The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-03
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communication with the friends the other side
Of the enemy
Homng pigeons have been used from time i'm.
memorial. and they also were used at Santiago
Today different condition exists As the Ger.
mans sweeping down on Paris the operator
in Eiffe tower whispered through the very air the
Germans were breathing to convey information to
St Petersburg or Petrograd
The swish of the wireless was unstoppable The
Spaniards shot down the American signal men on
the embankments In front OF Santiago, but the
rifle bullets from the Germans could not interfere
with the wireless message 1t went on its way.
One OF the most wonderful developments OF the
wireless teegraphy came at the opening Of the Eu-
ropean war when 1t became possible to talk all
the way from Berlin to Long island Germany
talked the British fleet TO her own ships
sailing the Atlantic and warned them OF the
sudden tremor
The only way to stop the wireless was TO de-
stroy the operator and he was thousands OF miles
away. In our last war wires stretched all
the fields back OF the fighting men. Dis
patchers carried word from colonel to general
where there had not been time to string the
wires
In this war wires, too, have been stretched on
the fields. pigeons still have carried messages,
dspatchers have galloped back and forth. but in
addition to all these messengers of war the fight.
ers all depended more the invention OF Mar.
conf the great wireless telegraph
The wireless telegraph has proved its value
right on the field OF battle. The man In the front
ranks. or tfe outpost miles from the headquarters
could place himself in instant communication with
his chief The wireless telegraph made it pos l.
BILE for German soldier fighting his way through
Belgium to talk to German soldier defending
Alsace. II made 1t possible for soldier at Brus-
sells TO shout news Of victory back to Berlin with
out an instant's delay.
1t made IT possible for the French and British
10 keep in communication with each other and
map out a new line of defense when the Germans
were hurling their mighty hosts against them
Mareoni had already made himself famous be-
fore the war broke out His invention was one
Of the greatest boons to humanity because It
saved lives aboard ship In time of sea horror II
brought rescue to the distressed and expedited
shipping. From an instrument Of humanity and
peace 1t sprang to an instrument OF war and ter
ror
Like the pigeon or dove. the personifeation of
peace. 1t became an instrument OF war.
Perhaps next to the wireless stations the most
efficient messengers Of war are the homng pig
cons. These BIRDS the wisest Of their kind. are
employed to great advantage in English French,
armies. Military authorities hold there is no bet.
ter means for small detachments to communicate
with their headquarters nor could they want bet.
ter
On the fields OF Europe the flights Of the birds
are In most instances so short that they do not
have to stop for rest thus preventing the mes
sages from falling into the hands Of the enemy.
A pigeon in its flight scars so high 1t is almost
invisible to the naked eye. thus 1t necessitates
the use OF high power guns to bring 1t to the
ground. And any man who ever makes such q
shot can well cali II miracle
The king Of England and the emperor Of Ger
many a. well a. other rulers Of European nations.
nave their own flying kits, and In time Of peace
they enter their birds in races with birds belong
tng to their subjects. The crowned heads deem
this royal sport
A bird equipped for flying with q message Is
Iencased In . bottlelike tube the shape Of its
body.
A SPY puts his message In his pocket, proceeds
on Ills mission. quickly writes hi discoveries on
small bits Of paper and places them in . tube