The Pensacola journal., 1905-01-22
TRAINING SAILORS TO MAN NEW
sTATIoRs-ENTsRE COAST TO
BE COVERED BY sYsTEM-sPE-
cIAL LONG DISTANCE INsTRU.
MENTs FOR PENSACOLA.

A recent issue of the New York
Tribune contained the following IN
teresting article on the progress the
government is making in the science
of wireless telegraphy. The article is
particularly interesting to Pensa-
colians, in view of the fact that this
city is mentioned as one of the ports
to be equipped with a special set Of
long distance instruments, probably
of sufficient power to communicate
with Colon district, as this is the
nearest port to the Isthmus Of Pana-
ma. The Tribune says:
The United States government, es-
pecially the navy, is just now making
rapid strides in wireless telegraphy
and is destined to lead the world in
the extensive use of this system Of
communication. A series of elaborate
experiments has been in progress re-
Gently, which has terminated in salts
factory results, far SURPRISING the ex-
pectations of the experts. Already
Nome has been put In touch with the
rest of our country. and a link, which
will complete the dream Of half
century, that of Geographically uniting
AuCItCd anu ASA Dg way VI DCuIlu5
strait, is scheduled for the near future
by some highly sanguine persons, who
declare that an Arctic trading COM
pany now holding a concession from
the Russian government will build an
overland telegraph spanning north
eastern Siberia, connecting with the
line extending along the TRANSIT
berian railway from Vladivostock to
st. Petersburg.
Wireless School.
In order to meet the increasing de-
mand for duty at wireless shore sta
tiOns and on ships already established
and shortly to be equipped. the Uni
ted States navy ras established the
most thorough wireless school in the
world. This, the latest department of
the service instruction, is quartered
in the second story of the bureau of
equipment building, Brooklyn navy
yard. Lieut.. W. A. Edgar, United
States navy, is executive officer of the
electrical and wireless school. Chief
Electrician Bean, who has charge of
the navy yard wireless station, and
Chief Electrician Delany are instruc-
tors. The class is housed on board
the receiving ship Hancock, and the
hours for experimental work are to
12 and / to 4. Saturday until Monday
is liberty time, when they have shore
leave.
Sailors Being Trained.
At present a corps of twenty-five
sailors is being daily instructed in the
mysteries Of this neF system Of COM
After completing three
months of systematic work their term
is ended. The curriculum of thirty
days seems short, but, owing TO the
scientific and systematic drilling of
Chief Electricians Bean and Delany,
the class Of wireless aspirants is
qualified in that time TO graduate, and
the graduates are competent to enter
any ship or shore station of the navy
and are able to fash message at the
rate of 10000 miles a second 100 or
200 miles distance and accurately re-
ceive an answer to the same.
Pay of Operators.
On graduation they are at. once
sent aboard ships and TO various Sec
tions far and near to begin real Work,
their salary increasing as promoted.
With hammock snugly rolled up, con-
his regulation bed, bag and
grip, with various necessaries, thel
graduate sets OF either for somei
tropic point, or, possibly, the bleak
Arctic coast of Alaska. In order toj
get a fine body of operators Unclel
Sam offers liberal pay inducements, !
including board, etc, far in excess OF.
in fact almost double, those of the or
dinary seamen recruits. The latter