u c UC-NRLF 27fl MSB HB HANDBOOK OF TRANSPORTATION 13 Y F*RMMi PAGE 92 91 87 94 89 87 87 90 94 Transportation of Ani- mals 95 28 hour law 98 Attendants accompanying ani- mals 98 Disinfecting stock cars 97 Expense incident to shipment of animals 100 Excess over authorized num- ber 104 Loading animals 97 Payment of fees 97 State Sanitary requirements. 95 Transportation of Mounts 100 Certificates 103 Descriptive card 103 Change of status 104 Horse shows and hore races. 105 Medical reserve corps 105 Officers taking test rides . . . 105 Officers on military duty . . . 106 Oversea shipments 104 Private mounts returned from abroad Customs regulations 106 Regulations governing 100 Resigned officers 105 Retired officer on recruiting duty ' 105 Stalling cars 106 To remount depots 102 To service schools 104 Transport surgeon 105 Transportation of Bag- gage, Household Goods, Personal Effects and Professional Books .... 107 Allowance for each grade . . 107 Assignment to transports . . . 116 Baggage accompanying officers 112 Baggage what is included . . 115 Certificates Ill Change of station 116 Dental outfits accompanying dental surgeons 112 Enlisted men 110 PAGE Excess over allowances .... 108 Excess over authorized allow- ance of baggage or mounts 112 Graduates of military academy 110 Hauling baggage 117 Honorably discharged officers 109 Honorably discharged officers and officers who resign . . 117 Invoices 108 Medical reserve corps 109 Medical reserve corps officers 116 Military attaches 109 "Officers Ill Officers promoted from ranks 110 Oversea service 110 Professional books and papers 111 Professional books, non-com- commissioned officers Ill Regulations governing trans- portation of baggage .... 107 Reimbursement cannot be made for charges paid for transportation of baggage. 114 Released shipments 109 Retirement or death 109 Shipment on retirement or decease 116 Shipments to service schools. 115 Transfer of property with hospital corps 116 Unauthorized shipments .... Wholly retired officers 116 Packing and Crating Bag- gage 117 Apportionment of funds for packing and crating 119 Estimate of funds for packing and crating Hire of expert packers '. Maximum cost 118 Maximum tare weight, burlap and excelsior 117 Methods of providing for packing and crating 119 Officers stationed at points where no quartermaster is available 120 Packing and crating by ord- nance or engineer depart- ments 120 Packing and crating should be anticipated 120 Packing material is public property 121 Packing only authorized on change of station 118 vi Contents Continued Transportation of Supplies and Property Continued PAGE Packing professional books.. 118 Regulations governing pack- ing and crating 117 Requisitions for supplies .... 119 Transportation of Funds 121 Transportation of Athletic and Gymnastic Appa- ratus 121 Transfer of Moving 1 Pic- ture Outfits and Sup- plies 121 Transportation of Read- ing* Matter and Musical Instruments 122 Articles donated to U. S. Military Academy, and other institutions 122 Books, reading matter and musical instruments 122 Exchanged books 123 Medical publications 122 PAGE Transportation of Sup- plies for Post Ex- changes 123 Transportation of Sup- plies Purchased from Hospital Funds 123 Transportation of Sup- plies for the Militia . . . 123 Condemned army horses . . . 124 Supplies for arming and ^equipping 123 Unserviceable and unsuitable property 123 Transportation of Sup- plies for Other Govern- ment Departments and Bureaus 124 Law governing 124 Packing and marking 124 Personal effects coast guard 124 DEMURRAGE AND STORAGE 124 Car loads 124 Prompt notification of arrival 125 Less than car loads 125 TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS 125 STREET CAR AND FERRY TICKETS 125 TOLL BRIDGES, FERRIES AND TURNPIKES 126 DRAYAGE AND HAULING . Action to be taken where no Q. M. available 127 Class 1 estimates 126 Economy 126 Excess hauling 127 TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS Claims for Reimburse- ment Account Trans- portation 128 Baggage 128 Persons 128 Claims Against Carriers. 128 Notification of loss or damage 128 Personal property 130 Public property 129 Surveying officer 130 Time within which claim may be filed 129 126 Hauling baggage 126 Reimbursement unauthoried when cost of hauling is paid by owner 127 128 Claims Against the Gov- ernment for Loss or Damage to Personal Property in Transit 131 Amount collected from carrier must be deducted from claims 131 Board of officers to investi- gate loss or damage 13 When allowed 131 GENERAL PROVISIONS Duty of furnishing transportation 1. The duty of furnishing transportation at any post, station, or depot will be intrusted to one officer of the Quarter- master Corps, on whom requisitions will be made therefor. In the performance of their official and military duties officers of the Army are authorized to use the means of transportation provided by the Quartermaster Corps in accordance with law. (Paragraph 1108, A. R. 1913.) Preference to military traffic 2. In time of war or threatened war preference and pre- cedence shall, upon the demand of the President of the United States, be given, over all other traffic, to the transportation of troops and material of war, and carriers shall adopt every means within their control to facilitate and expedite the military traffic. (34 Stat. 587.) Military railways 3. In time of war, within the theatre of operations, the Corps of Engineers has charge of the construction, mainten- ance, and repair of roads, ferries, bridges, and incidental structures; and of the construction, maintenance, and opera- tion of railroads under military control, including the con- struction and operation of armored trains. (A. R. 1493, 1913.) Quartermaster should study traffic conditions 4. A quartermaster, charged with the duty of furnishing transportation, should familiarize himself with traffic con- ditions out of his post or station in order that passenger and freight may be forwarded by the most economical routes. He should keep advised as to any special rates that may be per- manently or temporarily in effect, such as party, colonist, or other excursion fares, and should ascertain the territory to which second class fares are in effect from his post or station, and the lines over which tourist cars are operated. The for- mer information can be secured from the local agent of the carrier, and the latter froim a study of the Official Railway Guide, furnished monthly to each post and station. Should additional information be desired or should any doubt arise 2 Handbook of Transportation as to the application of rates or any other point connected with transportation, advice should be sought from higher authority. Water routes 5. Particular attention is invited to the fact that where water lines can be used, the rates charged by such lines are, as a rule, considerably lower than those charged by all-rail carriers, and quartermasters stationed at a p'ost that is on, or contiguous to, a sea-port should ascertain, and compare, the rates charged by all-rail, rail-and-water, or all-water routes, in order that the most economical route may be used, but where the use of rail-and-water routes necessitates the issu- ance of two transportation requests or bills of lading, instruc- tions will be requested from the Quartermaster General. (See Transportation of Troops by Commercial Vessels, paragraphs 216 to 219.) Land-grant lines 6. Certain of the railroads of the United States, a complete list of which, together with reference to the laws covering, is shown in Circular 16, Q. M. G. O. 1912, were granted lands to aid in their construction, and the laV requires these lines to carry property and troops of the United States at certain reduced rates. These roads are known as Land-Grant Lines. Equalization lines 7. In order to participate in this traffic, practically all carriers in the United States have agreed to charge the same rates on passenger and freight traffic for the War Depart- ment as could be secured by the