New-York tribune., 1905-06-13
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS.
rrRom THE TRIBUNE BUREAU

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NAVAL. WIRELESS wRANGLE.-The Navy
Department officials continue TO receive commun-
cations from the Marconi company respecting the
use OF the wireless telegraph system, over which
there is destined to be something OF a legal
wrangle- The contracts between the government
and some five or six wireless firms have been linn
ited to those concerns which would consent to
unhampered use of the system without the re-
str1ctions imposed by the Marconi people. The
orders placed by the Navy Department ex-
peFimental. and it will depend upon the per
Iormances of the companies whether further
6eIs are placed. It is felt that the safety OF the
government and the interest of the public will
pest served by encouraging competition and the
use OF systems which are found to be best suited
to naval purposes on shore or at sea. It is for
this reason that the contracts for the systems used
st the naval shore stations and those placed on
board of the ships call for definite performances.
such as requiring communication for a distance of
% ' mi Tnaies Tbs has not been accomplishing by any
pa- tlent although some of the systems have come
The naval experts say that it viii be possibis be-
e roae long, with the powerful apparatus being
cisco and Honolulu and arrangements to that end
. aIo oe1ng made by the Naval Bureau OF Equip
Iaent n dnat wiz be the greatest achievement nado
& II, T1reiess telegraphy. and consequently there is
students in the art will remove the physical OBJ
stecies in the way of making the long distance rec
eress did not enact the law regulating wireless
It is fe that m t5 c e9unfTy at least along the coast
and that the growth OF the conflicting interests
wireless. considered so important in time of war
1t IS realized also that much would have resulted
q the wireless for whioh deiegafes We're n appointed
sion is sad 70 bs % The of Of the ]
ana Italian governments TO await the conclusion
tract
ORDERS IsSUED.-The following army and
navy orders have been issued:
ARMY.
R'fpsnsnt 5lisS5v Of nsutsnans Colonel JOHN TwEEDA
Aeutenant Colonel William H Miller deputy quarter
oon@i.ssS1 asSsE general a;, Na3oT AE 1 IsFFS
on ay anfa u G9Ps 10 a nf'ns @ @ SsOna Guard ASs0
NAVY
'ufenent az PRx6e W SEXTON to the vesuyius;
Wsshington. to Naval and Medical E8aminins Boards
MOVEMENTS OF NAVAL VEssELs-The
following movements of vessels have been report
ed TO the Navy Department
ARRIVED.
June Ie-The Marblehsad Portland. Ore: the Ajax
st @Gaanta1amo; @ the Vixen, at Santiago; the Maine.
the the Siren the SILVIA and the Rocket, at solonons:
mons ''1N-O4 q ->0F'' i'''eF' 'he IeFF0F' at SOLO
June 1.-THE Wasp, Pensacola; the Uncas at Guam
4apd G &sW VHs Y64 and the kentucky at Navy
June I2-The Vixen. Puerto Plata
SAILED.
June 1o-The Iwans, from Boston for Newport; the
Vixen from Santiago for Porto Plata: Maine
TompdnsVille for navy yard, New-York.
June 1.-THE Puritan the Hornet Siren, Terror
the Texas the Florida the Arkansas. the Newark. the
Atlanta, the Hartford, the Nevada the WhippIe
Stewart the Silvia and the MacDonough from Solo
mons for joint exercises: Rocket from Solomons
for Indian Head the Kearssrge the Kentucky
from North River for yard New-Yorlx: Mar
cellus from Sooons for Norfolk Standish from
solomons for Annapolis; the Wasp from St. Joseph
Bay for Pensacola; the Eldrida. from navy yard,
Nev-Eork Tor New-Haven; the Caesar. from navy
yard, New-Sork for Alexandria, Va the Pennsyl-
vania. from Cuebra for Guantanamo: the Baltirnore
from Shanghai for Cavite
1.-THE Denver from Santo Domingo City for
AEua: the Vixen. from Porto Plata for Guantanamo