Palisadian., 1919-01-25
ANOTHER RECORD SMASHED.

VI Us nave Deei looking forward eager
iy to the time when letters would ar
rive from overseas. Accounts of the
celebrations in Paris have reached us,
and we are curious to know the atti-
tude of the enlisted men themselves
The 413th Telegraph Battalion, Signal
Corps, it seems, is still "going ahead
with the job" and continuing to do
construction work The following let
ter, which appeared in The Telephone
Review, n. Y, written ON November 13,
two days after the signing of the
armistice, by Major F. T. Rogers, for
merly employed in the New York Tel.
Co, is interesting on this account, and
also because it contains a record of ex-
cellent work done by Company Il, his
battalion, in an extraordinarily short
period of time:
November 13, 1918.
Ny Dear Mr.. Richardson:
[ was very glad to receive your let
ter. Since it came the Huns have cried
Enough" and it looks as if the fight
ing is all over. The French are just
about wild with joy and we are some
pleased, too.
Expect it will take some time to set
tie the peace terms and then it will
take a long time to send us home.
Thus far we have received no orders
to stop our construction work and We
are going ahead with the job.
The Battalion which I brought over
was Depot Battalion and like the 9TH
er Depot Battalions was broken up and
used to fill up vacancies all over the
A. K. F. l was ordered to command
Railroad Telegraph Battalion. 1t was
made up of train dispatchers and oper-
ators.
When I reported, there was only one
telephone man among the officers and
not q switchboard man or inside man
in the battalion,-only about fifteen
linemen in the outfit Many of the op-
orators learned to climb and the rest
learned to dig post holes.
Several new officers and few line
men were assigned to the battalion,
and we have done lot Of construction
work. We are building an eight-meter
pole line with one ten-pin arm and five
No. L copper circuits. About 80 holes
out of 100 are in rock. enclose a
- f,n
E, which covers rush job We have
been told that 1876 poles in one day
breaks the record over here so we are
pleased. We still have few odd jobs
to do, such as 10000 feet of cable to
hand and trench, about 1000 poles to
set and about 800 miles of copper to
run.
l have gained considerable valuable
construction experience as the whole
job is ''up to me-" We have about 175
men in the battalion here and also have
three detachments of about twenty
men each working on other jobs.
l made an inspection trip of about
600 miles some time ago in order to
cover these detachments. l have a
bousC AOi my o"h use. we nave
twenty-six motorcycles, .twenty-three
trucks, four trailers, and Ford car
also have another Dodge inspection
car, but that is laid up for repairs and
we do not expect to see it again until
next year
ENCLOSURE.
Co. E., 413th Tel. B'n., S. c.,
American E. F., Nov. 1, 1918.
From: c. O., Co. E, 413th Tel. B'n.,
S. C.
To: c.. O., 413th Tel B'n, S. c..
Subject: Work done in three days by
this Company.
Monday, October 49, 1918.
|. Fifteen men set 10S poles-four H.
meters; ninety-six S-meters;
eight 9-meters and four stubs.
Three men hauled 73 poles 81 kilo-
meters-fifty-nine 8-meters; ten
10-meters; and four 11-meterS.
Four men placed 126 ten-pin cross
arms on poles, and gained and
framed one S-meter pole-3
gains.
Two men delivered 40 ten-pin
crossarms on line.
Fifteen men dug Is pole holes, in
rock-used dynamite on each
hole
Nuac6ay Ocfnhor 90 1919