use of land-grant lines ; these carriers are known as "Equalization lines." There are a few roads, however, that will not participate in the pro- tection of land-grant rates and certain of the equalization lines have exceptions as to traffic that is considered unre- munerative. These equalization agreements and a list of equalization lines are fully shown in Circular 6, O. C. Q. M. C. 1913, and officers and others charged with issuance of trans- portation requests and bills of lading should familiarize them- selves with the information shown therein. Tables of land- grant and bond-aided railroads, containing the instructions concerning the settlement of accounts over, and references to all other legislation affecting, such roads are published from time to time in circulars from the office of the Quarter- master General. Schedules of land-grant, indebted, and bond-aided mileages and net percentages of land-grant de- Handbook of Transportation 3 ductions for freight and passenger traffic are similarly pub- lished. Distribution of traffic 8. When the bids of competing lines of Government freight and passenger traffic are equal, the award will be made in such a manner as will give, so far as practicable, an equal division of the business among the lines interested ; when bids are unequal, award will be made to the lowest bidder, con- ditions in other respects being equal. (Circular 2, Q. M. G. O., 1909.) List of stations and posts 9. A schedule showing posts and stations of the U. S. Army and data relative to issuance of bills of lading and transportation requests, in connection with transportation of freight and passengers, thereto, is contained in Circular 16, Q. M. G. O., (1915). The information as to transportation conditions at the various posts and stations and the instruc- tions as to routing, which are contained therein, are necessary for the proper guidance of officers in the issuance of trans- portation requests and bills of lading. Special routing instructions 10. From time to time as conditions may warrant, special instructions to cover some particular, general, or local condi- tions will be issued by the Quartermaster .General. Local quartermasters will carefully file, for convenient reference, such routing instructions as pertain to their respective post, or station. General average on water shipments 11. Vessel owners are not liable for losses resulting from dangers of the sea, provided the owner of any vessel suffering such loss exercised due diligence to make the vessel in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped and sup- plied. Statutes limiting the liability of vessel owners for losses incident to navigation being for the public good, the Government is bound by them although not expressly named therein. (J. A. G. Op. June 21, 1915.) General average on household goods 12. The doctrine of general average is founded on the princople that what is sacrificed for the benefit of all should be made good by the contribution of all. * * * I am of the opinion that the Quartermaster's department is acting entirely in accordance with the law and regulations when it 4 Handbook of Transportation decides to ship an officer's baggage by sea rather than by rail and that if, due to such shipment by sea, a general average is declared covering the property of the officer, the latter and not the government is responsible for the payment of the con- tribution. (J. A. G. Op. January 16, 1907.) Shipments of alcoholic liquors to prohibition states 13. A state Law forbidding the sale of liquor or its im- portation into the State does not apply to a sale to the United States or to the transportation of alcoholic liquors going into the State as property of the United States and intended as Medical supplies for the treatment of the troops and the animals pertaining to the Ar,my. (J. A. G. Op. May 17, 1915.) Bills of lading for shipments of alcoholic liquors to pro- hibition states should be indorsed : "Intended as Medical Supplies for the treatment of troops (or animals) pertaining to the Army." TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS How transportation is secured 14. Transportation for persons in, or over, the lines of any common carrier will be obtained by the issuance of a trans- portation request. Travel of civilians For authorized journeys of civilian employees of any branch of the military service transportation requests will be ob- tained when practicable, but will be obtained in every case for travel over-bond-aided railroads. (A. R. 732, 1913.) Bond-aided railroads Note: The only bond-aided railroad now in existence is the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific Railway between Atchison and Waterville, Kan., a distance of 100 miles. The location of this branch is such that it is not on any of the through lines to Colorado or California. Requisitions for transportation 15. Requisitions for supply of transportation requests will be made as follows : Requests (a) Upon the depot quartermaster, Washington, D. C, directly for all posts, recruiting stations, and depots in the Eastern Department. (>) Upon the depot quartermaster, San Francisco, Cal., directly for all posts, recruiting stations, and depots in the Handbook of Transportation Western and Hawaiian Departments. (G. O. 92, \Y. D., 1914.) (c ) Upon the depot quartermaster, St. Louis, Mo., directly for all posts, recruiting stations, and depots in the Central and Southern Departments. These depot quartermasters will also be the source of sup- ply within the military departments above named, for trans- portation requests required for the official use of quarter- imasters, who are not serving as a post, recruiting station or depot. Requisitions for transportation requests will be sub- mitted directly on Q. M. C. Form 160 Requisition (1 copy only) if on hand; otherwise, by letter. The transportation requests are issued in books of 10, 25, 50 and 100 requests each, respectively. Invoices 16. Transportation requests will, except as shown in the succeeding paragraph, be invoiced to the quartermasters to whom supplied, who will receipt for them and take them up on Q. M. C. Form 200 Property Account. The invoices will show the serial numbers, as "No. 1001 to 1100, inclusive/' and the physical number of requests transferred; but they will be taken up on property return as (the physical number of transportation requests, omitting reference to serial num- bers. Monthly report Q. M. C. Form 151 Report of bills of lading and transportation requests issued) will be prepared and forwarded as prescribed in paragraph 105. Receipts and issues 17. The serial numbers of all requests received, issued, cancelled, transferred, lost or destroyed will be stated on the proper voucher (invoice, receipt, or monthly list of quarter- master's supplies expended, as the case may be), and all can- celled requests will accompany the Monthly List of Quarter- master's Supplies Expended Q. M. C. Form 203. Cancellation 18. The concellation of a request is effected by writing the word "Cancelled" across the face of it in ink. In case a memorandum copy of a transportation request is furnished the disbursing officer charged with the settlement of the trans- portation charges, and the original copy is subsequently can- celled, the cancelled request will be promptly reported to such disbursing officer in order to enable him to dispose of the memorandum copy on file in his office. In case it becomes necessary to cancel a request for which the issuing officer has 6 Handbook of Transportation previously taken credit, he will forward such cancelled request to the Quartermaster General stating the number of voucher on which credit was taken, but will not again enter it on monthly list of quartermaster supplies expended. 