Kodiak
                                         28 November 1945

     The telephone system serving Ft. Greely at this time 

consisted of a few thousand feet of aerial cable and a 

one-position W.E. #12 switchboard equipped with 100 sub-

scriber lines. This board was so busy during rush hours 

that 15 cord circuits could not handle the traffic. All 

the plant up to this time had been engineered and installed 

by the Navy contractor. At the insistence of the Post 

signal officer the contractor had ordered three additional 

switchboard positions and sufficient multiple to give a 

capacity of 300 lines. When the new positions were to be 

installed it was felt that the central office should be 

more securely located. ~ ne-tv frame building was construct-

ed by the Post utilities personnel in a location where the 

terrain formed natural revetzaent on three sides. The new 

switchboard positions and the necessary cable plant to 

reach the new office were installed by ACS and 14th Signal 

Service technicians.

     With the arrival of the ACS engineering officer in 

May 1942 all engineering of signal installations for the 

Army was discontinued by the Navy contractor and taken over 

by ACS. The functions of supply were taken over by ACS at 

the same time, and with the exception of materials already 

on order, nothing further was supplied by the contractor.

     Expansion of the Post telephone aerial cable system 

was engineered during the summer of 1942 and construction 

was carried out by the contractor and 14th Signal personnel.


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