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Show TROOP MOVEMENTS PROBLEM SOLVED commanding officer, presenting their credentials. The 'commanding officer should then assign them to duty with the camp quartermaster, to whom they act as an assistant, and through whom all instructions must, be received. Assignments to Be Permanent. "The assignment of the American Railway association representatives to stations at the various points and posts designated should be of a permanent character, so that the proper officer of the Quartermaster corps or of state authorities will be able to communicate communi-cate with such representatives and arrange ar-range in advance all especial details of mobilization mid of movements to concentration and strategic points. "Should it be impracticable for any reason for any representatives so chosen cho-sen to continue in that capacity, their places should be filled by other appointments appoint-ments and the quartermaster's office affected, as well as the office of the quartermaster general, should be notified. no-tified. "It is important that the American Railway association representative in each instance be advised of any change in the office of the department quartermaster quar-termaster at mobilization or concentration concentra-tion point in order that such representative represen-tative shall have the advantage of personal per-sonal contact with the new officer whenever a change is made. Quartermasters Quarter-masters concerned should communicate in writing with the American Railway association representative, indicating any special duties in addition to those herein laid down that it would be desirable de-sirable for the American Railway association as-sociation representative to perform." - Washington. Fairfax Harrison, general gen-eral chairman of the special committee on national defense of the American Railway association, announced that a complete plan of co-operation during the war between the railroads and the government had been determined upon. His statement follows: "The preparations for war as made by the government and the railroads have been worked out along the lines largely developed by Lieut. Col. Cbaun-cey Cbaun-cey B. Baker of the Quartermaster corps, who for a number of years has made an exhaustive study of military transportation. He has been in charge of transportation for the quartermaster quartermas-ter general from 1902 until 1900 and from 1912 to the present time. "As agreed upon by the railroads and the military authorities, representatives represent-atives of the American Railway association, asso-ciation, from the operating, motive power, traffic and accounting departments depart-ments of roads designated by the special spe-cial committee on national defense of the American Railway .association will be located in the office of tbe quartermaster quarter-master general, at each department headquarters, at each mobilization point, at each concentration point and at each strategic point at which troops are to be assembled. Other Inspectors or representatives will bo designated as may be required to facilitate the co-operation between the transportation transporta-tion and the military service and as the needs of the service may indicate. Must Be Broad-Minded. "The railroads' special committee on national defense has advised the carriers car-riers that officers for the above service 'should be chosen from a class of men who will be broad-minded and temperamentally tempera-mentally men of such character as would take a broad view of transportation transporta-tion In movements of troops and supplies. sup-plies. They should wholly divest themselves them-selves of any disposition to work for or in favor of any particular transportation transporta-tion line, but should apply themselves solely to the solution of the transportation transpor-tation problem in the manner most sat- : Isfactory to the government, and in such fashion as can be most effectively executed by the railways. They are ! assigned to this duty as transportation transporta-tion experts and will assist the quartermaster quar-termaster with whom they are serving not only In the transportation of troops i but in any other matter pertaining to transportation In which their assistance assist-ance may be requested. "The American Railway association representatives instructions to the carriers provide immediately upon their arrival at the mobilization, concentration con-centration or other point to which assigned, as-signed, must report in person to the |