19. An officer relieved from duty as a quartermaster or who is transferred to another station, will invoice and turn over to his successor all blank requests in his possession, unless otherwise directed, taking a receipt therefor, which Kvill show the blank requests turned over and their serial numbers. In case no successor is detailed, he will, unless otherwise directed, turn over the blank requests to the nearest quartermaster. Blank requests will not be removed from the military department to which they have been furnished, nor will they be transferred to officers not authorized to receive them. 20. Transportation requests will not be invoiced to officers who are not accountable for quartermaster's supplies, but will be furnished to such officers on memorandum receipt. Transfer on memorandum receipt 21. Officers to whom transportation requests are supplied on memorandum receipt will, when they issue such requests for transportation purposes, sign them in their own name. At the end of each month, or at the expiration of the par- ticular duty, if not exceeding one month, the responsible officer will sign and deliver to the accountable officer a properly prepared Form 151, and a certificate showing by 'serial num- bers the transportation requests issued by him and proper credit for the requests reported as used will be given the responsible officer on his mmorandum receipt. The account- able officer may then use the certificate referred to as a voucher to his property account, and will transmit the Form 151 to the Quartermaster General's Office at the end of the month. Requests unused remaining in the hands of the responsible officer on the termination of the particular duty, will be re- turned to the accountable officer and the memorandum receipt given by the responsible officer, adjusted and returned to him. (Cir. 1, Q. M. G., 1916.) Responsibility 22. The same care must be exercised in safe-guarding of transportation requests as would be given to actual cash. Should these requests, through loss or theft, get into un- authorized hands and tickets be procured thereon, the carrier Handbook of Transportation 7 * would be entitled to payment and it will be incumbent upon the officer charged with the requests to prove that every precaution was taken to prevent such loss or theft. Action in case of loss or theft 23. If a quartermaster discovers that a request or requests have been lost or stolen, the local carriers will be notified immediately and a report, giving the numbers and series of those missing and circumstances attending the loss, will be made at once through the department quartermaster to the Quartermaster General, the former will notify the transporta- tion lines in his department and vicinity not to honor them. Orders 24. In any movements of troops, whether in large numbers, few, or as individuals, the basis for furnishing transportation is the other providing for it. Acting under this order the quartermaster issues the transportation request. When troops are moved, proper orders and an exact return of the command will be furnished to the quartermaster who is to provide the transportation. Disposition of travel orders of individuals 25. A person requiring transportation will exhibit an order from competent authority. The quartermaster will indorse on the original order, over his signature, the fact that trans- portation has been provided, its kind, the places from and to which it has been furnished, and the number of pounds of extra baggage transported, if any. The original order will be retained by the person who receives the transportation, and, in case of a soldier entitled to commutation of rations while traveling, will be disposed of as directed in A. R. 1232. (A. R. 1111, 1913.) Information to be shown on transportation request 26. Transportation for persons over the lines of any com- mon carrier will be obtained by the issuance of a transporta- tion request, a separate request being issued_ for the rail transportation involved, another for the sleeping or parlor car accommodations to be furnished, another for the travel on commercial steamer, and still another for the transporta- tion of excess baggage, where authorized. A request for transportation issued by a quartermaster, or by an officer to whom transportation requests are supplied on memorandum receipt, should set forth the following informa- 8 Handbook of Transportation tion, the entries pertaining thereto being made by the officer issuing the request: On the face thereof, date and place of issue ; time for which it will be valid; name of company required to furnish transportation ; name of the person, or, if a party, of the person in charge and the number of others in the party; organization to which the person belongs, if an officer or enlisted man ; the points between which transportation is to be furnished ; the initial letters of each road or line to be used on the journey; class or character of the transportation to be furnished; authority; nature of journey; officer desig- nated to settle the account ; and the appropriation. The trans- portation requested should be specifically and fully described in the spaces provided therefor in the block at the right of the request, and, if the travel is by commercial steamer, the request should further show whether meals, or meals and, berth, are included. On the back thereof the name, rank, and organization of the soldier, if any, to whom the cost of transportation should be charged; the number of officers, enlisted men, and civilians, when two or more travel on the same request ; and the organi- zation, if any. (A. R. 1116.) Additional information 27. Under "nature of journey," the request should show the following specific information as indicated : "changing station;" "deserters" (giving name, rank, company and regi- ment) ; "return from furlough, proper officer notified" (giv- ing name, rank, company and regiment) ; "discharged soldier;" "insane soldier with escort;" "invalid soldier;"' "guard and prisoner;" "enroute to (or returning from) civil court;" "clerk, or agent (showing the corps or bureau of the Department). Where a discharged soldier is furnished transportation in kind, notation will be made of the place of the enlistment to which he is entitled to transporta- tion and subsistence under the Act of Congress approved August 24, 1912. If the settlement of the request is to be made under the terms of a contract, that fact will be stated and the contract designated. Where the request is payable from an appropriation of the Quartermaster Corps the item or subitem, if any, of the analysis will be shown in the space for "Appropriation," as "S. S. & T., 202-a." These entries are all made by the officers issuing the request. Transportation improperly furnished 28. All facts necessary to enable the paying officer to de- Handbook of Transportation 9 cide as to the regularity or propriety of the proceedings will be stated upon the request. Should it appear to the paying officer that transportation has been improperly furnished by the issuing officer, he will make payment to the carrier for the service actually rendered, and will send to the Quarter- master General a statement of all the facts, with a certified copy of the request. Specific kind of transportation to be shown 29. An officer issuing a transportation request must ac- quaint himself with the different classes of passenger rates in effect between the points of contemplated travel, and the transportation requested, viz., first class, limited, party, second class, or colonist, as the case may be, should be specifically and fully described in the spaces provided there to be^ shown for in the block at the right side of the 'request, using the blank spaces for description of service not specially indicated : Proved, That a request shall not be used to obtain transporta- tion or accommodations of a class of greater value than first-class limited by land or minimum first-class by water. In the same manner, the sleeping car or parlor car accom- modations to be furnished should be described, a separate request therefor being issued. Through requests to be issued 30. Through transportation requests will be issiued for all continuous journeys, including