Light Railways in the War Zone.

Another interesting transportation development in the war zone is the building of light railways as feeders to the standard-gauge. During the last war, your correspondent held commands on many military light railways in France, and narrow-gauge railways were one of the biggest transportation successes of the struggle. They linked the standardgauge railheads with the fighting-line, conveying millions of troops, and millions of tons of ammunition, food, and supplies. In many cases these light railways penetrated right into our advance trenches, while at a distance varying from one to five miles behind the front there were trunk laterals connecting the light railway systems of the various armies. At the big bases, light railways again are performing fine work in handling stores of all kinds. As in 1914–1918, the men forming the construction and operating personnel of our light railways in France are being drawn from the Home and overseas railways.