What an R.T.O. Should do on Taking Over System - August 12, 1918
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HEADQUARTERS 128th FIELD ARTILLERY. A.P.O. #711, A.E.F., France, 12 August 1918. WHAT AN R.T.O. SHOULD DO ON TAKING OVER SYSTEM 1. Secure from the old telephone officer a diagram of the system and insist that he go over the entire system with you. 2. Find out the amount of material he is leaving behind for your use, and pay him back. On leaving the position the new telephone officer will turn the same amount over to you. 3. Go over the old diagram carefully and learn all locations by heart so as to be able to go there in the dark. Try to better the system, but try to do it on paper first, and be sure you are bettering it. 4. Send your men out over the line to look for grounds, poor splices or poor insulation. Have them locate loose pickets or missing insulators. 5. Roll up all circuits not in use. 6. Test all circuits, and see that all lines are labelled. 7. Inspect cut-in boxes, ending boxes, distributing and reporting frames and junction boxes. See that they are in good condition and properly made. 8. Get your materiel up where it is handy for quick work. 9. Inspect your centrals. See that they are dry and in a good condition. Be careful in installing your switchboards. See that they are boxed and that every line is labelled. 10. Look over the visual communication. Install your projectors immediately and at every available minute have your men practice. But not where it can be seen. 11. Get your list of codes and post them at the centrals. 12. Make arrangements with your station chief as to gas drill. 13. Get your Right of War list from Brigade and post it, along with your system diagram and your code list. Find out if there are any general orders concerning your stations. If so, post them too. 14. Meet the Brigade and Divisional Signal Officer and make immediate arrangements for drawing all equipment necessary. 15. Get your men to their proper places, under their proper N.C.O. and get them there in a hurry. Have them instructed in detail as to their duties to refreshen their minds, and, if possible, have the central who is being relieved give them some pointers.
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| Title | What an R.T.O. Should do on Taking Over System - August 12, 1918 |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Source | Unknown. What an R.T.O. Should do on Taking Over System. 12 August 1918. Rumbold, Frank M., General Collection. A1331. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Instructions on what a radio telephone operator should do when taking over a system. These instructions came from the headquarters for the 128th Field Artillery. Frank Meeker Rumbold served as Colonel of the 128th Field Artillery during World War I. He later served as Adjutant General of Missouri from 1925 to 1927. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. Army. Division, 35th; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; World War, 1914-1918--Communications |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 128th |
| Site Accession Number | A1331 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | August 12, 1918 |
| Language | English |