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15. The “Route and March Tables” are prepared by delegates from 
the Staff, in accordance with directions issued by the War Minister regu¬ 
lating the time when the several corps are to hold themselves in readiness 
to march, as well as in accordance with general principles relating to 
transport, having regard to the importance of the greatest possible speed 
in effecting the concentration, and to the working powers of the lines. 
These tables are submitted to the War Minister directly by the Central 
Commission (Cl. 18) and afterwards communicated by the former to the 
General Officers in command. Alterations in these tables when once 
approved are strictly prohibited, unless under special circumstances, when 
the case must be referred in proper time to the War Minister. 
The “ Route and March Tables ” contain:— 
(1) The place of mobilization, day of readiness to march, and numerical strength 
of each detachment. 
(2) The day of departure by train, and the stations of departure and arrival. 
The hour of departure, as well as the day and hour of arrival are included in the 
“ Table of Dispositions” for the journey. 
(3) The composition of the successive detachments to be dispatched daily. 
16. The “ Military Time Tables” are drawn up similarly to the ordinary 
time tables of the lines, which they supersede during the continuation of 
the transport. They regulate the arrival and crossing of trains both 
military and others in both directions. The military trains for each day’s 
transport are marked with Roman numerals. 
17. A table shewing the dispositions for the journey is prepared 
for each line on the basis of the “Route and March Table” and the 
“Military Time Table,” and assigns the force detailed for each day's 
traffic in the former to the trains specified for that day in the latter. 
In this table is included the hour of departure of each detachment, the 
arrivals at the places of repose, and the names of the stations selected for 
the refreshment of the troops, and the day and hour of arrival at the point 
of debarkation. 
Troop trains travelling in concert on a line receive successive numbers, 
which afford later the requisite means of checking the accounts, and clearing 
up points which call for enquiry.* 
* The officer in command of troops transported by tram delivers vouchers for the troops con¬ 
veyed, shewing the successive numbers of the trains, to the station superintendents at the points of 
embarkation and debarkation, and on these the claims of the railway administration for subsequent 
payment are based. 
