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War Department, Washington, 1875.
[The material parts of this work are reproduced in the
"Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion."]
Report by the Central British Red Cross Committee on
Voluntary Organisations in aid of the Sick and Wounded during
the South African War. Part VII, Hospital Trains, pp. 32-5.
London, 1902.
Report on the Medical Arrangements in the South African War.
By Surg.-Gen. Sir W. D. Wilson, K.C.M.G., late Principal Medical
Officer, South African Field Force. Part IX, Hospital Trains,
pp. 213-9. London, 1904.
RIDDELL, J. SCOTT. A Manual of Ambulance. Section on Railway
Ambulance Wagons and Ambulance Trains, pp. 168-76. 6th edition.
London, 1913.
ARMOURED TRAINS
ADAMS, W. BRIDGES. English Railway Artillery: A Cheap
Defence against Invasion. _Once a Week_, Aug. 13, 1859. London.
Armoured Truck ("Union Railroad Battery," Petersburg) used
in the American Civil War, 1861-65. See illustration, _Century
Magazine_, Sept., 1887, p. 774.
BOXALL, CHARLES GERVAISE, Col. Commanding 1st Sussex
Artillery Volunteers. Armoured Train for Coast Defence in Great
Britain, The. Paper read at a meeting of Officers and N.C.O.'s
of the Brigade at Newhaven Fort, Sussex, May 14, 1894. 11 pp.
---- Railway Batteries and Armoured Trains. _Fortnightly
Review_, Aug., 1895.
CONNOR, MAJ. W. D. Military Railways. Section on Armoured
Trains, pp. 141-50. Professional Papers, No. 32, Corps of
Engineers, U.S. Army. Washington, 1910.
Detailed History of the Railways in the South African War,
1899-1902. Vol. I, Section on Organisation, Equipment and Use of
Armoured Trains. Chatham, 1905.
Field Service Regulations. Part I, Operations. 1909.
(Reprinted, with amendments, 1914.) Section 40, Defence of
Railways. General Staff, War Office, London.
FITZGERALD, W. C. The Armoured Train. _The Four-track News_,
March, 1906. New York.
FORBIN, V. Les trains blindés. _Nature_, Dec. 12, 1914.
Paris.
FRASER, R.E., LIEUT. T. Armour-plated Railway Wagons used
during the late Sieges of Paris in 1870-71. Papers of the Corps
of Royal Engineers, N.S., Vol. XX. Woolwich, 1872.
GIROUARD, R.E., LIEUT.-COL. E. P. C. History of the Railways
during the War in South Africa, 1899-1902. Section V, The
Organisation and Use of Armoured Trains. London, 1903.
HOBART, FREDERICK. The first Armoured Train. _Railway Age
Gazette_, Jan. 22, 1915. Chicago, U.S.A.
LODIAN, L. The Origin of Armoured Railroad Cars
unquestionably the Product of the American Civil War. _Railroad
and Locomotive Engineering_, May, 1915. New York.
[Reproduces from _Leslie's Weekly_ for May 18, 1864, an
illustration of a "Railroad Battery on the Philadelphia and
Baltimore Railway," showing a "box" car completely covered with
armour plating, with loop-holes at end and side for guns, and
placed on the line in front of the locomotive, itself otherwise
unprotected.]
Military History of the Campaign of 1882 in Egypt. Prepared
in the Intelligence Branch of the War Office. Revised edition.
London, 1908.
[References to use of armoured train.]
NANCE, CAPT. H. O. Armoured Trains. Lecture delivered at the
Royal Engineers' Institute. 52 pp. Photographs and drawings.
Professional Papers, fourth series, Vol. I, Paper 4. Chatham,
1906.
[The subject is dealt with in three sections: (1) Uses of
Armoured Trains; (2) Construction, equipment and garrison; (3)
Organisation and administration.]
Railway Manual (War). Chapter VI, Section 15, Armoured
Trains. London, 1911.
WALKER, LIEUT. ARTHUR. Coast Railways and Railway Artillery.
_Journal of the Royal United Service Institution_, Vol. IX, pp.
221-23. Plates. London, 1866.
INDEX
ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN:
Construction and working of military railway, 210-14.
ADAMS, WILLIAM BRIDGES: 67-9.
ADVANTAGES FROM USE OF RAILWAYS: 345-50.
AFRICA, GERMAN DESIGNS ON:
Proposals of von Weber, 297;
German South-West Africa, 298-300;
the Herero rising, 300-1;
railways, 304-10;
military preparations, 307, 310-12;
rail connection with Angola, 312-14;
German East Africa Central Railway, 314-7;
Katanga district, 316;
Central Africa, 318;
rival railway schemes, 319-20;
railway schemes in the Cameroons, 320-5;
official admissions, 325-6;
"der Tag" and its programme, 326-30.
