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Show lias uses I fill EHnOFE , jght Success Due lo Care-(UI Care-(UI Preparation for Two Years, He Says. ,y 400,000 Troops Are to Be Left Overseas by July 1. nV YORK. May K.-i-ewetary of v.vv Daniels, who has been iu for several weeks inspeetmR J-u.aval forces audvavinsvu.ts uropeaa government authorities IEfd today on tho transport Mount r.'sucoessfnl ocean flight of the v.rioaa naval seaplanes was attrib-i' attrib-i' M- the secretary to painstaking preparation for Uo undertak- Here is wch tkina as ' navy ... 3id Air. Daniels. "Wo have Wkins np to this flight for two he continued, "and, as m other ects within its sphere of activities, it the navy has done was due to a ect .vstem of operation." "",e secretary stated that he had made !wn in Great Britain that the .iriean transatlantic flight was not !,ded as a competition with the ef-'ifc ef-'ifc of British aviators. Its object, baid, was to contribute toward the ..Jin? of tho air cour.se from Amer-' Amer-' "'to Europe. ;"ops Homesick. '"r. Daniels said: r:-Ilic uppermost thought in the mind heart of all our soldiers across the v is burning desire to come home. we are bringing them back rapidly :' ,19,000 were brought back in April; ' than that number will be trans-'Sd trans-'Sd to the United States in Jday Jane. This will leave about 400,-American 400,-American troops in Europe July 1, there will be facilities to return or soldiers as soon as the needs of country will release men from 'lever army of occupation may bo isired." -xi declared tho navy's building pro-c pro-c 11 would be carried out in detail un-' un-' interfered with by the provisions "7'he league of nations. 'With a .i je of nations," he said, "there .Si be no competitive building pro- fcompanying Secretory Daniels on Mount Vernon were Admiral Robert : riffin, chief of the bureau of steam J'neering; Admiral David W. Taylor, g-f of the bureau of construction and ir; Admiral SRalph Earle. chief of bureau of ordnance, and Captain T W. Foote, naval aid to the sec- pal Vessels Studied. Upon our arrival at Brest," said secretary, "we were received most ially by Admiral Moreau, and we every facility for the inspection '"'study of that port, through which ; largest number of our troops have (d. The co-operation between ih and American jiavy officers, as '.'.-as French and American officers, ".- been all that could be desired. .."found naval officers in all coun- 'visited, as well as in America, -- ittine that the German fleet lacked rapiinl; to come out for a decisive 1 battle. But thev should ramem--.and so should all others that tame, inglorious surrender of the ty German fleet was more hu-,,1CK hu-,,1CK t!ian any defeat could have ,. visited Portsmouth and Eosvth f ymouth, great dockyards and !:( oases; our experts t-ok in ord-i.i' ord-i.i' work, ship construction plants, ...on bases and factories, and l,l..s where British naval men are ,' ea t" make the splendid fighters -In Great Britain, as in Italy ance, our conferences with M Long first ior(l of the ad. and his associates and teehni-ewers, teehni-ewers, were full, free and open, s allies and friends views were av,Ci Rld upo" Daval construe-naia construe-naia methods and naval policies. TT 5 V1?' 0,1 hoarcl tl'e Hood, I an, ua"r sest -vPB f capital fand studied its construction. prepare Plans. Suit t lle s,?a i" the air. off errifbC ,akPU up ,vitl our , 1 01 experience for consid- it') ''mons t Hie department are LJonKross with referenco to future policies and the character of ships to bo coustructed. "I was crcatly impressed by the wkU'.'V'read interest in tho future of aviation ivo found iu every country. It received a tremendous stimulus from war, and in the ucar future all the nations will make experiments to develop de-velop its largo and safe use iu the peaceful davs that are before us. We had three tbrillinply interest-infr interest-infr davs in that portion of Germany occupied bv American troops. They do not fraternizo with the Germans; they continue their military operations in drill and tactics, and preserve the best traditions of the American soldier by their benvinc and deportment. The officers of-ficers are billeted in castles or palaces, the men have comfortable barracks or billets and the Eed Cross and other organizations are active to give comforts com-forts and recreation." |