Show i Nations Nation's Railroads Move Troops Each Day SpecIal Surveys Decrease Cross Hauling Developments Abroad May Force of Unexpected Shifting of Troops po By BAUKHAGE News Analyst end and Commentator l ServIce Union Trust Buddin Building Washington D C Recently I had bad to make seven con consecutIve consecutive week end trips between Washington and ew York York-I left Washington after a late Friday broadcast and had bad to return Monday for one at noon Not once was I able to get reservations for the re return return turn trip until at the last minute when some unused space was turned m in If I groused a lIttle too loudly over thiS It may have been because I didn t know then what I learned officially only the other day name namely ly Iy that l 11 the war department insisted in m in having all the Pullman It could use all the Pull Pullman Pullman man cars of the courtry would be carrying troops In other words If Johnny Dough Doughboy Doughboy boy d do t step aSide occasionally we d all use coaches or walk CompromIse The present arrangement Is said to be a compromise lD in recognition of essential civilian needs At pres present present ent a malhon and three quarter sot sol are being moved a month month- that is 50 a day m Americas America s trams trains In an official troop movements This does not include the many men menon menon on leave There are of course mo movements of whole divISions w th full ment but these are the exceptions As you have probably noticed If you travel very much there are usually usually ally a few cars containing troops attached to your passenger tra n This IS the way most of the troops are transported ill small groups of or less However that IS a cons addition to the regular passenger traffic It s said a soldier eats tWice as much as he dId m in cIvil an Me life and that IS as one rea reason on why food has to tobe tobe be rat to cIvil ans But he travels a lot more in 10 proportIOn to his normal civilian peregrinations Many a man sa v hIS first bIg city when he reached London or Cairo or New Delhi I know a pilot who ho dropped in 10 at the airport here re recently Gently and had several hours wart walt over When he was asked why he hed hed d do t cross the bridge and look the capital over he said he d never been In a big city and dIdn t want to get lost Th The next neit thing heard from th s particular was that he was m in Calcutta Average Number In the last war the average number num number ber of moves made by a sold er were three Here ms IS a list of tYPical moves he makes m in thiS war drawn up by the Office of War InformatIOn 1 To the induction center 2 To reception center 3 To replacement training cen center center ter 4 To hIs particular branch of service 5 To b g maneuvers 6 Return 7 To specIal tram train ng areas 8 To port of on Special studies are made to cut down unnecessary cross hauling but sudden developments abroad may force soldIers who are located near one port to be shifted to another tar far faraway away Or a special need for training may arise and that may force men to be doubled back to desert or mountain for the practice In snow or under undera a hot sun that new requirements make necessary Maneuvers in 10 the southeast and southwest including the desert training areas of California have sometimes required the moving lD in of ofas ofas as many as men within a afew afew few weeks and all Nat NatI Naturally Naturally I that d a large part of I passenger traffic for several weeks i at ate a time I Unessential Travel I Efforts are be ng made to cut down extra eitra passenger travel by dis discouraging cOnvent ons trade shows big sports contests and other gath gatherings One exception has been made and that IS the lecturer Even the President saw fit to come out with a statement encouraging the on of the work w rk of at lecture bureaus He expressed himself to Lowell Thomas who traveled to Washington on that the subject plea for a good word for tor the speak er pIe Thomas who do re a ed considerable speaking I Ien know how W t I myself hav have been ee unable j I lecture dates be q 14 cult to be certain of cuse co s t tG an tt and a broadcaster has to iII the 0 rno more Jd Jda I traina regularity of a tr train aln t a tram train schedule he In n pace the e t to microphone waits pea r ro t There have been ru ors that 0 id on 1 was that because of the sn U t trI rI d u pI pies es were ping Jd f up on the e and loaded Ire fre the cars w we were ere J ming yards and andere causing a Best gest on But the Offic Office of We If h formation says list f ra I If latest iiI a s sa a adny w r m indicate dl ca t ta e that congestion 0 10 11 bE lessened In fact the 31 IS The ba hattle of ii G 0 Gat at a cr cc us at Pedr Harbor IS now being non lion N NeaT Nearing eaT ng Limit LimitI I hope that th tb s statement over opt mist c As a matter matler ii b j the on is noted that victories are not necessarily l nent Our oo on pink with few except ons IS being rid close to Its limits and then Ulen m main mam tv o 0 situations are q satisfactory one is CI and the other IS the problem I getting the war workers to 0 sit from work The latter d f culty IS according to some Invest gateI t it much of the recently ed I To get an Idea of Oat hat the their In has to bear m in a CI y where War ware It are can concentrated centra led there therein bit i been an increase of at use oI of the D Os trait street ra I 1 yay vay systems o 0 U 11 per cent The Baltimore trans a at atis IS up 90 per cent and the ton per cent I kno v who wha figures mean as does anyone ile has to ma malce e his lis way to and has I f work m in the cap tal I ha e a s ii hs seen that fabulous c ty of Sari SaD Dieg once a pleasant sleepy town to vh t s seemed to move laz ly Iy With the P cans that lie v over the bay or be wh palms The I I g have been replaced by planes id ids s It its s a 24 hour to w th a 3 pet i cent increase lD in the use ot of Its buss t sf and trolley cars S Diary of ofa a Broadcaster Today I made It from beds 10 desk m in one hour and IS 18 m nut including the t me to make my on eta breakfast of coffee poached eggs eU 5 t and z zwieback eback my ale aleis e 4 IS a assay aay ay also to traverse Os on 1001 some 13 Washington blocks ISrI tha that t this record is not bad cons r- r rIng mg Ing the variety of es included I 1 managed to hear the early five five- minute newscast and seaMed scanned the Ih headlines which told me whether Ile the use news wind was blowing In direct on thiS morning that thaI II rat 11 last night the newspapers went to bed m other words was I Ito to plow fresh fields or harvest I 1 could from the old ones I also removed the blanket bas rOO parakeets sh elds our three northern drafts and va ua ted for tor the tte tie welcoming chirrup that one least snobbish of the three co coda e- e I 1 leave before to give me del as J I do the room As soon all burst into song Walking to work In 11 0 these days IS like rev re armies of the United Nat ons Ie almost any aDY one can spot pot between Dupont Circle and Pei 7 Iba But It seems vania avenue the WAVES are in the PrIn smart lilt pd The are ante ance that u IS s I the navy has bas a uniform okra It 8 ItIS little bit less drab than the elders maIm IS surprising how bow an blue and g gas blue turns out lD in tha that t na navy vy as smart as a d c onto aria W Washington ashIngton s Its two beautiful seasons is er lay First the m in May gone April yelloW burns bums WIth its blush and aid la lat lads then the magnolias smut t heir thew raise and the dogwoods among their blossom darker coIf blossoms then the cherry of them wag and there are many pia 1 well as over the City as J along better advertised ones bl followed Soon they are goon the theand oaks arid and the leaves on Then bacia and the maples coSt I With the rambler are don dime and you know that ng IS 15 I |