Abyssinian Campaign:Construction and working of military railway,210-14.Adams, William Bridges:67-9.Advantages from Use of Railways:345-50.Africa, German Designs on:Proposals of von Weber,297;German South-West Africa,298-300;the Herero rising,300-1;railways,304-10;military preparations,307,310-12;rail connection with Angola,312-14;German East Africa Central Railway,314-7;Katanga district,316;Central Africa,318;rival railway schemes,319-20;railway schemes in the Cameroons,320-5;official admissions,325-6;"der Tag" and its programme,326-30.Agadir Crisis, The:324.Aggression, Use of Railways for:355-6.Alexander the Great:63.Alexandretta, Germany and:334,343.Alexeiev, Admiral:275.Ambulance Trains:seeRailway Ambulance Transport.American Civil War:What it established,13;railway lines,15;Federal Government and railways,16;mileage taken over,18;gauge of lines,18;condition of lines,19;Transportation Department,20-1;locomotives,21-2;rolling mills,23;movement of troops,23-5;destruction of railways,27-8;Construction Corps,29-37;control of railways,43-50;protection of,54-5;armoured cars,72-4;removal of sick and wounded,86-91;American precedents followed in Europe,104,122,153,177;"surface railroads,"210;the Civil War and the South African campaign,258(n.).Anatolia:331,335.Anatolian Railway, The:334.Angola:299,312-4,320.Armoured Trains:Protection of railway lines,59;first suggested,67-9;proposals of Lieut. A. Walker,69-70;of Col. Wethered,70-71;of Lieut. E. P. C. Girouard,71-2;Civil War,72-4;Franco-Prussian War,75;Egyptian Campaign,75-6,224;Delhi,76;experiments in France,77;at Newhaven, Sussex,77-9;South African War,79,248-52.Asia Minor:Germany's "share" in the Turkish spoils,332;Germany's colonisation field,332-3;proposed German protectorate,333.Aspinall, Mr. J. A. F.:197.Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad:36,73.Australia and the Baghdad Railway:342,344.Austria-Hungary:Early troop movements by rail,8-9;scheme for strategical railways,9;Italian campaign of 1859,11-12;Railway Troops,123;German rail communications,287.Austro-Prussian Campaign:Protection of railways,55,59;removal of sick and wounded,91-2;Prussian mobilisation,104;defective transport arrangements,104-5;destruction and restoration of railway lines,124-6.Babylonia, Germany and:332.Baghdad railway, The:Concession,334;branches,334-5;Germany's aims,336;the conquest of Egypt,338-40;the Persian Gulf,341;India,342;Capt. Mahan's views,342;the desired extension to Koweit,343;what the railway was to accomplish,344.Balck:110.Baltimore and Ohio Railroad:29.Basson, Wilhelm:127.Becker, Lieut.:169-70.Belgium:Early Railways in,4-5;German strategical lines on Belgian frontier,288-294;German designs,323-4,325-6,327,329.Bérigny, M. de:7.Beyens, Baron:325.Bigelow, Capt. J.:56,348(n.).Billington, Mr. R. J.:78.Bismarck, Prince:136,338.Blockhouses for Protection of Railways:54,58,245.Boulger, Mr. D. C.:288,294.Boxall, Col. C. G.:78.British Central Red Cross Committee:95,254.British East Africa:317,327.British South Africa:German designs on,301,302,303,308,312,327.Bryden, Mr. H. A.:300(n.).Budde, H.:51.Buller, Sir Redvers:254.Burgoyne, Sir John:178,209.Butterworth, Sir A. K.:197.Caledonian Rly.:197.Calthrop, Mr. Guy:197.Cameroons, The:320-5.Campenau, Gen.:137.Canals and Troops:1.Cape Government Railways:237,240,246,253.Cape-to-Cairo Railway:320.Central Africa:318-20.Chéradame, M. André:338.Christian, Princess:254.Clarke, Sir Andrew:224.Coast Defence:67,179.Commerce Defence League, The German:303(n.).Congo, The Belgian:315-320,322-6.Conditions Essential to Efficiency:350-2.Connor, Maj. W. D.:58,80,258(n.).Construction Corps:U.S.A.,20,21,23,29-37;Prussia,122-3,124-8,132-6,215-6,219;Austria,123-4;Bavaria,127-133;France,128,152-4;England,198-202;South African War,242-5;Russo-Japanese War,273-4.Construction of Railways:Military requirements,350-1.Control of Railways in War:Conditions of operation,40-3;American Civil War,43-50;views of Baron M. M. von Weber,50-2;need for intermediaries,52;organisation in