. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... looked on inopen-eyed amazement like boys seeing their first circus. Erect-ing of the poles liy means of a truck equipped with a derrickwas the next step. Next we to the 10 reel truck payingout wire immediately behind a truck with an ari-angementwhich had efficiency written all over it. This contrivance,built oil llie idea of a long arm with pins si)aced to the widthof a 10 pin X arm, worked on the idea of a sec-saw. dippingdoAvn on one side of a pole, picking up all 10 wires on the otherside, moved
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... looked on inopen-eyed amazement like boys seeing their first circus. Erect-ing of the poles liy means of a truck equipped with a derrickwas the next step. Next we to the 10 reel truck payingout wire immediately behind a truck with an ari-angementwhich had efficiency written all over it. This contrivance,built oil llie idea of a long arm with pins si)aced to the widthof a 10 pin X arm, worked on the idea of a sec-saw. dippingdoAvn on one side of a pole, picking up all 10 wires on the otherside, moved along to the next pole and set tlicin down on the Xarm where a lineman was A^•aiting to steer tliein into the |)ioperspaces on the X arm. AVe next came upon the wire pulling uaiiii. w liicji proNccIthe most interesting to the French Fiigineers, that of |)nlling10 wires at one time, the itu)ti\e power used heiiiL; an antntjuck. This caused the remMr]< by one ot llnin that they onlypulled (lilt- wire at a time and the lineiiijin ciirricd tlic wire on 62 :\[E:\roRiEs of the -niTir. (;K0RGE K. <?. KlTHERFlKD First Lieutenant, Company 1. under which assignment heserved practically during entire period of service. At timeof Armistice was going to Officers School and would shortlyhave been promoted to Captain. liis back. The method of making the transpositions was alsoexi»hiiiied to them, this feature being taken care of on the reeltruck. Copper sleeves for splicing wire was also new to-them. The next and last step, the guyed aud completed lead,brought out very favorable comment. An amusing incident happened this day when, for thefirst time, a French lineman tried to use American had seen some of our linemen hit the stick OIR FIRST }IKAL JOB 63 about five feet from the gTOuncl and run up to the roof. Hestarted and after a very laborious c-liml) reached the top, andthen he could not get down. lie finally succeeded by takin<iit very easy and a few inch
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