The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . AdvanceSection, Services of Sup-ply; that at the timeof his most unfortunatedeath at Toul, on Novem-ber fifth, 1918, Glaspeywas a Major; and thatQuinby, having acted asinterpreter for GeneralPershings staff, was latercommissioned as FirstLieutenant and assignedto the Intelligence Sec-tion of the General in May the need for outdoor drill was sensed, and the Pittsburghcompany secured the use of the large field at the Pittsburgh Exposition grounds,where Lieutenant Suddath put the men through their paces; th
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . AdvanceSection, Services of Sup-ply; that at the timeof his most unfortunatedeath at Toul, on Novem-ber fifth, 1918, Glaspeywas a Major; and thatQuinby, having acted asinterpreter for GeneralPershings staff, was latercommissioned as FirstLieutenant and assignedto the Intelligence Sec-tion of the General in May the need for outdoor drill was sensed, and the Pittsburghcompany secured the use of the large field at the Pittsburgh Exposition grounds,where Lieutenant Suddath put the men through their paces; the Harrisburgsection used the Island, and the Philadelphia section used Museum Fieldat the University of Pennsylvania. These week-end drills became centers ofinterest for many telephone officials. Captain Joe Francis, Engineer ofAppraisals and a former Guardsman, helped to instruct the rookies, and hispatience and painstaking efforts contributed greatly to the marvelous progressmade at Museum Field. In an effort to take advantage of the most valuabletraining possible, certain. 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
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