Joseph Fulton "Bald Knob" Ware (December 22, 1880 – August 5, 1969) was professor of Military Science and Tactics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute from 1911 to 1914.

His older sister Adelaide Minerva Ware died in infancy, though the rest of his siblings lived to adulthood.

[4] Ware also served as Commandant of the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets from 1911 to 1914, and was a professor of Military Science and Tactics, and assistant in mathematics.

and became division signal officer under General Crondite and Jack Barnes, during which time he traveled to Langres to lecture to staff college.

In the winter and spring of 1919, Ware traveled often, frequently in Toul, Mihiel, Coblenz, Luxembourg, and Nogent en Bassigny while based in Le Mans.

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Om March 1921, Ware was promoted to Signal Corps Major, and received a salary of 485 dollars a month.

The Signal Corps Radio set was developed in Washington, in order to make a portable apparatus that would provide a more secret and uninterruptible mean of communication with troops in advanced positions.

The American Expeditionary Forces in France researched this set as well, and Ware developed the final and most advanced model in June 1918.

This new model was considered the most effective means of communication for soldiers in advanced positions and remained in use until the end of the war.