Show WIRELESS TELEGRAPH Erection and Maintenance of an nn Ex Extensive System by United States Special Correspondence Washington D I C July Leo Lee LeeDo LeoDo LeoDo Do Forest orest and Mr Abraham White of New Now York president of at the Ameri Amerl American can Do De Forest Wireless Telegraph com coin company pany In Washington today ar tar arranging ranging with whir the tire navy In department dais the details of at the tire contract recent recently ly lIp tho th Do De Forest I company for tor forthe forthe the erection and maintenance of an nn ex ox extensive lenitive system lIy tom of ot stations embracing Cuba Culm Key ICey West Welt Porto lorto hIi o and Pana Iana Panama ma mn It Jt was cas by Mr White that General 11 H n C Dunwoody U S B SA SA BA A retired would be In chargo charge of 01 the Washington Wn ns liS vice president and nM anda a II director of the tho company anti and be he tho the personal representative of ot the company compan In Its future eu turo dealings with tire the govern government government ment mont Washington will wilt bo be opened within tho the next two taso or three dayn and anti a II station will lIl be bo established for tor tho the transmission of 01 messages to Baltimore adjacent cities General Dunwoody was retIred from tram tIre the army arm only anI n a few tew weeks ago ngo after a along II along long Jon antI and honorable career covering u IL period of nearly 40 years He lIe was grad graduated from tram West Point In 1866 anti and served nerved us captain of ot artillery prior to his iris promotion ns rae the result of at a ii 1 cons com examination to tho tire position of major In th tire the signal corps corpa with the tire hits his history tory of which his iris name linn line since boots boon b on so prominently Identified In tIre tho Span tah Ish war tue tho volunteer signal corps corp was WILli organized under tinder his huts direction ford was equipped and placed In service within 30 O days after alter authorized by net act of ot Con Can gross BresH General Dunwoody was made malls colonel In this corps and the tire thorough thoroughness tress ness with which the tire corps organ organized izel was recognized ns nR con contributing cOntributing largely to the tho uninterrupted success of ot the tire COnS COVIS In n actIve service In December 1501 he Ire was ordered to Cuba to reorganize and reconstruct tho the telegraphs servIce of at that liland when tho tim Spanish turned the govern government government ment insist over to tho the United States on Jan 1 ho Ire was designated to receive tire the SOy pur render of or the tire department of works General Dunwoody remained In charge of this tine department until ro re by br the secretary of at public works I of ot General cabinet Ho lie re ye reo In Cuba uhn two and years In charge of tho the military telegraph nor ear norVice Vice and under tinder irIs his direction miles mile of telegraph lines extending from west vest to east across the time Island was construct constructed I ed Id within DO 90 days every wery ery garrison on on all I tIre tho Island was asas placed In iii communication with Havana Tho The ins of this work and the efficiency noy with which winds It was ns performed performed was ofil om dally recognized by hy the TIO secretary of at war sar In a n telegram to the tire promInent president anti and andwan was wan commended by hy the chief signal am officer officer of tho tire General Dunwoody was one of ot the first In to take up tho the study of at wireless telegraphy and to recognize tho tiro superiority for tor military purposes of the tho DC Do Forest system since Ince then adopt cd by b tho the United States government It H was under hl Iris his direction that tho the tests In Now York harbor tanti during tIre the army and navy maneuvers ln last t year nt at Port land Me rte c wern mantle made For n a number of ot years Dun Dunwoody woody wan wAs connected with at Ilk the tire weather bureau when sIren It was punt pf pt tho tire army anti In recognition nf or his services In this bureau received from tho the Columbian Exposition A n diploma anti medal for tor exhaustive scientific Investigation re ye suiting stilling In valuable contributions to hu human hunan nan man knowledge |