Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 549
itythat it would remain. The immense telegraphtrains, the miles and tons of wire, the clumsypoles, and the big force of workmen are still re-membered by those who are boys of 61. Thetelegraph has undergone a great change since 414 THE NERVES OF AN ARMY [Mar., that day, and to-day the military… … SENDING A MESSAGE ON A STOLEN WIRE. THE MAN AT THE TOP OF THE POLE IS WAITING TO DISCONNECT THE WIRE. Morse instrument for anything but permanentlines, and it has done this because it is infinitelylighter, smaller, better, and more efficient. To begin with, the field buzzer, instruments,batteries,…
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