10-4 ( https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24353 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24353 doesn't seem to have numeric codes, yet probably they were translated for

10-4 ( https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24353 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24353 doesn't seem to have numeric codes, yet probably they were translated for the benefit of the reader: I doubt "Please send slower!" was transmitted in exactly those characters during a conversation which opened "B m—X n") EDIT: confirmed: Then followed the figure "4," which means, "When shall I go ahead?" EDIT: according to http://www.civilwarsignals.org/pages/tele/wurules1866/92code.html http://www.civilwarsignals.org/pages/tele/wurules1866/92code... Nattie's "Please repeat." would've been "R" on the wire, so "Please send slower!" was probably symbolised with equal brevity? It also gives -13- as "I understand", which makes more sense, as a reply to -12-, than the wikipedia page's entry.