The Rise of Rail Power in War And Conquest 1833 1914 With a Bibliography
The book The Rise of Rail Power in War And Conquest 1833 1914 With a Bibliography was written by author Pratt, Edwin A., 1854-1922 Here you can read free online of The Rise of Rail Power in War And Conquest 1833 1914 With a Bibliography book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Rise of Rail Power in War And Conquest 1833 1914 With a Bibliography a good or bad book?
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As the moral to be drawn from his experiences in having to create, under circumstances of exceptional diffi- culty, a staff for the operation of railways captured from the enemy, Sir Percy Girouard says : — The South African campaign has fully shown the necessity RAILWAYS IN THE BOER WAR 241 of having a number of traffic employes registered in peace time, who are paid a small retaining fee which will render them liable to be called out in case of war at home or abroad. The want of this system f...orced the Director of Railways in South Africa to employ a large number of men who had been employed by the enemy, and who could not be relied on, and also to with- draw from the fighting-line a large number of soldiers with rail- way experience prior to enlistment ; and he was compelled to work the railways with this heterogeneous mass of individuals whose qualifications were unknown. The amount of corre- spondence entailed over conditions of service, pay, transfer, etc. , of all these men, coming from different parts of South Africa and from different units, was tremendous.
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