What can we. expect from these companies if we discontinue the Army Transport Service and turn this business over to commercial lines? That question was asked before the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations for the War Department when representatives of the commercial steamship lines appeared in support of a similar proposal. They were asked what kind of accommodations would be furnished the enlisted men. and we were told that the men would be carried in the steerage. American soldiers will be sent to the Philippines. to the Orient. and to the Hawaiian Islands in the steerage with people of other nations. people of different races. Why. there would be international complications before the transport reached the Farallon Islands. 20 miles off the Golden Gate. Then here is another consideration.
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