AGADIR CRISIS, THE: 324.
AGGRESSION, USE OF RAILWAYS FOR: 355-6.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT: 63.
ALEXANDRETTA, GERMANY AND: 334, 343.
ALEXEIEV, ADMIRAL: 275.
AMBULANCE TRAINS: _see_ RAILWAY AMBULANCE TRANSPORT.
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR:
What it established, 13;
railway lines, 15;
Federal Government and railways, 16;
mileage taken over, 18;
gauge of lines, 18;
condition of lines, 19;
Transportation Department, 20-1;
locomotives, 21-2;
rolling mills, 23;
movement of troops, 23-5;
destruction of railways, 27-8;
Construction Corps, 29-37;
control of railways, 43-50;
protection of, 54-5;
armoured cars, 72-4;
removal of sick and wounded, 86-91;
American precedents followed in Europe, 104, 122, 153, 177;
"surface railroads," 210;
the Civil War and the South African campaign, 258 (_n._).
ANATOLIA: 331, 335.
ANATOLIAN RAILWAY, THE: 334.
ANGOLA: 299, 312-4, 320.
ARMOURED TRAINS:
Protection of railway lines, 59;
first suggested, 67-9;
proposals of Lieut. A. Walker, 69-70;
of Col. Wethered, 70-71;
of Lieut. E. P. C. Girouard, 71-2;
Civil War, 72-4;
Franco-Prussian War, 75;
Egyptian Campaign, 75-6, 224;
Delhi, 76;
experiments in France, 77;
at Newhaven, Sussex, 77-9;
South African War, 79, 248-52.
ASIA MINOR:
Germany's "share" in the Turkish spoils, 332;
Germany's colonisation field, 332-3;
proposed German protectorate, 333.
ASPINALL, MR. J. A. F.: 197.
ATLANTIC AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD: 36, 73.
AUSTRALIA AND THE BAGHDAD RAILWAY: 342, 344.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY:
Early troop movements by rail, 8-9;
scheme for strategical railways, 9;
Italian campaign of 1859, 11-12;
Railway Troops, 123;
German rail communications, 287.
AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN CAMPAIGN:
Protection of railways, 55, 59;
removal of sick and wounded, 91-2;
Prussian mobilisation, 104;
defective transport arrangements, 104-5;
destruction and restoration of railway lines, 124-6.
BABYLONIA, GERMANY AND: 332.
BAGHDAD RAILWAY, THE:
Concession, 334;
branches, 334-5;
Germany's aims, 336;
the conquest of Egypt, 338-40;
the Persian Gulf, 341;
India, 342;
Capt. Mahan's views, 342;
the desired extension to Koweit, 343;
what the railway was to accomplish, 344.
BALCK: 110.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD: 29.
BASSON, WILHELM: 127.
BECKER, LIEUT.: 169-70.
BELGIUM:
Early Railways in, 4-5;
German strategical lines on Belgian frontier, 288-294;
German designs, 323-4, 325-6, 327, 329.
BÉRIGNY, M. DE: 7.
BEYENS, BARON: 325.
BIGELOW, CAPT. J.: 56, 348 (_n._).
BILLINGTON, MR. R. J.: 78.
BISMARCK, PRINCE: 136, 338.
BLOCKHOUSES FOR PROTECTION OF RAILWAYS: 54, 58, 245.
BOULGER, MR. D. C.: 288, 294.
BOXALL, COL. C. G.: 78.
BRITISH CENTRAL RED CROSS COMMITTEE: 95, 254.
BRITISH EAST AFRICA: 317, 327.
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA:
German designs on, 301, 302, 303, 308, 312, 327.
BRYDEN, MR. H. A.: 300 (_n._).
BUDDE, H.: 51.
BULLER, SIR REDVERS: 254.
BURGOYNE, SIR JOHN: 178, 209.
BUTTERWORTH, SIR A. K.: 197.
CALEDONIAN RLY.: 197.
CALTHROP, MR. GUY: 197.
CAMEROONS, THE: 320-5.
CAMPENAU, GEN.: 137.
CANALS AND TROOPS: 1.
CAPE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS: 237, 240, 246, 253.
CAPE-TO-CAIRO RAILWAY: 320.
CENTRAL AFRICA: 318-20.
CHÉRADAME, M. ANDRÉ: 338.
CHRISTIAN, PRINCESS: 254.
CLARKE, SIR ANDREW: 224.
COAST DEFENCE: 67, 179.
COMMERCE DEFENCE LEAGUE, THE GERMAN: 303 (_n._).
CONGO, THE BELGIAN: 315-320, 322-6.
CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL TO EFFICIENCY: 350-2.
CONNOR, MAJ. W. D.: 58, 80, 258 (_n._).