service over bond-aided and land-grant lines, except where specific instructions to the contrary have been given. Route 31. When transportation is furnished for the _entire jour- ney, the route, if not designated in the order, will be deter- mined by the Quartermaster Corps, in accordance with ex- isting rules. (A. R. 1112, 1913.) Requests for parlor and sleeping car accommodation 32. Quartermaster providing parlor and sleeping car ac- comodations will issue requests therefor, and state therein the number of berths or seats required. (A. R. 1129, 1913.) Requests for parlor or sleeping car accommodations must be issued separately from those for rail transportation. All officers of the Army who issue transportation requests for sleeping car accommodations will specify thereon the actual number of officers and enlisted men, each separately, for which the accommodations are required, showing the 10 Handbook of Transportation number of berths, standard and tourist separately and lower and upper separately. All officers of the Army and others who receipt for sleeping car accommodations will state in the receipt the number of lower and upper berths separately, and standard and tourist berths separately, occupied. (G. O. 23, W. D. 1911.) When a journey is to be performed covering a route requir- ing change of sleeping or parlor car, through requests will be issued. (A. R. 1130, 1913.) Persons holding requests for sleeping or parlor car accom- modations will, whenever practicable, present them to the proper agent and obtain tickets for the number of berths or seats required before commencing the journey. When not practicable to do so, berths or seats will be secured from the conductor on the car. They will receipt for the number of berths or seats furnished, naming the points between which they were furnished. (A. R. 1131, 1913.) When it is impracticable for agents or conductors to furnish berths or seats in sleeping or parlor cars, the holder of the request will, on the termination of his journey, return it to the issuing officer, with a statement of the reasons why it has not been used, and that officer will account for it on his return. Stub of request (A. R. 1133, 1913.) The furnishing of a seat in a parlor car on requests calling for berths is not authorized. (366175-QMGO, May 13, 1912.) If an order calling for space in tourist cars is presented for accommodations between points where there is no tourist car service, there is no objection to furnishing standard sleeping car accommodations to the holder of the request provided he pays the Pullman Company the difference in rates from his personal funds ; but in no case will a transportation request issued by the Quartermaster Corps for tourist car accommo- dations be paid for on the basis of standard sleeping car accommodations. The holder of the request should receipt it for the actual accommodations it calls for. ( 380921 -QMGO, Aug. 26, 1912.) Memorandum request 33. The books of transportation requests are printed with original and memorandum copies so arranged that they will register in the proper place by the use of carbon paper, and the memorandum should be filled out at the same time as the original and show, all the information called for above on the original. Handbook of Transportation . 11 Disposing of original and memorandum 34. The original request will be turned over to the traveler, or person in charge of the party, and the memorandum will be detached by the issuing quartermaster and mailed at the close of the day, together with all other memorandum trans- portation requests and bills of lading issued during the day, to the Depot Quartermaster charged with the settlement of accounts of the carrier concerned, as shown in paragraphs 106 to 108 hereof. Transportation requests are payable to the initial carrier. 35. The stub of the request, containing its substance, and showing by what authority and for what purpose issued, will be preserved as part of the permanent record of the post or office from which the issue was made. Receipting requests and procuring tickets 36. Requests should be properly receipted by the party named therein, and tickets procured before commencing the journey, as conductors are not, in all cases, authorized to accept transportation requests. In those instances where it becomes necessary, owing to unforseen conditions, to obtain transportation varying from that called for on the face of the request, a notation should be made by the traveler, in the space provided for this purpose on the back of the request, showing the actual transportation furnished and explaining the variation, and should be signed by him ; in such cases, the receipt on the face of the request will have added thereto the words "except as stated on back hereof." The trans- portation furnished must not, in any case, be in excess of that called for on the face of the request, unless the difference is collected from the traveler. In no case will a receipt be given for transportation of more persons or extra baggage than the request calls for. A receipt for transportation furnished, including signature of the traveler, will be filled in with ink, and names and places will be written in full. If the person receipting cannot write his name he will make his mark, which will be witnessed. No change to be made in body of request 37. No portion of a request above the signature of the issuing officer will be changed in any particular. If explana- tions are required, they will be made on the back of the request. (Paragraph 1119, A. R. 1913.) Unused request and unused tickets 38. All unused transportation requests will be returned 12 Handbook of Transportation without delay to the officer issuing same for cancellation, (see paragraph 18 hereof). All unused tickets or parts of tickets procured on a transportation request will be returned to the officer who issued them, and by him forwarded to the officer who pays the account for the service. The value of such tickets or parts of tickets will be deducted 'from any money due or to become due the company for transportation over whose line they are obtained. On the collection of the value of such unusued tickets they will be returned to the company by which they were issued. (Paragraph 1120, A. R. 1913.) Round-trip transportation 39. When transportation to any given point and return is required, the request for return transportation should be obtained at the destination, provided it can be there procured, except in cases where round-trip tickets can be obtained at reduced rates and made available for the journey; otherwise the quartermaster will issue two sets of requests, one to the place of destination and the other for return transportation. (Paragraph 1121, A. R. 1913.) Requests for other departments 40. Requests for travel of officers or employees of any Department or Bureau of the Government, other than the War Department, will not be issued, except upon specific authority of the Quartermaster General. In such cases, the original, memorandum and stub of the request will show the Department concerned under "Appropriation" as "Treasury Department" and will also be indorsed to show the Bureau by which payable, as : "Payable by Public Health Service." Delay enroute 41. When delay enroute is authorized for the soldier's own convenience, the excess cost of transportation will be charged against and collected from the soldier. Circuitous route 42. When,. under orders from the War Department involv- ing stop-over privileges for enlisted men, for their own convenience, transportation is furnished via circuitous route, or when the cost with stop-over via direct route is in excess of a limited ticket via direct route, the excess will be charged against and collected from the enlisted man before trans- portation is issued. Collection from traveler 43. In cases such as those referred to in the two preced- Handbook of Transportation 13 ing paragraphs, where excess cost of transportation is to be collected from the