Seward daily gateway., 1926-08-11
MORE ON SIGNAL CORPS
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ing he said; "It is a pleasure for me in behalf of the city to extend any service or courtesy we may render to the officers and men of the Signal Corps"
 Following adjournment of the lunch con and during the interview accorded The Gateway representative, Captain Guthrie gave out the added informa tion that at the present time housing plans and other arrangements are be- ing made in advance of the arrival of the Stewards new citizens. Many of the soldiers and their families will be chartered at the radio station across the bay but four or five families and many of the unmarried men will have to seek shelter in the city, he said.
 Headquarters from the first of next month on, will be in the two story stucco house now occupied by Master Sergeant Sanford in charge of the cable office. In this building will be the offices of Captain Guthrie, Lieu tenant Clarke and It. Jones and their respective staffs of clerks and assist ants. Warehouse A, of the railroad company. has been turned over to the Signal Corps and will be used as warehouse to house the signal supplies clothing and equipment of the entire / system. The cable office will remain where it is in the Government build ing but a large room on the second floor has been reserved for remote control station for the radio depart ment
 In the warehouse will be located the store. owned and controlled by the en- listed men, from which staple groc- eres and necessities will be sold at cost to soldiers only. This store, Cap tain Guthrie says, will not compete with local grocery establishments any further than is necessary to reduce the cost of soldiers living to point within the government allowance.
 we are bringing to Seward some of the finest men in the finest army in the world" he said. "The high standard of selection observed by the Signal Corps everywhere is a matter of com mon knowledge, but the men chosen for Alaskan service are in every way exceptional. We have privates who-are today operating one-man stations in the interior which requires high mech anical and professional skill, diplo- macy and business sagacity and integ- rity and they are carrying on their duties year after year without an CT Tor so far as we can judge. Some of them are operating stations they have set up themselves in the wilderness and which no officer ever has seen.
 "A soldier comes in out of the States, received his outfit and tech nical equipment, plus few instruc' tions.
 "Jones', says the officer you will proceed by railroad two days to this point indicating the point on map; from there you will take boat for five days down the river At this point indicating again, you will procure a pack horse and proceed over the mountains to your station. There you will erect masts and give us signal You're off Time goes by; weeks and maybe months. Then, one fine evening the control station hears faint click and out of the blue a message IS re- ceived which a calm soldier operator relays on to proper authority: Fri vate Jones reports. Very we'll says the authority looking up from his writ ing tell him to keep snappy; We've got waiting list for his job"
 These are the kind of men we nave in Seward already, and many more of the same are coming from Valdez Captain Guthrie hopes they will be taken into. the hearts and homes oi the people of this community and that I their unSelfish devotion to duty and