Show CONTROL TORPEDOES BY WIRELESS IS AIM I UNCLE SAM MAY BUY INVENTION John Hays Hammond Device Iri crests Experts of Coast Defense I Washington July 23 Tt i. It J is understood understood under under- stood that tho the war department In Intends Intends intends In- In tends to acquire the rights of ot John Hays Hammond Jr to a n. device ho has Invented for tor tho the radio control of ot torpedoes tor ton It was said ald at the a navy department that officials there thero ha have not experimented experimented with Hammonds Hammond's Invention In aIt as a asit asit it is understood to have havo been offered to tho division of coast artillery of ot I Ithe the tho war department Officers there thero would not permit themselves es to be quoted beyond boond confirming the tho fact that Mr lr Hammond has actually Invented an apparatus for tor the control of ot both boats bonts and torpedoes by radio and that thol he has obtained patents on tho devices War ar department officers Ba say they have havo seen tho device at work in Gou- Gou cester harbor near the tho Massachusetts summer homo home of ot John hays Haya Hammond and that it does docs the work claimed for tor It it Naval al wireless experts also say the they know of ot tho the Invention In and ond believe be be- lieve iese it to be bo practical as so far doV de do- V ci o ped It Is understood that complete plans for tor the Hammond devices are nrc now in tho possession of ot tho the senate committee commit commit- t tee e on appropriations and there thero is Ie a disposition to regard as truo reports from Boston that there thero is a n. desire to establish radio controlled torpedo unite for tor tho the protection of ot tho the country's har bar bors No 0 confirmation can cnn be bo obtained however hower of ot the report that a n first unit of ot that character will be bo established established established at Fishers Fisher's Island Long Island sound Bound N N. Y Nation May Buy Bur Purchase of or Mr Ir Hammonds Hammond's patent rights undoubtedly will bo be recommended recommend recommend- ed ad to tho the next Congress by Secretary C Garrison a rr i son Officials believe bellco tho the result of ot the in invention In- In will vill bo be to give a concealed shore station absolute control over or a n. submerged torpedo within tho the limits of or vision and to enable a 4 man ashore to direct an attack against an approaching ap ap- art art- battleship that the ship chip would have havo little tittle chance chanco to evade Since General Weavers Weaver's report was made army officers ers havo ha seen tho the possibility of ot greatly extending tho the usefulness of ot the controlled torpedo through the tho old aid of at nn an aeroplane scout The observer In the aeroplane flIng flyIng flying fly fly- Ing hl high h and out of ot range could seethe see soo soothe the torpedo in tho water and ond b by radio direction to the tho operator at tho the control station direct tho the at attack attack attack at- at tack when tho the hostile ship was as out of ot sight eight from tho the shore station Tho The suggested typo of at torpedo for that use uso is suspended from a float noat on which tho antennae of ot tho the wireless device Is erected Tho The cost Is estimated at about The Tho float and antennae are the only objects at which the tho anem enemy could di il direct direct di- di his fire tire It is Intimated however that plans for tor tho the adoption of ot the ra ra- ra control dio-control system to the most modern nM navy torpedoes operated b by compressed air and with a speed of more than tort forty knots an hour are aro under con con- At that speed It would bo be almost impossible to hit the slender masts masta of or tho the control system |