The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-01-21
The "Lanscherposten" Is
Germans Ne1U Signal Man

Berlin, Jan. 2l.-At no time has the
military observation system been de-
vClOped us II has been IN the resent
war. The field Intelligence service
Is an institution as old a. warfare it.
/ self but never before has II been EN-
I ploycd so generally and thoroughly
Cavalry scouting and reconnaissance
work by infantry the oldest Of mod
ern methods used. To this class be-
| longs also cavalry contact and screen
work mnneuvers by mounted troops
kn which demonstrations against the
enemy were hoped to supply informd.
| tion of his strength and disposition.
10 bring the information this gain
ed 10 the attention NJ the ummI dug
orffirrrs, rapid means of Csmmuu',a
ilon had to be employed As late as
the American Ciyll war and the Fran
ro-prussinu war " 1901 dispatch
riders were largely depended upon
The field telegraph, white fairly well
developed was not thus available for
ns extensive use ns It was during the
later wars. While the hpliograph
was used by the troops Of Alexander
the Great. and has always been look ID
upon ms u very convenient tmusmitter
" field intelligence, the fact that II
depend, upon the rays NJ m sun aud
rs utterly useless at night made II Il
negligible factor In European warfare
The development NJ the telephone
gave armies another means ~ rapid
communication The method Is now
generally used, and has proved Of far
greater importance than even the wire
less To this list must be added the
signal lamp flag signalling, the rock
| ct and the seurchllght
As was expected, the European war
/ hns established that the aeruplane Is
the most efficient means OF modern
I field intelligence work Soaring above
the positions and troops of whom In
/ formation is needed the observers In
/ an aeroplunr are able 10 report the
minutr=t dctnilS This has led 10 a
new development in warfare finding
cover from observation above. No
| longer is the trench Il mere ditch. To
day 1t is rooted, II not against th,
shells aud shrupnel Of the enemy, then
| against the eyes Of the men who sal
above. Trenches which are not cover
ed with tlmbers and earth, and ar,
| then what Is known as bombprOois
are screened with small trees nnc
/ boughs in order that they may escap,
the notice Of the hostile ayiatOrs,
Importance Of Cavalry In Poland.
These are the means of gathering
aud transmitting field intelligence ii
l the European war and the counter
measures to which they have led
But conditions In this respect ar,
not the same ON the two great battle
fields The field intelligence seryic,
In the eastern theater uf war differ,
radically from that Of the western
field.
In Poland and Galicla cavalry IN,
retained much Of It's former import
ance In that respect Here the yarioui
armies and army corps still hay,
flanks, and here also, is room for thos,
maneuvers which only mounted mel
can watch. The aeropmuc is used {,
quite an extent, though not so general
ly rs In Belgium and France, and dur
ing the position fights the captiy
balloon has been pressed into seryic,
Infantry patrol work has not bee
done on 80 general scale as In IN
western theater " war, but this dt
partment of the Intelligence seryic
has been extended with the falling q
snow, which has made the rapid NOV,
ment Of patrols on skis possible.
No New Problems.
Telegraph wireless aud field tel,
phone have been widely used In III
eastern theater Of war, aud even n
despatch rider has now and then tai
en- up his ancient niche Light sigma
Of any sort have not been In fnyo