mkn- men per hour for a f.-w .lays from the eavt t,, the I'a.'ifi. . ..ast If lial'" true, that shos how well the railroads .ir.-prepared .ir.-prepared for service Hut if the enieri;eni shoui.l arise, how a'-oiif the men' And if the men eoull I.e obtained, ho-w al.oiit th.' n.-ed.-.l arms and ammunition, am-munition, and lastly, in what condition would ihe men thin, rushed westward l. to meet disciplined j army' . t .. The last is the ni.-uii point Ar.- ther.. .plenty of spare rifles or muskets. Held l.attcru s and heavy pins and ammunition' I low- many tra-ne.l men -trained in the smiplest rudiments of w ar- could the cm ernment coimt upon in a sudd, n emc jency ' iu that emerceney may come .n .-my lune The prud' tit -nan inusur" his lions.- Th.- prudent nation is always fairly pr. p.-ir. d for w ar |