...Ed.] p. 1095) , provides in part as follows: "The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the secretary of war, to take possession and assume control...thereof, and to utilize the same, to the exclusion so far as may be necessary of all other traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops,...

...President of the United States. On the 2gth of August, 1916, Congress gave the President power "in time of war * * * to take possession and assume control...and to utilize the same to the exclusion, as far as [might] be necessary, of all other traffic thereon, for the transfer or transportation of troops, war...

...to the two acts as the authority for the taking. The act of August 29, 1916, authorized the taking of " any system or systems of transportation or any...transportation of troops, war material, and equipment," etc.. while section 10 of the Lever Act applied, so far at least as this case is concerned, to " storage...

...the Army Appropriation Act of August, 1916 : The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control...with the emergency as may be needful or desirable. This provision was a product of the great war in Europe, although it was adopted more than seven months...

...Time o/ War — Taking Over Facilities — The President, in time of war, is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control...with the emergency as may be needful or desirable." At the time of the enactment of these several amendments, there were events transpiring which visualized...

...; Comp. Stat. § 1974a), it is provided : "The President, In time of war, Is empowered, through the Secretary of War, to take possession and assume control...with the emergency as may be needful or desirable." Pursuant to this authority on December 26, 1917, a proclamation was issued as follows : "Now, therefore....

...of Congress of August 29, 1916 (39 Stat. 645 [Comp. St. § 1974a]) gave the President power "in time of war" to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation within the boundaries of the continental United States. In April, 1917, war with Germany was declared....

...possession and assume control of the transportation of the country for war purposes ; and also ' ' for such other purposes connected with the emergency as may be needful or desirable." A state of war was declared to exist between United States and Germany, April 6, 1917, and between...

...arose. Nowhere by act of Congress (Сотр. St. § 1974a), in empowering the President through the Secretary of War to take possession and assume control of any system or systems of transportation, etc., are the places provided for Instituting suit for injuries received against any systems of transportation,...

...of transportation or any part thereof, and to utilize the same to the exclusion, as far as [might] be necessary, of all other traffic thereon, for the...such other purposes connected with the emergency as [might] be other cases see same topic and KEY-NUMBER In all Key-Numbered Digeste and Indexe« (127...