Wartime Cooperation between the Army and the Railroads

N O FINER record of cooperative achievement came out of the war than that involving the Army and the railroads. The Army was the largest single user of transportation. The railroads carried about 97 per cent of its organized passenger traffic and 90 per cent of its freight tonnage. The military traffic not only was heavy, but much of it required special handling and special security arrangements. Under these circumstances a close and sympathetic working relationship between the Army and the railroads was of paramount importance. To say this is not to belittle the contributions of other common carriers to the

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