The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-18
CAUGHT eY SUN FLASHES.
tee OF The Uciiogrnph "a Gen. Niles
iparho Campaign.

sorvtrc. and - thi- cpl requested tm
chief IS snal officer 10 provide Inn with
dc,aii a. men from the corps 20 report TO
tho commanding general 81 Csc depart
mont Of arizona fof military signal ddtN
in Tie Geld 5-nai .tai'on, were located
on the iiehosl peaks ALONG the Inc OF
communication. Each station was equip
ned with from tWo 40 four operators. aC-
ro,dinf> to ~, amount 81 business which
ra.s.l through it IA addition 20 these
! opcrators there were lookout men who
syep, the suuoundiu" country ANA
ncjrhborine peaks with powerful field
cla-.rs While on duty operators ana
( lookout men were guarded by d dciach'
ment Of Infantry the numerical strength
Of which depended upon the location Of
the station. having reference a. IT. iaOil-
( itv 20 attack by ho-tiie7'
Messages were transmitted from peak
TO peak and down into The valleys by
what is known the hali0gaphlc system
of -iemas. Tho LohoTlph on SUI
writer. consists OF an arrangement %
uNror4 mounted on a tripod and go
,G.I-fnI as 10 enable the operator L.
! throw q FASH &C reflected sunlight on q
/ distant point with mathematical exact
ness. i'm making slmat long and short
sun flashes take tha place OF The dots
and clashes ot the magnetic aounder.
+ the same call being nsej for both malTu-
mants. I'm q clear atmosphere signals
made by this instrument can be- easily
read lv the naked cve 40 distance OF
eighty miles. u3 by an expert operator
at the rate Of fifteen wordspTmnute.
To- ana fro across thr valleys ana
lower mountain rang. fitted the mes
s1cos which told Of the recent where
.,bouts of the ho,filcs. and close upon the
heels of those NE ages came others or
coriug the troops iu pursuit
presume il would be- "a difficult task
10 nv to imagine the surprise that the
Indians felt vn.n they suddenly saw That
the, could moi move without finding that
almost immediately thoit tai. would bc
cat ly scouting cavalry They eaw the
lleht of the h,.o-uDh I,a hing across the
valley, bat They dij no, 10 ii,at compfe-
bend jas true si-uidcaUco. At last they
began to associate those ila-hc. Wl,h the
laci tuat the. We're constantly beng
pressed and haias.ed. and within two
weeks from Inc date Of the establishment
% the Telegraph they fed southwark
across tAe SonCIa border there 10 remain
until chased uac. ,can bY Capt. L1Wton
TO Tire place OF surrender.
For nearly two months following The
.HH 90 a
sound came back from tho shadows of
the Sierra iadrea. ir,o who's depths pnr-
sued and TursuI h.l disappeared. At
la-t. org scorchng hot morning near the
close Of Auous. a Mexican courier gal
l0ped into Bisbcc--a nin.n" town near
the lorler-with the inte.lirence that
Geronimo and band were in the mount
aims about twelve miles from Fronteras.
Mex. WI hing to treat with the authori.
tie, Of Sonora
There was Photograph station at Bis
lee. and the information furnished by
the 'Creaser" was flashed promptly 10
Fort Bowie. seventy five miles away.
Within two hour from the time If the
arrival If the Mexican courier at Bisbee
i've troops Of cavalry were making
forced mmche- on Fronteras When
Geronimo had escaped from tic net that
The United States troop. SOUGHT 10 weave
around him az tr0Hjclas. and was lying
eastward. pursued BY all the cavalry in
unc held. a whisper passed along the line
that negotiations had been opened look
iu4 10 thc surrender of the hostiles
Consequently al -icual men were on the
uploc of expectancy.
OncCycning, about the Isl Of August,
the operators at station in the Swiss
helm mountains were nodding lazily
under the shelter OF thoir tent fly. when
suddenly from the highest peak III the
Chiricahua range came the flash Of a
Telegraph. and the following message
was received:
Send q blackboard to meet me at
scott Whites ranch 1 shall be in
Bowo tonight and shall bring some In.
dian Vithnc.
TIL. j. ihc modest manner IA which
Gen. Miles announced the surrender Of
Geronimo. That the employment OF the
heliccgaph was a most important factor
IN bringing The campaignto a speedy and
successful issae D. generally conceded. 49,
Sergt Whitney in Louisville Courier
journal