peace,99;Austro-Prussian War,104-5;German system in 1870-71,106-115;new regulations,115-7;present system,118-121;inefficient military control in France in 1870-71,139-147;creation of new organisation,149-170;State control in England,176-7;draft scheme for State operation,185-7;Railway Transport Officers,189-191;South African War,233-7,238-9,249-52;Russo-Japanese War,274-5;general,351.Cowans, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. S.:204.Crimean War:Deaths from sickness and disease,81;removal of sick and wounded by railway,83;transport conditions,207-8;construction of military railway,208;operation,208-10;recalled by Russo-Japanese War,260.Cromer, Lord:229.Danish War (1864):91,104.Delagoa Bay:304-5,327.Delbrück, Prof. Hans:330.Dent, Mr. C. H.:197.Dent, Mr. F. H.:197.Destruction of Railways:Vulnerability,26-7;early instances,27;American Civil War,27-37;Mexican War,37-9;Austro-Prussian War,124,125-6;Franco-German War,128-30;South African War,241-5,256-8;Russo-Japanese War,274.Disadvantages of Railways:355-6.Dufaure, M.:7.Dumant, Jean Henri:84.East Prussia, Strategical Railways in:283.Egypt:German anticipations of rebellion,326;aims against Egypt,338-9;conquest to be facilitated by railways,340.Egyptian Campaigns:Armoured cars,75-6;Railway Companies, Royal Engineers,199.Eifel District:German strategical railways,289-292.Elsenborn, German Camp at:288-9.Engineer and Railway Staff Corps:Formation,179-182;constitution,181-2;functions and work done,182-7,192;supplemented by War Railway Council,187.England, Organisation in:Early regulation for troop movements,2;legislative enactments,175-7;invasion prospects and formation of Volunteer Corps,178;Engineer and Railway Staff Corps,179-187;attitude of War Office,180;War Office and defence scheme,185-7;War Railway Council,187-9;Railway Transport Officers,189-191;Railways Executive Committee,195-7;Railway Companies, Royal Engineers,200-2.Ernouf, Baron:141.Evans, Dr. T. W.:91.Fay, Sir Sam:197.Fieldhouse, Mr. W. J.:95.Findlay, Sir George:184-7,195,196,202.Forbes, Sir William:182,197.Formanoir, Captain A. de:124(n.).Fortresses for Protection of Railways:59.France:Early references in French Chamber,6-7;complaints in 1842 of German aggressive lines,7;early railways,7;railways and the Italian campaign of 1859,9-11;early regulations,138;Marshal Niel's Commission,138-9;experiences in Franco-German War,139-148;German railway lines on French frontiers,287-8;Germany's alternative routes, via Luxemburg,288;via Belgium,288-93;French possessions in Africa to be seized by Germany,326;to be demanded as "ransom,"329.France, Organisation in:Early regulations,138;action taken after the Franco-German War,149-50;Superior Military Commission,150,151-2;Field Railway Sections,153-4;Railway Troops,154-6;existing organisation,157-168;tests,169;views of German authority,169;defensive railways,170-4.Franco-German War: France:Armoured wagons,75;rail-transport regulations,138;the Niel Commission,138-9;despatches by rail,139-40;absence of military organisation,140;confusion and chaos,140-2;conflicting orders,142;local authorities,143;unloading,143-4;congestion at stations,145-7;seizure of rolling stock by enemy,147.Franco-German War: Germany:Safeguarding of railway lines,56-8;removal of sick and wounded,94-5;rail transport conditions,106-115;Railway Troops,127-8;destruction of lines, etc.,128-30;operation of French lines by Germans,130-1;construction of military lines,215-6.Franc-tireursand Railways:57,129-30.Fraser, R. E., Lieut.:129.Fredericksburg Railroad:29.French Trans-African Railway Scheme:322.Frere, Sir Bartle:297.Friron, Gen.:64.Furley, Sir John:95,96,254.Gambon, M.:325.Gauge, Railway:Various countries,60;Russian policy in respect to,61;experiences in Russo-Turkish War,61,217;Germany and Russian lines,284-6.German East Africa:314-5,316-7.German Emperor, The:African railways,321;visit to Constantinople,334;to Damascus,337.German South-West Africa:298-312.Germany and Egypt:338-40.Germany:Early proposals for strategical railways,2-3;