The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-24
By FRANCIS TREVELYAN MILLER

seated It his Instrument and ready for
business
The telegraph came through its first
siege of military service as one OF tho
greatest modern 'nventions-in war
ana peace, II had demonstrated It's
practicdpility on the battlefield as
years OF commercial use could not have
done, ana henccforth the electric teIe-
graph met with no skept!cism.
To-day. in the United Suites alone.
there arc over 100000 miles of tcle-
graph Wires connecting each village
ana hamlet with the outside world.
and lts tcntaclos reuch into every nook
and corner of the globe.
Men who snt at the Ticker
There is not u man living on this
anniveraary who knows more about
these carly days OF biography than
Andrew Carnegie. He was instrumental
IN beginning the War Department
telegraph Office at Washington
Among other men in the service
were Colonel Arson Stager. e. S.
Sanford, ana Major Thomas II. Eckcrt.
Three OF the chief cipher operators
were ID. II. Bates, a. Il. Chandler and
G. A.iTinkcr.
There were two telegraph operators
In the Confederate Army who became
famous for ''wlre-tapping" Oucrator
80" ~ vas NoISun truStGu tGlcB-
rhpher, whose courage and resource
fuiness contributed largely 70 the sue
cess OF his generals raids
Lees confidential operator was c. A.
Gnston. who for six weeks hid in the
woods within Grants lines during the
Siege of Petersburg and tapped the
federai wireb One message informed
him that 2,5oo beeves were TO land
at a certain point at u certain time.
Ir
and Wade Hampton succeeded IN cap
turing them on this Information.
Anniversary of First Great Test of
Modern Photography.
Modern photography received its
first practical demonstration in the
American Civil War. More than 500, :
Oeg was spent by ono man. Mathew 3.
BRADY. to photograph the CIVIL War
the first war In the history Of the
world OF which succeeding generations
have imperishoble records OH glass
NEGATIVES. These photographs to-day
are valued By the government at over
$4,000
Brady was the fashionable New
York photographer just before tho
civil War. The novelty OF sitting be-
Tore a camera and having ones fea-
lures reproduced upon glass drew
large crowds 20 his studio. and some OF
the sittcrs paid as much as 500 for
single photograph.
All the outbreak of the war BRADY
conceived the Idea of photogrsphing
a great war for historical record. AT
the close OF the war he had taken
moro than 1000 pictures, and his entire
fortune had been spent In tho project
Tho war photographers acted under
the permission from Lincoln and the
war Department. and were given the
protection OF tho secret service but
the government did not reimburse
Brady for his Invaluable work
The negatives for fifty years were
practically lost. Nearly twenty years
after the war the negatives were taken
over by Anthony & Co.. of New York.
in default OF payment for chemicals
Their travels thereafter are romantic.
No one seemed to realize the value OF
the heritage left by Brady. and they
were passed along like SO many use-
less pieces of glass. until this semi.
| centennial. when they have at last
received historical recognition.
Famous War Photographers on the
Firing Line.
Alexander Gardner was another IN
defatisable photograp hic operator.
Captain a. ]. Russell was the official
photographer OF tho Federal War De-
partinent. while Sam. A. Cooley fol-
lowed the Federal armies in Florida,
North and South Carolina, and around
Savannah. Ga. George u. Barnard
photographed the scenes around At
| lanta
The Confederacy had It's photog-
raphcrs, one of whom occupied a
/ unique position. He was a. - Lyle,
Of Baton Rouge, LII, who made Il
series OF views for the use of the Con-
fedorate secret service; or, In other
words, he was a camera spy" S. r.