The chronicle=news., 1914-06-03
PR0GRESS OF
WIRELESS
REVELATION

rttri mdsse shfA form tlr '.hf4 oi
III. naval .iF.i.ss sys,-m a, Afiing
ton. vs.. ssyrn miles from washins
ton. has jus; presented Ia III. naFsl
instilH,. an Interesting r-si.~ of tide
de, -iapmen, Of naval wireless ,si.-
srsphS.
The i.afs and bodht's 81 this iefei-
opuien, are Lsosght io f.oinie-i nS,iss
sh.n IL Is recalled that during 'hs
spsnish- American VAR such a 'hlns
as siF.i.ss ,-i-srsrhy was uniried In
the tni,-.' Sst-s nayy or ahs Other
navy II -as during 1888. the y.zr
after tie Standardization so&fiiei.
ila, the british naVy b-sam- the first
ot ALI the naval .o~efz to tsy th.
ns~ means II communication nr"n
the thr.- -ar.hiPs -Ai.Saairis. Eu-
,oris and Juno. These shils succeed
s.i in communicating up to a .ilsian.s
al s-senty-four miles
To-day practically ever vessel in
the t'nit--i States navy IL -qniFi'eti
with apparatus foF this aerial r.sr-
muhisaiio.. and IL 1. so successfully
ss~ra,.i that there Is scarcely paln'
In the shsea s-as a, which the bissrr
taiti-sti.-s roaia b- oa, as touch.
,h,aash RELAYS. ~i,h tho ,hr-~ srvas
ms.is towering ss-r cap,ain nai.
lard. headquarters AZ sfiinsinn.
III. frs, Trial of ~iFpi-ss gu AM
e,iran .hips was made late In 1899.
directly after IN. firi;ish shir< had
rro,-a its possibilities. Tho arm"r'
- cruiser Ne. Sosi 'nos the Sara.
sozs, the baui.s;,lp tia.z=rhus.,,.
and the tosp-.i. t-cs' DESTROYER For
ter ~-f- the ftrs, To t'r equipped. ~
ai-rnt The same ,in- the Highlands
iishs station In Ne. Sort haf'-"s ~as
established a- th- fi'., shore station
II the naval radio s,s'-r.
Within sis year. niof- than thifty
'aos- shii-s were equipped. and s"sn-
tiiy shore stations established ar
projected. Ainso.' every other vessel
IN the navy waA then placed an the
list tor ~isvies~ ~guipsasai aad the
work ~cat foe~ ard lust a. fast a.
ys,>sihi~. The scheme inelui-.i i.sai'
the Atlantic and Pacific s-ai.oaris
Aiasks. tho Midway i.isnds aud fc'
mote poin's.
Meanwhile In tho srrins of 1879,
the naval system inauEurai~i what
haze proved valuable daily features
at iis scrvic---fiash,nr "f the moon
time signal. storm warnings and 9th
ar METEOROLOGICAL observations.
In ic".."S tho development ot tbs
wireless seemed In warrant the crcc'
iion al high powered stations a'
washIns sion. en- the Pacific coast. al
Hawaii. Guam. Santon aud the "hti
ippin~s. so 'ha, wherever II might
ro. tho United States flee, would nj
all times Lee In communication VIII
Washington. The success Of Ions dis
tan-- communication was established
during 1905. when the Hawaiian II
lands EXCHANGED nic,Harcs with ih'
farni,on islands. Cal. and later dur
Ing the cruisr Of the Atlantic flee
around the world. when message,
were received across Central Amcric7
ty Pen sacola and Washington. VI
q system Of relays the fleet was IL
touch with Washington PRACTICAL,
every minute until after New Zca
land was reached.
Al that time also the high-powcr
sSi naval station near here. tn lie th'
central point al the navy department
Sys,cm, was projected. The station
{, WINS to have a radius Of 5000 miles
10th by day and night: to he capable
Of overcoming Interference from stat
r. disturbances and to lie equipped
d, with apparatus to secure secrecy o
operation. Later Developments dis
cicscl that this could not he cntlrcl,
accomplished as to static disturbances
md complete secrecy of communtca
tion.
'n Congress for the first time took no
ticc of wireless I'm the act of June "a
1910. which was amended by the ac
Of July 90. 1912. The Titanic disas
ter Of AprIr-1gf2. rivctcd the a,tcn
tion Of tho lawmakers anew to thu
necessity of government control orc'
radio apparatus and Its operation
Further laws were parsed and th'
president proclaimed the Bcrlit
wireless convention. since succeeded
by tho London wireless convention
establishing general rules for wire
lcss as to ships throughout thu
world.
Some of the later extensions of thu
wireless were the establishment of I
station on the ground of the Amcri
can legation at Picking, China. TO
communication between officials o
f.SV NA re