The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-26
NAVY MOBILlzES COUNTRY'S WIRES:
SHIPS ARE PH0NED TO BY RADIO
Bateshp New Hampshire Gets Orders by Process Pos
sessed by the Navy Of No Other Government Secretary
Daniels During Demonstration of Nations Forces of
Communication, Is in Touch With Entire Country

anu Keep I'm touch. We can hear as
wen as II you were in Washington. It
VIII not be very long before the secre-
tary OF the navy can sit in his office in
the department and communicate yer.
oaiiy with ships all over the world"
Hears Orders Perfectly.
ADMIRAL Benson then talked with the
captain OF the New Hampshire. He
ordered him to keep in touch with the
department by radio telephone and re-
port his position every hour.
Admiral Badger next talked with
Captain Chandler.
'Hello!" said he. rs that you.
Chandler? You got your orders all
right. did you? Hope you will have
very pleasant trip outside. It is very
wonderful that we understand you so
well You hear me perfectly?"
1t required $1,000 miles OF the 21.-
100000 miles Of telephone wires In the
country to effect the mobilization and
called for the service of 600 specially
trained employees of the company CO.
operating with navy men. 1t called
for the installation of three special
rooms in the navy department and
the placing of special instruments at
all points.
Ihe telephone people in cooperation
with the navy department have been
working on the scheme for more than
a year. With Capt. w. II. G. Bullard.
chief of the bureau of communications.
in charge of the navy. and John j.
Carty, chief engineer of the telephone
company. and his aids. the system
was worked out
The system is divided into four gen.
eral groups, telephone. telegraph.
wireless telephone and printer tele-
graph. Head of No. 1, for the navy.
are Lieutenants Noyes, Smith, Nc
Candless, Percy and Train. and
Msssrc. Blackwell and Robinson for
the company. No. 2 was In charge OF
Messrs. Pannill, Drake and Friedland-
er; No. 3 in charge of Lieutenants
Hopper. Bastado. Messrs. Clark, Hill.
Colpitts and Arnold. and No in
charge of Lieutenants McCandless.
Butler. Mr.. Psnnill and Messrs. Moore
house and Parker.
Leading Participants.
Participating in the maneuvers
were, in addition to the secretary OF
the navy. the assistant secretary, the
| chief of naval operations. the presi-
| dent of the general board. the chief
of the bureau of steam engineering.
the director OF naval intelligence and
the head of the bureau OF ccmmunica-
| tons, Captain Bullard.
| IN
U. N. Bethel. senior vice-president.
| N. c. Kingsbury, vice-president in
| charge of long distance lines; Ban
croft Gherardi. engineer of plant,
| c. II. Wilson. general manager OF the
long distance lines; F. A. Stevenson.
general superintendent of plant; F.
N. Bethel. president OF the Washing
ton Bell company. and II. b. Thayer.
| president of the Western Electric
company, which makes all the appa-
| ratus.
| Everything was done as II the coun.
| try actually were at war The spe-
cial rooms were all guarded by ma
rine sentries and no one was permit
ted to enter without a special pass Is
sued by the department. A censor
was in charge of all communications
sent, with power to cut off any corre-
spondence that might be made pub
lie
The opening ceremonies were brief
Secretary Daniels took his place at
the desk and the word went forth that
he must talk Immediately with his
navy yards. Almost before he had
given his preliminary order the yards
were reporting.