CONSTRUCTION CORPS:
U.S.A., 20, 21, 23, 29-37;
Prussia, 122-3, 124-8, 132-6, 215-6, 219;
Austria, 123-4;
Bavaria, 127-133;
France, 128, 152-4;
England, 198-202;
South African War, 242-5;
Russo-Japanese War, 273-4.
CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS:
Military requirements, 350-1.
CONTROL OF RAILWAYS IN WAR:
Conditions of operation, 40-3;
American Civil War, 43-50;
views of Baron M. M. von Weber, 50-2;
need for intermediaries, 52;
organisation in peace, 99;
Austro-Prussian War, 104-5;
German system in 1870-71, 106-115;
new regulations, 115-7;
present system, 118-121;
inefficient military control in France in 1870-71, 139-147;
creation of new organisation, 149-170;
State control in England, 176-7;
draft scheme for State operation, 185-7;
Railway Transport Officers, 189-191;
South African War, 233-7, 238-9, 249-52;
Russo-Japanese War, 274-5;
general, 351.
COWANS, LIEUT.-GEN. SIR J. S.: 204.
CRIMEAN WAR:
Deaths from sickness and disease, 81;
removal of sick and wounded by railway, 83;
transport conditions, 207-8;
construction of military railway, 208;
operation, 208-10;
recalled by Russo-Japanese War, 260.
CROMER, LORD: 229.
DANISH WAR (1864): 91, 104.
DELAGOA BAY: 304-5, 327.
DELBRÜCK, PROF. HANS: 330.
DENT, MR. C. H.: 197.
DENT, MR. F. H.: 197.
DESTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS:
Vulnerability, 26-7;
early instances, 27;
American Civil War, 27-37;
Mexican War, 37-9;
Austro-Prussian War, 124, 125-6;
Franco-German War, 128-30;
South African War, 241-5, 256-8;
Russo-Japanese War, 274.
DISADVANTAGES OF RAILWAYS: 355-6.
DUFAURE, M.: 7.
DUMANT, JEAN HENRI: 84.
EAST PRUSSIA, STRATEGICAL RAILWAYS IN: 283.
EGYPT:
German anticipations of rebellion, 326;
aims against Egypt, 338-9;
conquest to be facilitated by railways, 340.
EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGNS:
Armoured cars, 75-6;
Railway Companies, Royal Engineers, 199.
EIFEL DISTRICT:
German strategical railways, 289-292.
ELSENBORN, GERMAN CAMP AT: 288-9.
ENGINEER AND RAILWAY STAFF CORPS:
Formation, 179-182;
constitution, 181-2;
functions and work done, 182-7, 192;
supplemented by War Railway Council, 187.
ENGLAND, ORGANISATION IN:
Early regulation for troop movements, 2;
legislative enactments, 175-7;
invasion prospects and formation of Volunteer Corps, 178;
Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, 179-187;
attitude of War Office, 180;
War Office and defence scheme, 185-7;
War Railway Council, 187-9;
Railway Transport Officers, 189-191;
Railways Executive Committee, 195-7;
Railway Companies, Royal Engineers, 200-2.
ERNOUF, BARON: 141.
EVANS, DR. T. W.: 91.
FAY, SIR SAM: 197.
FIELDHOUSE, MR. W. J.: 95.
FINDLAY, SIR GEORGE: 184-7, 195, 196, 202.
FORBES, SIR WILLIAM: 182, 197.
FORMANOIR, CAPTAIN A. DE: 124 (_n._).
FORTRESSES FOR PROTECTION OF RAILWAYS: 59.
FRANCE:
Early references in French Chamber, 6-7;
complaints in 1842 of German aggressive lines, 7;
early railways, 7;
railways and the Italian campaign of 1859, 9-11;
early regulations, 138;
Marshal Niel's Commission, 138-9;
experiences in Franco-German War, 139-148;
German railway lines on French frontiers, 287-8;
Germany's alternative routes, via Luxemburg, 288;
via Belgium, 288-93;
French possessions in Africa to be seized by Germany, 326;
to be demanded as "ransom," 329.
FRANCE, ORGANISATION IN:
Early regulations, 138;
action taken after the Franco-German War, 149-50;
Superior Military Commission, 150, 151-2;
Field Railway Sections, 153-4;
Railway Troops, 154-6;
existing organisation, 157-168;
tests, 169;
views of German authority, 169;
defensive railways, 170-4.
FRANCO-GERMAN WAR: FRANCE:
Armoured wagons, 75;
rail-transport regulations, 138;
the Niel Commission, 138-9;
despatches by rail, 139-40;
absence of military organisation, 140;
confusion and chaos, 140-2;
conflicting orders, 142;
local authorities, 143;
unloading, 143-4;
congestion at stations, 145-7;
seizure of rolling stock by enemy, 147.
