The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-22
AN AFTERNOON WITH SIGNALS.
Capt. Brooks Drills the Cadets in the
Flag Code.

Capt. Brooks Drills the Cadets in the
Flag Code.
Yesterday being holiday Capt. Brooks
as usual devoted it TO improving the Cadets
by increasing their knowledge and skill in
matters pertaining to military service.
The work to which Capt. Brooks and the
Cadets devoted themselves was the practice
Of signaling by means of flags at long dis
Eances. This system of signaling amounts
20 conveying information by a sort Of
ocular telegraph by means OF flags. The
telegraph code is used, certain motions rep
resenting dots and others dashes. BY
manipulating the flag words and sentences
are spelled. This system OF signaling IS IN
use in the regular army. The telegraph
stations selected by Capt Brooks were the
roof balcony of the De Seto and the tower
of the First regiments armory, something
over half mile distant IN a direct line.
Capt Brooks and one party Of the Cadets
were stationed on the De Soto roof and
Sergt. West and another party were in the
tower OF the armory. Adit. 4. r. LawtOu,
-Jr., of the Fifth Georgia cavalry, accom-
panied Capt. Brooks upon the De Soto.
CorpI. C, ". Strobhar operated the flag and
Private G, A. Kriete acted as operator at
the other end of the line. The light was
not very good, but the oignals could be
easily distinguished with little practice.
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their hands In and began sending messages.
Several long sentences were sent In this
way. As each letter is required to be
spelled out separately it's slow aud rather
tfresome work.
The flag used was a strip of canvas about
three feet square with red square in the
center about ten inches across. A billiard
cue served as a staff.
The motions were necessarily quick, so as
a. "a flag gDraRh and nFnapnt ifg
whole surface in the direction In which
the signal was being made. The ez-
pertinent was a very satisfactory one.
Capt. Brooks proposes giving the Cadets
q lesson in signaling at night with torches
or lanterns some time soon. the signals
being the same as for the flags in daytime
lie is now endeavoring TO secure an outfit
for signaling by the Photograph system,
recently adopted by the United States army.
This consists In signaling by means of re-
Elections cast from plates Of glass or steel,
and is used for long distances. 1t is very
much on the same order as the reflections
cast by misohievous school boy with a
piece Of broken mirror. which glances along
the floor of the school room and into the
faces of his fellows.
Capt Brooks proposes to signal from
Tybee light TO the De Soto by means Of this
system. Signals are nov exchanged by
this system between Mcpherson barracks,
Atlanta, and Lookout mountain. All that
Is necessary is that the points used for
signaling shall be elevated above the sur
rounding country, and that the sky shall be
clear.
With little practice this signaling will
become interesting work to the Savannah
military. Its utility In time of any trouble
requiring the services of the military is SELF
evident. Capt. Brooks pointed out that
simply with the flags and lanterns every
section Of the city would be communicated
with from the roof of the De Soto. From
this point signals could be sent to the First
regiments armory TO the south, the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railway wharves
TO the northeast, the Ocean Steamship Com
pany's wharves to the northwest. the Cen
trail railroad depot to the west. the CITY ex-
change to the north, and almost every ele-
waited point in the city could be communi-
Gated with.
The Cadets signal corps is composed of
Corpl. W. @. Strobhar, Corpl. w. Strob-
bar and Privates Walter Coney, g. A.
Kriete, W. s. Boyd and R. Y. Smith.
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