Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
WAR RADIO PLANS
!. | ARE FORMULATED
I.
. Agreement Approved for Uni
I fled Operation of War and
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{: - Navy Facilities.

emergencies, the Secretaries or al
and Navy recently approved a join
agreement on the coordination of mill
tary and naval radio activities, as
y commended by the joint board oi
s. .the Amy and Navy. According to =
= recent of. cial publication, the main
= purpose of this agreement is to govern
the Joint development of radio ma
: terial, the establishment of radio trans
: 1,itting stations and in the conducl
of radio activities in times OF war and
peacr. :.
sihe t,as.c policy that the Army and
Navy shah provide. control and
: operate sucn transmitting and receiv'
ing stations as, augmented by private
and other governmental radio facll
ties, will insure the existence ana
favaila bility upon the outbreak OF war
or other national emergency. OF an
adequate radio system to meet require
fment of national defense when under
military control. Unnecessary dupli'
cation will be avoided and definite
limitations on expenditures imposed
by economy will be kept in mind.
N times OF peace 1t is agreed that
The Navy through it's communication
service shall operate all radio ap-
raratlS of 10 kliowattS or more used
in long-distance of tranSoceanic com
i,aunication and that the Army Signai
Corps will not operate on frequencles
which would interfere with the Navy $
feet communication or overseas opera
ton. The Signal Corps will not
handle any transoceanic work, except
between the United States and
Alaska. In other words, as outlined
by Theodore Roosevelt when he was
President, the Army's radio duties lie
chiefly on this continent, connecting
the military posts and centers and
Alaska, while the Nays activities
cover coastai radio stations and com
munications intended for ships or
stations outside the United States.
ordination Is Planned.
ain war time paramount interest in
certain areas or theaters Of operations
<.ill be assigned to the Army or the
Navy, in accordance with the ap-
proved war plans, and radio activities
therein will be co.ordinated by the
responsible commander of the service
having paramount interest" one para
graph states.
Specifically, naval communications
IS responsible for all governmental
communications within the insular
i
and with foreign territory occupied
by the Navy, also between ships of
tae Navy at sea and all naval forces
and for establishing and operating
adio-compass stations along the coasts
and overseas. Naval radio also op,
crates in naval intelligence work. On
the other hand, the Army Is desig.
mated to handle all military communi.
cations with and between units OF the
Army wherever located, all radio in
Alaska, and service between Army
vessels not under naval control. 1t,
OF course, continues to operate the
army radio net in the United States.
In national emergency, when
directed by the President, according
10 law. the Army and the Navy as.
sumo jurisdiction as follows:
The Army and Navy each assume
complete control over such non-mili
tary radio stations as are allocated to
them by the President, augmenting
their peacetime facilities.
For purposes of censorship and
supervision over such non-military
radio stations as are permitted to ope
rate. the Army assumes jurisdiction
over all non-military stations within
the United States. Alaska and foreign
territory occupied by the Army ex,
cept the stations assigned to the Navy
The Navy assumes Jurisdiction over
all non-military stations wherever 10.
Gated that are permitted to communi.
cate overseas, with ships. or with air.
craft flying over the sea other than
> Army aircraft and over all non-mili
| 1ary stations in Panama, the insular
possessions and in foreign territory
: exclusively occupied by the Navy.
Jurisdictions Set Forth.
For the purpose OF suppression OF
unauthorized radio. the Army has
jurisdiction over the continental
United States, Alaska, Panama and in
lnsular possessions or foreign terri
tory occupied by the Army, whereas
the Navy takes Jurisdiction over ship
ping and over insular possessions OF
foreign territory occupied exclusively
by the Navy.
Coordination In radio operation will
be effected between the ARMY and
Navy In the development of types OF
radio equipment suitable for intercom
munication, by the assignment of cal
letters, frequencies, transmitting time
periods, the adoption OF a common pro-
cedure and the formulation of codes
and ciphers for joint Army and Navy
communication.
New and specific provisions require
that all air radio stations of the NAVY
and air radio stations Of the Army
along the coast and in the insular and
outlying possessions shall be equipped
70 seno anu receive on a common in
.erneo'ate frequency and a common
hlgh frequency and all aircraft car
Eying radio. except fighting and pur
able, consistent with proper economy
oe equipped to send and receive on one
OF these common freQuencies.
Infercommunicatio Provided.
; Radio field sets provided for the use
OF the Marine Corps on shore shall be
i capable OF intercommunication with
the radio provided for the operation
OF similarly equipped units of this
/ Army. and the radio communication
equipment provided for the vessels OF
the Army Transport Service. shall he
Of a character normally provided n,
commercial shipping of the same gen
eral class and capable of sending and
receiving on at least two freouencies
assigned by the Navy Department 70,
Naval Transportation Service com
munication
Coordination Of the operation OF
: Government radio stations with each
other and with the operation of civil
i'm radio stations in time Of peace are
EoVerned by the provisions OF the ra
do act OF 1927. The chief signal of
ficer OF the Army and the director o
naval communications are directed t,
coordinate the peace-time radio oper
alton and operational development o
the two services. The chief sigma
officer OF the Army and the chief O
the Bureau of Engineering of tn,
Navy Department will co-ordinat.
their recommendation for the procure
inent programs of the Army and thu
Navy and will coordinate Technical