. Bell telephone magazine . mage its communication miles of wire are lost to such action,and cannot be re-used. As soon as an infantry division commandpost is established, one or more wire cir-cuits fan out as quickly as possible to theunits listed on the opposite page. The majority of these channels are trunkcircuits terminating in switchboards from which there may be from four to forty ex-tensions. An infantry division, includingthe usually attached units, has about 70switchboards which serve more than 550held telephones. There are still further division artille
. Bell telephone magazine . mage its communication miles of wire are lost to such action,and cannot be re-used. As soon as an infantry division commandpost is established, one or more wire cir-cuits fan out as quickly as possible to theunits listed on the opposite page. The majority of these channels are trunkcircuits terminating in switchboards from which there may be from four to forty ex-tensions. An infantry division, includingthe usually attached units, has about 70switchboards which serve more than 550held telephones. There are still further division artillery, for instance, twolines must go to each of its tour field divi-sion artillery battalions. In turn, each bat-talion must have wire communication withits three gun batteries, and with forwardobservers, and with infantry regiments. That is the average wire requirement ofa single infantry division. Thought of interms of all divisions, of all arms, of alltheaters, it gives some understanding ofhow war consumes telephone Communications materiel at an overseas supply depot From An Injantry Divtsio?i Comma?id Post, Wires Run To —. Each of three infantry regiments, distance 5 to 20 miles eachDivision artillery, distance 2 to 15 milesDivision observation post, distance 5 to 20 milesEngineer battalion, distance 5 to 20 milesAmmunition control station, distance 5 to 15 milesDivision reserve, distance 5 to 15 milesRight flank division, distance iK> to 4 milesRear echelon, distance 5 to 40 miles Through rear echelon to railhead, distance 5 to20 miles Quartermaster company—Signal company—Ord-nance company—Medical battalion—Trafficcontrol stations Attached tank destroyer battalion, distance 5 to20 miles Attached anti-aircraft liattalion, distance 5 to15 miles Other attached units
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