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

Assistance in Railway Transportation-Continued

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