It should also take over the entire transportation system of the country and operate it exclusively with reservists. Only in this manner can lines be constructed to strategic points where they do not now exist and be devoted exclusively to mobilization when war is declared. Not otherwise can they be operated with certainty and safety. Even now it is asserted by our alarmists that our privately operated roads are lined with Asiatic trackwalkers and section hands commissioned to destroy them the moment hostilities begin. And the telegraph and telephone lines must be nationalized as well. We nust establish a bureau of intelligence..
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Asiatic trackwalkers and section hands are commissioned to destroy roads when hostilities begin.