Telegraphy the sense of a system that can transmit arbitrary messages over arbitrary distances. Lines of signalling relay stations can send messages to any required distance, but all these systems are limited to one extent or another in the range of messages that they can send. A system like flag semaphore, with an alphabetic code, can certainly send any given message, but the system is designed for short-range communication between two persons. An engine order telegraph, used to send instructions from the bridge of a ship to the engine room, fails to meet both criteria; it has a limited distance and
Two Flags West In the film, when Confederate agent Ephraim Strong enlists Tucker into participating in the scheme, Tucker alludes to the unsuccessful New Mexico Campaign by saying, "You mean what General Sibley had in mind three years ago?" Historically the strategy remained a proposed contingency until late in the war, although it was never again attempted. "Two Flags West" opened October 14, 1950, at the Rivoli Theater in New York City, to a favorable review from "New York Times" critic Bosley Crowther. Two Flags West Two Flags West is a 1950 Western drama set during the American Civil War, directed by Robert