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Identifier: belltelephonemag22amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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taffs in the Bellcompanies an opportunity to becomebetter acquainted with Army person-nel at the camps and Signal schools,and to learn about Army trainingmethods and requirements. As these requests for assistancebecame more frequent, the staff or-ganization of the American Tele-phone and Telegraph Companysensed the need for a more unifiedprogram of Bell System instructionfor service men, and arranged forconferences between the AssociatedCompany men responsible for train- more personal contacts the telephonemen achieved a better understandingof Army training courses and meth-ods and a clearer picture of theArmys objectives and how the tele-phone courses could contribute tothem. Despite the doubts and uncertain-ties which plagued so many activitiesprior to American entry into the war,considerable help was rendered bytelephone company schools to thearmed forces even in 1941. In thatyear instruction was given by the tele-phone companies to quite a numberof service men, and training staffs
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Teletypewriter classes are kept small in numbers so that the instructor maygive more attention to individual students ing and officers of the Armys gen-eral staff in Washington having simi-lar responsibilities. The Systemmen were also invited to visit theEastern Signal Corps School at Fort throughout the System were gainingvaluable experience for what was tocome. Meanwhile, as the handwriting onthe wall became increasingly more Monmouth. Out of these closer and legible, cooperation between the tele- 220 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER phone companies and the office of theChief Signal Officer in Washingtonresulted in comprehensive plans tomake fully available to the nationsarmed forces the Bell Systems train-ing facilities and teaching staffs forcourses in communication. The Systems Own TrainingSchools Were Available It should be noted here that theBell Systems program for trainingits own telephone craftsman and tech-nical men is one of long standing andis designed to meet the current n

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