Albuquerque citizen., 1908-04-30
WIKtLESS USED
WITH GOOD
RESULTS
Army is Supplied With Appd.
ratus and Easily COmmuni.
CateS...StatiOnS Planned.

Leavenworth Kan, April go
Wireless telegraphy is no longer con-
fined to the navy. Recently de-
tachment of Company A, signal corps,
from Fort Leavenworth, was in kan
sas CITY. Kan, and before it had been
in camp half an hour it was In COM
munication with Fort Leavenworth
with the small set of instruments
which 1t carried.
Indeed, the confidence among the
army officials is SO great that they
declare without any hesitation that
the system used in the United states
army is the best in the world ana
a careful study of the system would
lead anyone to believe that the asser-
tfon was correct. At the present time
the tests made at Fort Leavenw worth
are satisfactory in every respect.
The instruments themselves, as well
as the equipment, are made by the
government and the tests are made
by the officers in the army signal SER
vice school With a small portable
set which can be packed complete on
three mules and only weighs about
400 pounds, communication was
established over a distance of twenty
five miles.
When the signal corps is travelling
across the country the equipment Is
carried in a small trunk, which ex-
cites little curiosity In the trunk
however is an induction coil. the
Leyden Jars, a turning coil telephone
batteries and an electrotype receiver
for receiving messages. Then in ad.
all hA aS
which contain eight small storage
cells A 6O-foot portable pole Is
strapped by sections to the outside
of the trunk. A small set just de
scribed are for the use of a cavalry
brigade or a mobile army which il
crossing the country in rapid man
ner.
Another more powerful set is car
ried by wagons or automobiles ant
the range is correspondingly greater
The power for this set is furnished b,
a gasoline engine and the signal corpt
officers maintain that they can com
municate at least 100 miles. The poll
or mast is 100 feet high This Sc
when carried in an autd,hobile use
the engine in the motor car to furnish
the alternating current.
A more powerful set of instruments
differing little in construction from
the two others described, will soon b
established at Fort LeaVenworth
Fort Riley and Fort Omaha TIL
masts will be 200 feet high and vii
be made of steel This stationar,
type has been the most successful IL
the world for commercial business.
With such a set of instruments un
Interrupted communication has beel
maintained between Nome and st
Michael Alaska, although they ar
more than 120 miles apart Thou
sands of words a day have been trans
mitted. and there have been no mis-
takes made even in code messages
On account of the difficulty in keep
ing telegraph lines in repair, the gov
ernment will construct stations at tn
following places this summer:
Nome to Fort Gibbons. 400 mile
Fort Gibbons to Valdez $50 mile
Valdez to Sitka. ............ 800 mile
Sitka to Cape Flattery ..,..15O mile
There are now two stations in tn
Philippines and the signal corps ar
installing stations at Pinar del Rio
Santa Clara. Havana, Camaguey, San
tiago and ParaCoa, all In the West In
dies. Every government transport
provided with set of instruments, a