Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-12-25
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8lnS was ABOUT tno only method o
communication with the friends on the other sid,
uf the enemy.
Homing pigeons have been used from time i'm
uemorial and they also were used at Santiago.
Today different condition exists. AS the Ger
Mans were sweeping down on Paris the operator
b Easl tower whispered through the very air tn.
Germans we're breathing to convey information t,
q Petersburg or Petrograd.
Ihe swish Of the wireless was unstoppable Tn,
Upaniards shot down the American signal men OF
~ embankments in front of Santiago, but tn,
4 me bullets from the Germans could not nterfer,
EN1h the wireless message as 1t went on its way.
One Of the most wonderful developments of tn,
vneIess telegraphy came at the opening of the Eu
Npeon var when 1t became possible to talk all
- vy nom Berlin to Long island. Germany
nRed across the British feet to her own ships
nalng the Atlantic and warned them of the
<nd60 tremor
ne only way to stop the wireless was to de-
uW the operator and he was thousands of miles
lAxp In our last war wires were stretched all
~ the fields back of the fighting men. Dis
ec1os carried word from colonel to general
Naee there had not been time to string the
Ntus
y this war wires. too. have been stretched on
- nelds, pigeons still have carried messages,
yatchers have galloped back and FORTH but in
mon to all these messengers of war the fight
- ah depended more on the invention of Mar
~. the great wireless telegraph.
me wireless telegraph has proved it's value
E1ut On the field Of battle. The man in the front
nl1 or the outpost miles from the headquarters.
ao place himself in instant communication with
chief. The wireless telegraph made it pos=i-
mr German soldier fighting his way through
um to talk to German soldier defending
- 1t made It possible for a soldier at Brus-
70 shout news Of victory back to Berlin with
- a instant's delay.
naoe 1t possible for the French and British
~ seep In communication with each other and
out new line of defense when the Germans
Aurlng their mighty hosts against them.
fconi had already made himself famous be-
|s@e me war broke out His invention was one
- greatest boons to humanity because 1t
tves aboard ship in time of sea horror. It
<< nt rescue to the distressed and expedited
From an instrument of humanity and
q sprang to an instrument of war and ter.
the pigeon or dove. the peRsonifcation of
became an instrument of war.
caaps next to the wireless stations, the most
messengers of war are the homing pig
- These birds, the wisest of their kind, are
ed to great advantage In English, French
Austrian, Italian, Russian and Japanese
Military authorities hold there is no bet.
<<s< ms for small detachments to communicate
er Headquarters nor could they want bet
&Z@&s
- nelds of Europe the flights of the birds
eost instances so short that they do not
~S mop for rest, thus preventing the mes
" ~ .on falling into the hands of the enemy.
k'sSs'1 IN its fight scars SO high it is almost
~ 20 the naked eye. thus it necessitates
Oh high power guns to bring it to the
~ AND any man who ever makes such
veil call II miracle
~ as OF England and the emperor of Ger
IN 49,. eli Is other rulers Of European nations
~ ~s u own flying kits, and in time of peace
~ = - 'neir birds in races with birds belong
ss.vA sport. ''o"He' neAo' oesm
no.1 suipped for flying with a message il
~ 0ottelike tube. the shape of its
r. u .s sn message in his pocket, proceeds
~ -. - quickly writes his discoveries on
PAPER and places them In q tube