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Show lute confidence that the Interests of the govsrnmeiit were secure. All tabius, renorta and other fommunl-ration- s were r (erred each due to the deTha nient which thev conce-ne- d part head of each department studied them, h.s on to attended the great majority own responsibility, and seierted tha few that seeded more careful attention. A meeting of the chief of atatt and all at department heads was held each day.were whlth these few selected matters discussed In 00 mctl and dorte'nna made The final results of these deliberations wer tha only mailers that were referred to me. This ayetsm of euhdlvld-ln- g responsibility and authority not only promoted efficiency, but 11 left the force commander tlma to attend to vitally Important qussttona of general policy, to keep In personal touch with tha high command of tho allies navies, to attend tha allied naval councils, and. In general, to keep his finger constently on the pulse of the whole war situation. Officers of our own and other navi who were always coming In from the By ADMIRAL WILLIAM SOWDEN SIMS. outlying atattone, and who could ImmediMoordaao with my habitual prac- ly; they were all strong men, and It te to ately be placed In touch with the one man who could answer all their questions tice I applied tha eyxtera of placing their combined efforts that tha success and give Immediate decisions, testified to the efficient condition In which American responsibility upon my carefully of our operations was due. was maintained. Tou would have to search a long time headquarter bead of department. giving thorn eommansurate authority, and among the navies of tha world before could find an abler convoy officer you balding than to account for raaulta. than Captain Bvron A. Long, an abler tha taak wa auch a great ona, this naval constructor than L. B, McBride, Is tha only poealbl way In 'which tha an abler man to hava char of tha fiwas so novel, One of our operation of the foroa could hava been nance of our naval forces, tha purchaser of supplies of all kinds of matarlal than and performed departments I say, successauooaaafully conducted. auch valuable service, that fully conducted, because In a "business" Captain (H C.) Eugene C- - To bey, abler I must describe It In. some detail. We of this kin "good anough" and "tomoraviation officers than Captain H. X. Cons took over Into our London organisation row" may mean disaster; that la, lc Is a and Lieutenant Commander W. A. Ed- an Idea that la advantageously used In ossa of keeping both Information and op- ward. an abler chief of operations than many American Industrial establishera tions up to the minute If the per- Captain R. L Lelgb, or aa abler Intelliments, and had a planning section, tha sonnel and squlpmsnt of tha staff are gence officer than Commander J, V. first. I think, which had avar been adopnot .completely oapabla of thle It la more Babcock, ted tty any navy. 1 detached' from, iy than a partial failure and tha result Is other duties five officers. Captain F. H. ' aa avar praaent danger. There were men Fchofleld, Captain D. W. Knox, Captain tft thta peat war who went to pleree" H. Ju Tanell (who anchanged places " afterward with Captain L. McNameo of dimply because they triad to do everyax thin ( themselves. the plana section of tha navy departThle administrative vice of attempting Theso men, and others of tbo fourteen ment) and Colonel R. H. Dunlap (of tha te control ovary detail, sven Insignificant departmental heads, acted as a kind of marines), who was suooeeded by toColonel comonee to which military man seem par- cabinet. Many of them handled matters U McC. Little, when ordered ticularly addicted. It haa always been my which, though wholly saaanlial to tho mand a- - regiment of marines In France, adto avoid. to n Business at Orosvenor success of tha forces were outside These rg made It their business polity Gardens developed to such aa extent that of my personal knowledge orquite vise tha commander In chief on any experience, Wa war about 100 mas safes were every day re- and they had to bo men in questions that might arias. ceived In our (fire or sent from It; and whosoconsequently ability to guide mo la such matgraduates of the Naval Warto college at af these 9 par cant ware la coda the and ters I could place complete confidence. applied they Newport, of war problem tha lessons Obviously, It was Impossible for the As an of this t may cite one of Instituforce oommapder to keep constantly at tha dutiesexample that had of Captain Tobey. Nearly all which they learned at bis finger-end- s all these details All de- of the very considerable , financial trans- tion. partmental beads therefore, were se- actions be wag entrusted with were The business of the planning section lected because they were officers who Greek" to me. but he had only to ahow waa to make studies of particular probould bo depended upon to handle these me tha right place on tho numerous doclems, to prepare plana for future operamatters and make decisions Independent- - uments, and I signed my name in abso tions and aloo to criticla fully the or- - Subordinates Given Control of Details by Naval' Commander Fourteen Departmental Heads, Acting as Cabinet, Direct United States Sea Operations From Headquarters at London. IN ed Planning Section Established. sa u ' 11 ' SUNDAY MORNINd, APkIL 18, 1920. TITE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, rn!aUrn n1 mothori ready in thes men Tho which w oro They placed themaelve In tha position sod the German blah mmnuiml peered