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PAGE TEN. DAILY EAST OREGON IAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1005. TWELVE PAGES. TREE TELEGRAPHY TAUGHT IN THE ARMY On September 1 the war department! established a school at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., for the education of ar my officers In slgnul corps work. Gen eral Hell, who Is stationed at Fort Wravrnworth, will have charier- of the school, while Major George O. Squler, who hns been the chief officer of the signal corps, department of California, hue Just left San Francisco to act as Ceneral Bell's assistant. Ten officers were selected by the war department to take the course of instruction the first year and later the amber will be Increased. The men will be taught every class t field work, including uulomobiltng and tree telegraphy. Heretofore this class of work has keen limited to the signal corps nion alone, who made themselves proficient ta such work as would facilitate In stant communication between officers ef different regiments during a war. Now that the war department thinks It wise that every officer understand the features of signal corps work. With this end In view the school at Fort Leavenworth Is t ) be eslablishod. Major Squler, who will take such an dative part In this new department, aaa already gained much prominence by his Interesting experiments In tree telegraphy. His experiments at Camp Atascadero near Paso Roblos, Cal last August, were startling In the ex treme, as they revealed truths which have been hidden from science, and mow have opened up a new field for rasearch and experiment for botanists and physicians along lines which have aaver been atten.pted. The work which brought Major Pqulcr before the public was the re salt of an incident occurring, during the maneuvers of the signal corps at Camp Atascadero. The men were drilling In the field last August. Their duty Is to lay and maintain lines of communication for tie army by employing a "ground" circuit for a telephone, driving an iron bar into the earth, moist soil, of course, being necessarily chosen as a rial place. During a previous drill at Ameri can Lake, Wash., the signal corps en countered much difficulty In securing moist soli for its operations. After many failures Lieutenant W. M. Good ale though of a tree as a proper solu tion of the trouble. A tree, naturally will find water. The lieutenant's happy Idea brought about results which will prove of Immense value to the war department. Down at Camp Atascadero when the sun-baked earth would discourage the most enthusiastic disciple, the "tree ground" offered every opportu nity for the most Interesting experi ments. The method employed by the signal corps was to drive a nail Into the liv ing part of a tree and a wire from this led from the "tree ground." From the other terminal of the Instrument, a signal wire Is laid loosely along the ground to the station where It is at tached to the receiver. The gratifying results obtained from his experiment attracted the attention of Major Squler, who gave the matter a great deal of thought. It then oc curred to him that trees might be used for the purpose of wireless tele graphy. There Is a wireless telegraph sta tion at Fort Mason, also one on Yerha Buena. a small Island In the bay of San Francisco. At both stations there are some eucalyptus trees. One of the trees at Fort Mason was selected to demonstrate the practicability of the major's Idea. An aerial wire was lowered from a 75-foot pole and led to the tree. In which a nail a driven Almost immediately signals were re- received from Verba Buena. and the value of Major Squler's discovery was at once established. All officers assigned to signal in structlon will be given a thorough course In Squler's system. 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