Signal book : United States Army, 1914.

Title

Signal book : United States Army, 1914.

Description

Cover pockets for notes and memoranda.

War Department doc. No. 44.

Table Of Contents

Partial contents: Introduction -- The international Morse or general service code -- The American Morse code -- Visual signaling -- Signaling with heliograph, flash lantern, or searchlight (with shutters) -- Signaling by hand flags with two-arm semaphore code -- General instructions for Army signaling -- Special methods of signaling -- Conventional and preconcerted signals with rockets, bombs, small arms, and guns -- Flag signals by permanent hoist -- Emergency signals -- Additional and improvised codes -- General instructions for locating and operating visual signal stations -- Telegraph code books and ciphers -- The field message -- Infantry company signal flags -- Visual signaling equipment -- Field message book, U.S. Army.

Date

1914

Contributor

United States. Army. Signal Corps.

Publisher

Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office

Extent

88 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, (black and white and color) ; 16 cm

Format

Bibliographic Citation

Monographs Collection/The Museum of Flight Library Collection

Identifier

LMON_text_051

Call Number

UG573 .U5 1914

Collection Organization