Into tne Grand Fleet, broking for u weakne-- a whhh. If tliev wer t.rr nans, thev might turn to account In a rneral -t our The only weak engagement plamnnic re tlon count find was one whhh refected lb greatest credit upon the Krlt'sh fnresa The liru.sh commander, S.r Devtd and Realty, waa a mi tlcularly dasnln heroic fighter, could not thee splendid qoulllte really he turned to the edvan-lag- s of the Oermana? That Admiral Realty would fight at th first opportunity, and that he would run all Justifiable risks, If a chance presented of defeating the German fleet, wa as well known to the Germans as to ourselves The British admiral. It ws elso known, did not entertalu much respert fur mines end torped). themselves li 4 the position of the Germane and to decide how, It they wrra dithe re, tins German naval operations, would frustrate the tartlra of the ell. re. Thalr rwrord contain derailed descriptions of how men liant ships could he sunk bv submarine., and these method, our oflhara believed, represented a great Improvement over those used by the Indeed, I think that many of these reporta had they fallen Into tha hand of tna Germane, would have been found by them exceedingly ueaful. 3 hero was general Impression, In our own navy as well aa In the British, that moat of the German euomarlne commanders handled their boats uimhtlfullv and obtained Inadequate reaulta All three documents were given to the responsible men In our forcea as well as to the Rrttleh, and had a considerable Influence upon operatlona The lirltlah also established a fdannlti section wnich worked harmoniously with our own. A subject upon which our planning sec tlon l.ked to apeculate was the poenible sortie of the German fleet. The poexihll-It- y of a great naval engagement filled the minds of most navel offhera, and, after we had aent flv of our battleship to reinforce Admiral Realty's squadron, tbl topto became even more Interesting to American naval men. Would the Germane ever rome out T What had they to gain or to lose by auch an undertaking' Whet were their chances of victor? Where would the engagement be fought and what pert would the several elements of modem warfere play In U. mines, submarines, battl cruisers, airplanes, dirigible and destroyer. T wer among the questions With which the planning section bugled Itself, and thla problem, like many others, they approached from tha German standpoint al- mm fact that hm1 no 44rnlniiratU o dutlc ftnd that ihty could therefor all the f tune to eurv)tnn our operation, dxHoxerjn igtfeKtliic mistake, ami better way or doing thinjro, a well aa the fact that they were themechee of naval warfare, wholeriy eiudent made their labors exceedingly valuable. them the utmoot freedom In find fitav with the existing retime, there was no department and no offtca, from that of the commander In chief down, upon whoes activities they were not at liberty to aubmlt the fullest end the frankoat reports. If anythin could te done In n better way, we certainly want ed to knew U. Position of Germans. Whenever eny epeciflo problem ef Importance came up, U waa always submitted to these men for a report. The value of curb a report depended upon the completeneaa and accuracy of the In formation available, and It was the business of tha IntelUrenc department of tha staff to euoply thfa If tho desired Informal Ion wae not In their files, or the filet of the allied admlraltlee, or wae not up to date. It waa their duty to obtain It at once Tha point la that the planning section had no other duties beyond renderln a decision, baaed upon a careful analysis of tha faot bearing upon the ease, which they submitted In writing. Thera was no phase ef the naval warfare upon which the officers of tha planning section did not give us reports. On of thalr favorite method was to place umiMat ft (o 1 ti f A'tilr! aif only tLtr in tfi )ui t- Ger-ma- Put Themselves in iw1 of lJO i r itt III s A Jrn l tr j '? ( n t i qi tt H " - v.v 1, m th K r a u Hisf! h nati tJl! Oft in Mt-m- i M(? Hftrt i of t th u r y I r f juft of ifin i y $ jf txinn t In iiurr im i of navy, thtv at I n i tori In .Kiain, ni itMiriitr 'i- flriti and xlillGnnf t if n ill U f"M lm, t!1 laitF to r n tn (,?i it an f n t in l rtn Uon of How, dmw 1, t.r i $ H lu to tha alUfk, and thrn Mdo lh mil i l!rftion of th noma vo ml ritner FrohaLily cu h a a I, In tl hv putrdrd, but It rv, i oplnl m of our plannt? t ptoup orm i y ( th only ciiunf of irJpUi r In And winn'nf tho Kria had my aiaff found itself In (jffmmy i D position, that is th gifatcpyI xlm n !b t aouUI profit, y bavo uard to Lh Drit ph report uftoffit-iAlijI t iu it if aimpty broau r g that miabt affcinl Hrltiwh ofl r li t an would poid)y be rnuriaimnR vtdenoA of tho cooiration that ox'' between tho two forces and of ihe hut-Ja- h to accept f rv5ti n. daiXkoition that thi doiumont waa Unmed.JUoiy aout to Admiral Cutty. , m i 1 J in 1 M rii i otr Torpedo Flags Are Ordered Destroyed. r rid All navies poseesaed what waa known as a "torpedo flag " This waa an em- blem which waa to ha displayed In eaa torpedoes were sighted, for th purpose of warning the ships to change course or, If necessary, to desist from an attack It was generally reported thet Admiral Boalty had ordered all three torpedo f,ags destroyed; In rase lie once started in pursuit of th German fleet, he prostraight posed to take hia chances. dl through a school of appioarhlng torperush to even full or does. speed over a mine field, making no effort lo avoid th h would probably hidden mlaalle. 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