Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
important Invention in Regard
! to Wireless TeIegraphy.

AS a result of exhaustive experiments
with wireless biography. Gen. Greeley,
chief signal officer. announces that receiv-
ers have been perfected that will enable the
army to intercept and read the messages
sent by any system Of wireless telegraphy In
use. With the receivers in question the
United States Signal Corps has placed Its
code of secret INSTRUMENTATION ahead of
that of the naval system.
Gen. Greedy declines to talk about the in
vention beyond saying that '.the new army
receivers intercept and record all messages
of all known systems. The invention is
absolutely secret, and will remain So"
At the present time the United States
navy uses three systems of wireless teleg-i
raphy-the Fessenden, the Arco-Slaby and
the De Forest Now with the new fnven-
ton of the Army Signal Corps the messages
sent by any of the warships can, it IS said,
be intercepted and used. 1t is understood
that the army will install the improved
wireless receivers in every fort In the couri-
try. The invention places the army in q
position to cause considerable trouble to
foreign governments in the event of clash,
and the news of the invention will undoubt-
eddy attract great interest abroad.
Testing Submarine Boats.
which have undergone important changes
at the New York navy yard, will shortly
proceed to sea on trial trip, the result of
which will determine whether similar alter
ations shall be made In the submarines
Grampus and Pike, on the Pacific coast, ana
the Adder and the Moccasin at the Norfolk
navy yard. Considerable work is planneu
1of the submarines in the coming summer,
ana 1t Is likely that officers and enlisted
ia lyrf rai, F6,.- ~,
submarine navigation and in operations
such as would be required in time of war
When the submarines would be used against
the enemy.
Ordered to the Indiana.
Capt. e. d. Taussig. U.S.N., has been de-
tached from command of the battleship
Massachusetts. when that vessel is placed
out of commission at the navy yard, New
York. within a few days. and ordered TO
assume command of the battleship Indiana.
to be placed in commission at that yard at
the same time. The following named Of
ficers will also be detached from the Massa-
chusetts and ordered to the indiana Lieut.
Commanders e. Lloyd, jr A. B. Hofr and c.
Fl. Hayes; Lieuts. r. A. Alternately, G. Chase
Y. Stirling, jr., l.. J. Connolly and w. X.
Workman; Ensigns ]. F. Green and r. s.
keyes; Midshpmen q. s. Root, L. Cresap,
Conan; Surgeon p Leach. Assistant Sur
geon W. A. Angwin, Paymaster f. F. Hall,
Boatswain w. e. Amato, Chief Gunner A.
Hasler, Gunner ]. G. Ntcklas, Carpenter f,
NJ Kirchmier, and Warrant Machinists F.
f. Ingram, F. G. Sprengel, W. r. Scofield
and A. A. Shafer.
To Be Transferred From Annapolis.
If present plans are carried out the
Marine School of Application will be re-
moved from Annapolis to some other place,
DrOb9 hlV NaU 7 ba. ipS
ton was organized two years ago for the
purpose of training newly appointed com
mlsSlOned officers of the Marine Corps and
has been of value to the service. The ac-
commodatiOnS at Annapolis are poor, and
have required that the officers live in tents
in the summer and in the enlisted mems
barracks in the winter Several places are
under consideration as a new location for
the school. One is Brooklylr2 another New
London, a third Newport and fourth
Portsmouth. n. II. 1t is purposed to erect
a building for the accommodation of the
school, provided an appropriation for that
purpose can be obtained from Congress.
Cadets to Box and Wrestle.
Sparring and wrestling have been added
to the exercises in athletics at the United
States Military Academy. These additions
to the physical training stunts" at west
Point are in keeping with a general scheme
to broaden the scope OF athletics at the
academy. 1t IS the purpose of those in au-
tnority to develop greater efficiency among
the future officers of the army in gymnas-
tics, fencing, swimming, sparring, wrestling
and general athletics TO do that 1t will be
necessary to nearly double the present force
of instructors at the academy and to detail
81 least one more army officer to that duty,
besides the one who is at present serving
Cruise of Atlantic Fleet.
The Atlantic feet will probably not leave
Hampton Roads for the winter maneuvers
in the West Indies until next Thursday.
Originally, it was planned that the fleet
should sail from Hampton Roads January
5, but number of alterations in various
vessels which were subsequently found
necessary caused the postponment. The
feet will probably go direct to Culebra,
exercising and maneuvering on the way
down.