The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-10
L|STEN|NG-|N BY
SIGNAL CORPS MEN
REMARKABLE DEVICES BY USE
OF WHICH GERMAN MES.
sAGEs ARE CAPTURED.
WIRES FAR AWAY TAPPED

e Student Army Training Corps Plan
Changed to Conform to Lowere
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The listening-in service of the sigma
corps of the army is one of its inter
estlng activities. Information of tn,
t enemy and his movements is always O
: use, and sometimes of great impor
5 lance.
The signal corps operates numerous
!, listening-in stations close to or within
the enemy's lines, at which, by means
OF devices recently perfected, it is able
! not only to. intercept any radio mes.
, sage but also to determine accurately
! the location of the radio instrument
which transmits it. INSTRUMENTATION
as to location is transmitted to the
artillery, which proceeds to put the
radio station out Of business. @
i German telephone wires have been
made to divulge their secrets, though
such wires are well within German ter
ritory where 1t is impossible to tap
their lines. This is accomplished by
one of the most ingenious instruments
that has been produced. By means Of
1t our signal corps man can sit in his
dugout on the front line with re-
ceiver to his ear and hear any tele-
phone message well within the enemy
territory, even though several thou
sand Huns may intervene between him
and the nearest point to the telephone
wires being used by the enemy.
+ The signal service of the army came
into existence with development of the
telegraph during the Civil war, and
was expanded greatly in the Spanish
American war. It was then mounted
organization, mobile as cavalry, and
used largely to serve the needs Of the
cavalry. 1t developed practically
perfect system for open warfare.
A new system had to be originated
for trench warfare and experts began
the study of this problem and the use
OF telephone and telegraph lines and |
the radio as soon as the present war
started. Signal corps men were among
the first units sent to France after
the United States entered the war.
The French system of signaling has
been adopted in part, but with many
purely American innovations. The
whole fighting area within ten miles of
the front lines Is a masssof lines of
There is the wire net, or
telegraph and telephone; the radio;
The visual, or searchlight and fire.
works. and the messengers, runners
and motorcyclists.
Plans for the student army training
'orps have been changed by the war
department to conform to the lowered
iraft ages. The war department will
Utilize the plant, equipment and organ
zation OF the colleges to maintain a
eservoir of officer material for train ,
ng as officers and technical experts 8
rom which 1t will be possible to meet =
ne enlarged needs of the various ,
ranches of the service.
The length Of time during which s
len will be trained in the colleges will 8
epend on the needs of the service. AS s
asst as one group Of trained men is a
rawn from the colleges into the serv- b
e their places will be taken by a /,
ew quota obtained by voluntary in II
uction or through the draft. In this Il
ay the educational facilities of the n
'untry will be used to maintain d
supply Of men who are b
aimed to meet the needs of the army. n
Under the regulations selected young
en- who are physically fit for mill
ny service, who are eighteen years 1,
age or over, and who have had a !.
amman school education may be in a.
lcted as volunteers into the army and =,
ter upon course Of special train
g. Those who have had only a gram .,
ar school education will enter ordi- .,
rily special training detachments to
trained along mechanical lines of h,
litary training. Those who prove W
the course Of their Mechanieal train. 90
; that they are officer material may m
transferred to unit In one of the T.,
lleges to be prepared to enter a GEN. e.
Il officers training camp. N
Young men who have had a high ~
lool education will be allowed to en- n
the college for more advanced nv
lining as officers and as technical ~
oerts Of various kinds, according to ~
'ir experience and abilities. Those 10,
o show promise under this training ~
! be kept in college until qualified
enter an officer training camp or be IN,
It directly into the service as tech NJ
al experts; those who do not show 70,
mise under the training will be An
t either to noncommissioned off, IN
s schools, to the nearest depot bri- fro
e or to detachments where men are mr.,
med according to their technical or an,
abilities. no,
% not use galvanized utensils in =
king preserves, jellies or fruit . !
es, say department of agriculture IF