...President, by proclamation, on December 26, 1917, assumed control of all systems of transportation located wholly or in part within the boundaries of the continental United States. This control took effect on December 28, 1917 (for accounting purposes on December 31, 1917), under...

...President, by proclamation, on December 26, 1917, assumed control of all systems of transportation located wholly or in part within the boundaries of the continental United States. This control took effect on December 28, 1917 (for accounting purposes on December 31, 1917), under...

...of War, Baker, took the actual possession and assumed control of the following described property: "Each and every system of transportation and the appurtenances...including also terminals, terminal companies, and terminal associations, sleeping and parlor cars, private cars and private car lines, elevators, warehouses,...

...the President announced that he had taken possession of "each and every system of transportation and appurtenances thereof located wholly or in part within...the boundaries of the continental United States," with the proviso that "by subsequent order and proclamation, possession, control, and operation in...

...operating entirely under the act of Congress in virtue of which the government took possession of the "railroads and owned or controlled systems of coastwise...transportation engaged In general transportation," to the end that troops, war material, and equipment might be moved to the exclusion, so far as might...

...proclamation of the President issued December 26, 1917, in which he took possession and assumed control of " each and every system of transportation and the...controlled systems of coastwise and inland transportation * * *." A director general was appointed by the same proclamation, through whom the control was to...

...consideration. On the contrary, the proclamation expressly provides for the possession and control of " each and every system of transportation and the appurtenances thereof located wholly or m part within the boundaries of the continental United States." While no parts of systems are named,...

...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,...

...in a proclamation dated December 26, 1917. Effective at noon of December 28, the President took over every system of transportation and the appurtenances...transportation engaged in general transportation, including also terminals, sleeping cars, parlor cars, private cars, elevators, warehouses, and telegraph...

...proclamation of the President issued December 26, 1917, in which he took possession and assumed control of — each and every system of transportation and...of the continental United States and consisting of railroad and owned or controlled systems of coastwise and inland transportation * * *. A director general...