The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07
NAVY Mobiles THE WIRES;
4 SHIP PHONED BY RADIO
Battleship New Hampshire Gets Orders by Secret
Process That No Other Navy Has-Daniels
in Touch With Entire Country.

employees OF tho company COOP
Grating 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.
The mobilization. AS 1t If called. will
continue until Monday morning AT \
o'clock. long enough to give "a thorough
test Ia the declaration Of Theodore y.
Vail that his companies ~ least are
better prepared now than any other sim
liar service In the world.
The telephone people in cooperation
with the Navy department have been
working on tho scheme for more han a
year. with capt. W. H. q. Billiard.
chief of the Bureau of Communications,
in charge for the navy. and John j.
Carly. chief engineer Of the telephone
company. and his aids. the system was
worked out.
The system is divided into o u gen.
eral groups, telephone, telegraph. wire
less telephone and printer telegraph.
Head Of No. /. for the navy, are Lieuts.
Noyes, Smith. McCandless. Percy and
Train. and M,ssrs. Blackwell and Robin
son for the company. No. . was in
charge OF Messrs. Iannill. Drake and
Fri, dlander: 40 3 in charge Of t.ieuts.
Hopper. Bastado. Messrs. clark. Hi.
colpit,s and Arnold. and No. 4 In charge
~ I.icuts. McCandless. Butler. Mr.. Pan
Mill and Mcssrs. Moorehouse and Parker.
Leading P%articipn
Participating In the were
iu addition to the Secretary of the
Navy. the Assistant SECRETARY. the
thi.f Of Naval operations. the President
Of the General Board. the thief OF the
Bureau of Steam Engineering tho Dt-
rector " Naval Intelligence and the head
II he Bureau Of Communications. Capt.
Billiard
The company was represented by L. y
Bethel. senior NiCe-prcs4deut y. {.
kingshury. yice-prrsident IN charge OF
long distance lines Bancroft Gherardi
eng neer OF plant &. ~. Wilson. general
manager of the long distance lines +. a.
Stevenson. general superintendent of
plant r. y. Bethel. president Of tn
Washington Bel company. and H. Il
1hayer. president of the Western Flee
tric Company. which makes all the ap-
pdratus.
Everything was done as If the country
actually We're AT war. The special room;
were all guarded 10y marine scntries an,
no one was permitted L. enter without =
special pass issued 10y the I'epartmen.
: y censor was III chaie" ~ all commune
cations sent with power to cut OIL any
objectionable speaker and To- delete any
correspondence that might be made pub
lie.
The opening ceremonies were brief
Secretary Daniels took his place AT th'
desk and tn. word went forth that h.
mus; talk Immediately with his nav,
yards. Almost before he had given hi
preliminary order the yards were re
porting.
The moblliziug manru>rcs will not in
~t,rfere with any OF tho telephone Wort
to-day or to-uiglt A. only 81 coo miles
Of wire we've ~ TX used there was plcnt,
OF chance. for the business nan ~ an,
ether person to talk TO the femot.s
corners of tho country without delay.
owing TO me fact that the pcpa-'meu
had no funds available for the puruoS
all expenses of the three day expert
mo1ls are bong horne by the t.lephon,
company. In addition to the %t.lephou,
conversations there viii be .lthora''
experiments with tho transmission -
telegraph orders. BY means Of the print
iuG telegraph apparatus eight message
will be transmitted simultaneously owe
the same circuit between the Navy pe
par,ment and the Brooklyn navy yard
four gniag each way. aud viii hc re-
crived in printed form.
Secretary Daniels announced thu
afternoon hat the Department in Il
plans To- mobilize al resources ~ IA
country f." ru-s'hl" rs" IN ttWc nf Wa
has nearly completed its Inventory a
the detailed resources If private manu-
featuring establishments which woui
he able 10 turn out munitions and othe
Equipment in ease OF war emergency.