| Show GREAT FUTURE FOR THE SIGNAL I SERVICE I it is to Be Rewarded for Its Fine Work in Locating Gerveras Fleet It It is true that with the locating of Ceneraa ships In Bantlairo harbor the last chapter of the Milan campaign was begun II must of nece nlly follow that the Hlgnal I Hervlr Oorpa of the army tlmuld be I regarded va one of Ha meet erfecilve branct I for II waa due oMy In the energy said ability of the mm of the black triples that tbloos lion of the Bpanleh admiral war ill I covered thus Allotting n total that had I been of more concern to both the Ad inlnlitrallon and lo our arm I force on land and afloat than any other that had risen during the entire war That the Mlgnal Corna previous to the war wa conelrtereil only n Kit ut omamenlal branch of the service and a rlaythlnii 111 eonie of the departmental departmen-tal chlefa who were touched with what Uermana rail mllllorlimi may bull b-ull unlirtoo1 it can l mated that at the opening of hnitnuiea II tot t-ot Un oRUeia and about fifty men Hut I w well did those men how of what use lh Signal rJonrlc could Iw both ashore and afloat that it was rapidly Increan rU In site 1 until the preeent lime when It number aixmt Mentynv nrnrera M MO men all under the command of lleneralA W freely who la I wholly to lovable for the icellent condltlui 10 wbrh the cotta ties been brought In Ito new paeae4 n of 10110 lllon and In Cuba whlth In all likelihood will be our at no very distant day the llomn nt has now on Its hd a large 1ullllt art lLcrnPhle proeft Y All the IrlLrnVtl Ian In I 100 Inca and all In I Cuba parept n short tilt running sewn Croats 1Inn to ctn fuesu and onn Unlf flat northern Ratio southern call 10IOlnl are nnnnl property The Government telegrapl I 1 t i r i f 1r i r f J 1 r + YA 1 ir 1 L n f t t fa 7 F r iVre I now APMIHM HXMIHlV MKIKARISr i 1A FAOHITB INN tNCLI HA IIUUIUI AFT y > lem In I I < orlo Hlro Commission the prop silly 1 of tlM Unltid States of course by lrlueuf the mission of th Island ana 11 hotels WAY be dam with It later II 1 mull la l hu In trust for our wpl It by the Qovrmntiit till Congroaa lOll Slogan 1 late for lIa iwrmanent disposal The loeinment Micrograph inni In Cuba though aurrenilired with other Spanluli Oovirnmtnt proiwrty on the Intend cannot U considered aa biilonslng tour our Internment aa lone aa the pleugi conveyed In the Teller nminduwnt ill Irv avowlai our purpose of urqulrlne Cuba for ourHlvea lemalni unrviiealed A signal man In I by pnfureme of the War Department thooen from Hie rank of Iho army an < We offiwr rum the army line He begin by learning what run Mat M-at with the elgnal 1 llag Th llyer item bv which l it moil HI of the I Hag to the right meana ant u ihf led two nnd In front lh vru I tjimi le but to Income I In-come familiar with the code which cle a meaning a to the dope of Hie nag U I a matter of a inunih or two Onto n 1 II I teemed h alai wtrr th oludent lienli only to pructle a fro h un to be 0 ran r-an e Derl with the heliograph 7s Wl1 It u ntuJcnl of W topography and draughting n Onto grapher an lecirlelan a telegraph operator an I a headmen at carrying the eurveyora chain digging pole > hole or climbing the Filling l after they are eeL The art nf handling a balloon and of oi M nun R It are afro taught him It ho hai nm to the Hlgnal Corp from the Infantry lie learn I U 1 tu fa all luettlMr thing lo ride a hone In the practice drlllthat like the place In our eervlr I nf the foreign army rnanoeuvreithe nrpa itarti out ai It In advance n f a n Invading army trail ing n win I behind l It from III wagon and at almost every Instant It report to the commanding officer all that It I heard and Men A Clio wlr 1 unwinds trucks the reel a itrmll iletarhmenl fen I f-en It lo the trunk of from If iher att any within reach or still II up on wle I oarrleel along for the purnoe It the