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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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But
if
the
public
at
large
were
very
properly
excluded,
the
organization
on
board
was
perfect
and
complete.
At
the
head
was
Captain
Anderson,
of
whom
we
have
already
spoken.
As
his
duties
would
be
manifold
and
increasing,
he
had
requested
the
aid
of
an
assistant
commander,
and
Captain
Moriarty,
R.
N.,
who
had
been
in
the
Agamemnon
in
1858,
was
permitted
by
the
Admiralty
to
accompany
the
ship,
and
to
give
the
invaluable
aid
of
his
experience
and
skill.
The
government
also
generously
granted
two
ships
of
war,
the
Sphinx
and
the
Terrible,
to
attend
the
Great
Eastern.
Thus
the
whole
equipment
of
the
expedition
was
English.
Of
the
five
hundred
men
on
board
the
Great
Eastern,
there
was
but
one
American,
and
that
was
Mr.
Field.
The
engineering
department
was
under
charge
of
Mr.
(now
Sir)
Samuel
Canning,
who,
as
the
representative
of
the
Telegraph
Construction
and
Maintenance
Company,
was
chief
in
command
of
all
matters
relating
to
laying
the
cable.
For
this
responsible
position
no
better
man
could
have
been
chosen.
Before
the
voyage
was
ended,
he
had
ample
opportunity
to
show
his
resources.
He
was
ably
seconded
by
Mr.
Henry
Clifford.
Both
these
gentlemen
had
been
on
board
the
Agamemnon
in
the
two
expeditions
of
1858.
They
had
since
had
large
experience
in
laying
submarine
cables
in
the
Mediterranean
and
other
seas.
It
was
chiefly
by
their
united
skill
that
the
paying-out
machinery
had
been
brought
to
such
perfection,
that
throughout
the
voyage
it
worked
without
a
single
hitch
or
jar.
They
had
an
invaluable
helper
in
Mr.
John
Temple.
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