New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-23
IN ARMY md NAVY.
Important Experiments IN
Long Distance Wireless.
Iron The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington. Octobe

Washington, October %
GOVERNMENTS PLANS. - Important
experiments in long distance wireless teles.
raphy VIII soon be conducted by the gov
eminent. Impressed with the Importance
Of system which will in all cases Of
necessity trsnsTnit messages from some
place on the Atlantic seaboard for a dis
tance OF three thousand miles. the question
was taken up in earnest almost year ago.
The desirability Of such long distance
communication. officials say. Is obvious.
for in time OF war II would prove in
valuable 10 the government BY it the
Navy Department would be ready 70 con-
troll and direct readily from shore the
movements OF the fleets. This. together
with the proposition to install wireless
apparatus on ships. so that they may be
able 20 communicate with one another at
a distance OF one thousand miles. will put
the government in a position where direc-
tons given to one vessel may quickly be
transmitted TO another.
The experiments in communicating three
thousand miles are TO take place al Brant
Rock. Mass, beginning probably late in
December. instruments constructed for
this purpose have been installed IN a tower
more than four hundred feet high. Two
ham. are 20 be utilized as receiving sta
tions. Early in December these vessels viii
SAL on a trip which viii keep them within
q radius OF three thousand miles Of
Brant Rock the present programme con-
: templating CRUISE from the Scottish coast
to the West African coast and also In the
/ American tropics. Meanwhile, messages
viii be sent to each OF these vessels, both
H-t,
kilowatt power receiving apparatus. cap
! able, it is asserted, OF recording the long
! distance communications. At the same
! time the vessels viii exchange messages
for the purpose OF testing the apparatus
for communicating one thousand miles at
sea.
ORDERS IssUED.-The following orders
have been issued:
ARMY.
Captain THOMAS G. HANSON. 18th Infantry,
eTz Saaeqs ssss san a n51pSsas s
H. wee captain CAMPBELL l. BABCOLh.
( Leave Of absence: captain WILLIAM G. CA
PIES. corps engineers. one month
NAVY.
Commander A. GLEAvEs. detached command
the St Louis: 10 Washington, examination
Tor pfOT4oLlOns ana On tDLlPtetiyA Wall q
ders
E,nsign L F. WEIGH. detached the Davis; 10
duty in connection with fitting out tne
/ Ensign 3. r. SHIP, detached command the
LAWS: 10 duly IN connection with fitting out
Medical inspector P. LEACH. detached command
naval hospital. Newport; granted leave one
month thence 20 command naval hospitaI,
Las Animas. vice Medical Inspector Z. I.
HIBBETg home. wsit orders
Surgeon a n l.. MCCORMICK, to General
Electric Company. Schenectady. - -
Passed Assistant surgeon G. s HATHAWAY.
detaohed the Cheyenne; 70 duty IN eonnee-
ton with fitting out the New Orleans
Pssssd Assistant Paymaster l.. \. MEREEN-
BAKER detached navy yard, portsmouth
Assistant oTsV1ssler l. c. HAUGHEY. detached
navv yard Boston; TO the Castine, as pay Of
6cer ana OF Atlantic submarine neet. wee
Assistant Paymaster II. h PHlLBRlChs 20
uavv yard Portsmouth.
Aesistsrt Paymaster u. II. KARkER, detachec
the Culgoa ana wait orders
MOVEMENTS OF WARsHIPs.-The fol-
lowing movements of vessels have been
reported 10 the Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
oct 2t-The Nina. Al Newport; the CastIne, the
Piunger, the TaIantuia ana the viper at
TOmpkinsville.
Oct 22-ane Arayat, AZ CaFlte-