Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Military Sup't C. S. Tel” in article 10 of The Daily Dispatch: August 9, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
...rial in his charge.
Such in stances of carelessness as were exhibited on the part of the operators at Midway and Georgetown will be severely dealt with. "By order of C. A. Ellsworth, "General Military Sup't C. S. Tel 'ph Dep't."
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