The Washington herald., 1916-02-02
BY f. Il. JOHNS.

Under the direction OF Capt. William
II. G. Bullard. l. S. n. superintendent
Of the Naval Radio Service. committee
of officers are investigating the merits OF
an invention Of Frederick A. holster, of
the Bureau of Standards which. II is
believed will determine the direction of
radiosram. II the invention is success
II will be of great military value and
make il necessary to revise the Navy
War College plans for the use of the
radio in war.
At present wireless messages between
ships can he intercepted hut II is auso-
lutely impossible to determine what Is
the location of fleet by the message.
In fact. an opposing fleet by using code
can communicate with the shore and with
merchantmen without divulGing the
whera bouts or the plan Of attack. But
IL the Bureau of Standards has developed
an effective radio direction finder the sit
uation will be entirely changed. With
finder the commander of one force can
locate another fleet with the first flash
OF a wireless message
The radio direction finder II IL Is sue
cess will prove invaluable II life saving
work. As long as the ship in distress
is ablC to send out flashes the rescuing
party can determine the direction from
which the message is coming. 1t will be
Of special value TO the Coast Guard Ser
vice iN rescue work ara IN nSlTOliHe
the coast in time of war.
After some experiments of tho Bureau
Of Standards 1t is planned to max" som"
tests at the Arlington wireless station.
Naturally, the authorities at the Bureau
of Standards and the naval officers arc
not inclined to. discuss the details of the
invention.
Sebastian G. Jones' superintendent Of
president OF the Association of Military
Schools and Colleges, has submitted TO
Congress comprehensive plan for the
instruction of reserve officers for the
army at the colleges. Professor Jones de-
Clares that in the discussion of prepar-
edness Congress should take into Consid-
Grafton that there is system of colleges
and schools in the country that for from
ten to hundred years have been train
ing efficiently the best type of young men
and boys on just those things which best
fit them for officers of any reserve army.
He first proposes that the government
establish scholarships to pay the entire
expenses OF young men who are willing
to take the course that is approved by
the War Department. These cadets
should be appointed by Senators and
members of the House, just as West
Point cadets are, after they pass a sat
mental anu pflS slCdl
tion. Another way of accomplishing this
result, Superintendent Jones suggests,
would be u the government paying the
college a stated sum for every cadet
who shall have graduated after having
completed a military course prepared by
the War Department. In either case the
graduate obligates himself to serve
stated number of years in the reserve
army.
cuoh ;,.,i.,,tio,z as ,o,,onI,, ,-i,h ,ro
visions of this proposed law he recon-
mends should be designated as United
States Reserve Corps Military Schools" &"
The students and graduates should be
known as Reserve Corps Cadets" The
government should not only issue to these
institutions ordnance and quartermaster
material but should detail army officers
as instructors and commandants of the
schools. He also asks that the War De-
partment be authorized to detail detach-
ments of regular troops, which, in
practical way would illustrate to the ca
diets the lessons which the instructors
are teaching.
Lieut.. L. A. Kunzig, Twenty-first In
fantry. reported at the War Department
yesterday.
Chaplain ]. F. Fleming and Lieut.,
Junior grade. r. T. Merrill U. S. s. Tono-
psh, reported at the Navy Department
yesterday.
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