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Excerpt from Military Signal Corps Manual The Camp Telephone and the Buzzer; Induction Telegraph Set; Radiotelegraphy; Radio Apparatus of the Signal Corps; Visual Signaling Equipment; Flag Kits; The Heliograph; The Acetylene Lantern; Technical Equipment of Personnel; Transmission of Military Information; General Instructions for Army Signaling; The American Morse Code; The International Morse or General Service Code; Instruction in Garrison; Visual Stations; Telegraphy; Visual Signaling in General; Signaling by Flag, Torch and Lantern, or Beam of Searchlight (Without Shutter); Signaling with Heliograph, Flash Lantern, or Searchlight (With Shutter); The Ardois System; Signaling by Two-Arm Semaphore; Signaling by Hand Flags; General Instructions for Locating and Operating Visual Stations; Letter Codes; Telegraph Code Books and Ciphers; Conventional and Preconcerted Signals with Rockets, Bombs, Small Arms and Guns; Flag Signals by Permanent Hoist; Emergency Signals; Conventional Telephone Signals; Signal Troops in the Field; Reconnaissance, Patrolling and Scouting; Military Map Reading; Signal Troops in Field Service; Field Lines; Camps; Company Guard Mounting; The Signal Corps and General Coast Defense; Coast Defense Information in War About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.