signal corps

noun

a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.

Origin of signal corps

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

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He has even picked up the Morse code, and only yesterday I found him relieving the signal-corps man at the key.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville Buck
The signal corps flashed their green and red lights from the tower to distant armories.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment | Charles E. Bolton
In 1912 the signal corps had increased the distance to 50 miles.
America's Munitions 1917-1918 | Benedict Crowell
It used to be asserted of Plodder that he was figuring for the signal corps.
Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life | Charles King
The signal corps troops of the division establish lines of information from division to brigade headquarters.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 | United States War Department

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