The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
NAVY OFFICER AT Al OF GREATEST RADIO
W. n, G. Billiard Talks of Governments Worldwide Wireless
Service and Gives Interesting Details About Its Workings.

For convenience his headquarters are cstal,-
liShpsI In the building ut the Arlington station.
but 81 rapid has been the extension of the SER
vice and ~ great has the business grown that
already he AMI his administrative staff are
crnlnlNsl for room. Another small building
II being ercctel. for general headquarters. the
rooms now occupied heing required for the Uses
Of the station Itself.
The public knows this place as the Arlington
station. In reality and officially It Is Radio.
Va. with is own post Office, a navy mail clerk
being postum Ster, that serves not only the force
ut the station but the civil community round
about.
Observe the radi" map hanging on the walls
vt Capt. Billiards. office and you will get an Idea
Of the wide extent Of the shore service-no map
can show the ever changing locations Of the ESQ
ships VI the navy that are equipped with wire
less. Big circles mark the ports W Atlantic.
Gulf and Pacific consts where navy radio sta
tioIs are maintained. with Il solitary big circle
in the interior showing the station on the
great lakes ut the Chicago naval training
station.
But the continental map cannot show all. In
serted ~ the margin are other maps showing
the navy radio stations IN Cuba. the Panama
Canal Zone. Porto Ric". Samoa. Guam. the Ha-
waiian Islands, the Philippines and Alaska. and
evU, one ut Pekin. China. At n glance one
gets the outline of the tremendous spread Of
the service.
And think what It all means. A cruiser. for
example. bound from the west coast Is ten days
out on the Pacific on her Journey to Manila.
Still to transmit an order to her or to receive
from her the report Of an incident Of note In
the cruise takes no more time than to commu-
nicate with the Washington Navy Yard. which II
within sight ~ the Arlington station.
AS originally contemplated" said Capt. Bul-
lard in discussing the extent OF his service.
.plans were made for Il coastal chain Of radio
stations on this continent at practically 100 mile
intervals. and n long distance chain. The latter
was to include high power stations ut Arling-
ton. Darien. on The Panama Canal: San Diego.
Cal: Honolulu. Guam. Samoa and the Philip
pines. Hut experiments have shown that II Is
not necessary to have so many stations In either
chain.
"Improvesl apparatus ana the increase 81 re-
liable ranges have made 80 many shore stations
useless. So Il number that in an earlier day were
contemplated never have been built. ON the long
distance chain it has been found ln>sih'e to cut
down some of the island stations from high
power to medium 1ower.
I'VE are now building high power stations ut
San Diego and Honolulu. aud a mt-,ium power
station AZ Guam: also EIGHT high lswcr stations
in Porto Rico and the Philippines.
"Thr new station M New Orleans is complete.
1t works with pari"n "n the l-thmus. 4 gen
eral relay station is being built IT Isabel, At
the mouth If the Rio Grnnde River.
When the present building nine, the
funds for which already have been appropriated.
is completed we will have wei nigh a perfect
system Of ready communication along the East
crn ana Gulf COASTS, all over the Atlantic where
our ships may he; To- Mexican and West Indian
waters: 10 The canal: TO the west coast rs far
north rs the Arctic: abroad over the Pacific. AMI
to the Pacific insular possessions.
Certain naval radio stations in Alaska COM
mnni'ate with Il Russian station az Anadyr.
Siberia. ana tests are being conducted between
them and II .Jnlanes. station mt Ochiishi. These
are being developed primarily Cor the trans
mission Of Government messages. with SIcs.ial
reference In weather bureau messages, though