. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... telephone operators (male) be givenmost careful attention, and officers also trained for their su-pervision. If officers, provided with definite, well defined writ-ten traffic instructions, could be trained for duty and detailedin si)ecific areas, the volume of business which could l)ehandled over existing circuits would be very gi-eatly increasedand the satisfactory service obtained of imnuMise \;iluc. The Avork of a telegraph battalion is such tluit they nnist ofnecessity move from place to place very o
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... telephone operators (male) be givenmost careful attention, and officers also trained for their su-pervision. If officers, provided with definite, well defined writ-ten traffic instructions, could be trained for duty and detailedin si)ecific areas, the volume of business which could l)ehandled over existing circuits would be very gi-eatly increasedand the satisfactory service obtained of imnuMise \;iluc. The Avork of a telegraph battalion is such tluit they nnist ofnecessity move from place to place very often: the saving oftransposition is a very great factor, and a sufficient nnnibei ofpyramidal tents should be provided to house the enliri bat-talion. Small sections could then be camped in \icinity of workand more efficiency gained. In sunnner months, shelter luihcscan be used to advantage, but during winter months they willnot i)i-ove adequate for working parties. Tin- nio\ iiu: into andout of billets takes tinn? and the sanit;iry conditions is an im- 150 . :\rEMORiEs; of the 41itii. portant factor to be always kept in mind. It is recommendedthat snfficient tentage be added to eqnipment of telegraph bat-talions to provide shelter for entire organization. It is most nrgently recommended that the motor transpor-tation as called for in Tables of Organization be i^rovided tele-giaph battalions. Keeping transi)ortation in running order un-der the conditions which pievail, is difficnlt and full effi-ciency of the organization cannot be obtained if the full ciuotaof motor vehicles is not sui)plied. September, 1918 September 1st to September 11th built standaid (i-aim h^nlfi-om Ligny to Xaix, approximately (S kilometers, and rel)uiltoUl i)ole line from Xaix to a point just north of Demange, adistance of appioxiinately 8 kilometers, on (iondrecourt-Liuny RECORD OF A. E. F. WOJJK 151 road. Three No. 12 copper eirenits were struno the entire dis-tance and one 8-pin Repp arm placed Avith
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