Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-19
THE WIRELESS STATION.
Governments System of Teleera-
ply at The Naval
Academy.

Illustrative of the Governments svs.
tenn OF the wireless telegram M The
Naval Academy, Ieslies' Weekly for
May Is, contains two we'll defined
photographs of the station at the Ma.
val Academy. One represents the Dort-
able house and pole IS6 feet hiob
and the other shows an interior view
OF the station where a wireless mes.
sage Is being received The uirturas
were made from photographs taken hv
Mrs. Charles II. Miller, OF Baltimore
Mrs Miller has also written an arti.
Gle III connection with the illustra.
tlons She says when the station at
| Cape Henlopen is finished ''the chain
OF government wireless telegraph Off
ces along the Atlantic coast will he
complete. They reach from Cane Eliza
beth. Me, 10 Pensacola. Fla. and
direct COMMUNICATIONS through the
intermediate stations may now be had
between these two points. All battle.
sh .ps are equipped with the wireless
system, ana IL rs an easy matter for
them to speak 10 any of these offices
while sailing mp or down the coast
The government has also established
stations at San Juan, p. r., Oulebra.
W. L., Guantanamo. Cuba, and Colon.
and this wonderful system is likewise
in vogue at Mares Island. California
and even ON the picturesque Faralion
Islands in the Pacific.
Two offices in the Philippines have
already been established, one at Cavite
and another at CabTa Island, while nj
Honolulu a splendid one is in course
OF erection. Very soon the passengers
VINO travel on the ships which skim
tho hnun,a ef 40.
learn news of the doings on land with
the same ease as those who take mas,
sage on the ones plOwing the broad
Atlantic. Iwenty-seyen government
stations are now complete. The Slaby-
arco and the Forest Instruments are
used, together with a receiving anna
ratus invented by Lieutenant Com
mander Hogg, of the navy. This in.
strument is proving a great success and
is found to be the most sensitive of
any. -Four men are usually employed
at station, although in some cases
two are doing the work These men
must be electricians of the highest
type, also expert telegraph operators
They first enlist as electricians TO
the navy, and should they desire TO
become wireless operators they are sent
ment for that purpose. One of the
most interesting stations along the
coast is at Annapolis, in charge of
NJ essr. O. b. Hart and w. A Eaton
The former has the distinction of be-
ing the only man in the service who
required no instruction from the wire
less school. The office is on the Naval
Academy grounds near the Midship-
mems quarters. A pole ISG feet high
towers above the big trees which line
Lovers Lane, and a dainty little
portable house, which can be put up
or pulled down in few hours, holds
the instruments. The whole machin-
cry is to be moved to another part of
the grounds when the new buildings
are completed.
Daily communications are held
with Washington and Cape Henry, and
indirect messages frequently come from
Cape Cod and Key West, while numer.
Gus ships which pass up the Chesa-
peake, speak TO the operators. The
system has worked perfectly, and no
trouble is anticipated except in case Of
an electrical storm. The station is in
the department of seamanship, which
is under the direction of Commander
w. 4. Halsey. ana although the Mid
sh1pmen are not expected to become
expert wireless operators, they receive
instruction enough along this line to
know how it is done. should occasion
ever arise to press them into service on
a battleship''
The same magazine also contains a
picture OF Governor and Mrs. Warfield
at the Naval Academy the day the S.
A. X. cup was presented.