Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-06-02
CAPT. billiard PRESENTS M
TERESTING REVIEW TO
NAVAL INSTITUTE
FIRST TRIED by BRITISH
Wireless Teieeraphy Unknown 70
Nav, IN fine ~ Spanish
American War In
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N ArlilNi plN. " itt june
". II. G.. Bullard. 4 $. ~. who IS
In charge Of he naval radio service,
and who has his headquarters under
he shadow Of the three great steel
masts which form the center OF the
naval wireless system at Arlington.
Vt. seven miles from Washington.
has Just presented 10 the Naval In
stilute an interesting review OF the
lopment OF naval wireless tel@g-
raphy
The leaps and bounds Of this de
yel0pmoni are brought Co pointed no
uca when II Is recalled that during
the Spanish American war such n
thing az wireless telegraphy was
untried IN the United States navy
or any other navy. u was during
1889. the year after the spanish
American conflict. that the British
navy became the first of all the ma
yal pt wcrs 10 try the new means OF
communication upon the three war
ships. Alexandria. Europa and Juno.
These ships succeeded Ia communi-
eating up TO a distance OF "a miles.
Today practically every vessel Va
the United states navy ~ equipped
with apparatus fbr this aerial com
municatinn. and II Is SO successfully
operated that there Is scarcely a
Point loo the seven seas at which the
bigger batiieships would be out OF
touch. through relay. with the three
Fieat mastB towering over captain
Billiards headquarters al Arlington
The first trial Of wireless on Amer
/ lean wniships was made late In 1888
directly after the British ships had
proved It's possibilities The arm
ored cruiser Sew York NOV the
Saratoga. the balileshp Massachu-
setts and The torpedo boat Porter
were first 10 be- equipped Al about
the same time tie Highlands light
leo finn in \ 'pi ilrb0r was es
'ai.l.. l.ea ae tre First shore station
10. lHr Dlt4I f..I. ten,
within Do roa's more than thirty
more ships were equipped, and some
Idny shore stations established or
projected. Almost every other vessel
In the navy was then placed on the
INST for wireless equipment and IN.
work vent forward lust as fast as
possible The scheme includ ID both
the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards,
! Alaska, the Midway Islands aud re-
mote points.
Meanwhile. In the spring o. 1895,
ltha naval system inaueurated what
have proved proved valuable daily
feature Of It's service flashing the
.uoontlmc sisnul. storm warnings aud
other meteorological observations
IN lgU7-ON the development OF the
wireless seemed 90 warrant the cree
ton Of high-powered stations al
/ Washington. ON the Pacific coast al
Hawaii. Guam. Samoa and the Phil
ippines. 80 that wherever IL might
b. the United States fleet would Al
an times De- In communication with
. Washington The success of lonR
distance commune. tiun was estab
. lishrd during 1908. when the Ha
. waiiau islands exchanged messages
. with the Farallon islands. Cal anC
b. later .durinF the cruise OF the Al
lantic fleet around the world. wher
= messages were received across Cen
trail America by Pensacola anc
. Washington By system of relay
the fleet was In touch with Wash
ington practically every minute dur
B Ing the trip across the Pacific unit
. after New Zealand was reached.
r At that time also. the high-pow
Z cred naval station near here. 10 b.
b the central point of the navy depart
, meut system. was projected. Thu
sta ion was 90 have radius OF 500,
ID miles. both day and night 10 b.
p capable of overcoming interference
Z I from static disturbances and TO b.
Z equipped with apparatus TO secure
d secrecy of operation Later devel
q opmeuts disclosed that this could no
D.. entirely accomplished as To staff
i disturbances aud complete secrecy o
communication.
30 Congress Tor the first time tool
Is notice az wireless In the act OF Jun
Ia. 1910. which was amended by tn
o. aci OF July %. igl2. The Titani
b disaster of April. 1912. riveted tn
attention of lawmakers anew 10 tn
necessity Of government control owe
radio apparatus aud its operation
[, Further laws we're passed and tn
y president proclaimed the Berlin wire
u less convention since succeeded b
e. the London wireless convention. Is
"a tablshing general rules for wireless
4 as tn ships throughout the world.
BE- Some of the later extensions O
r wireless were the establishment q
, the station ON the ground OF th
a American legation at Pekin. China
Tor communication between official
of the United States legation and YES
sells of the Asiatic fleet. and the Par
anna canal station The latter Is
n be- unusually powerful. with thre
6un-fOot steel towers for the supper
a OF the antennao u H. erect d hal
b way across the isthmus near Sa
p. Pablo The name eiven TO II. Ds
.e rien. Is the name OF one OF the earl
% explorers Il the reeion.
The Mexican trouble led TO ful
Their extension 10 take the place
Interrupted land lines and for -
changes with she shirs. Isabel. Ter
\ near the mouth Of the Rio Grand'
NJ vas chosen a. the central point {
IL anrratIon on the ailantic side. an
h San Diego on the Pacific side.
b. There are nov fcrtv-elght nav
~ shore stations these az outside poinl