Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-03

III tuo SOIpS WIZ Give OH luSa
how Gen. Edgar Russell. on this side,
and Gen. George o. Squier, chief sig
nal officer in Washington. combed the
United States for specialists. In civil
life he was chief engineer Of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, and he is the foremost ex-
pert in that lire in the world today.
Col. Carly saw the war coming, and
being an ardent advocate of prepared
ness. he was cooperating with Den.
Euuicr and others before we entered
the conflict to prepare the Signal
Corps for the coming trial. Largely
due to his assistance, 1t was possible
to i,ove formed and orgari.o1 many
ttchnlcal unities Of the very highest
Gags '.
:, Gen. Russell once showed me the
secret map of France. y,
In washington. the day when orders
came, he stood looking at the then ;
French map and saw where must be
flung the great Independent network Of
American Interviewing lines.
They measure more than 5000 miles,
and we have improved and maintained
our leased lines. We have put 10000 :.
miles OF copper wire into permanent
long-distance Telephone circuits. The
system extends to England 1T crosses
the channel BY the recently perfected
bulb repeater. the general at G. III. Q.
Whispers or lnurmurs conversations
with the ambassador at London as II
they were talking confidentially across
Maj. R. Fl. Coles. right hand man of
Gem Russell, told me for publication
how. many great automatic printer
telegraph circuits we have In operation
between the front and centers of sup
Don't. 1t will be more prudent" But
our telegraph office back here in Tours
represents the business of city of the
size of Baltimore. and in the month of
August, 1918, total Of $4,000 tele-
grams were handled by the system.
approximating 59,520,00O words, to and
from the great S. o. $. zone alone.
On the same wires. while multiplex
printer messages are flying at fifty
words per minute. the generals are talk
ing low across all France, linked up
with every supply service and post.
See what the Signal Corps has
DONE" said Col. Carly. ut has put up
these long-distance telephone wires so
that you can converse from one end of
France to the other, 'nnd at the same
time while talking over the circuit,
you are also telegraphing over that
same circut-rcach telephone circuit
consisting of two copper wires. You
telegraph separately over each wire
while they are being used for telephone,
each wire carrying eight printed mes
sages simultaneously. ready for deliv-
cry, or sixteen messages for the two
copper wires. Then. at the same time
That these two telephone wires are be-
ing used as described, they are Joined
up with another two. also used for
telephonine and telegraphng. These
two groups are put together to form q
third or phantom circuit. over which
still other people talk. So that while
Jones, at W. and another fellow
down here are convcrsing over one, and
Smith, down here, Is talking to Paris
on another, you and are having fine
old scrap over the entire outfit.
cit is precisely what they have on
tho New Yc~'t-San Francisco long
distance line" said the great special
list, ."but adapted with marvellous pre-
cision to difficult conditions. and they
have combined here to a degree not
found elsewhere all these different
services on every mile OF wire. be-
cause the situation is such that they
must extract the last modicum of
service from 1t all"
MIX aud steak from the same cow"
observed Maj. Coles.
- Much curiosity is expressed in