Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1913 — Railroads Run Like an Army. [ARTICLE]

Railroads Run Like an Army.

It is well known that practically all of the railway employes of Prussia have served in the army. When they enter the railway ranks from the army certain credits are allowed for their military service, and certain positions are reserved for army men. Thto military experience shows its influence on their department and discipline in railway service. There is a noticeable orderliness and precision about everything connected with German railways. In respect for authority and strict observance of the rules the German railway employe has no superior. The traveler will not fail to notice the red-capped station master standing at attention on the station platform as the train passes through each station.. He will also find the senior signalman, gateman and other employes connected with train service always in evidence, standing like sentries as the train passes. The operating official, while riding over the He, can thus take a census of all employes in positions of responsibility. When he alights at a station his rank is at once recognized. The station master immediately salutes and gives a verbal report of the situation at his station. If the official goes into a signal tower the signalman in charge salutes and reports. If Tie goes into an > engine house the foreman salutes and gives a brief report of the work in progress. —Railway Age Gazette.