Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1902, Scriven, achishanda saChief Signal Officer weArmy, akabata neMarconi's Wireless Telegraph Company nokuda kweSeptember Long Island army navy maneuvers, achigadzira zviteshi zveteregirafu zvisina waya paBlock Island, Gardiner's Island, uye dzimbahwe reArmy paFort Trumbull, Connecticut. Scriven akanga ari Mukuru weChiratidzo weDhipatimendi reEast kubva muna 1904 kusvika muna 1909; uye seMukuru weChiratidzo weDhipatimendi reEast
Philippines 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... "