.... take possession and assume control at 12 o'clock noon on the twenty-eighth day of December, 1917, of each and every system of transportation and the...including also terminals, terminal companies and terminal associations, sleeping and parlor cars, . private cars and private car lines, elevators, warehouses,...

...War, take possession and assume control at 12 o'clock noon on the twenty-eighth day of December, 1917, of each and every system of transportation and the...including also terminals, terminal companies and terminal associations, sleeping and parlor cars, private cars and private car -lines, .elevators, warehouses,...

...take possession and assume control at 12 o 'clock noon on the twenty-eighth day of December, 1917, of each and every system of transportation and the...including also terminals, terminal companies and terminal associations, sleeping and parlor cars, private cars and private car lines, elevators, warehouses,...

...War, take possession and assume control at 12 o'clock noon on the twenty-eighth day of December, 1917, of each and every system of transportation and the...including also terminals, terminal companies and terminal associations, sleeping and parlor cars, private cars and private car lines, elevators, warehouses,...

...through the Secretary of War "at 12 o'clock noon on the twenty-eighth day of December, 1917, of each of every system of transportation and the appurtenances...including also terminals, terminal companies and terminal asosciations, sleeping and parlor ears, private cars and private car lines, elevators, warehouses,...

...Conferred on the President by Congress. Whereas, by the proclamation dated December 26, 1917, taking over each and every system of transportation and the appurtenances...within the boundaries of the continental United States, it was provided "that the possession, control, operation, and utilization of such transportation systems...

...o'clock noon on the 28th day of December, 1917, for accounting purposes effective January 1, 1918, "of each and every system of transportation and the...located wholly or in part within the boundaries of t he continental United States and consisting of railpads, and owned or controlled systems of coastwise...

...Secretary of War, he took possession and assumed control from twelve o'clock noon on December 28, 1917, "of each and every system of transportation and the...including also terminals, terminal companies and terminal associations, sleeping and parlor cars, private cars and private car lines, elevators, warehouses,...

...the President took over " each and every system of transportation and the appurtenances thereof * * * consisting of railroads and ' owned ' or ' controlled...transportation engaged in general transportation, * * * including * * * all other equipment and appurtenances commonly used upon or operated as a part...

...authorized Federal control of the railroads. The proclamation covered every system of transpor:ation and the appurtenances thereof located wholly or in part within the boundaries of the United States including railroads and "owned or controlled systems of coastwise ind inland transportation,...