Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-08-20
Not a Traitor in the 200.

In report favoring the extension
of pension privilege to the operators
who manipulate the keys of the mill
tary telegraph during the civil war,
Senator Scott, of West Virginia has
related some interesting incidents Of
the service which enabled the armies
and parts of armies to keep in com
munication with each other and which
enabled President Lincoln to be in
touch with all the generals.
Throughout the war tb re were, all
told, $4,000 miles OF wire, operated by
the army telegraphers. and the sery-
ice cost the government about $1,000
| 600. Twelve hundred operators were
| employed, and re report lays con
siderable stress on the fact that al
| though these operators knew all the
secret orders emanating from the vari.
Gus headquarters and from Washing
| ton directing the movements of troops,
not one of them ever betrayed his
trust.
In addition to The ordinary oath Of
allegiance each opera tor had to pledge
| himself as follows
Il do further swear that | will not
reveal to any person or persons tne
contents Of any dispatch. report or
other communication, either directly or
| indirectly. that may come to my
| knowledge through my connection
with the telegraph. in any manner
| whatever; that | will not reveal or
| dNulgc to any person or persons any
! cipher that may he given me for Uni
| ted States military purposes, and that
| / will faithfully keep and observe this
ancc to the government Of the United
| States of America"
During the operations In front of
! Atlanta, in 1864, twenty miles of wire
was kept in operation twcnty-clght
| days by almost as many operators half
of whom were exposed to the enemy's
fire while at work at their instruments.
At New Orleans, says the report,
| the operators and linemen were not
only in danger Of being Shot. but
risked their lives almost daily in the
| surf in trying to keep the submarine
part Of Their system in working order,
| The active service OF the operators
| practically came TO an end when they
/ rushed line Of wire to AppomattoX
over which the news Of Lees sur
/ render was received at Washington
within two hours after the event
| President Wilson, of the Society of
| the United States Military Corps. says
Of the military telegraphers Of the
civil war
THE list Of casualties and captures
in this little corps, probably aggregat
ing 81, establishes its military char
acter The kilograms supplying. re
enforcing and moving the armies mani
Tested courier service unequalcd IN
any war, ancient or modern, The II.
$50 miles Of military telegraph lines
constructed and operated in the thea
ters Of the war by this corps. hun
dreds Of whom We're within range ol
the enemy's guns and often under fire
evidences a devotion aud bravery tina
surely make its members worthy Of
comradcship with others Of the army
And the sole custodianship Of tn,
cipher keys impaired confidence n
the corps never before or since repOs
ed in so large body Of men a con
ndence that was never betrayed. -
New York Sun.
Spinach contains more iron thar
yolk Of eggs, which again has mort
than beef. Apples. len;ils, strawber
rles, white beans. peas. potatoes, wheat
come next. and milk is at the bottom