The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-09
Called "Cleverest Man in the Navy" and is Expert in Use of ,Torpedoes-For Many Years Associated With Marconi in Wireless Investigation.

London, June 9.-Admiral Sir Henry Jackson, who has just sue ceeded Lord Fisher as First Sea Lord of the British Admiralty, has long man in the navy,'' He is the only naval officer who has been honored with election a Fellow of the Royal | Society, this high scientific honor falling to him in 1901 for his re- | searches in electrical physics.
 Admiral Jackson was one of the earliest experimenters in wireless l telegFaphy, and was associated for l many years with MT. Marconi. He is 8 specialist also in naval torpedoes. | He has only once in his career com manded a group of ships at sea-
 Justg past sixty years of age, the new sea lord is younger by fourteen years than his predecessor. He en- | tered the navy in 1868 and at first 1 specialized in navigation. But the 1 possibilities of the torpedo, which had | only been invented in a very crude l form in 1866, exercised a fascination | over him, and he soon transferred to that branch of the service
 The only vessel on which he ever Vserved as navigation officer was an 1 old battleship, to which was ap- pointed on the same day a young lieu tenant, John Jellicoe, now com mander-in-chief of the war staff.
 Specializing in torpedoes, Admiral Jackson attained a wide knowledge, both practical and theoretical, of electricity, for the Torpedo officer of a modern ship is responsible for the efficiency of the whole of the cleo trical equipment of the vessel. It was in 1891 that the idea of eInploy- ing Hertzian waves as a means of communication first suggested itself to him. At that time the navy was seeking for some method by which a torpedo boat could announce it's ap- l fo f1-iA Ky IaiT ENO Tor years he continued his experiments in wireless comm munication. Though the necessities of the service have prevented the full story of his being given. to the world, it is known that l at the end of that time he had suc- end of his ship to the other without wires. About this time, he met Mar conf, and the two became close friends, mutually assisting each other in developing their ideas and schemes.
 Sir Henry remained responsible for the progress of wireless telegraphN in the navy until 1906 when he became a rear admiral. During these years his appointments were such as to fa- ciIitate the experiments and research work which he pursued and which won him many scientific honors.
 He then served for some time as controller of the navy being thus re- sponsib1e for the material of the navy during the laying of the epoch -mak- ing battleships Dreadnought and In vincibIe. He was one of the fou1 captains on the committee of design which recommended the construction of those ships.
 In 1911 he was selected to com mand the new Naval War, College a Portsmouth being transferred after two years to the post of chief of tht , war staff. At the beginning of the l European war he was. assigned t
 special work at the admiralty, hi particular task being the direction O r kthe naval part of the operation , against Gerrnany's oversee colonies. . He was promoted to be a. full ad s {miral just a, year ago.