traveler, this collection should be made before the transportation request is issued. A proper in- dorsement should be made on the original and memorandum requests and the amount of the collection remitted to the offi- cer by whom the transportation request is to be settled. Travel over Canadian roads 44. If tickets over Canadian routes can be purchased for individual soldiers on furlough or similar satus, at lower rates than by other lines, they may be furnished over such routes ; such travel to be by any passenger route accessible to the general public, limited to unarmed individual soldiers, and not to include organized forces under command. (De- cision, Sec. War, letter Feb. 9, 876649, A. G. O., 1886.) Requests must not cover public property or checkable baggage 45. Quartermasters, in issuing requests for transportation of officers and others traveling under orders, will not include therein public property of any tlescription, nor the allowance of personal baggage carried free by the various transporta- tion lines. (A. R. 1125, .1913.) For exceptions to this rule, see paragraphs 167 and 346 hereof. Lost ticket 46. Where the passenger has lost the ticket issued on a transportation request, no refund can be secured from the carrier, nor can a new transportation request be issued for the same journey. The loss must fall on the person to whom the ticket was furnished. (See Comp. Dec. April 30, 1915). Officer must sign request 47. A request for transportation issued fro,m the office of a quartermaster was countersigned in the name of the quar- termaster sergeant in charge of the office in his absence, the post quartermaster sergeant adding his name: Advised that the practice be discontinued for the future. (94-201, J. A. G., Dec. 10, 1913). Duplicate requests must not be issued 48. Duplicate requests for . transportation will not be is- sued, nor will a request be issued after the transportation service been performed. Requests lost by carriers 49. In case of transportation requests being lost by a 14 Handbook of Transportation carrier after the service has been performed, the issuing officer will advise the agent of the carrier that the Auditor of said carrier should submit to the disbursing officer who settles the accounts' of his road and affidavit showing: Affidavit (a) That Request No. was honored for passage of between and () That ticket; No. , Form No. , was furnished on this request. (c) That the request has been lost or mislaid. (d} That if it is afterwards found it will be surrendered to the proper disbursing officer of the United States and no claim made thereon. Upon receipt of this affidavit, the disbursing officer will take the proper action relative to 'payment of the account involved. Transportation requests should always be on hand 50. A quartermaster, or acting quartermaster, should at all times have a supply of the standard form of Government transportation requests in his possession. For use of parties that may be sent from his post on special details, eacR post quartermaster should keep in stock two or three books of request, as the carriers are only expected to honor the memorandum receipts to the officer in charge of the party. (See paragraphs 20 and 21.) Action in case of no transportation request 51. If the officer in charge of the party has failed to pro- vide for a supply of transportation requests he may, as an emergency measure only, issue a written request on the agent of the carrier to furnish the transportation desired. This can be done where the agent has agreed to accept such written request, as the carriers are only expected to honor the standard form of request and the agent accepts any other form at his personal risk. In such cases the requests will be numbered "Certificate ," and a copy will be made and transmitted to the proper disbursing officer, as shown in paragraph 106, with explanation as to reasons for issuing the written request. If the agent will not honor the written request, the officer in charge of the party may pay for the transportation from his personal funds and file claim for reimbursement. If neither of the actions outlined above can be taken, the Handbook of Transportation 15 only other alternative is for the officer in charge of the party to wire his post commander requesting that a trans- portation request be issued to cover the desired travel, de- posited with the railroad agent at the post and that official requested to wire the agent at the station from which the travel is to be performed that he has transportation request to cover and to furnish the ticket. Mixed class transportation 52. Attention is invited to the fact that first-class trans- portation is honored in coaches, parlor cars, tourist sleepers, or standard sleepers, but second-class transportation is good only in coaches or tourist sleepers, and can not be used .for travel in parlor cars or standard sleepers. The following rules should, therefore, be observed in issuing transportation where parlor or sleeping car accommodations are also furn- ished : (a) Where standard sleeper, or parlor car requests are furnished for the entire journey, issue first-class rail trans- portation request; (6) Where standard sleeper request is furnished for a part of the journey and tourist for the balance, issue first- class rail transportation, except as shown in (c) ; (c) Where travel is from points in the states of Calif- ornia, Oregon or Washington, to points east of Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, or New Orleans, and vice versa, and tourist sleeper request is furnished west of these gateways, and standard sleeper car request east thereof, rail request should call for "mixed class" ; (d) Where tourist sleeping car request is furnished for the entire journey, rail request should call for second class transportation ; (e) Where tourist sleeper request is issued for a part of the journey and the balance is to be made in a coach, issue second-class rail transportation ; (/) Where the entire journey is to be made in a coach, issue second class rail request. BILLS OF LADING Government bill of lading to be used 53. Public property, or other property transported at public expense, will be transported on the prescribed form of Government bill of lading. This bill of lading has three parts; the original (QMC Form 153), the memorandum (QMC Form 154), and the shipping order (QMC Form 156). There 16 Handbook of Transportation is ^also an additional sheet to the original, memorandum or shipping order when the shipment is so extensive as to re- quire more than one sheet. Supply 54. These forms will be secured on semi-annual requisi- tions from the Quartermaster General of the Army in the same manner as other blank forms. Invoices 55. Property for shipment will be turned over on invoices (Q.M.C. Form 201) in triplicate, one copy of which will be receipted by the quartermaster and returned to the person making the shipment, one copy forwarded with the Property Received copy of memorandum bill of lading (Q.M.C. Form 154). Similarly property for storage will be turned over on in- voice (Q.M.C. Form 201), and receipted copy of invoice will be given to the person requesting storage. The other two copies of the invoices will be retained by the quartermaster for use, as indicated above, in case he subsequently ships the property. Shipping and storage invoices will show whether the property being turned over is for shipment or for storage, and will give the following information: (a) Name and place of person turning over the property. (b) Designation of quartermaster to make shipment or to store. (r) To whom and where property is to be delivered. (d) Physical and shipping numbers each of boxes, chests, crates, barrels and bundles. (e) Weights of boxes, chests, etc., as grouped on invoice and total weight. (/) Cubic contents of boxes, chests, etc., as grouped on the invoice and total cubic contents for oversea shipments only. (- loaded bursting charge). J Shrapnel (when loaded with ) Fixed ammunition (for bursting charge with fuse r cannon-explosive projec- on either base or point). ) tiles). } Fuses (naming kind) as "detonating", "percussion", "time or combination", or "combination", or "safety". i^cLUiiauuia. Note: A dummy cartridge consists of a shell and steel bullet assembled, and contain no explosives. Such cartridges are not specifically named in the Western classification, and are included in the above list with "cartridge, metallic, loaded," that being the nearest analogous term used in the Western Classification. (Q.M.G.O. 195867 Nov. 28, 1908 and March 22, 1910). Car numbers to be shown 75. A bill of lading covering the shipment of property in carload lots will have noted thereon the initials and numbers of cars in which the property is loaded. Contract rates 76. When a shipment is made under contract or special rates, notation of such fact will be made on the face of the bill of lading. 