The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . KJMERAD! 235. Major Glaspeys Citation with such vigor that in two hours they reached Lieutenant Schmidts menworking from the north. Schmidt had succeeded in reaching St. Pierremont,but he too had struck disheartening conditions. Poles which had been inplace on the line the night before and to which the circuits of twist wereattached had been cut down to repair the almost obliterated road. This madeit necessary to cut poles from German lines and drag them into place. The fourcircuits were completed at five oclock. B
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . KJMERAD! 235. Major Glaspeys Citation with such vigor that in two hours they reached Lieutenant Schmidts menworking from the north. Schmidt had succeeded in reaching St. Pierremont,but he too had struck disheartening conditions. Poles which had been inplace on the line the night before and to which the circuits of twist wereattached had been cut down to repair the almost obliterated road. This madeit necessary to cut poles from German lines and drag them into place. The fourcircuits were completed at five oclock. But the extension leading to Stonnewhich was being built by the Field Battalion was not yet finished as the truckscarrying the material had been stalled throughout the day south of Oches. That night Colonel Behn came up from Army Headquarters with sadnews. Major Glaspey had been ill at the hospital in Toul, but because ofhis conscientious conception of the work for which he was responsible, hehad insisted on leaving the hospital before he had fully recovered. As aresult he contracted pneum
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