Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-26
Military Telegraphs in Austria.


has been charged with the duty of
training and providing men who will
form special railway and telegraph de-
tachments. SO loug as the army is on
the peace footing the men who are des-
tined to form the telegraph detach-
ments remain attached to the respectiv 3
battalions of the Pioneer regiment.
They are trained and exercised in all
the ordinary duties Of the pioneer SOL
der, and once year they have course
Of special training and exercise in field
telegraphv. In case of war all the
specially trained men can be Withdrawn
from the pioneer service and formed
into special corps. Each Pioneer bat
TALON is required to be able to furnish
eleven telegraph detachments. This
would give total of fifty five detach-
ments, who, with their material and
appliances, would at once contribute a
telegraph net work 10 (44O English)
miles long, and embracing 220 stations.
The yearly exercise of the detachments
stationed in the eighborhood of Wen
na was held at the close OF last month.
The headquarters were fixed in the Pra-
ter, where a quantity OF reserve mate.
rial was collected. The strength of the
detachment consisted OF four field tele-
graph officials. who must he ready to
act both as operators and clerks; one
superintendent, twen,y.three artiticers
of all kinds (from men field laborers
for fitting up the poles to men compe-
tent to repair machinery, two wagons
to serve as stations and four wagons for
the transport of materials. The station
wagons resemble wooden house; they
are divided into compartments and thor
oughly fitted up for the reception of IN
struments, &c. Two complete sets of
instruments and other necessary furni-
ture are allotted for each station, so as
to be as independent as possible Of ac-
cident, and an abundant supply OF sta.
tionery, etc. The wagons for material
contain two (eight English) miles of
copper wire and corresponding guam
tity of telegraph cable, to be employed
in marshy places or in crossing rivers,
and a sufficient number of poles for
supporting the wires, at average dis
tauces OF fifty PAGES. These poles are to
be long enough to allow of the wire being
carried at an average height of four
metres (about thirteen feet above the
ground.-JournaL Of tie Telegraph.
PRAISE Your WIFE, Mani For
pity sake, give her little encourage
ment. 1t won't hurt her. She made
your home comfortable, your hearth
bright and shining and agreeable--for
PHYS sake, tell her you thank her, if
nothing more. She don't expect it. 1t
will make her eyes open wider than
they have these ten years, but it will
do her good, and you too. There are
many women to-day thirsting for words
of praise--the language of encourage
ment. Through summers heat.
through winters toll, they have
drudged uncomplainingly, and so &C.
customed have their fathers, brothers,
and husbands become to their monoto-
nous labors, that they look for and
upon them as they do for the daily
rising of the sun and its daily going
down. Home every day may be made
beautiful by an appreciation OF its hoh-
ness.
The watch which General Washing
ton hal made in London for Widow
Martha GUSTS, and presented to her
lust before their marriage, has been
added to the collection Of relics at
Washington's Headquarters in New
burg. Mrs. Washington wore the
watch several years, and then gave 1t to a
fayorite niece, who in turn gave it to
her son. This gentleman, Virginia
planter, found himself SO poor at the
end of the civil war that he was obliged
TO sell the heirloom. The case of the
watch is of gold inlaid with white en-
amel. Over each figure on the diai'
beginning with Il" is letter. alto
gether forming the name Martina
Custis."