FRANCO-GERMAN WAR: GERMANY:
Safeguarding of railway lines, 56-8;
removal of sick and wounded, 94-5;
rail transport conditions, 106-115;
Railway Troops, 127-8;
destruction of lines, etc., 128-30;
operation of French lines by Germans, 130-1;
construction of military lines, 215-6.
FRANC-TIREURS AND RAILWAYS: 57, 129-30.
FRASER, R. E., LIEUT.: 129.
FREDERICKSBURG RAILROAD: 29.
FRENCH TRANS-AFRICAN RAILWAY SCHEME: 322.
FRERE, SIR BARTLE: 297.
FRIRON, GEN.: 64.
FURLEY, SIR JOHN: 95, 96, 254.
GAMBON, M.: 325.
GAUGE, RAILWAY:
Various countries, 60;
Russian policy in respect to, 61;
experiences in Russo-Turkish War, 61, 217;
Germany and Russian lines, 284-6.
GERMAN EAST AFRICA: 314-5, 316-7.
GERMAN EMPEROR, THE:
African railways, 321;
visit to Constantinople, 334;
to Damascus, 337.
GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA: 298-312.
GERMANY AND EGYPT: 338-40.
GERMANY:
Early proposals for strategical railways, 2-3;
early railways constructed, 5;
possible attacks on two fronts, 5;
"aggressive" lines, 7;
early troop transports, 8;
control of railways in war, 50-52;
railway ambulance transport, 84-6, 91-3, 94;
_see_ also GERMANY, ORGANISATION IN.
GERMANY, ORGANISATION IN:
Influence of American Civil War, 104, 122;
Railway Section of General Staff formed, 104;
Danish War (1864), 104;
Austro-Prussian War, 104-6;
Route Service Regulation, 106-9;
Franco-Prussian War, 110-15;
further Regulations, 115-6;
Field Service Regulations, 117;
present basis of organisation, 118-121;
Railway Troops, 122-37.
GIROUARD, SIR E. PERCY C.: 71, 225, 228, 233-7, 238-9, 240-1,
248-9, 252, 257, 258 (_n._).
GOLTZ, VON DER: 135, 139, 282, 346 (_n._), 352.
GORDON, GEN.: 221, 222.
GRAHAM, GEN. SIR G.: 223, 224 (_n._).
GRANET, SIR GUY: 197.
GRANT, CAPT. M. H.: 251.
GRANT, GEN.: 22.
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY, 197.
GREAT EASTERN RLY.: 194, 204.
GREAT NORTHERN RLY.: 194, 197, 204.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: 192, 195 (_n._), 197.
GREY, EARL DE: 180.
GRUND SYSTEM OF RAILWAY FITTINGS: 94.
GURLT, DR. E.: 81, 84, 85.
GYULIA, COUNT: 12.
HALLECK, GEN.: 23-4.
HAMLEY, GEN. SIR E.: 207, 349 (_n._).
HARKORT, F. W.: 2-3.
HARRISON, MR. C. W. F.: 247.
HAUPT, HERMAN:
Pioneer of Construction Corps, U.S.A., 29-30;
rebuilding of bridges, 31-2;
control questions, 43-9;
armoured car, 72.
HEDJAZ RAILWAY: 335.
HERBERT, MR. SIDNEY: 180.
HERFF, HERR VON: 305.
HEYER, MR. A. E.: 305.
HINE, MAJ. CHARLES: 37.
HOBART, MR. F.: 73.
HOLLAND:
German strategical lines on Dutch frontier, 293-4.
HOME, R.E., LIEUT.-COL. R.: 63.
HOOD, GEN.: 35.
HOSPITAL TRAINS; _see_ RAILWAY AMBULANCE TRANSPORT.
INDIA:
German anticipations of rebellion, 326;
the Baghdad railway and India, 342, 344.
INVASION OF ENGLAND:
Fears of, 67, 177-8, 182.
ITALIAN CAMPAIGN (1859):
Conveyance of troops by rail, 9-13;
destruction of railway lines, 27;
removal of sick and wounded by rail, 84.
JACQMIN, M.: 143, 148, 235.
JAGOW, HERR VON: 325-6.
JOESTEN, DR. JOSEF: 281, 283.
KAERGER, DR. KARL: 332-3.
KATANGA DISTRICT (Central Africa): 316-20.
KELTON, J. C.: 50.
KITCHENER, LORD: 58, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 239.
KUROPATKIN, GEN.: 263, 269-70, 271, 275, 355 (_n._).
LAMARQUE, GEN.: 6.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RLY.: 197.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS (Crimea): 181 (_n._), 208, 209.
LANGHAMS, PAUL: 338.
LANOIR, M. PAUL: 136-7.
LATTMANN, HERR: 306.
LEDEBOUR, HERR: 302.
LEOPOLD, KING: 318, 325.