22 Handbook of Transportation Over-sea shipments 77. Bills of lading covering shipments to Alaska, the Panama Canal Zone, Porto Rico, Hawaiian Islands, or Philippine Islands must show consignee and final destination in these possessions and value of the entire shipment, except that the value of household goods shipped at a limited valu- ation or the value of the property handled with troops should not be indicated on bill of lading. The cubic measurement in cubic feet must also be shown on all shipments except those forwarded for reshipment from New York City to Hawaii. Value may be shown in one amount for the entire shipment ; but measurements should be in detail, not showing the three dimensions (except of some extraordinary pieces), but the number of cubic feet, or decimals thereof, for each item. Bills of lading must not be issued through,- but to port of embarkation, in care of the depot quartermaster, and mailed to him. For names of ports of embarkation and other information as to marking and shipment, see Circular 16, O.Q.M.G., 1915. Shipments of bread 78. Bills of lading issued for the shipment of bread by express will show both the gross weight of package and net weight of bread which it contains and package will be marked accordingly. This data to enable settlement of ex- press charges at net weight as authorized by Official Express Classification No. 22, page 15, item 9, which provides as follows : The billing weight of a shipment of bread must be ascer- tained by deducting from the actual gross weight at time of shipment the weight of the basket, box, or barrel in which shipped, which weight must be marked on the package by the shipper. If not so marked, charges must be made upon the gross weight, except that if shippers declare the net weight at time of shipment, charges must be made upon net weight. Agents must verify the tare marked on the package by weighing periodically the empty packages. (Circular 6, O.Q.M.G., 1914). Erasures, etc. 79. Erasures, interlineations or alterations in a bill of lading will be authenticated and explained by the person making them, preferably on the margin. Handbook of Transportation 23 Payment of bill of lading 80. Payment for trasportation will be made to the last carrier, unless other provided in the bill of lading, and only for the quantity of stores delivered at destination, except that in case of loss. of weight from natural shrinkage enroute the weight shipped as shown in the bill of lading will be paid for, provided the packages are delivered intact. The payee will be held responsible for all loss or damage to stores while in transit unless released by a surveying officer, and such loss or damage will be deducted in making settle- ment for service. A bill of lading will be made payable by the depot quartermaster by whom the accounts of the last carrier are settled, as shown in paragraphs 106 to 108. Shipped by Government conveyance 81. A bill of lading issued for supplies to be forwarded by conveyance owned or leased by the Government should show that no payment is to be made for the service. Loss or damage 82. For information as to action to be taken in case of loss or damage to shipments covered by Government bills No duplicate bills of lading should be issued 83. In no case will a second bill of lading be issued for any shipment, nor will a bill of lading be issued after the transportation has been performed. Loss of bills of lading 84. In case the bill of lading has been lost or destroyed the carrier will furnish with its freight account, to the officer charged with the settlement of the accounts, a certificate, in duplicate (Q.M.C. Form 178), certifying over the signature of the proper officer of the carrier, usually the Auditor, the weight and description of the property transported, giving number, date, and place of issue of the bill of lading there- for, and that said bill of lading is not in possession of the carrier, or cannot be located, and that if same should later be found it will be surrendered at once to the proper officer of the United States and no claim made thereon. Certificate of shipment 85. On receipt of such certificate of loss of bill of lading from the carrier, the officer settling the account will, if his records show that payment of the transportation charges have not been made, forward papers to the Quartermaster General 24 Handbook of Transportation x of the Army enclosing two copies, in blank, of certificate of shipment Q.M.C Form 179). If the records in the Office of the Quartermaster General indicate that payment of the bill of lading in question has not been made, papers will be transmitted to the office issuing the bill of lading with re- quest that certificate of shipment be made, and the papers forwarded to the receiving office for completion of certificate to show delivery; the latter office, when this action has been taken, will return papers to the disbursing officer with whom the correspondence originated, and settlement will be made on the certificates of loss of bill of lading and certificates of shipment, in lieu of the original bill of lading. Should the original bill of lading be afterwards located it will be for- warded to the disbursing officer concerned who will make the proper record and transmit the original bill of lading to the Auditor for the War Department for file with the original voucher. Payment of account where bill of lading is lost 86. Payment in case of loss of a bill of lading will be promptly reported to the Quartermaster General by the dis- bursing officer, who will give a description of the bill of lading, if practicable, and of the certificate and voucher on which payment was made. Temporary receipt to carrier 87. To insure the prompt delivery of property, in the ab- sence of the bill of lading, the consignee may give the carrier a receipt for the property actually delivered, which will state that it is given because the bill of lading has not come to hand. On the recovery of the bill of lading, or when the certificate provided for in paragraph 85 has been given, a statement will be indorsed on said bill of lading or certificate of the fact of the delivery as per said temporary receipt, and the temporary receipt will be indorsed with reference to the bill of lading or certificate sufficient to identify the same, and both papers attached and forwarded with the claim for payment thereon. Property for other departments 88 Where property of other branches of the Government is turned over to quartermasters for shipment, as shown in Handbook of Transportation 25 paragraph 378, separate bills of lading will be issued for property of each Department or Bureau, and the same pro- cedure taken as in the case of Quartermaster shipments, ex- cept that no "Property received" copy will be made. In ad- dition ; the bills of lading must be plainly endorsed to show the Department ; and where possible, the Bureau, by whom the charges are to be paid, as : "Payable by Indian Bureau, Interior Department ;" or, "Payable by Coast Guard, Treasury Department," etc. Bill of lading must show exact