The Washington times., 1907-12-02
Admiral Evans Will
Be in COmmuniCa-
ton With Ships 5
Miles Away.

Hello, Captain Wainwright; bring
the Louisiana in a little closer. and
tell Captain vreeland to keep further
back with the Kansas"
Sitting in the emergency cabin aft on
board the Connecticut as the Atlantic
Squadron winds its way through the
Strait of Magellan. Admiral Robley d.
Evans will be able to direct the move
ments of the feet with almost as much
case as he can give orders to the en-
gineer OF his own ship below by means
OF the speaking tube.
When Admiral Evans. IN command OF
the Atlantic Squadron. sails away on
the discussed trip to the Pacific.
there viii be a fleet Of twenty-seven
warships out at sea steamins along at
times miles apart, yet constantly in
full telephone communication with each
other.
Connected by Telephones.
This is made possible by the installa-
tion on board the flagship Connecticut
and other principal ships OF the SQUAD
ron Of the latest and most wonderful
development of invisible communica-
tion. the wireless telephone. In effect
the squadron will be like a gigantic
cnain. each link entirely separate from
its fellows and yet strung together by
invisible bands
Twenty-sevep telephones are to be
installed on the various ships OF the
outgoing feet comprising the principal
hattleships. Connecticut. Indnana, Iowa,
Massachusetts. Nebraska, Oregon and
Wisconsin, together with the accomp-
anyinE cruisers and auxiliaries. the six
torpedo boat destroyers, the supply
ships Glacier and Cylgoa. the repair
snip Panther, and Admiral Evans
Dispatch boat, the Yanktou.
The American navy is the first 10
adopt the wireless telephone in this
manner and put il into actual use dur
ing a long cruise.
Repeated official tests Of the apparatus
have been made, and the navy has
adopted this instrument as most essen
tial in naval service. affording a safe
and ready means of intership communi-
cadon and the transmission of orders
ana messages along the entire line of
vessels at sea, or talking between sea
and shore, as the case may be.
Test Satisfactory.
The wireless phone has been in u5e
on the Atlantic Squadron long enOuE p
TO demonstrate that it can be used to n
great advantage in naval strategy and
warfare. When the squadron went to
Provincetown. Mass, last summer for
practice cruising and cunning. a wire
less telephone was put on the Connecti-
cut Another was installed on board
th5 Louisiana. The instruments were
then subjected to all kinds OF tests. and
It was found that the wireless phone
was OF real practical value.
When the feet returned from its
cruise the results OF the tests were re-
ported TO the War Department which
forthwith ordered that all the principal
vessels going to the Pacific be similarly
equipped. Most Of the members Of the
squadron are now lying in the docks at
the Brooklyn navy yard. where the
work OF repairing and putting on fin
iShing touches is being rushed in prepa-
ration for the sailing of the feet, which
IS scheduled to take place about a
month hence.
The wireless telephone is destined to
offset many dangers and difficulties
which Il was impossible TO overcome
with the old method Of flag signaling
In the darkness OF night when the
thickest Of fogs or dense columns of
smoke obscure the long string OF YES
sells, rendering the ordinary flag signal I
Ing impracticable. from the emergency
cabin, where the wireless phone is To-