The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . 1, 3, 8—Some of the Motor Men. 2—Dad McCann Finds a Souvenir. 4, 5, 6, 7—Look Pleasant, Please! 106 NEARING THE BATTLE LINE ic7. At Montigny flood. Poles which hadseemed safe in high and drylocations were now sur-rounded with six feet or moreof swirling water carryingwith it huge cakes of safety of this line was sothreatened that a few menwere taken from the FirstDivision work to run emer-gency circuits along the treesbordering the flood. Thesecircuits were so arrangedthat in case any of the poles fell, the
The First battalion, the story of the 406th telegraph battalion, Signal corps . 1, 3, 8—Some of the Motor Men. 2—Dad McCann Finds a Souvenir. 4, 5, 6, 7—Look Pleasant, Please! 106 NEARING THE BATTLE LINE ic7. At Montigny flood. Poles which hadseemed safe in high and drylocations were now sur-rounded with six feet or moreof swirling water carryingwith it huge cakes of safety of this line was sothreatened that a few menwere taken from the FirstDivision work to run emer-gency circuits along the treesbordering the flood. Thesecircuits were so arrangedthat in case any of the poles fell, the new wires could be quickly placed in service. A patrol was kept on dutyto take care of any such emergency. When the waters began to recede, humanchains were formed and the linemen waded out to the poles to attach guys tothose which had been most severely threatened. This work was so important,and so few men could be spared from the Menil la Tour line, that a call wassent for help, and a detachment from Frecourt, where E was still workingon the Neufchateau line, was despatched to Neufchateau. These men, underDickson, hurried north thinking that they were about to enter into activeand dangerous territo
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