facts 89. Bills of lading should show the exact facts. If the delivery was made on October 27, the bill of lading should show that fact with the actual condition as revealed at the time, the exact or full nature of the loss or damage if not then known to be furnished the company thereafter as soon as possible. If for any reason the bill of lading is not de- livered to the. carrier upon receipt of shipment, a receipt for the goods actually received should be given to the carrier and the bill of lading when delivered should show the date of its delivery as well as the date of delivery of shipment, and any other facts pertinent thereto, so as to furnish a corrct statement of the transaction with no fictitious pre- sumptions to be corrected later by outside evidence. (Compt. Dec. Apr. 27, 1915.) Action in case of no Government bill of lading 90. A quartermaster, or acting quartermaster, should at all times have a supply of the standard form of Government bill of lading in his possession. If, however, a quartermaster, or acting quartermaster, is without Government bills of lading- he may, as an emergency measure only, make a shipment on the regular commercial bill of lading, noting thereon that the shipment is for the Government, taking the same number of copies, and disposing of them, as prescribed for the Government bill of lading, and advising the receiving quarter- master and also the disbursing officer by whom the trans- portation account will be settled of his action and the reason therefor in full. The consignee will, on receipt of the property, attach to the commercial bill of lading a con- signee's certificate of delivery in the same form as shown on the original Government bill of lading. 26 Handbook of Transportation DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITY OF RAILROAD CARS 91. Passenger Cars Seating capacity (maximum) at Day Standard Tourist 2 persons to each double seat Coach Sleeper Sleeper Seating capacity at 3 person to 60 56 48 every 2 double seats 70 64 64 Sleeping capacity (maximum) at 45 42 36 2 person per berth 48 48 48 Sleeping capacity at 3 persons 56 48 per section 64 64 Sleeping capacity at one person 42 to 48 36 to 48 per berth 28 to 32 24 to 32 Number of sections 14 to 16 12 to 16 Length in feet 65 to 75 65 to 80 65 to 75 92. Baggage and Freight Cars Flat Ordin- Baggage Box and Refrig- Palace Gon- erator Stock ct O Mr dola Average freight or baggage in tons 30 30 30 20 25 Average capacity in cubic feet 4000 2400 2000 2200 Number of animals, horses 18 16 20 or mules, accommodated 20 20 24 Length in feet, inside 65 34 34 32 40 30 measurement 75 40 40 36 48 40 Width in feet, inside measurement 8^/2 8*/ 2 & l / 2 8 l / 2 Height in feet, inside measurement 6 to 8 6 to 7 7*/ 2 Trackage 93. In calculating trackage, use the figures in above table giving lengths of the different cars, adding thereto 4 feet per car for oversills and cooplers, and allowing 70 feet for loco- motive and tender. Handbook of Transportation 27 Steel cars 94. The dimensions before stated cover the ordinary cars usually furnished. Steel coaches, some of which have a length of 70 feet and over and a maximum seating capacity of 86, are in use to a limited extent. Steel flat cars of lengths up to 42 feet and widths to 9 feet are also in limited use. Box cars with steel underframes are, in some instances, as long as 40 feet, and a few special box cars, such as furniture and automombile cars, are from 40 to 50 feet in length. Automobile cars 95. The automobile car is a box car, but has larger side doors (varying from 7 x iy 2 to 12 x 8^2) to facilitate the loading of automobiles or other vehicles. They vary from 36 to 40 feet in length and have a capacity of 60,000 pounds and 2400 to 3000 cubic feet. These cars usually have large end doors also. Side doors 96. The side doors on the older box-cars are 5^2 feet wide by 6^4 feet high, but in the newer cars the size of the door- ways has been increased to 6 x 7y 2 feet, Arms palace horse cars 97. Some of the Arms palace horse-cars are cross-wise stalled; others are length-wise stalled; each kind is provided with water tanks, and with feed mangers for hay and grain. The cross-wise stalled car, series 30 to 2500, is the best ; this car is 48 feet long inside, has 18 stall with room in center aisle for 1 or 2 extra animals, and has a small door at either car end through which attendants can enter or get out at any time, the manger serving as a passage way. The length-wise stalled car is 44 feet long inside, has 16 stalls, and is divided into two compartments with doorway allowing free passage from one compartment to the other. There is also a stalless Arms car accommodating 24 to 28 horses. No water tanks, feed mangers nor fixtures of any kind, aside from sliding gates for dividing each car into three compartments, are pro- vided in the stalless car except that some of the cars have improvised feed racks overhead. Sleeping cars 98. The standard sleeper usually provided has 12 to 14 sections, and in addition a drawing room ; the drawing room has one full section, one single lower berth and a toilet annex. The sleepers having 16 sections are without a drawing room. 28 Handbook of Transportation Anothr type of standard sleeper is divided into compartments, either 10 or 12, each having one full section and toilet con- veniences. The tourist sleeper has either 14 to 16 sections. Kitchen cars 99. The dimensions and cooking capacity of the kitchen tourist car are given in paragraph 146 ; and a method for in- stalling an emergency kitchen equipment, when kitchen cars are not available, is described in paragraphs 154 to 167. Number of tourist and kitchen cars in service 100. There are 790 tourist cars and 14 kitchen tourist cars in service in the United States. Of the former a bout 385 are used for extra travel and could be' furnished on short notice for transportation of troops. These cars are held at various stations from which they can be used, or moved into position for prospective service, their location depending al- together upon conditions of travel at the various seasons of* the year. When transcontinental colonist movements occur in the spring and fall, about 200 of these cars are operated to California over the various roads. The localities where tourist cars are usually kept when not in use are as follows : I San Francisco and vicinity Chicago and vicinity Denver and vicinity Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston) St. Louis Kansas City and vicinity Southeastern points (Principally Atlanta) New York Buffalo and vicinity, and Washington and vicinity. The kitchen cars are generally available at Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Atlanta and Wash- ington. The location of the tourist cars is constantly changing with the requirements of travel. Before arranging for any move- ment of troops sufficient advance notice should be given ^ in which to move cars into position as the assignment above in- dicated is only approximate, and therefore cannot be depended upon with any degree of accuracy. In addition to the tourist cars there are about 400 emer- gency standard cars, with average capacity of about thirteen sections, which could be temporarily converted into tourist cars to meet any emergency that might arise in case all the regular tourist cars were in use or could not be made avail- able for transportation of troops. Handbook of Transportation 29 Loads for ordinary cars 101. For heavy freight, 25 tons is an average load for a freight car; and for light freight, ordinarily 12 to 15 tons; but of household goods, an average of about 10 tons. 13,000 pounds of timothy hay, as commercially baled, will fill a small freight car (34' x 8' x 8'). 