"I can't tell you yet, Major. So far I can tell, it is something new to science and I am not sure just what it looks like. However, I hope to be able to show it to you shortly. Is there a telegraph office here?"
"No, but we have a Signal Corps detachment with us, and they have a portable radio set which will put us in touch with the army net."
"Good! Can you place a tent at my disposal?"
"Certainly, Doctor."
"All right, I'll go there, and I would appreciate it if you would send the radio operator to me. I want to send a message to the Bureau of Standards to forward me some apparatus which I need."
"I'll attend to it, Doctor. Have you any special advice to give me about the guarding?"
"Yes. Have you, or can you get, any live stock?"
"Live stock?"
"Yes. Cattle preferred, although hogs or sheep will do at a pinch. Sheep will do quite well."
"I'll see what I can do, Doctor."