Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-30
MASTERRAD|O TOWER
Of WORL D FRANCE
Can Flash its Messages Around
the World: Picks Up Foes1
Wireless Signals.

Tours. Central France, sept ~,
The american Army will soon hc sharing
with the French in the opcratlon ot tue
highest and most powerful Mre"Ss
sending station in the world nus IS
now nearing completion on the trhcn
coast the point cannot he StatSd 'nu
It's riaut towers can I've seen rt|'n" Nlu
feet or 500 fcct higher than the iitCl
tower Soon jt will be IN direct touch
with America NTH far more power
than ever before supplcmcntinG tho
,,lJo for trans Atlantic service and
prrhats with ITS new power rvhlllng
the cable tor quick tr"mmun''ation.
All along the front Sma'l wireless
stations have been set up To intercept
enemy radio exchanges and locate enemy
stations Messages are picked M from
all the capitals of Europe. and especially
from the larger German cities hts
nr,ctl,c of intcrccpting messages seems TO
hc universally ace, pied asawar necessity.
and the crop dallv gathered Includes
those from friends rs we'll rs foe The
enemy has many small radio stations
along the front. which are IN constant
communication with Berlin and Han
>oxcr. the two central enemy stations
The American Army controls a quad
rlnlc cable line across the English channel
which connects the French telegraph
And telephone system directly with
The English lines Thus American Of
liclals are brought together for direct
immediate exchange between Paris, Lon
don and American headquarters at the
front
IN extension to transatlantic cable
IS only a question oi time. ami with
this realized there Is the possibility nj
least of direct immediate communication
between Washington and american mil
itarv headquarters NJ tho front
Weather forccasting and mctcoro-
logical work * another branch Which
las lccomc hlghly important IN tho
american operations It has played
rs part not only IN the determination
al tho moment for hlg offensive move
menfe when steady clear weather IS
ono ul the elements ut success. but also
m the extremely important special fore
casts it furnishes the artillery branch
the air service and the gas service
The failure ~ success oi gas attack
may turn on the forc-knuwlcdgo If the
wind and haromctric conditions Il
has been . coincideuee that most Of
the German uiicnSlve~ have come during
periods of favorable weather. and this
has lcd to statements that theV had
Developed sonc new and superior dcvlC"
81 weather iorpcasting Rut those who
have most 10 do with the service say
The allied forccaStCrs ar rs expert rs
any the world over
Carrier pigeon service y stlll another
\ ranch Of communication which the
4 nerican army u finding highly act
vantageous in the fold. The pIgconeers,
~ they are called have become an i'm
nortant adjunct of the front, with several
hundred enlisted men and a score of
officers. equipped with rolling lofts,
breeding stations cite Some of the
leading pigeon fanciers have becn COM
miSsioned in this branch. and they are
breeding birds of the finest stock taptUr-
ed enemy pigeons show that the Germans
are also using very fine binds and are
placing much dependence on the carrier
service
There Is also hc motorcycle dispatch
service ~ an adjunct t1 the telegraph.
,or carving naps and long documents
Too bulky Tor the wires, and tho photo
graphic branch with unit ior each
,ii,lsIon keeping > complete pictorial
record ii the American military actvi-
ties
Altogether II i q huge work with
some three to four per cent Of the entire
afmv-or about *. coo officers and
men IN a force of million men man
tanning tho steady flow Of communication
throughout this nerve system OF the
American army