. Electric railway journal . uth Ferry andby ferryboat to Governors Island. The Fort Hamiltontroops were returned by the Ninth Avenue Elevated toSouth Ferry, by Thirty-ninth Street Ferry to Brooklyn,and then by electric railway to a point as near as possi-ble to the post of Fort Hamilton. The Fort Hancockand Fort Wadsworth troops were returned by boat fromthe pier at West Forty-fifth Street, and the Fort Tottentroops by boat on the East River after marching acrosstown. In closing, I strongly recommend that you get busy,for everything that you do in the way of organizing onthe general lines ind
. Electric railway journal . uth Ferry andby ferryboat to Governors Island. The Fort Hamiltontroops were returned by the Ninth Avenue Elevated toSouth Ferry, by Thirty-ninth Street Ferry to Brooklyn,and then by electric railway to a point as near as possi-ble to the post of Fort Hamilton. The Fort Hancockand Fort Wadsworth troops were returned by boat fromthe pier at West Forty-fifth Street, and the Fort Tottentroops by boat on the East River after marching acrosstown. In closing, I strongly recommend that you get busy,for everything that you do in the way of organizing onthe general lines indicated will be primarily for thebenefit of our country and secondarily for the benefitof your properties. Report of Committee on Movementof Troops The report of this special committee, referred toelsewhere in the running report of the association meet-ing, comprised a resume of the committees work andappendices containing data of the equipment of rail-ways, location and sizes of companies making up theseveral regiments, ELECTRIC LINES AND TROOP STATIONS IN NEW YORK IN 1916 From John F. ORyan data as to the peaceand war strengths of the State Guard were secured andwith these as a basis maps and tables were I of the report is reproduced as Table I here-with, and the accompanying map, also from the report,shows the locations of the National Guard centers re- July 1, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 21 Table I—Data Regarding the N. G. N. Y. and the Electric Railways WAR FOOTING Vehicles Animals OrganizationHeadquarters Division. New York City , Location lBt Battalion, Signal Corps of 1st Cavalry. 1 Co. Brooklyn 1 Co. Manhattan. New York City 1 Pioneer Batt. 4 Pontoon Batt. 4 ..Hdq., 5 troops. Brooklyn .1 troop, 1 troop, Syracuse. Squadron A1st Field Artillery. 1 troop, West 1 troop, Utica 1 troop, Rochester 1 troop, Buffalo 1 troop, Ashantee (Avon). New York—Headquarters 4troops, . He
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