The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . Rookies at Museum Field, Philadelphia of the more experiencedinstrument men wereplaced in various testrooms of the Long Dis-tance Company, so theymight gain practice inhandling a great varietyof equipment; men whowere familiar with tele-graph codes were takeninto the Western UnionTelegraph Company op-erating rooms, where theywere given intensive train-ing; Farrington, Dailey,Smithoover and Davis. mzm Capt. Joe Francis Gives a Lesson SOLDIERS IN THE MAKING were dispatched tothe School forArmy Cooks atFort Wood; truc
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . Rookies at Museum Field, Philadelphia of the more experiencedinstrument men wereplaced in various testrooms of the Long Dis-tance Company, so theymight gain practice inhandling a great varietyof equipment; men whowere familiar with tele-graph codes were takeninto the Western UnionTelegraph Company op-erating rooms, where theywere given intensive train-ing; Farrington, Dailey,Smithoover and Davis. mzm Capt. Joe Francis Gives a Lesson SOLDIERS IN THE MAKING were dispatched tothe School forArmy Cooks atFort Wood; truckdrivers werefarmed out tovarious truck re-pair stations; andclerical men wererelieved from theiroffice duties andput out on thelines with con-struction gangs. During the sec-ond week in June, information was received that the Battalion might soon be called into service,and the work of preparation became more feverish. All were excused fromfurther telephone duty and taken out into the country for daily hikes and drills. Each man was urged to make a will, and aid was also given to each inarranging his business affairs, as no one could foresee where this great adven-ture might lead.
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