Mr. Daniels, the Secretary of the American Navy, has revealed
in his Annual Report, summarized in Wednesday's Times, some of the immense activities of his Department, which, it is common knowledge, has already yielded great assistance to the Allied Fleets. The American Navy is now being expanded on a pro- gramme which will cost £400,000,000. It employs three hundred thousand men, and has already put seven hundred and forty-five ships in commission. Young Americans are so eager to enlist that the Navy has been able to pick and choose, limiting its enlistments to a thousand men a week. In co-operation with the Aircraft Board, composed in equal parts of sailors, soldiers, and civilians, the Navy is developing its air service on a very large scale. The American naval commanders, Admiral Mayo and Vice-Admiral Sims, have been given the full benefit of all the information acquired by our Admiralty, and the Allied and American Navies are now co-operating very closely. The Americans were always good sailors, and their help at sea will be invaluable to the common cause.
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