Word: signal
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...enthusiastic meeting held last night in the Cruft Laboratory for men interested in signal corps work, Captain C. E. Russell, of the United States Signal Corps, emphasized the vital need for college men in this branch of the service. He spoke of the nature of the signal corps work and explained the details of the reserve battalion that he is now forming. Twenty-two members of the University enlisted last night, and with this number Captain Russell will form a nucleus for a signal corps class here. He will also detail an army officer to carry on the work. Professor...
Other members of the University who are interested in this signal corps work, and who desire to enlist are to attend the opening meeting of the class which will be held about May 7. Full particulars and information will be given in the CRIMSON at that time...
Captain C. E. Russell, of the United States Signal Corps, who has been detailed by the Eastern Department to recruit a reserve battalion of the signal corps, will speak in the Cruft Laboratory Holmes Field, tonight at 8 o'clock. His subject will be the nature of signal corps field work, and he will also explain the details of the battalion he is forming. After the talk plans will be discussed for radio instruction for those who intend to join either the Naval Reserve or the Signal Corps Reserve and are not yet up to the requirements of 15 words...
...Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps is one of the best branches of the service for men to enter, for in rank it stands next to the Engineer Corps, and its work is most necessary to the nation in time of war. The requirements for commissions in this reserve are very high, but the only requirements for the noncommissioned ranks are that the applicant be a citizen of the United States between the age of 18 and 45 years. When the army is fighting the field battalion works at the absolute front and maintains communication with every unit, post, and detachment...
...meeting tonight is open to all members of the University and of Technology who are interested in radio work, or who are considering the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps as a means of serving the country. It will be of particular interest to the men under 21 who are not qualified for army commissions...