Show HAlLWAY AR ARMY TO TOBE BE BESENT TO FRANCE FRANGE I TWELVE WELVE THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERS VOLUN SOUGHT TO COMPOSE ENGINEER DIVISION T Nine New Regiments of T Trained Railway Rail Rail- J v way Workers to be Sent to the Front as Soon as Organization tion ton Can be Effected 1 f Washington Washington Nine v- v Nino new re of army engineers s. to be Ie COmIOS composed t ex exclusively r ely of If trained highly lI x men wm be the Ule t first 1st American troops sent jt France They y will go o at nt th the ea earll- earll Jl- Jl lest jest possible moment the war ar dar lent announced May 7 f for foL r workmen communication lines hues hut but speculation speculations f 85 s 8 to the Uie exact time when or orto to what l points ints they h will he be sent sent sent-Is IS forbidden ll because of the submarine menace The new forces will Ill be volunteers rs raised at ut jim nine nitie great railway centers centers cen con of ot the HIe country Each regiment will wIH lIi be lie commanded by an engineer colonel clonel of the ll regular guar mm army aided b by bynn jill fill nn adjutant All AH other officers ers will be l' l engineers engineers- or officials The l c. expedition will wm have a tot total l strength th of ol between and l men inca each regiment being heing composed of two t battalions of companies each I Every er branch of ruil a railway workers nc necessary esary es- es sary nry to the hull building ding oi- oi or operation of Un lines s will be r find the war department expects c a response to the call that will Insure n fi force already trained to the Uw minute minute- a army m of of ex exports ex- ex ports in railway operations ne rui ng will be e directly under the thc colonel of each re regiment machinery of the regular service or orthe orthe orthe the n national guard wilt will be placed a nt at their service and It is hoped the enrollment en en- en of ot the Ule troops will wilt take little time lime The recruiting points will beet be be- New t e York Chicago St St. Louis Boston I Detroit Detroit- Atlanta San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco and na Officials believe the great railroad 1 brotherhoods will opera co-opera operate co-operate te throwing the strength of the unions behind the recruiting efforts The Thc railway companies companies' com coin already are so organized the council of national defense that their operation co-operation is assured The en en engineers engineers and officials of the lines who offer themselves will be selected in iuchi manner as not to cripple the Ule operating oper per ing forces of an any company |