Show vilara V oct 26 28 general A W greely chief signal officer in his hia annual report dwells at length upon the value of WO miles milea of military telegraph lines linea which were successfully roain tats c ad d during the year by the signal corps As an instance he be cites the use of 0 the line to fort mckinney during ehg th cattle war in wyoming and of af the I 1 lined lice between forts brown and Rin ringold vold tex during the garza troubles with an eye to the demands of mod I 1 ern era warfare war tare special attention has been given to the equipment of field telegraph trains for armies operating away from permanent telegraph lines the fiala reel wherewith a una line can keep within coma muni cation with mhd brigide or di vidon commander has been satisfactory developed ve Te loped A balloon section is being or with each field teleR telegraph raph train to operate captive balloons to collect military information and traus mic it to the ground by telephone cable the heliograph has baa been prefect pr elected ed so BO that message may be sent a distance ranging from sixty to one hundred miles lb the obvious advantages ariti aritina nir from con concerted c arted action in id harbor defense led general greely to submit a special estimate of 2000 to initiate a system of military cables and connecting lines in boston new york and san francisco simple ova tema ot of whistle signals have been dec do via ed fox the transmission of orders to troops in extended or open formation and are now under consideration in conc conclusion lasion general greely peaks encouragingly of the growing interests lathe in tte silman work ma manifested by the militia of the united states and sug sag bests that the militia act be amended so as to permit signal stores to be issued to state guards upon s |