Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-09 | Page 45 | War Secrets of Navy's Work Now Disclosed

I War Secrets Of Navys Navy's Work Now w Disclosed e ose Laying mine barriers In the North sea against the tho Germans during tho the late Into war cost tho United States Statu 30 30 according to a n. report received by MaJ Mai Fred Jorgensen Utah adjutant general from Franklin D. D Roosevelt assistant secretary of ot tho the n navy four Fifty bases basea of oi o different kinds were established In n European waters and the tho Azores it Is stated In la lathe Inho ho tho report which roes goes on to say ay We Yo had moro more than men at these bases ases and antI on ships operating from rom them Wo We leased docks and buildings build build- in ings s and in addition constructed hundreds hundred hundreds hun hun- dred of ot hangars piers hospitals storehouses and other buildings Al Almost Almost Al- Al most officers and antI mon men havo been boon sent Gent homo home and all flying and b bases jases ses with cr very few fen exceptions havo have been eon Cy evacuated The Tho great Lafayette Lafayette- radio near car Bordeaux was Intended to insure communication between Washington and nd tho the army and navy in case the ca- ca calo blo lo system wore were put out of or commIssion commIs- commIs lon slon or Interfered with by German submarines sub sub- marines It has eight towers and could communicate with tho the United States day and night It was built bunt by bythe bytho ho tho navy I arranged tho the French government that wo shall complete tho station which Is 13 two thirds finished and the French then will take it over o at It costs about us-about us about