New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-08
THE TELEPHONE ~ UiRFfRE.
GENERAL GKEEfY DEMONSTRATES ITS IMi'H-
TANCE BY Az INCIDENT or THE WAR ~
CoKEA-IsE OF CArTIvE bAIIOONF

GENERAL GREEDY DEMONSTRATES ITS IMioR-
TANcE BY Az INCIDENT or THE WAR ~
,,oKEA-UsE OF CAPTIVE BALLOoNs
Washington Nov. 7-Cieneral Greedy. chief OF the
signal Service. his annual report to the Secre
tary OF War makes interesting reference 10 'he
use OF the telephone In warfare win especiaI rel
.reace to the contest now In progress IN IN" East
IAN late wars" he says. and especially the one
now wagng between Japan and China. indicate
that electrical connections Indispensable to the
success OF any army operating on base apart
from the general Geographic system Nppie-
ciating this fact the work Of the signal oiIS ior
the last few years has been given TO experimental
work in the equipment OF its flying telegraph lines
90 that IT may be ready for any possible emer-
rencv and the system is 30 arranged that it looks
10 performing temporary telephone service
whether between headquarters OF "A regiment anu
separate companies. or an army ana us difere"t
divisions, and whether such operations pcf'd" l"
garrison camp actual conflict
General Greely records the marvellous success
which has resulted from experiments IN the Army
With the single unInsulaic1 bimctallic wire lying
on the ground i'm wet grass. when Whispered 'o"-
ycrsation was conducted through Telephones nan
mile apart. When the wire War pattialIy p"rl''
the telephone could not be- held close 10 the ear VIII"
ont discomfort As showing the danger OF re-
ducin, concentrations for the Signal Corps. he cites
IA. significant instance in the current accounts 81
tho rrescnt corean war. where II WAS incntloneh
incidentally that the day following the p'''' 81
ping-ysnr the japanese signal and telegraph corps
ran into that city a flying telegraph line. extend
ing from Seoul a distance Of seventy miles. Inc
exnorlonccs of the Army Of the tnlteh states iaS'
wear showed that several military departments h"d
IA he strippod Of their signal sereeanis ana t'Ie
graph material to enable a similar l'"S'" VI INV
IN he constructed In the valley Of the Rio Grande.
The Signal CORPS is already experimenting WIN
q o,oot military balloon which las had many sue
ccssful asccnsions. and General fre"ys CORDS
.,,s ondeavored to keep advised as to practical
ov,rcos I'm the construction OF dirigiblc balloons
,, ..ronlones but nothing has developed during
tho wear that points to the speedy solution OF air
,io.tion The experiences of last wear, he says,
"rrovD NAT the utility OF the captive balloon ~
NOT confined To the open country, but on OCCASIONS
E, NAV he Of supreme importance In connection
with operations in the great cities. ne HIca,
,nnderu civ with it's solid blocks or compact
i,mIdinps extending for many miles. presents ul-
usual facilities for speedy ana uniistufb'l V,ini
az haze ON the part Of bodies OF la"ieSS anu 'lo'
,n destroyjng property The extreme diHlcuity Oh
overcoming riotous bodies "lthn 'he l' u, W
large city strkingly cxrmpiin n III IN , py
tnrlor body OF ill-discipncd and poorly cllippeo
wen successfully resisted the most determined
1Tnr,e NJ n superior force OF regulars. Nl'hin thc
,st vear The troops Of Army. called upon
"a ..sist the civil authorities. found themselves
ma rrhing miles OF distance to rcpess rotona pro-
cnmnlishcd its end and was already movins IN
disturbed and unobsefyed 10 another onJr - W
point Under such conditions me opei'u,', ,a,n
ppontivc balloon provided with electric ana teIe
caapr cnnncction with the commanding general
nner an unequallei means OF observing ' h,, IN
stanty reporting ne moVe NIL, ,h II" erv.iiIan"c
Of the commanding genera: ehaph"S MN " "''
with pronptness ana eHec"