Show telephoning IN THE FIELD important branch of warfare that has been brought to practical state of perfection the telegraph section that accompanies every large column of the troops now at war resembles a gun team according to great deeds of the great war the section is made up of two vehicles one of which is the gimbor and the other of which carries not a gun but a great drum upon which are would wound many ml miles lesof of cable As the section goes forward a ratchet on the hub of a wheel engages another on the drum and the cable is unwound behind the drum druin rides a soldier who carries a pole that ends in a hook instead of a blade As the cable unwinds the soldier deftly catches it and thrusts it aside so that it will be clear of a all 11 ll traffic it if the telegraph or telephone system is to be more or less permanent the engineer section that follows stretches the wire on light poles that they take from one of the wagons if the section is moving rapidly in dangerous country it pays out as it travels along a heavily insulated ground cable and swiftly hides it beside the road in a ditch for example on the limber strapped to his seat is a telegrapher with a receiver clapped firmly to his ears and with a sending button under his finger even as the section goes along even as the greao great drum of cable is unwound he can talk to the general staff many miles behind As the section moves the cavalry scouts come to it give their reports and receive those sent on from headquarters rocking in his jerking seat the telegrapher is sending and receiving instructions as if he sat comfortably in a railroad office youths companion |