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Civilian Specialists at War: Appendix II: Instructions issued to General Nash, 10 January 1918

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Appendix II: Instructions issued to General Nash, 10 January 1918
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  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of illustrations
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Maps
  9. Introduction
  10. I. Preparation
    1. 1. Forging a relationship: the army, the government and Britain’s transport experts, 1825–1914
    2. 2. A fruitful collaboration: Henry Wilson, the railways and the British Expeditionary Force’s mobilization, 1910–14
  11. II. Expansion
    1. 3. Stepping into their places: Britain’s transport experts and the expanding war, 1914–16
    2. 4. Commitment and constraint I: the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway and the port of Boulogne
    3. 5. Commitment and constraint II: Commander Gerald Holland and the role of inland water transport
    4. 6. The civilians take over? Sir Eric Geddes and the crisis of 1916
  12. III. Armageddon
    1. 7. ‘By similar methods as adopted by the English railway companies’: materials and working practices on the western front, 1916–18
    2. 8. The balancing act: Britain’s transport experts, the global war effort and coalition warfare, 1916–18
    3. 9. The road to victory: transportation in the British Expeditionary Force, 1917–18
    4. 10. Conclusion
  13. Appendix I: Information requested by the secretary of state for war from the transportation mission led by Sir Eric Geddes, August 1916
  14. Appendix II: Instructions issued to General Nash, 10 January 1918
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index

Appendix II: Instructions issued to General Nash, 10 January 19181

1. To investigate and report on the existing transportation facilities by railway of the Allies on the Western front as a whole, that is, between the North Sea and the Adriatic, involving enquiry as to: —

(a.) The capacity and use of Trans-Continental main railway systems.

(b.) The resources of the Allies on the Continent in locomotives, rolling stock, railway material generally, and railway personnel.

(c.) The extent to which existing facilities can deal with movements of troops from one point to another on the Western front, and the manner in which they can be improved.

2. To make recommendations as to the constitution of an Inter-allied Co-ordinating Authority to deal with questions of Military Transport by rail on the Western front, including the following functions: —

(a.) To advise on the transportation aspect of any strategical proposals which are under consideration.

(b.) To study in advance and prepare for the carrying out of movements which may be decided upon.

(c.) To formulate special shipping requirements involved in any contemplated policy.

3. To indicate the extent to which the existing British organization for Transportation in the Field may require to be modified or altered in the event of the constitution of an Inter-allied Transport Authority.

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1 TNA, CAB 24/43/19, Report on general transportation situation on the western front, 20 Feb. 1918, p. 4.

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