Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-23
Signal Corps OF the Utah National Guar(

| er1l being tho head, the infantry the
! legs the cavalry the eyes and the ar
ulery the arms and the muscles with
| which To crush. All would b. useless
| With0u, the nerves, and the signal
! troops have been called upon to per-
form this function.
EQUIPMENT uF y q. L.
Bringing The subject matter To \ To-
cal viewpoint. the signal corps OF the
National Guard of Utah comes to the
front This organization of % men IL
equipped adequately to perform any
service which might be demanded of It.
II has buzz"rS, telegraph equipment
wire reels. Il field telephone exchange
aud station Instruments. photographs,
acctyicnc flash lanterns, flags and all ac-
cessOly apparatus. Its officers are sup
pltad by the general government with
text books for the proper study of the
use aud repair Of equipment. AS deVel-
opment progresses I'm the schools con-
Quoted IN different parts of the United
States. bulletins are issued and freely
circulated SO that the national guard
organizations are Kept up-tu-date in
matters affecting the profession.
HOME TELEGRAPH SCHOOL.
A part OF the instruction of the Utah
contingent that is of great Importance
Is It's telegraph school. conducted by ].
\, Spiker. assistant superintendent OF
the Western Union Telegraph company.
Under his direction the corps members
are rapidly attaining a standard OF
high efficiency in the handling of mes
sages and the construction and main
ienanCo uf lines. Included in the menl-
bcrship of the corps are several tech
meal men, including electrical en-
Siueers electricians, craftsmen. tele-
phone engineers. photographers and
of the members touches all OF the above
professions in an elementary way and
affords any ambitious young man an
opportunity to learn paying profess
@ons in addition To- the experience
gained in military AFFAIRS
THIS YEARS ENGAGEMENT.
The interest OF the members of this
Organization, as well rs all others. Is
centercd in the coming provisional di-
vision encampmcnt on the Grow Creek
forest reserve In Wyoming near Chey-
enhc. II is 10 this camp ground that
the Utah troops and those OF all other
states in the department of the Colo
RADIO Will 20 this year regulars ana
militiamen being brought together for
a two weeks stay. During this time
actual war conditions are to be simu-
lated and maneuvers embracing almost
every phase of war VIII be employed
TO teach the art of combat. During
these mancuverS the troops VIII be cm-
pluNed in marches in supposedly hostile
country. in attacking an enemy camp
ing in strange country and mt all times
II viii fall to the duty of the signal
troops to Keep the commander of the
forces TO which they may be attached,
informed of everything happening
l,,l,t
NIT the orders of the commanding Of
ilccr. In preparation for this. actual
field work has been begun.
NPrN AT WORK.
The photographs reproduced licrp-
with were taken during last weeks
practise. In the one showing five men
al work the man with the field glasses
is sending message with the hello
graph which is mounted on the tripod
near him. The shutter, on a separate
tripod. obscures his mirrors. only ono
of which is seen in the picture The
man nearest him Is reading the mes
sage to him as he sends 1t. In the rear
behind the telescope is the officer In
charge of the station. He is reading
message through high power teIe-
scope ana darkened glasses, the man
near him recording it, A sergeant is
seen holding the station flag. In the
other photograph the sergeant IS send
ing a message with the signal flag,
the man near him reading II to him
word by word. In the rear Is seen
the reader and recorder OF the squad.
with the flag when the picture was
being taken, message TO a point about
six miles distant was being sent in re-
ply TO one that had been received Il
few minutes before. The heliograph
on the day the picture was taken, was
used at a moderate distance, but this
equipment Is capable of transmitting
message for 100 miles and with
large eight inch mirror, the distance to
which a message may be sent is limited
only bS the curvature of the earth.