Facilities in France may be obtained at the Branches of the
Societe Generale.

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TO FLASH THE HOUR
BY ARMY WIRES.
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New A. E. F. Lines Will
Insure U. S. Well-Set
Time Pieces.
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Correct time is now being transmitted to the A. E. F. over its own
system of telegraph lines. Formerly field wireless stations each day at
a certain hour picked from the air figures flashed from Paris by which
the clocks of the array were synchronized. This method did not insure
absolute accuracy.

Each day at eleven o'clock a simultaneous signal is sent to every
station so that through the existing zone, and at the front as well,
clocks and watches show the same time. This synchronization is desirable
under present conditions and it is an absolute necessity with troops at
the front when, for instance, orders may specify that some operation is
to be carried out at one point at a certain time and another operation
at another point at another time. The success of both operations may
depend upon whether they are launched on the second.

Miles upon miles of telegraph wires strung on poles labeled "U. S. A."
now stretch through France. They may be found running to base ports,
zigzagging through the instruction zone over hills, through a valley,
along a roadside. On some of the poles there are double cross-beams
supporting in many cases as many as ten wires. There is a complete
system of operators and central exchanges as well as a considerable
force of linemen and repairmen, quite a number of whom worked for
telephone and telegraph companies in the United States before the war
began. The "service" leaves little, if anything, to be desired.

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HOW THEY SPOT US.
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"Madame, where in this town can one get a drink, _s'il vous plait_?"

"Ah! I can see that M. l'Americain comes from the State of Maine!"

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TRY POTATO BUGS IN BOMBS.
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An Ohio Man's Suggestion on How
to Win the War.
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The war will soon be over. An Ohio man will end it. He has suggested t