New Britain herald., 1919-04-05

"A
 tho 326th Field Signal BastalHon
 history of his company from it's
 mobiliza ton, July .5. 1917, until it's
 most recently recorded advance into
 the Army of Occupation into Witt lich. Germany, Dec. 14. A. P. o. 792, Wittlich, Germany. goth March 1919. Enclosed herewith arc a few facts concerning Company "A" Connecti- cut Signal corps, which I commanded
 at the time it responded to the call 1 of the president on July p. 1917. 1 l'ifty-four men are still members of 1 the battalion, most of them from i hartford and vicinity. The battalion is engaged at pres eht m operating and maintaining, i raolo telephone and telegraph com Huhlcatlons for the Seventh Army ! corps Army of Occupation. Company | IS operating two radio stations 1 for the transmission of official mes l sages, one radio station for receiving 1 from airpanes, a Panel station for communication to airpaneS, stor- | age battery charging plant to take 1 care of the batteries used in this work and two radio stations for re-
 ceivng news. These last two Stations receive from the large radio stations ! Tn the United States as well as from I all the large European stations This news is published twice q day, eacn edition consisting of from six l 10 e'ght closely typewriter pages. By using carbon paper, eight copies are made which go to the commanding 1 general and the chiefs of the various ! starr sections. G-2 Section of the ! corps staff combines these two edi- uohS once day to d mimeograph 1 edluon Whlch is distributed through ] out the corps down to battalion head I quarters of the various units. A copv ! of the typewriter edition is enclosed. ! The telephone central operates two forty drop boards. The telegraph l office has handled from two hundred ! and fifty to three hundred messages ! day. some of the m essa ges running ! as high as nine hundred words. For transportation the battalion ! has C. M. C. pneumatic tired l16 ton trucks, Harley Davidson motor cycles with idle cars and Dodge tour ] ing cars
 The three officers of Co A. Conn. l Signal corps in 1917, were formerly ! members of Troop F. Conn Cavalry. 1 they have all remained with the bat talion. Captain A. Nj. Dexter, who ] commanded Company "C" until re- ] gently returned to United States at 1 his own request, to be discharged,
 was 1st It. when the company left ! Hartford. 1st It. r. J. Shearer who l is battalion adiutant was also 1st It. ! in the Connecticut company. l c. l.. SHELDON. 1 Capt. Co. "A. 32Gth 1 Field Signal Bn 1 A. P. o. 792, 1 American F.. F. l X few facts concerning Co A. Sig
 nal corps, Connecticut National ] Guard
 t317--
 l July 25-Companv reported at
 state armory. Hartford Conn. of | fcers, 79 enlisted mer. 6 reservists. ! tOfficers, Capt. c. l.. Sheldon, First | Lieutenant A. NJ. Dexter First Lieu ] tenant F. J. Shearer) l July 26-F'irst Lieutcnau: F. J.
 Shearet appointed camp q. m. of
 mobilization camp. Mantle, Conn, l and left Hartford same day. July 27-F'irst Lieutenant A. M. Dexter and 3 men with thirty horses 1 and five mules, left Hartford for Nj l antic over the road.
 l July 2S-Capt. Sheldon and bal
 ance of company left Hartford by
 train for Mantle, entire company ar l rived at mobilization @ 'np, Mantle,
 at noon that day
 l August 1--Assumed charge of and
 operated Western Union office at the ! camp.
 ii1ro
 into federal service.
 August 5-Organiza tion "drafted"
 into the army of the United States.
 August 24-Esta blished telephone
 censorship of the camp.
 l August 25--Transferred men to
 101st regiment engineers, 26th divi-
 sion.
 September s-Left n1obilizatio
 camp, Nianti, Conn, to join depot
 brigade, 18th division al Camp Bart
 lett Westfeld Mass, officers. 70
 men. Arrived same day.
 | September 14--Transferred 6 men to 101st field signal battalion, 18th
 division.
 lett, Westfcld, Mass for Camp
 Greene, Charlotte, x. C, officers
 64 men. Arrived at Camp Greene the
 21st.
 December 21--Lieutonant Shcarer 1 relieved from duty as camp q. m, Nj 1 antic Conn, and rejotned organza
 ton.
 1918-
 January 11--Com pany moved to
 Camp Wadsworth Spartan burg S. C., and attached to provisionaI depot for 7 corps and army troops.
 January 16-Company designation
 changed to Co A. 326ch Field Signal
 battalion. Battalion organized as