Milford chronicle., 1915-05-07
CONTINUED from last week..

kAOuLuueQ lIOul last week J.
To use the torch or hand lantern, "a foot
light must be employed as a point of ref
! erence to the motion. The lantern is
more conveniently swung out upward to
the right of the footlight for a dot, to the
left for a dash, and raised vertically for
front. To call a station make the call
letter until acknowledged, at intervas S
giving the call or signal of the calling
station. If the call letter of the station
! is unknown, wave flag until acknowl
edged To acknowledge a call, signal
! Acknowledgment" or I understand,
/ & 'front.', followed by the call
7 letter of the acknowledging station. If
the sender discovers that he has made an
error, he should make AA front, after
which he begins the word in which the
error occurred. To break or stop sig
nails from the sending station, make with
the flag or other apparatus, NM front.
To start the sending station again, signal
"CChontAfront" followed by the last
word correctly received The sender
will then resume his message, beginning
with the word indicated by the receiver.
Each word, abbreviation, or conventional
signal is followed by front.
CONVENTIONAL VISUAL SIGNALS.
End of a word, front; end of a sentence,
front front; end Ofa message, front, front,
front: signature follows, sig front; error,
AA front; acknowledgement (or) | un-
derstand, NM 'front.' cease signaling,
NM front; repeat after (word), &C front
front (word); repeat last word, &C
front front; repeat last message, CCC
front front front; move a little to the
right, RR front move a little to the
left, Ii front; move little up the hill,
UU front; move a little down hill, ID
front; signal faster. FF front; another
message, AIR front; message received,
RID front.
In last week lesson, we gave the In !
ternational Morse Code and today we
take up the proper flags with which to
send it. It should always be remem- /
bered that Morse wigwag is for longer (
distances than semaphore can be used /
for and we should chose our flag accord |
ingly. A small flag the size of a sema-
phore could be read at a very great dis
tance. and Scouts should therefore have /
practice in using flags of the proper size,
There are two sizes in use in the United
States Signal Corps. For shorter dis
tances the flag is two feet square with
an eight-inch centre square. The ma
terial recommended is galatea and the
colors are white with a turkey red centre
or vice versa. The flag is attached to the
staff by means of loop in the center of
the back and two ends of tape at each
edge. The staff should be approximately
six feet long.
The signal corps use a jointed pole,
which can be taken apart for convent
Ira~tr faSsrf c1nrft1H he
q inches long and there are three joints.
A khaki carrying case with a shoulder
strap should be provided For longer
the flags are of the same mater
ial and colors, but are feet 9 inches
square, making a foot pole when jOinted
together. This is the standard field kit
and the range at which signals can be
exchanged with it depends on a variety
IF factors, such as the condition of the
weather, the location of stations. the pro-
iciency of signalmen, etc. The speed
Tor continuous signaling is seldom greater
han five or six words per minute. Flags
should be kept clean, as signals made by
,lean flags are much more easily read
han those made by dirty ones. In wav-
ng the flag always describe a sort of
Elongated figure of eight with the pole so
IS to avoid the flag wrapping around it.
rhe color of the flag must contrast as
strongly as possible with that of the
With green or dark or with
.arth- background the white flag
hould be used. The distant station is
he best Judge of background and should
hey indicate the color of flag wanted,
hat flag should be used. To determine !
he color of the background, first ascer-
ain whether the communicating station 8
5 higher, lower or level with your own,
here will be the color of the woods, field,
tc., behind and lower than your flag
nan. If it be lower, your background !
7ill be the color of the ground behind
nd living higher than your hagman.
the stations are of equal elevation. then
be background for your signals will be s
hat directly behind the hagman. If pos ,
ible have your hagman stand so that a..
,hen viewed from the other station, he
ill have behind him background of
he same color for every position in which
ne signals may be shown. Morse may c
e also sent by flash signals, using a
earchlight, heliograph, or an ordinary
amp lantern. A short fash is a dot,
nd long steady flash is dash. The q
ashes may be made by means of a shut
II which can be worked so as to reveal
nd obscure the light or in a pinch by
olding a board or hat in front of the -
ght and making long and short flashes.
he Signal Corps has regular signal
intern burning acetylene gas and fitted
ith key which turns up and lowers
lie flame making long and short flashes :.
this way. =
Continued next week