Chapter IV. Assistance in Railway Transportation
Contents
- Arrangements for an American commission under John F. Stevens to investigate and
advise regarding operation of the Trans-Siberian Railway and to control
the forwarding of American supplies through Vladivostok, April
1917—Measures to expedite the delivery of railway material ordered in
the United States—Arrival of the commission at Petrograd, June 12, 1917;
arrangements for its work—Request for a force of American operators and
shopmen as instructors—Improvements effected by the
commission—Designation of Stevens
as adviser for the entire Russian railway system (Documents 261–307)
- Uncertainty as to operations following the November
revolution—Departure from the United States of the Russian Railway
Service Corps under Col. George
Emerson, November 18, 1917; arrival at Vladivostok,
December 14, 1917; withdrawal to Nagasaki accompanied by Stevens (Documents 308–334)
- Establishment of Stevens and a
portion of the Railway Service Corps at Harbin for service on the
Chinese Eastern Railway—Recommendation of Ambassador Francis that railway units be sent to
European Russia for cooperation with Soviet authorities—Emerson’s departure for
Vologda—Transfer of the remainder of the Railway Service Corps to
Vladivostok following seizure by the Czecho-Slovaks (Documents 335–382)
- Proposal by the American Government to place Stevens in charge of the Trans-Siberian
and Chinese Eastern Railways, August 30, 1918—Objections by the Japanese
Government—Approval of the American plan by France and Italy—Reference
of the question by Great Britain to agreement between the United States
and Japan (Documents 383–427)
- Plan for management of the railways by Stevens, October 13, 1918—Japanese objections and
counter-proposal for an inter-Allied committee with an advisory
technical board headed by Stevens, December 2, 1918—Objections by Stevens—Acceptance of the Japanese plan with
modifications making the technical board administrative, January 9,
1919 (Documents 428–461)