The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-12-25

communication with the friends on the other side
OF the enemy.
Homing pigeons have been used from time i'm.
memorial, and they also we're used at Santiago.
Today n different condition exists. AS the Ger.
mans were sweeping down on Paris the operator
IN Etnel tower whispered through the very air the
Germans were breathing TO convey 10
81 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 as Il went on its way.
One OF the most wonderful deveiopments Of the
Wireless telegraphy came at the opening OF the Eu.
ropean war when Il became possible TO talk All
the way from Berlin 10 Long island. Germany
Ialked across the British feet 10 her own ships
sailing the Atlantic and warned them Of the
sudden tremor.
The only way to stop the wireless was to de-
srroy the operator and he was thousands OF miles
away. In our last war wires we're stretched all
over the fields back Of the hghting men. Dis.
~patchers carried word from colonel to general
Shere there had not been time "a string the
wires.
In this war wires. too, have been stretched on
the fields, pigeons still have carried messages.
dispatchers have galloped back and forth. but in
addition TO all these messengers Of war the fight.
es all depended more on the invention Of Mar.
conf, the great wireless telegraph.
The wireless telegraph has proved its yalue
right on the field OF battle. The man in the front
ranks, or the outpost miles from the headduarters
could place himself in instant communication Uib
his chief. The wireless telegraph made il Dos
ole for q German soldier fighting his way throuRS
Belgium tn 'alA 10 a German soldier defending
AEaee, Il made II possible for a soldier at Rrus.
Sels to shout news Of victory back to Berlin with.
out an instant's delay.
Il made It possible for the French and British
IN Eapu IN COMMUNICATIVE yHEth - -
map out q new line Of defense when the Germans
we're hurting their mighty hosts against them.
Aareoni had already made himself famous be.
fore the war broke out His invention was one
OF the greatest boons TO humanity because Il
saved lives aboard ship in time % sea horror. II
brought rescue 10 the distressed and expedited
shipping. From an Instrument OF humanity ana
peace II sprang to an instrument Of war and ter.
sor.
Like the pigeon or dove, the personihcation OF
peace, II became an instrument OF war.
Perhaps next 10 the wireless stations. the mbat
enaeiont messengers Of war are the hominR pig.
cons, These birds, the wisest OF their kind. are
employed TO great advantage in English, French.
German, Austrian. Italian. Russian and Japanese
armies. Military authorities hold there "a no bet.
ter means for small detaehments 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 a rest, thus preventing the mes.
aages from falling into the hands OF the enemy
A pigeon In It's flight scars 30 high IL Is almost
invisible 10 the naked eye. thus II neeesgisates
the use OF high power guns 20 bring Il 10 the
ground. And any man who ever makes such !
shot can well call II a miracle.
The king Of England and the emperor OF Ger.
many, as we'll as other rulers OF European nations
have their own Hying kits, and in time OF peace
they enter their birds In races with birds belong.
fng 70 their subjects. The crowned heads deem
this royal sport.
A bird equipped for flying with a message is
rancased In a bottlelike tube, the shape OF lts
body.
A spy puts his message in bis pocket. prUceeds
lon his mission, quickly writes his discoveries on
small bits Of pager and places them IN a tube