30 tons is a good car load of ordinary merchandise and 40 tons is about the maximum, except for special cars. Freight cars should be loaded to their full capacity, as inscribed upon them. Number of rations to an ordinary 36 ft. box car Kind of ration Gross weight of ration Number that can be loaded in each car. Forage Oats Horse 12 3,333 Mule 9 4,444 Hay Horse 14 1,571 Mule 14 1,571 Barley Horse 12 3,333 Mule 9 4,444 Corn Horse 12 3,333 Mule 9 4,444 Bran Horse 12 2,500 Mule 9 3,333 Subsistence Garrison 4.9 8,226 Travel 4.1 9,818 Field 3.0 13,428 Reserve 2.0 20,142 TRANSPORTATION REPORTS AND STATEMENTS Transportation of memo, bills of lading and copies of transportation requests 103. Every officer issuing transportation requests or bills of lading will transmit daily to the officer, designated to settle 30 Handbook of Transportation the accounts of the particular road involved, as shown in paragraph 106, all memorandum bills of lading and copies of all requests for transportation by rail, commercial vessel, parlor or sleeping cars issued during the day. These will be accompanied by a letter of transmittal (Q.M.C. Form 169) on which will be shown the serial number of each memoran- dum bill of lading or transportation requests so transmitted. If in doubt as to proper disbursing officer 104. If an officer issuing a bill of lading, transportation, sleeping car, or parlor car request is in doubt as to the office which should settle the transportation charges thereon, he will send the memorandum bill of lading or copy of trans- portation request to the Quartermaster General by letter of transmittal, in which, in addition to the data specified in para- graph 103 hereof, will be given the reason for his action. The office of the Quartermaster General will forward them to the office designated to settle the accounts of the carriers con- cerned. Monthly report of bills of lading and transportation re- quests issued 105. Every officer who issues bills of lading or transporta- tion requests will keep a monthly report of such issues (Q.M.C Form 151). This form must be kept up currently and with this end in view proper entry will be made upon form 151 immediately upon issuance of bills of lading or transportation requests. If transportation charges are to be paid by some other Department or Bureau of the Government, the name of such Department or Bureau will be entered in the column headed "Remarks." This report must not include bills of lading and transportation requests issued during dif- ferent months, but a separate report must be made for each and every month. Report of bills of lading and transporta- tion requests issued (Q.M.C. Form 151) will be mailed im- mediately after the close of each month direct to the Quarter- master General. Offices settling transportation accounts 106. Transportation accounts will be settled at offices named below for the respective transportation lines given under each office, namely: (a) Depot Quartermaster, Boston, Mass. : Accounts for transportation of headstones for soldiers' graves (see paragraph 107). Handbook of Transportation 31 (b) Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C.I Atlanta & West Point Railroad. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad. Baltimore Steam Packet Company. Boston & Albany Railroad. Boston & Maine Railroad. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway. Canadian Pacific Railway. Central New England Railway. Central of Georgia Railway. Central Railroad of New Jersey. Central Vermont Railway. Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway of Indiana. Chesapeake Steamship Company. Clyde Steamship Company. Cumberland Valley Railroad. Delaware & Hudson Company. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Erie Railroad. Florida East Coast Railway. Georgia Railroad. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway. Grand Trunk Railway System. Jamestown, Chautauqua & Lake Erie Railway. Lehigh & New England Railroad. Lehigh Valley Railroad. Long Island Railroad. Maine Central Railroad. Mallory Steamship Company. Merchants' & Miners' Transportation Company. Morgan Line Steamers. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. New York, Ontario & Western Railway. New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad. Norfolk Southern Railroad. Norfolk & Western Railway. Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Company. Northern Central Railway. Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company. Pennsylvania Company. 32 Handbook of Transportation Pennsylvania Railroad. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad. Philadelphia & Reading Railway. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railway. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad. Rutland Railroad. Seaboard Air Line Railway. Southern Railway. Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railway Com- pany. Washington Southern Railway. Western Maryland Railway. Western Railway of Alabama. West Shore Railroad. All Atlantic Ocean water transportation. All Gulf of Mexico water transportation. All other transportation lines not otherwise assigned whose accounting offices are in the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia, and the District f Columbia. (c} Depot Quartermaster, 115-123 Ontario St., Chicago, 111. Alabama Great Southern Railway. Ann Arbor Railroad. Canadian Northern Railway. Chicago & Alton Railroad. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad. Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (lines east of the Missouri River). Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (lines west of the Missouri River). Chicago Great Western Railroad. Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railroad. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway. Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway. Cincinnati Northern Railroad. Handbook of Transportation 33 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway. Colorado & Southern Railway. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway. Great Northern Railway. Goodrich Transit Co. Hocking Valley Railway. Illinois Central Railroad. Kanawha & Michigan Railway. Lake Erie & Western Railroad. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Railway. Michigan Central Railroad. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad. Northern Pacific Railway. Pere Marquette Railroad. St. Paul & Kansas City Short Line Railroad. Toledo & Ohio Central Railway. L T nion Pacific Railroad. Vandalia Railroad. Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad. All Great Lakes water transportation. All Pullman Company transportation. All other transportation lines not otherwise assigned whose accounting offices are in the State of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. (d) Depot Quartermaster. St. Louis, Mo. Alabama & Vicksburg Railway. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (lines north, south, and east of Albuquerque and Belen). Colorado Midland Railway. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. El Paso & Southwestern System. Fort Worth & Denver City Railway. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway. Houston & Texas Central Railroad. International & Great Northren Railroad. Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway. Kansas City Southern Railway. 34 Handbook of Transportation Leavenworth & Topeka Railway. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway. Missouri Pacific Railway. Mobile & Ohio Railroad. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad and Steamship Com- pany. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. New Orleans & Northwestern Railroad. Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad. Rio Grande Southern Railway. St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway. St. Louis Southwestern Railway. San Antonio & Arkansas Pass Railway. Southern Kansas Railway of Texas. Texas & Pacific Railway. Texas Central Railroad. Texas Mexican Railway. Trinity & Brazos Valley Railway. Uintah Railway and Stage Line. Wabash Railroad. Wichita Railroad. All Mississippi and Ohio River water transportation. All other transportation lines not otherwise assigned whose accounting offices are in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. (