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TO SEDAN 141
lines of communication of a German Army. The reader will
see how the railway lines coming from the home bases of
the respective army corps are made to converge towards
the main line of transport which leads to the district of the
lines of communication of an army—in a hostile country
to a principal line of communication depot or " intermediate
base," and how, from this point, a new system of lines of
communication of all kinds^railways, field railways, roads,
water-ways—diverges towards the operating units at the
front. The whole reminds one vividly of a tree with its roots
and branches. As far as possible, the functions in connection
herewith must be planned in peace time. Of course, instruc-
tions and regulations are drawn up, not only for the transport
system as a whole, but also for each and every detail thereof,
as one can never elucidate with sufficient clearness the various
administrative branches of war : the commissariat, the medical
service, the veterinary department, the field post-office, the
field telegraph department, the field railway service, the war
materiel and the army pay departments, etc.
The supreme direction of the organisations of the lines of
communication is exercised by an Inspector-General, who is
subordinated to the Chief of the General Staff. The various
armies each have their " Lines of Communication Inspectorate
"
subordinated to the Chief Command of the army, organised
internally as indicated above. It controls the respective
principal Lines of Communication Depot or " Intermediate
Base," and has under it the " Lines of Communication Depot
Commandants " who in their turn are in charge of one or
several Lines of Communication Depots with their surrounding
districts.
Now what principles are followed, in their work, by these
different controlling authorities of the lines of communication ?
Well, they have, in continual collaboration with the commanders
of the troops, to supply to these the requisite information as
regards depot, hospital, and other arrangements on the lines
of communication,—such as store depots of different kinds of
war materiel—and to give timely notice of the arrival of men,
horses, materiel and requisites.
Generally speaking, it is the duty of the Lines of Communica-
tion Depot Commandant to look after all the requirements of
the system of the lines of communication itself, and to provide
for the detachments oi troops, and transport of remounts and
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