LIMITATIONS IN USEFULNESS OF RAILWAYS: 352-5.
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RLY.: 1, 8.
LOBITO BAY RLY.: 314, 319-20.
LODIAN, MR. L.: 73.
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RLY.: 194, 197.
LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RLY.: 192, 193, 197, 199, 201.
LONDON, BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RLY.: 77-8, 197.
LONDON, CHATHAM AND DOVER RLY.: 199.
LONDON, DEFENCE OF: 71.
LORME, M. DUPUY DE: 75.
LUARD, R. E., CAPT. C. E.: 209.
LÜDERITZ, ADOLF: 298.
LUXEMBURG RAILWAYS: 288, 289, 292.
MCCALLUM, D. G.:
Appointed Military Director, etc., U. S. railroads, 17-18;
views on situation, 19;
creation of Transportation Department and Construction Corps,
20, 32-37;
movement of troops, 23-4;
question of control, 50;
German translation of report, 127.
MCDOWELL, GEN.: 30, 54.
MCMURDO, GEN. SIR W. M.: 180, 181, 182-3.
MAHAN, CAPT. A. T.: 342, 344.
MANASSAS GAP RAILWAY: 55.
MANBY, F.R.S., MR. C.: 180.
MANGELSDORF, PROF. R.: 340.
MAQUAY, R. E., COL. J. P.: 214.
MARSCHALL, M., 7.
MASSÉNA, MARSHAL: 64.
MATHESON, MR. D. A.: 197.
MEADE, MAJ.-GEN. G. G.: 54.
MEIGS, GEN.: 48.
MEXICO, RAILWAY DESTRUCTION IN: 37-9.
MIDLAND RAILWAY: 197.
MILITARY OPERATION OF RAILWAYS:
Civil War, 20-1;
Franco-German War, 130-1;
British organisation, 175;
South African War, 239-41;
Russo-Japanese War, 374.
MILITARY RAILWAYS:
Description of, 205-6;
pioneer military line in Crimean War, 206-10;
American Civil War, 210;
Abyssinian Campaign, 210-14;
Franco-German War, 215-6;
Russo-Turkish War, 216-20;
the Sudan, 220-231;
Russo-Japanese War, 272-3;
general, 349.
MILLAR, R. A., MAJ.: 9.
MOLTKE, VON: 8, 106, 109, 278, 346 (_n._).
MORACHE, DR.: 81.
MUNI (Spanish): 324.
NANCE, CAPT. H. O.: 80.
NANTON, R. E., CAPT. H. C.: 250.
NAPIER OF MAGDALA, LORD: 210.
NAPIER, SIR CHARLES: 178.
NAPOLEON: 62, 63, 64.
NASHVILLE AND CHATTANOOGA RLY.: 33, 34.
NATAL GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS: 237, 246-8, 253.
NATAL RAILWAY PIONEER STAFF: 247.
NATHAN, R. E., LIEUT. M.: 223.
NATIONAL DEFENCE ACT, 1888: 177, 195.
NETHERLANDS SOUTH AFRICAN RLY.: 240, 254-8.
NIEL, MARSHAL: 138, 139.
NORTON, Mr. ROY: 286.
NORTH EASTERN RLY.: 197.
NORTH MISSOURI RAILROAD: 29.
O'CONNOR, MR. J. K.: 310-12, 326-7.
ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD: 46, 55, 88.
OSMAN PASHA: 218.
PANZ, OBERST. VON: 123.
PEEL, GEN.: 176.
PERNOT, CAPT. A.: 172, 174.
PHILADELPHIA-BALTIMORE RAILROAD: 73.
PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD: 87.
POMERANIA, STRATEGICAL RAILWAYS IN: 283.
PÖNITZ, C. E.: 4-6, 280.
POPE, GEN.: 43.
PORTER, MAJ.-GEN. WHITWORTH: 209, 224.
POTTER, MR. F.: 197.
POWELL, MAJ.: 209.
PREPARATIONS IN PEACE: Need for, 98-102; 106, 123, 138, 149,
178-180, 184, 351-2.
PROTECTION OF RAILWAYS IN WAR:
American Civil War, 54-5;
blockhouses, 54, 58;
placing of civilians on engines or trains, 55, 57-8;
Austro-Prussian War, 55-6;
Franco-Prussian War, 56-8;
South African War, 58;
permanent fortresses, 59;
use of armoured trains, 59;
removal of rolling stock, 59;
destruction of, 60;
different gauge, 60-1;
terrorising of civil population, 356.
PRUSSIAN RAILWAY TROOPS:
Formation of Field Railway Section, 122;
operations in Austro-Prussian campaign, 123, 124-6;
permanent cadre, 127;
Franco-Prussian War, 127-8, 130-1;
Railway Battalion, 132-4;
Railway Regiment, 134;
Communication Troops, 134;
need for Railway Troops, 135-6;
railwaymen as spies, 136-7;
construction of military lines, 215-6.
