The Elbert County tribune., 1916-05-26

washington.-Aided by the tele-
phone, telegraph. printing telegraph
wireless telephone. and wireless teie-
graph. the United States navy mo-
bilized the country's forces of commu-
nication recently.
By means of the above methods Sec
retary Daniels. sitting at his desk.
talked with every navy yard in the
country gave formal orders by teie-
phone to all of them. found bulletins
coming in from Brooklyn and else
where over the writing telegraph. ana
then. by means of the wireless. got
into communication with the United
States ships at sea as far away as
Honolulu. 4,900 miles on one side, or
the coast of Europe on the other.
Direction of the movements OF naval
vessels at sea by wireless telephone
became an accomplished fact when
Secretary Daniels gave verbal instruc
tions to Capt. Lloyd II. Chandler OF
the battleship New Hampshire lying
in Hampton Roads.
The instructions were to proceed to
sea not later than ten O'Clock the fol-
lowing morning and to report his posi-
ton hourly by wireless telephone to
the navy department until noon of the
next day, when he was to anchor on
the mouth of the Potomac river and
make a full report of his cruise by
wireless telephone to the naval acad-
emy at Annapolis.
Attached to the telephone on the
secretary's desk were score or more
receivers which permitted staff off,
GERS of the navy department to listen
to the conversation. Except for occa-
sional static interruptions, Captain
Chandler's voice was as plainly audible
as though he had been talking over
an ordinary telephone.
A Unique Possession.
In responding subsequently to a
speech by Secretary Daniels express
ing appreciation of the cooperation
given by the telephone company, ]. j..
Carly. chief engineer of the company.
declared that the United States navy
sesses the secret of wireless telephone
communication with ships at sea.
Following the demonstration of the
wireless telephone experiment. Secre-
tary Daniels talked by long-distance
telephone with the New York navy
yard, the Portsmouth IN. H. yard the
Norfolk navy yard. and the naval aero
plane training station at Pensa cola.
Fla. Efforts to get into telephone com
munication with San Diego. Cal. failed
because of local storms in southern
California.
Owing to the fact that the depart
ment had no funds available for the
purpose, all expenses of the three-day
experiments are being borne by the
telephone company. In addition to
the telephone conversations. there
will be elaborate experiments with
the transmission of telegraph orders
By means of the printing telegraph ap-
paratus eight messages will be trans
mitted simultaneously over the same
circuit between the navy department
and the Brooklyn navy yard. four. go
Ing each way. and will be received in
printed form.
Secretary Daniels announced that
the department in its plans to mobilize
all resources of the country for pos.
siblc use in time of war has nearly
completed its inventory of the de-
tailed resources of private manufac.
turing establishments which would
be able to turn out munitions and
other equipment in case of war emer-
gency.
The following is the first order ever
transmitted by wireless telephone to
United States naval vessel (Secre.
tary Daniels talking to Captain Chan
dler of the New Hampshire):
Get under way by ten O'Clock to-
morrow. will be in the navy depart.
ment at ten O'Clock. and we will have
another conversation then. Stand bv