The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-09-12
L|STEN|NG-|N BY
SIGNAL CORPS MEN
REMARKABLE DEVICES BY USE
OF WHICH GERMAN MES.
SAGES ARE CAPTURED.
WIRES FAR AWAY TAPPED
student Army Training Corps Plans
Changed to Conform TO Lowered
Draft Ages-Soldiers Want Lemon
Drops and Soluble Coffee.

The llStening-n service Of lhe signal
corps of the army Is one Of its inter
esting activities. Information Of the
enemy and his movements is always Of
USE and sometimes Of great impor-
tance.
The signal corps operates numerous
lStcnng-in stations close to or within
the encmy's lines. at which BY means
Of devices recently perfected. it Is able
not only to intercept any radio mes
sage but also 10 determine accurately
the location oi the radio instrument
which transmits It. This information
artillery. which proceeds to put the
radio station out OF business.
German telephone wires have been
made to divuge their secrets. though
such wires are well within German ter
ritory where it 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-
ceivcr to his eur and hear any tcle-
phone message w,ll 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. II was then mounted
organization, mobile ns cavalry, and
used largely to serve the needs OF the
cavalry. IT developed practically
perfect system for open warfare.
new system had to be originated
for trench warfare and experts began
the study Of this problem and the use
OF telephone md telegraph lines and
the radio rs soon as the present war
started. Signal corps men were among
the trSt 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 mass Of lines of
$500 ~ h'"'i'li. lI'lt IL lllc 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
corps have been changed hy the war
department to conform to the lowered
draft ages. The war department will
utilize the plant, equipment and organ.
iZation OF the colleges to maintain n
reservoir Of officer material for train
Ing as officers and technical experts
from which it will be possible to meet
the enlarged needs OF the various
branches OF the service.
The length Of time during which
men will be trained in the colleges will
depend on the needs Of the service. AS
faSt as one group Of trained men Is
drawn from the colleges into the scrv-
Ice their places will be taken by a
new quota obtained by voluntary IN
ouct'on or through the draft. In this
way The educational facilities OF the
country VIII be used TO maintain a
constant supply OF men who are
trained to meet the needs Of the army
Cnder the regulations selected young
men who are physically fit for mill
tnry service, who are eighteen years
or age or over, and who have had a
grammar school education may be in.
Quoted ns volunteers into the army and
enter upon n course OF special train
ing Those who have had only gram
mar school education VIII enter ord-
hhrily special training dctachmcnts TO
De trained along mechanical lines Of
military training. Those who prove
In the course Of their mechanical train
Ing that they are officer material may
be transferred to unit In one Of the
colleges to be prepared 10 enter cen.
tral officers training camp.
Young men who have had high
school education will be allowed 10 on.
ter the college for more advanced
training rs officers and as tcchnicnl
experts Of various kinds according To
their experience and abilities Those
who show promise under this training
will be kept in college until qualified
to enter an officer training camp or i,
sent directly into the service as tech
nical experts; those who do not shov
promise under the training will b
sent either to nOncommisSi0ncd Off
GERS schools. to the nearest depot bri
gade or to detachments WI ere men ar
trained according to their technical 0
mechanical abilities.
DO not use galvanized utensils Il
making preserves jelies or frui
JUICES say department OF agricutur
experts. Some Of the zinc with whic
the vessels are galvanized may b
changed to salts Of zinc. which wil