RADEK, HERR KARL: 339-40.
RAILWAY AMBULANCE TRANSPORT:
Deaths from disease and sickness, 81;
importance of prompt removal of sick and wounded, 82-3;
Crimean War, 83;
Italian War, 84;
recommendations by Dr. Gurlt, 84-5;
first Prussian Commission, 85;
American Civil War, 86-91;
Danish War, 91;
Austro-Prussian War, 91-2;
second Prussian Commission, 92-3;
Paris International Exhibition (1867), 93;
third Prussian Commission, 94;
Franco-Prussian War, 94-5;
South African War, 95-6, 253-4;
methods now in vogue, 96-7.
RAILWAY COMPANIES, ROYAL ENGINEERS:
Formation, 199;
services in Egypt, 199;
duties, 200;
training, 200-2;
services in the Sudan, 221-9;
South African War, 233, 240, 242, 243, 251.
RAILWAY PIONEER REGIMENT: 242, 243.
RAILWAYS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 195-6.
RAILWAY TRANSPORT OFFICERS: 189-191, 193-4.
RAILWAY WAGONS, UNLOADING OF:
American Civil War, 46, 47-8;
Austro-Prussian War, 105;
Franco-German War, 111-2, 144, 145;
South African War, 234, 238, 239.
REGULATION OF THE FORCES ACT, 1871: 176, 177, 195, 196, 197.
RENÉ, CARL: 321-2.
REPRISALS, PRUSSIA AND: 55-6.
RHODESIA: 320, 322, 327.
ROBERTS, LORD: 58, 245.
ROBERTUS, J. K.: 332.
ROHRBACH, DR. PAUL: 338-9, 340.
ROON, VON: 85.
ROSCHER, WILHELM: 332.
ROSS, PROF. LUDWIG: 338.
ROTHWELL, R. A., COL. J. S.: 184.
RUMIGNY, GEN.: 3
RUSSIA:
Early troop movements by rail, 8;
policy in respect to railway gauge, 61, 135-6, 217;
military lines built in campaign against Turkey, 216-220;
German strategical lines on Russian frontier, 284-7.
_See_ also RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR:
Distances from theatre of war, 260;
the Trans-Siberian Railway, 261, 262-3;
Chinese Eastern Railway, 261, 262;
unreadiness of Russia, 263;
Lake Baikal, 263, 264-7;
ice railway across the lake, 266-7;
circum-Baikal line, 267;
traffic hindrances, 268;
number of trains, 268;
speed, 268;
Russian reinforcements in driblets, 269;
rail improvements, 270-1;
dependence on railway, 271;
results accomplished, 271-2;
field railways, 272-3;
Railway Troops, 273-4;
operation, 274;
control, 274-6, 355 (_n._).
RUSSO-TURKISH WAR:
Railway gauge, 61;
construction of military railways, 216-20.
SAÏD PASHA: 221.
SAMASSA, DR. PAUL: 301-2.
SAROLEA, DR. CHARLES: 337.
SCHÄFFER, E.: 113 (_n._).
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN:
German strategical lines, 294.
SCHOFIELD, GEN.: 24.
SCOTT, MAJ.-GEN. D. A.: 181.
SHERMAN, GEN. W. T.: 19, 34-6, 54, 65.
SICK AND WOUNDED IN WAR:
Evacuation hospitals, 167;
infirmary stations, 167;
distribution stations, 167;
general, 349-50.
_See_ also, RAILWAY AMBULANCE TRANSPORT.
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR:
Removal of locomotives and rolling stock, 59-60;
hospital trains, 95-6, 253-4;
transport of troops for embarkation, 193;
South African railways, 232-3;
creation of Department of Military Railways, 233;
control questions, 233-5;
basis of organisation, 235-7;
transport conditions, 237-8;
how the system worked, 238-9;
Imperial Military Railways, 239-40;
need for operating staff organised in time of peace, 240-1;
destruction and repair of lines, etc., 241-5;
Railway Pioneer Regiment, 242;
blockhouses, 245;
military traffic, 245-6;
miscellaneous services, 246-8;
armoured trains, 248-52;
operation of Netherlands South African Railway by Boers, 254-9;
the war and rail-power, 258-9.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD: 36.
SOUTH EASTERN AND CHATHAM RLY.: 197.
SOUTH EASTERN RLY.: 199.
SPRENGER, DR. A.: 332.
STANTON, MR.: 23, 29.
STAVELOT-MALMÉDY LINE: 288-292.
STEINNETZ, MR. T.: 255-8.
STRATEGICAL MOVEMENTS BY RAIL: 12, 25, 245-6, 346.
