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ACS Oserves 48th
Anniversary In
Alaska Service
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bined military and commercial
communications network for Al
aska that is as modern and ef
ficient as any in the world.
In September of 1900 a small
group of Wamcats signalmen com
pleted construction of the first
telegraph line in Alaska. This
was between Nome and Port Safe
ty a distance of 24 miles. On
August 7, 1903, the ACS put into
operation a radiotelegraph circuit
between Fort St. Michael and Port
Safety. (Fort St. Michael was then
headquarters for the department
in Alaska* a distance of 107 miles.
It is believed that this ACS cir
, cuit was the first wireless tele
! graph system in the world oper- ]
| ated regularly as part of a tele
graph system handling commercial
traffic. Certainly it was the first
point-to-point wireless channel
I put into service on the American
continent for commercial traffic.
During the following quarter
century the ACS led a near nor
mal existence, adding new sta
tions here and there as the ter
ritory began to grow and develop.
After Pearl Harbor though the
ACS suddenly jumped from a
small force of less than 200 of
ficers and men to a formidable
organization of over 2.000 skilled
technicians and operators.
During the Aleutian campaign
against the Japs in 1943, ACS
communications teams followed
the combat troops ashore at Attu
i Kiska Shemya and Amchitka and
j in short order established radio
I communications from these iso
t
| lated posts back to the main
headquarters at Adak, Kodiak and
Anchorage. At the same time other
men from ACS were installing
telephone systems at all of the
new military posts throughout Al
' aska. They also installed all of the
communication facilities for the
Army Airways Communication
System and the Aircraft Warn
j ing Service in the Alaskan area.
The ACS, with headquarters
in the federal building at Seatile.
now operates and maintains a
communications network covering
an area approximately one fourth
the size of continental United
States, and its facilities include
long lines telephone, overseas ra
dio telephone, radio tele'ype,
submarine cable telegraph and
telegraph money-order service.
Press and ship-shore radiophone
services are also available. These
facilities are interconnected in
Seattle with those of the Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph
Company and the Western Union
for communication to all points
in the US. and with the Canadian
Telephone and Telegraph Com
panies for communication through
out Canada. This service is pres
ently consists of about 100 mili
tary and civilian personnel and
36 telephone and telegraph sta
tions in Alaska, Col. T. J. Tully,
Signal Corps, a West Pointer with
over 29 years service in the army.
During World War II, Col. Tully
attained the ranfc of Brigadier
General and served overseas as
Chief Signal Officer of the Medi
terranean theatre. On these as
signments Col. Tully was Chief
Signal Officer for Generals Geo.
S. Patton Jr. and Omar N. Brad
ley. Gen. Bradley is presently the
U.S. Army Chief of Staff.
One of the outstanding charac
terstics of the System, which
prior to the war had the highest
reenlistment rate of any organ
ization in the entire U. S. Army,
is the intense pride and proven J
loyalty of personnel belonging to
the system. Many of these people j
have served with the ACS for
over 15 years. They know Alaska
and Alaskans know these men and
women of the ACS. An example
of the close relationship between
Alaska and the ACS can best
be found in the remarks of Hon.
E. L. Bartlett, Alaska Delegate
to Congress, when he appeared
before the House of Representa
tives on March 31, 1948, and said
“Since 1900 the Signal Corps
has been part and parcel of the
Alaska scene. First knwn as the
Washingtn Alaska Military Cable
and Telegraph System, and more
familiarly as the “Wamcats,” the
agency is now designated as the
Alaska Communication System.
But whatever name it bears, it
ranks high in the esteem of Al
askans and has played an im-;
portant part in the development j
of the territory. There civilian
as well as military communica
tion service is furnished by the
Signal Corps. Nowhere, I venture
to say, is there a closer community
of in'erest than between the per
sonnel of the ACS and the civ
, ilian residents of Alaska. There
l the military and civilian have lived
; in perfect harmony. It is interest
ing to note that at Point Barrow
Alaska, the Signal Corps estab
lished, in days long since passed,
one of its first outlying stations
of the weather reporting system.
It is interesting also to recollect !
that Gen. Billy Mitchell, great
j air force general, served as a first i
: lieutenant in the Wamcats. Al- '
, askans—and this description in
i eludes those of the ACS—are !
proud to note that the training
! received on the system stood the
nation in good stead in World War
CITY COUNCIL HEARS
SEAWALL BILL NEWS
At the City Council meeting
Monday night the clerk read a
telegram from Carl Lomen ,Wash
ington, D.C., addressed to- Com
mon Council, Nome, The Senate
passed the Seawall Bill today.
Carl Lomen. May 24, 1948.
A letter of resignation from A.
C. Brown was read. The Fire
and Police Chief included in his
resignation, a report on the con
dition of the equipment and fire
mains, and a complete inventory
at the station.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
petitioned the City to sell two
lots at the edge of town near the
end of D Street. A committee was
appointed to look into the matter.
MRS. J. I. ANDERSON AND
SON RON RETURN HERE
Mrs. J. I. Anderson and son
Ronny, who have been living in
Kingston, Washington, returned
to Nome to be with Mr. Anderson,
Dock Superintendent for Lomen
Commercial Company.
I and World War II. Experienced
men from the system provided
the foundation upon which the
expanded Signal Corps organiz
ation of the wartime armies was
built.
“We in Alaska are proud of the
Alaska Communications System
and its accomplishments. As a
training ground for the Signal
Corps and as the communicat:ons
agency for all of the territory,
the ACS has discharged its res
ponsibilities in a manner which
reflects credit upon the entire
Army.”
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