. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... i^ and oiu-thii-d miles. Thislead Avas to serA^e as the connecting link between (luiunumt, tin-t(»ll sAvitching point to be La belle Ei>ine just outside 1 lu gatesof Paris. After careful consideration it Avas decided lo l)uil(1the lead along the higlnvay ami to utilize an existiui: l^i-enehlead jointly Avherever possibh. Tliis jol) |)i-esente(l many dif-ficulties in the AvaA of slieiiut heuiiiu ttie 1^i-ench had. buihliuL; 78 MEMORIES OF THE -^IITH through forests, over canals, cable Avork through a ha
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... i^ and oiu-thii-d miles. Thislead Avas to serA^e as the connecting link between (luiunumt, tin-t(»ll sAvitching point to be La belle Ei>ine just outside 1 lu gatesof Paris. After careful consideration it Avas decided lo l)uil(1the lead along the higlnvay ami to utilize an existiui: l^i-enehlead jointly Avherever possibh. Tliis jol) |)i-esente(l many dif-ficulties in the AvaA of slieiiut heuiiiu ttie 1^i-ench had. buihliuL; 78 MEMORIES OF THE -^IITH through forests, over canals, cable Avork through a half milerailroad tunnel, private right-of-ways over property owned byRoyalty, transposition problems in connecting- with a differentsystem of the British and constant delays and annoyances inobtaining the necessary material which had to be hauled longdistances by motor truck. Everybody in the organization wasworking- from daylight to dark, as orders had been receivedthat the work absolutely had to be finished not later thanJune 30th. As the foregoing work was nearing completion we re-. I. .»l UNS Second Lieutenant Signal Corps. Assigned toBattaHon in .July. 191S. With Company D untildischarge in U. S. TAlilS AND EXVllfOXS 79 ceived orders to begin tlic constnidion of the toll opeiatiiigbuildings and exchange at La helle Epine. The buildings,three in number—exchange, barracks and garage, were con-structed with Adrian bai-rack material. On account of theimportance of the equipment to be i)laced in the toll operatingexchange building, it AA-as believed that it would later be de-cided to build of more substantial material—it being ({uestion-able if the light Adrian barrack material would withstand theelements after a few weeks. A concrete floor was laid in thisIniilding with a slal) of concrete three feet thick and a finishoue inch thick. A three inch (dearance was provided l)eyoudthe outside edges of the wooden structure to permit of the i)er-manent structure above ment
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