STRATEGICAL RAILWAYS:
Early proposals in Germany, 2, 5-6, 7;
France, 7;
Austria, 9;
defensive lines in France, 170-4;
position in Great Britain, 202;
connecting links, 203;
attitude of Parliament, 203;
Northern Junction line, 203-4;
nature of strategical railways, 277-80;
ideal conditions, 279-81;
position in Germany, 281-4;
Pomerania and East Prussia, 283-4;
Russian frontier, 284-7;
southern Silesia, 287;
French frontier, 287-8;
Belgian frontier, 288-93;
Dutch frontier, 293-4;
Schleswig-Holstein, 294;
German South-West Africa, 304-9;
Angola, 312-4;
German East Africa, 314-5;
Cameroons, 320-4;
Baghdad Railway, 334-344.
STUART-STEPHENS, MAJ.: 290 (_n._).
STURGIS, GEN.: 44.
SUAKIN-BERBER LINE: 199, 223-5.
SUPPLIES FOR TROOPS:
War of Secession, 15-16, 46;
"living on the country," 63, 64, 65;
conditions in pre-railway days, 63-4;
discipline, 64;
road transport, 65;
advantages of rail transport, 65-6;
defective organisation, Austro-Prussian War, 105;
new system for Germany, 107;
Franco-German War, 110-113, 143-6;
present French system, 164-6;
general, 347-8.
SURFACE RAILROADS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: 210.
SUDAN, THE:
Early railway schemes, 221;
Wady Halfa-Sarras line, 221;
extension for expedition of 1884, 221-2;
abandonment, 222;
results attained, 223;
Suakin-Berber line, 223-5;
Nile Valley line, reconstructed and extended, 225-6;
Nubian Desert line, 226-7;
extension to Atbara, 228;
Khartoum, 229;
El Obeid, 229;
military results, 228;
services to civilisation, 230-1;
Germany and the Sudan, 321-2.
SUVÓROFF: 62.
SZLUMPER, MR. G. S.: 197.
TACTICAL MOVEMENTS BY RAIL: 346.
THIERS, M.: 64.
THORNHILL, MR. J. B.: 316.
THOMAS, GEN. G. H.: 89.
TOVEY, R. E., LIEUT.-COL.: 354 (_n._).
TOWN, DR. F. L.: 90.
TRANS-SIBERIAN RLY. _See_ RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.
TRANSVAAL, GERMANY AND THE: 304, 305, 311, 327.
TROOP MOVEMENTS BY RAIL:
Early, 8;
Italian campaign of 1859, 9-12;
Civil War, 23-5;
quicker transport, 62;
more complete numbers, 62-3;
Danish War of 1864, 104;
Austro-Prussian War, 104;
Franco-Prussian War, 110, 139-140;
Volunteer reviews and army manoeuvres, 192, 194;
South African War, 193, 245-6;
Russo-Japanese War, 269, 271;
general, 345-6, 352-4.
TURKEY, ASIATIC: Germany's Land of Promise, 331.
TURKEY: Germany's designs against, 331, 336-40.
UNGER, L. A.: 6.
VICKERS, R.E., CAPT. C. E.: 274.
VIGO-ROUISSILLON, M.: 36.
VOLUNTEER CORPS IN GREAT BRITAIN: 67, 178-9, 182, 191-2.
WALKER, LIEUT. ARTHUR: 69.
WALKER, SIR HERBERT A.: 197.
WALTER, MAJ. J.: 191-2.
WAR RAILWAY COUNCIL, THE: 187-9, 193, 196.
WATERS, COL. W. H. H.: 274, 275.
WATSON, COL. SIR CHARLES: 228.
WATSON, MR. P. H.: 72.
WEBBER, R.E., CAPT. C. E.: 55, 125, 126.
WEBER, BARON, M. M. VON: 50-2.
WEBER, ERNST VON: 297, 330.
WEEKS, G. E.: 37-8.
WELLINGTON, DUKE OF: 65, 177.
WELTPOLITIK: 331, 342, 344, 356.
WERNEKKE, REGIERUNGSRAT: 8.
WESTERN AND ATLANTIC RLY.: 34.
WESTPHALEN, H. L.: 124.
WETHERED, COL. E. R.: 70.
WHEELER, GEN.: 34.
WILLANS, R.E., LIEUT.: 211, 213.
WILSON, PRESIDENT: 330.
WOLSELEY, LORD: 199, 222, 223.
WRIGHT, C.E., Mr. T.: 70.
ZAVODOVSKI SYSTEM OF RAILWAY FITTINGS: 94.
ZIMMERMANN, EMIL: 322-5.
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A HISTORY OF INLAND TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION IN ENGLAND.
