Note 7 — Chapter XVII · DIVISION TACTICS AND SUPPLY.
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“In time of war or threatened war, preference and precedence shall, upon the demand of the President of the United States, be given, over all other traffic, to the transportation of troops and matériel of war, and carriers shall adopt every means within their control to facilitate and expedite the military traffic.” Chap. 3591, Vol. XXXIV, U. S. Statutes at Large.