Manual Of Visual Signaling of the U.S. Signal Corps
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- Manual Of Visual Signaling of the U.S. Signal Corps
- Publication year listed
- 1905
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Manual Of Visual Signaling of the U.S. Signal Corps
Author: United States. Army. Signal Corps
Year: 1905
TABLE OF CONTENTS, CHAPTER I. — VISUAL SIGNALING Equation of arrangements 16 General instructions 18 Signal practice 19 Selecting location for a signal station 20 Concealing the location of a signal station Table of distances at which signals may be discerned 28 To establish a line of communicating stations 28 Finding a station 30 The Army and Navy Signal Code 34 Flash signals with acetylene lantern, heliograph or search-light 41 Order in which a message is transmitted 42 CHAPTER II. — GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATING STATIONS. Duties of each man on a station 46 Instructions to signal officers making reports 54 To make a reconnaissance of a battlefield 56 Repeating back a message 57 Repeating stations 59 Checking message 60 Care of signaling apparatus 62 CHAPTER III. — DAY SIGNALING APPARATUS. The heliograph 63 Ranges accomplished 66 Setting up and operating the heliograph 75 Suggestions for operating and caring for the heliograph 80 To reduce the intensity of flash for short distances 82 CHAPER III. — DAY SIGNALING APPARATUS — CONTINUED. Formula for determining the intervisibility of stations 84 The flag 88 How to place the flagman 90 Miscellaneous day signaling 91 Smoke signals