Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-03-17
EMPLOYEES
FORMING REGIMENTS
wen Skilled in Electrical Communi.
cation Offer Services TO
Government.
EXPERTS TO LEND THEIR AID
ran to Organize Most Complete Sig.
mni Corps OF Any Army in World.
VIII Have Summer Training
Eroups and Regular Glasses.

Groups and Regular Glasses.
'ehtatire plans for tho organization
y" several units OF tho signal corps
'honE the employees or the Chesa-
"'ke and Potomac Telephone Com
P"hN OF Virginia. have been made bv
'"ciais here. The COMPANY or COM
."nics. VIII form a part Of one of
,Pr'E regiments which will be oryani
ny the allied telephone telegraph
i electrical interests of tho country
e,n,,i NC scheme. which has tho
"ctioh OF tho government ar. Some
the greatest electrical c.ncrt. ~,
country. who propose to ornauiye
most complete signal corn. of any
army In tho world
~. H. Hnrhicr. vice president and
,'ncra! manager OF the Chesapeakc
'hH Fotonac Telephone Companv Viii
'a"nuarters IN Baltimore In entirely
." chargc of the preparations being
u,anc ~ his company TO get its enI
n.osees In readiness for service TO the
government In time of war luz, hou
many units Will he formed in this dis
'''ct VIII be determined later Eiphtr
men VIII form COMPANY In even, or
var they viii be paid their fun sala
ior one year. and after the mrs,
ear necessary provision Will be mad.
'or tho families Of the -ncn
WILL ORGANIZE FORTY
REGIMENTS IN THIS COT NTR,
~ rs proposed TO organize forty mi,
reelments throughout the country Thc
hel Telephone system and i,s afiilia,-
~ organizations have approximately
1000 men Who would he avaiiabl. 10,
military service. The Western Union
Telegraph Company. which will en,.r
INTO the plan, has $4,000 EXPERT ,e-
iesraphers available. while the West
'rn Electric Company, also in the plan
has $4,000 skilled electrical mechanics
10 offer
John J. Carly chief engineer OF tn.
American Telephone and Telegraph
company. the man who linked the East
with the West in direct telephone COM
Tnunication. Is at tho head Of tho pro-
ready been made major in the or
o"rs Reserve Corps. The highest rank
possible under the National Dcfcns,
Act In event OF war. however he
could be made najor- general Of vol
untecrs. Major Carty could call into
his service the creates, telephone.
telegraph and electrical experts In the
world, and with tho cooperation Of
the big companies represented in the
nlar, would have a, his disposal the
entire telephone and telegraph 'y.-
'eni,.
WILL have EXPERIENCE
IN FIELD EACH WEAR
N. Geld each wear for ten or nucen
days for training IN signal work II
= possible that ths entire organization
viii become q part Of IN. National
Guard. although II. organization may
conflict with tn" plans Of rho States in
which event the government would
make other arrangements
Most Of tho officers viii h. selected
from the expert engineers Of tho tele-
phone and electric corporations while
he -.,,ir .,,l IL
tho other experienced employees OF
thcSe companies.
The Roll Telephone Company has -
sued the following statement.
IS far hack last summer Con:id-
Grafton WAS given by tho Rcil system
% the recruiting OF signal corps units
composed Of employees skilled in tho
technical work az wire aud radio com
munica ,ion-units that Nigh, ne Of
tered TO the government as re..rye
forces subtec, to csli in tim. OF need
Several conferences have heen held
during the last ftw months with repre-
sentstives ~ the War Department. an
offer Of this sort has been made. and
II is believed that moan, viii readily
he found for authorizing and accept
ing such organizations by thc United
States authorities
NOW PRO,TEDING
WITH ORGANIZATION
Tho various ReII companies arc now
proceeding with the tentative organi-
'!on OF these reserve units. which will
have their Headquarters In a dozen or
hteen OF the larger cities. and will he
ofhcered by Bell engineers and con.
struCtors. whose commissions arc now
being applied for. In the territory of
the Bell Telephone Company of Penn
sylrania. for example. there will he a
battalion composed ot two telegram
companies. called. each OF about
eighty men. The headquarters OF one
will he In Philadelphia and OF tho other
in Pittsburgh. II is planned that these
hat;alions shall be onl: a nucleus
around which TO build an increasing
force rs conditions make practicable.
The similar initial reserve units in
other parts Of The country will he like
wise augmented as time goes on.
Explaining tho term telegraph COM
rany. the United states Signal Corps is
now organized 10 comprise a number OF
wire companies. radio companies and
telegraph companies. y wi-e company
81 approximately scven,y-hve men,
mostly mounted, is n mobile body which
provides lines for large tactical opera-
tons using held wagons and buzgers
and provided with about thirty-hvc
miles OF wire. Its object is TO keen up
with. and frequently ahead OF a column
moving Into hostile territory and to
leave tran Of wire communication.
y radio company, also used in tacti-
cal operations is composed of the same
number OF men and is equipped with
portable radio apparatus with range
or approximately twenty-five miles
which range can be increased under
expert handling. One radio company
and one wire company form a neld bat
talon: each army division is accom-
panied by such battalion.
y telegraph company is composed OF
about eighty men, two companies form
ing battalion with which each army
corps is provided. The object Of these
battalions ia the establishment and
maintenance OF wire communication
hetween flcld forces and their base also