. Cassier's magazine. « fc s g SIGNALLING IN WAR SERVICE 473. A WIG-WAG STATIONPHOTO COPYRIGHTED BY G. UPTON HARVEY ing commanders was able to keephimself informed as to what was tak-ing place even at short distances awayto the right or left of his position. TheJapanese generals, mindful of Napo-leons maxim, le secret de la guerreest dans le secret des communications(the secret of war is in the secret ofcommunication), and the knowledgethat many of the disasters which haveovertaken armies was due to inade-quate means of intercommunication,caused the military geniuses of Japanto develop a signa
. Cassier's magazine. « fc s g SIGNALLING IN WAR SERVICE 473. A WIG-WAG STATIONPHOTO COPYRIGHTED BY G. UPTON HARVEY ing commanders was able to keephimself informed as to what was tak-ing place even at short distances awayto the right or left of his position. TheJapanese generals, mindful of Napo-leons maxim, le secret de la guerreest dans le secret des communications(the secret of war is in the secret ofcommunication), and the knowledgethat many of the disasters which haveovertaken armies was due to inade-quate means of intercommunication,caused the military geniuses of Japanto develop a signal system that woulddo away with the transmission of or-ders and intelligence by slow and un-certain foot and mounted result has been that electricity hasnever before played so important apart in warfare as it does with theJapanese. Every general of brigade in the fieldis connected by wire with his divisioncommander, and the generals of divi-6-3 sion are in touch by telegraph or tele-phone with the corps necessity of sending aide
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