+-------------------------------+-----+---------+--------+-------+-----+------ | | No. | Sent by | Time | Rec'd | | | =U. S. ARMY FIELD MESSAGE.= | _1_ | K _Mo_ | _1.15 | by |Time |Check | | | | A. M._ | | | | | [These spaces for Signal | | | Operators only] | +-------------------------------+--------------------------------------+------ | Communicated by | [Name of sending detachment] | BUZZER, PHONE, TELEGRAPH, | From___Headquarters 1st Corps_,_____________ | WIRELESS, LANTERN, HELIO, | | FLAG, CYCLIST, FOOT MESSENGER,| [Location of sending detachment] | MOUNTED MESSENGER. |At___Taylors School House, Kansas___________ | (Underscore means used) |Date__May 1, 1909___Hour__12.45 P. M.___No.__ +-------------------------------+ |____To_______________________________________________________________________ |_______________Signals_______________________________________________________ |_________________Platte City, Mo.____________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________________________ |_____Request ten miles buzzer wire be sent here quick________________________ |_____________________________________________________________________________ |____________________________________Jones____________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________________________ | Received_____________________________________ FIG. 16.] _Writing the message._--In writing the message the name of the sending detachment should appear after the heading "from" on the upper line, as "from Headquarters 1st Brigade," while the location of the sender should appear on the second line after the heading "at." The heading "hour" on the third line should show the hour the message was _written_ and not the hour the message was transmitted. The heading "received" at the bottom of the page is filled in by the addressee and shows the time of the receipt of the message by him. INSTRUCTIONS TO OPERATORS. _Use of message blank._--The field message blank will be used for field messages both sent and received.