The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . 1—After Right of Way -The Camp 3—Some of the Men 4—The MayorAT L UZY pleasant habitation due to rains, and further, this camp was far from thecenter of the new activities. So Captain Wattles moved his men into woodenbarracks at Neufchateau. Surveys were made, plans outlined, and materialordered so that the various areas might be wired in time to receive thetroops according to schedule. As soon as the Neufchateau area had been satisfactorily covered, a detach-ment was ordered to Bourmont to wire the area for the Sec
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . 1—After Right of Way -The Camp 3—Some of the Men 4—The MayorAT L UZY pleasant habitation due to rains, and further, this camp was far from thecenter of the new activities. So Captain Wattles moved his men into woodenbarracks at Neufchateau. Surveys were made, plans outlined, and materialordered so that the various areas might be wired in time to receive thetroops according to schedule. As soon as the Neufchateau area had been satisfactorily covered, a detach-ment was ordered to Bourmont to wire the area for the Second Division,which included the brigade of Marines, destined to become famous the follow-ing summer. Electrician Brittain took charge of this job with a and Craigmile installed the switchboard in the Hotel de Ville (CityHall), while the construction men ran numerous lines in the town and to out-lying points. One of the first jobs was a pole line with ten wires, from thetop of the high hill on which Bourmont is located, down to a railroad andthence to Neu
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