Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1904 — The Telephone in War. [ARTICLE]

The Telephone in War.

“Scooting with the aid of the telephone has become one of the feature# of modem warfare, and ia now being made use of by the Japanese,” says the Western Electrician. “Two scouts proceed from the lines toward the enemy; one, the* observer, is a skilled army officer, who makes the observations, which are transmitted back to headquarters through a telephone line paid out from a reel carried by an electrician of the signal corps. A ground return Is used, the ground being made by •thrusting a bayonet or hatchet into the earth and attaching one end of the line to it. The electrician carries a battery on his back. He also makes the connections and does the talking. A special conductor Is used, which will stand the rough usage. In this manner a scout may be able to stay out a long time and give valuable information without being obliged to make a number of hazardous trips to the front.”