. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . assistant to th-^president, until his appointment as William L. .\llison, vice-presidentof the American .Vrch Company, is nowin active service at Camp Grant, Rock-(rd. III,, with the rank of major of in-fantry. Major Allison is from North1,arolina, of Revolutionary stock, and graduate of the Davis Military school,>f Winston-,Salem, N, C, He was several\ears in the employ of the Baldwin Lo-comotive Works, and in 1904 he becamemechanical engineer of the Santa Fe. In1909 he hel
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . assistant to th-^president, until his appointment as William L. .\llison, vice-presidentof the American .Vrch Company, is nowin active service at Camp Grant, Rock-(rd. III,, with the rank of major of in-fantry. Major Allison is from North1,arolina, of Revolutionary stock, and graduate of the Davis Military school,>f Winston-,Salem, N, C, He was several\ears in the employ of the Baldwin Lo-comotive Works, and in 1904 he becamemechanical engineer of the Santa Fe. In1909 he held a similar position with theIranklin Railway Supply Company. Lat-terly he became general sales manager ofthe American .Xrch. Company, and be-came vice-president of the company in1914. Sir Erie Geddes, recently appointedfirst lord of the Admiralty, began his in-dustrial career at the age of 17 on theBaltimore & Ohio Railroad, where he re-mained for three years. He was born inIndia of Scottish parents. On returningto India at the age of 21 he superintendedthe construction of a railroad. In 1903. SIU ICKK , K. C. B. he entered the service of tlie North East-ern Railway of England, and rose rapidlyto the position of deputy general man-ager. At the outbreak of the war hehelped to organize the railroads in France,and was appointed director general of RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING October, 1917. traiisportalioii, then deputy director (jen-rral of munitions, and latterly head ^^\ thenavy, as above stated. It may be nmrdthat llu- latter oftice pays no salary, butSir Kric still retains his position asile|iuty manaKer of the North EastornUailway. He is said to be a master inMiaKialiiiii. In his new pusilinn lu- i-nmlertakins! the reorganization ami ;i<l-ininislratittn of the entire civil and activeliliuK departments of the British navy,lie was kniKhted by King George in Wlilie is now in his -list year. Tlie First Lord of the Admiralty is acabinet ollicer. He is usually a c
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