Evening journal., 1914-11-19

- NANNNAeh VI making lnt touNtu-
tional signs uniform for all codes For
instance, error in the Int. Morse will
be signihed by sending AA front and
then repeating the word In the Sem
aphore, the sender will make AA in
terval and then repeat word. The
new Semaphore conventional signs
complete are as follows:
To call or answer. Attention" fol-
lowed by call letter OF station called.
Repeat as necessary. Both stations
then make Interval
Repeat last word, &C Interval. In
terval.
Repeat last message, CCC Interval,
Interval, Interval.
Repeat after (word), &C Interval A
(word)
End Of word. Interval.
End of sentence. "chop-chop" sig
nal (made by extending both arms at
the right horizontal and then moving
them up and down in a cutting mo-
tion.)
End of message: two successive
"chop-chop' signals and Withdrawing
the flags from view.
Error, AA Interval, then repeat
word.
To break in, Attention
Acknowledgment" or Understood,
.R.
Negative (K), Affirmative" (P),
or "Interrogatory" (O) followed by
Interval give corresponding meanings
to the following signal.
Receiver acknowledges Attention"
whenever made. also Repeat etc,
and end of message, when latter is
understood.
While waiting for "Acknowledg-
ment,' or in case Of delay, remain at
Interval.
Numerals" precedes every number
sent and indicates numbers until In
terval' is made, after which letters re-
cur without any further indication.
When numerals follow letter, no in
tervening Interval" is necessary.
The numerals are the first ten let
ters in order.
The new edition of the Scout
Manual, recently published. gives the
I letters and numerals correctly
for the Semaphore code, as well as "A
/ number of the conventional signs as
/ given above. Unfortunately the gov
ernment did not announce the
] changes until the Manual had gone
TO press Every Scout should cut
out the above and paste IL in the
Signaling Chapter in his handbook IN
order to be up-to-date.
In the International Morse. the
only changes are that for Cease
Signaling" MMM front will hereafter
be used instead of NM front, and r
front Will be used for Acknowledge
ment" or Message Received" in
stead of RID front. A new sign is
also introduced; Break Or Stop
Sending" Blk front, The double
dash g. - will be used in
place of "sig" to show that signature
will follow
For signaling with fash light Will
shutter, such as heliograph of search
: light, a short flash will represent
dot, a long fash a dash, and a loni
steady flash, the Front" correspond
/ ing with the wig wag system. Tn
, conventional signs will hereafter b
exactly the same as for the wig wa,
owing to the introduction Of the lon
steady display for Front"
All Scouts should make the col
responding corrections in the code q
given in their Manuals.
Troop No. 3 Notes.
Eleven Scouts from Troop No. 8!
of Philadelphia. in charge of Scou
Masters MacGouhey and Van Duyn,
iourneyed to Wilmington last Frida
night on the Wilson Line. The part
reached the local Y. NJ. c. A. abou
ten o'clock that night Arrangement
had been made to allow the party th
use OF the gymnasium for sleepin
purposes. Being courteous Scouts
they all said that they had a goo
nights sleep on the gym" mats. o.
Saturday morning the party wa
shown the sights of the city by fou
Scouts from Troop 3, Lane. Ora,
Longacre and France. Pullman Ca
Shops, Old Swedes Church and Rock
a ford Tower were among the place
: visited. After the morning of sight
seeing, they took a short hike int
/ the country district. where Dime
was cooked over the camp fire. TIL
d party departed for their home city o
c the 4.15 boat that afternoon.
Troop No. of the LOCAL Y. NJ. c.
!, held its regular weekly meeting at
. o'clock Saturday afternoon. III
meeting was largely attended A
!. announcement was made of II
presentation of a silk American fla
to the Troop by the Eureka Counc
of the Jr. o. U. A. NJ, on Tuesday, d.
cember Is. A tentative program wS
X outlined for the occasion. Il was ais
& announced that a "Cycle" Patrol an
Y a Life Saving Squad were to be o.
& ganized Immediately. The compel
B ton for the Life Saving Squad wi
& be open to all members of the Troo
a but only eight Scouts having the higl
est averages in the tests will con
n pose the Squad After the regul;
: meeting, the Troop was inspected
r the Scout Master and was pl
IS through a short drill by Assistai
Scoutmaster Helm. After the drl
b period the Troop took a hike Ol
& around Edge Moor Scout gam'
y were played. and a camp fire buil
s Having gone unprepared for an
= "eats." a squad was detailed to fin
grocery store. One was located an
n the entire stock was bought All h'
to eat regular Scout fashion. Ne
Saturday we go prepared.
1 TN Confer AGAIN AR0IIT