Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Muna 1902, Scriven, achiita somukuru mukuru wechiuto, akaita chibvumirano neMarconi's Wireless Telegraph Company nokuda kwezviito zveuto zvomugungwa zveSeptember Long Island, achigadzira nhepfenyuro dzeteregirafu dzisina waya paBlock Island, Gardiner's Island, uye dzimbahwe reuto paFort Trumbull, Connecticut. Scriven akanga ari Mukuru weChiratidzo weDhipatimendi reEast kubva muna 1904 kusvika muna 1909; uye seMutungamiriri weChiratidzo wePhilippines Division
kubva muna 1909 kusvika muna 1911. Muna January 1913, Colonel Scriven akasimudzirwa kuva Brigadier General uye akagadzwa seChief Signal Officer wechinomwe weHondo neMutungamiri William Howard Taft. Panguva yekugadzwa, zvakataurwa kuti Scriven "aive nebasa remabasa anoshamisa, akabatanidzwa panguva dzakasiyana kumapazi matatu emauto, uye akaona basa munzvimbo dzose dzenyika uye akabatanidzwa pamberi pemushandirapamwe wese wakaitwa kubvira paakapedza kudzidza kubva kuMilitary Academy... "