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I INTRODUCTORY
II BRITAIN'S EARLIEST ROADS
III ROADS AND THE CHURCH
IV EARLY TRADING CONDITIONS
V EARLY ROAD LEGISLATION
VI EARLY CARRIAGES
VII LOADS, WHEELS AND ROADS
VIII THE COACHING ERA
IX THE AGE OF BAD ROADS
X THE TURNPIKE SYSTEM
XI TRADE AND TRANSPORT IN THE TURNPIKE ERA
XII SCIENTIFIC ROAD-MAKING
XIII RIVERS AND RIVER TRANSPORT
XIV RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
XV DISADVANTAGES OF RIVER NAVIGATION
XVI THE CANAL ERA
XVII THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
XVIII EVOLUTION OF THE RAILWAY
XIX THE RAILWAY ERA
XX RAILWAY EXPANSION
XXI RAILWAYS AND THE STATE
XXII DECLINE OF CANALS
XXIII DECLINE OF TURNPIKES
XXIV END OF THE COACHING ERA
XXV RAILWAY RATES AND CHARGES
XXVI THE RAILWAY SYSTEM TO-DAY
XXVII WHAT THE RAILWAYS HAVE DONE
XXVIII RAILWAYS A NATIONAL INDUSTRY
XXIX TRAMWAYS, MOTOR-BUSES AND RAIL-LESS ELECTRIC TRACTION
XXX CYCLES, MOTOR-VEHICLES AND TUBES
XXXI THE OUTLOOK
AUTHORITIES
INDEX
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Transcriber's Notes
Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritics repaired.
Note: "Liége" was the correct spelling at that time for what is now
written "Liège".
Hyphen removed: "break-down" (p. 108), "earth-work" (p. 219),
"inter-communication" (p. 173), "plate-laying" (pp. 221, 222),
"rail-head" (pp. 66, 97, 108), "re-built" (p. 266), "re-organisation"
(p. 264), "South-African" (p. 402), "station-master" (p. 145),
"store-houses" (pp. 144, 164), "text-books" (p. 133), "turn-tables" (p.
124), "wide-spread" (pp. 15, 82).
The following variants appear frequently and have not been changed:
block-house / blockhouse, head-quarter(s) / headquarter(s),
sub-division(s) / subdivision(s).
P. 5: "Leipsig" changed to "Leibzig" (Leipzig-Dresden line).
P. 15: "seceeded" changed to "seceded" (the States which had seceded).
P. 17: "Ctiy" changed to "City" (Washington City, D.C.).
P. 31: "Goose Greek" changed to "Goose Creek".
P. 105: "(3)" changed to "(4)" ((4) secure the prompt unloading).
P. 185: "Mazagine" changed to "Magazine" (United Service Magazine).
P. 195: "Raliway" changed to "Railway" (Great Western Railway Magazine).
P. 218: "dependance" changed to "dependence" (to dependence on the
railway).
P. 246: "in." added (4·7 in. guns).
P. 273: "de" changed to "des" (des chemins de fer).
P. 273: "Juni" changed to "Juin".
P. 284: "½" added (4 feet 8½ inches).
P. 290: "moblisation" changed to "mobilisation" (on mobilisation, or
elsewhere).
P. 290: "pursuading" changed to "persuading" (persuading the Belgian
Government).
P. 296: "promotor" changed to "promotors" (the aims of their promoters).
P. 303: "enlightment" changed to "enlightenment" (not so blind as to
need enlightenment).
P. 306: "between" changed to "between" (communication between Swakopmund
and the capital).
P. 315: "Renseignments" changed to "Renseignements" (Renseignements
coloniaux).
P. 321: "Expediton" changed to "Expedition"
(Kamerun-Eisenbahn-Expedition).
P. 328: "possesssion" changed to "possession" (into a German possession).
P. 350: "tranverse" changed to "transverse" (transverse lines connecting
them).
P. 355: "diciplined" changed to "disciplined" (old and well-disciplined
units).
P. 355, footnote 82: added "no" (no harm was done).
P. 373: Railway gauges changed to be consistently 3 ft. 6 in., 5 ft. 3
in., 4 ft. 8-1/2 in.
P. 377: "Eröterung" changed to "Erörterung" (gegründeter Erörterung über
die militärische Benutzung).
P. 377: "militärischen" changed to "militärische" (Eisenbahnen für
militärische Zwecke).
P. 378: "militärische" changed to "militärischer" (in militärische
Hinsicht).
P. 387: "Heidelburg" changed to "Heidelberg".
P. 388: "Fielddienst" changed to "Felddienst" (Felddienst Ordnung).
P. 389: "Lehrer" changed to "Lehre" (Kurze Lehre ihrer wichtigsten
Grundsätze).
P. 393: "Revista Technica" changed to "Rivista Tecnica".
P. 401: Index entry for "Germany, Organisation in, present basis of
organisation" changed from 188-121 to 118-121.