country IH I bar Another detachment menl onion illl glaeee and iMlntfraph Inrulnnl ride ahead taking 0naM shuts and sending back by couilen In formation a to tin country and the phetoeraphlr plnlee In wagon fitted with draughting hnardi and dark looms are given who develop the plate by n rat IS prune and aa haatlly as possible make from hem blue print The inn at the board note tho observations of the I aciiuta and wllh point and ocale 1 hullly draw n lonaarraphlcal map of Old rvun try I Title li I no rough gueeework for with the scouts news ilia iklllcd eur vejrur with hli instruments Ills glass aol rumieiea tell him direction agog planed but for illilance be eteien l upon another Catalog which by I the eyi torn upon whkh the artilleryman rangeflnder mieratei tell him site tulles 1 Thus I h IlOrn how tor n range It mountlne I Is away rom him amt flow high It N I It a river cruM the In Indo route It lake him but a moment mo-ment lo find hour far away It may Wand I W-and over the wire I bai4 lo camp goee the word that the engineer lorlw nut c r 1 f P tar Ar c f k 1 I 1JoA I HIM IKT IIARKPT A IHIII > H HIM M ItKACIIKl ABIIIM1TON H1X sit JtKlEAiB be hurried forward to build a bridge for the passage of UM army Tim courier cour-ier wlw take the mac to the ramp also getting the blue prliiia and l the commander U thus enabled 10 firmu tale hu plane upon lertaln knowledge Should the ramp be mood u de tachmeni of the cures follow In the iar 1 taking up the lines which have iNin I laid It the advance < > f an meiny from the rear la I expected the cargo lay bvhln aa an outpost It Ike I country through which the in my Is moving be Infested by the enemy a guard inuat nay behind tu proton the telegraph wire I niman hamper Ibis method of I communication but by raeana of relay 1 oolloA If Iho Iounti hapiwna to be I a hilly one at Interval of fifteen mile 01 I the greateit distance by the clihe I 114u 1 and the one two three ayalen the ouwrvatlon wllh the instrument inn go on without Interruption while the 1oaP making In I don In tamp > The dlialtanlagea n bar flat country i > i 0 MI at naught by this same balloon j balloonhlle Ih Hlgnal Cnrp la I a land force and Ira i ana hid lo the army llw lurpn inothudi of klgnalllng are wed at ova When a land forte U I at work and It is I necessary for the commander of the fleet lo know what la going on I Inland UK man In the black alrlpe Waste the lino lo Ihe proof and H IraI le to Ihe hill that be la I ready When Ih cabl lull 1een carried out to the still by the boat Il 10 I Hi land signal maw i ma-w atie aboard nnd lakes ilia wire Varied I and numerous aa the dulls of the victim mon are MI mn1 are his numerous iMtrumenle thai eorfi man tan carry wllh comparative rate all that hi neat In a email box curried cur-ried aunt over Cllr thoulder ate his telegraph Instruments and hit tele I hone and battery III climbing HHI re away earltin boutoLama I he ran alwaya wear on hi boata an I thue hi can at any moment dismount I from CAR hong back and limb a trot or omits Tin mrrexof Instruments are also 1 In I a kit and when In use ere ret upon I a fnltng Wised whkh has Cook place III the UU I TI he camera dark room amt clients jw 31 4 1 cal can be peaked Into a bun He no larger than nn ordinary haversack enl 1 as the signal man extra ekithea and nketi are ttranned to hie addle nothing need I be Ml behind when lie goes MHiutlng 1 Though the u nulls of the signal I man are In lhmel > p + ar ful he u armed with a revolver and a mbre brTh Th I a l 1 Ivnl I n lit h signal CO hh lied ilgt gt otthat b In the furl that once belnc 1 enllited a mon linmn a eergeanl oral If Mark Ma-rk warrania 1t it eergrant of the Cams l land If he la I under 30 he to I dig 1111 t I Ic 1o t the rank < if em und lieutenant hn h u no little Induieinent to a nut use iiuimati lit him lo lukeKlv tlaiF I |
