Later it was transferred to the Frankfurt-Königstein railway, the Teutoburger Wald railway and then returned to the Frankfurt-Königstein railway.
In June 1913, he returned home to command the new destroyer Cummings (Destroyer No. 44) upon her completion at Bath Iron Works.
At this time James Madison concurred with Hamilton, arguing in Federalist No. 44 that without this clause, the constitution would be a "dead letter".
In Federalist No. 44, James Madison similarly defends the Supremacy Clause as vital to the functioning of the nation.