331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . *v / .1 /. , PtNt Zi J . lv 17 ;58 —BATTERY F V^ 551!! Field Artillery, and Droessler carried combination buzzer and telephones. Barr had a spool ofwire and so did Schlotthauer. Healy had his drawing board tucked inside hisshirt. Fiedler and Runde carried the B. C. telescope and tripod signal men and scouts carried flag kits, containing both semaphore and WigWag flags. These were always carried so if our wire communications failed wecould resort to visual signals. All carried canteens on their belts and a few o
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . *v / .1 /. , PtNt Zi J . lv 17 ;58 —BATTERY F V^ 551!! Field Artillery, and Droessler carried combination buzzer and telephones. Barr had a spool ofwire and so did Schlotthauer. Healy had his drawing board tucked inside hisshirt. Fiedler and Runde carried the B. C. telescope and tripod signal men and scouts carried flag kits, containing both semaphore and WigWag flags. These were always carried so if our wire communications failed wecould resort to visual signals. All carried canteens on their belts and a few of thesignal men had repair kits in their pockets. When everything was ready they marched to the stables and hastily cleanedand saddled their horses. There wasnt much emphasis on the cleaning thesedays, just enough so they wouldnt be bawled out by the little Lieutenantshould he happen around. When a reasonable time had elapsed Richardsonyelled out Form in a column of twos such a formation at this time was alwaysragged. Healys gray nag had to go thru its usual
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