The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . h the aid of these maps, the field glasses served toindicate what the Signal Corps could count upon in pushing the lines the top of the hill, American artillery had established a flash rangingstation equipped with a telescope. From this telescope the artillery men werespotting the positions of the Boche guns by watching the flashes, and theypermitted the Signal men to use the telescope for checking the course of Bochetelephone lines. A large connecting tower was observed in a cemetery to the north of St.
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . h the aid of these maps, the field glasses served toindicate what the Signal Corps could count upon in pushing the lines the top of the hill, American artillery had established a flash rangingstation equipped with a telescope. From this telescope the artillery men werespotting the positions of the Boche guns by watching the flashes, and theypermitted the Signal men to use the telescope for checking the course of Bochetelephone lines. A large connecting tower was observed in a cemetery to the north of which seemed an ideal objective for the high line. Materials werehauled as secretly as possible into Marcq to be ready as soon as the advancingtroops cleared the way. In the meantime, the north end of the circuits wereoverhauled to the crest of the hill and many self-appointed free subscriberswere cut loose. The balloon and artillery organizations carried with themmen experienced in telephone wiring who had connected telephones to thecircuits, thereby securing 226 THE FIR S T B A T T ALIO N As preparations were being made for fast work when construction started,another call came for appointees to the Candidates School. Murdaugh andCollins were dispatched to Langres and obtained their commissions the follow-ing February. The Battalion thereby lost two more valuable men. At the end of October the Battalion trucks were commandeered to go allthe way back to Army Headquarters for signal supplies for the divisionswhich were assembling for the drive. The organization scheme prepared bythe Chief Signal Officer provided that supplies be delivered by the Army asfar as Corps Headquarters and from there to divisions by the Corps organization was not perfected, and the 406th throughout this operationhauled wire all the way from the Army to the divisions and in addition fre-quently hauled ammunition to the artillery positions. After the Marne advance, Colonel Vori
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