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Show Milireut n 1 1 intii'ii, tltnrrnl tJrreler In Ills llHMlal lie-pert lie-pert I'oltila ami lis llerlls. Waiiunotuv, D. C. Oct. H Oon-cral Oon-cral W. tlrieley, ehlef alunul olllcer, In Ills annual rtjiort, dwells at length upon the value of thu DUO miles of military lclegrah lines which were suecesiiully maintained during the year by IhoHlgual Curps. As all Instance, In-stance, ho cltta the use of the Hue to I ort Mclvlnuoy during the tattle war In Wyoming, and ef tne lino between Foils llrown and lllnggold, Texas, during the (Jills troubles With an eyu to tho demiuda of modern warfare, sieclal attention was given to the uiulpmentof Held telegraph Urdus for aimlia operating away irom ernm. nent telegrah lines. A Molil rtel, wherewith a moving line can keep In communleatlou with u brigade or a division commander, his tieeii sttlslao-torlly sttlslao-torlly devulo ed, A balloon section Is being organized with each Held tele-gra tele-gra li train to operate a captive baloon to collect military Information aud transmit to the (.round by a telephone cable. The hellogrs li has been er tilted bo that rnessagia nmy lu sent to dlstnncia ranging from sixty to ouu hundred miles. Iho uii- luus udvautngo arising Irom conci rted action In a harbor of defense led Ueo (Jreeley to submit a special estimate of $.uou t lultlatu u system uf military cablt s und connecting llms In lloeton, hew York and tinu Franclico. A almple system of whistle signals has been devised for the transmission of orders lo troops In extended oroiiu lormatluu, and Is now under consider atlou. lu conclusion, Ueueral (In ley sieaka emourut,lngly of tho growing Interest In signal work manifesto! by Ibe mllltla of the United Htutes, and suggests that the mllltla aot be amended, amend-ed, so as to permit algual storts to be Issued to state guards upon requisition. " Western Unleii relesrepli New YoilIC, Oct, 25 The stockholders stock-holders of Iho Wistirn Union Tile-graph Tile-graph vote t to add $11,80(),(i00 to tho lapllal stock, making a total of a hundred hun-dred millions. |
