Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
JANUARY MONDAY 28 1918
Ellis Island. Conference with Secy Wilson over letting Navy have it.1 War Dept. desires. We must man 50 ships and there is no other place for us.
Col. House called.2 In all this talk and criticism, he said, the good condition of the Navy had saved the day. Nobody was so happy as W W3
He said everybody abroad praised the alertness of the men of the Navy. Benson4 was easily the first man of the military men in the Council—towered over Jellico5 & told them what to do, & put them to doing it
Council of National Defense. Coal & food both short & shortage of both chiefly due to lack of cars & transportation Goods for abroad all rushed to NY Should go from Southern ports.
Need a Director of Shipping.
Baker heard before Senate committee.6
Source Note: D, DLC-MSS, Josephus Daniels Papers, Diaries, Roll 1.
Footnote 1: Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson. There is no evidence that the Navy took over Ellis Island.
Footnote 2: Col. Edward House, an advisor to President Woodrow Wilson. He had led a mission to Europe in November, 1917, to consult with the Allies on behalf of Wilson. See: Dairy of Edward House, 21 November 1917; and William S. Sims to Anne H. Sims, 15 November 1917.
Footnote 3: President Woodrow Wilson.
Footnote 4: Adm. William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, had been part of House’s mission.
Footnote 5: Adm. Sir. John R. Jellicoe, R.N., former First Sea Lord.
Footnote 6: Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Baker was testifying before the Senate Committee on Military affairs to allay fears that the United States would not be able to successfully field an independent army in Europe and that American troops would be amalgamated into Allied armies. Wilton B. Fowler, British-American Relations 1917-1918: The Role of Sir William Wiseman, Supplementary Volume to The Papers of Woodrow Wilson (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015), 128.
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- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/28/1918
- Captain Alfred W. Hinds, Commanding Officer, Rochester, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/1/1918
- Captain Thomas P. Magruder, Commander, Squadron Four, Patrol Force, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Forces Based in France, 1/1/1918
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- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/1/1918
- Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/2/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/2/1918
- Captain Thomas P. Magruder, Commander, Squadron Four, Patrol Force, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrols Force based in France, 1/2/1918
- Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/2/1918
- Major General John J. Pershing, U.S.A., Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/3/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/3/1918
- Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/3/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/4/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, Commander, United States Asiatic Fleet, 1/4/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 1/4/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/4/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, 1/5/1918
- Vice Admiral Charles J. Badger, President, General Board of the Navy, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/5/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 1/5/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, 1/6/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Forces Operating in European Waters, to All United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/7/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/7/1918
- Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, 1/7/1918
- Bainbridge Colby, United States Shipping Board, to First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Eric Geddes, 1/7/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/8/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/8/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/8/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/8/1918
- Captain Richard H. Leigh to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/8/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/9/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/9/1918
- Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/9/1918
- Bainbridge Colby, United States Shipping Board, to Commander Paul Foley, 1/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/9/1918
- Captain Lewis B. McBride to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/10/1918
- Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Navy Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/10/1918
- Secretary of the British Admiralty Walter F. Nicholson to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Navy Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/10/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché in Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/11/1918
- Commander Joseph K. Taussig to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 1/11/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/11/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/11/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, Patrol Forces Based in France, 1/12/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/12/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/13/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/13/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commander John V. Babcock, 1/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/14/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to All Commanding Officers, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, 1/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, Patrol Forces Based in France, 1/14/1918
- Memorandum for Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/15/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/15/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/15/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/15/1918
- Captain Samuel S. Robison, Commander, Submarine Force, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/15/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/15/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/15/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/15/1918
- Memorandum Concerning the Future of the Otranto Barrage, 1/16/1918
- Commander Joseph K. Taussig to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/16/1918
- Admiral Lewis Bayly, Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 1/17/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/17/1918
- Sir Joseph P. Maclay, Minister of Shipping, to Bainbridge Colby, United States Shipping Board, 1/17/1918
- Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to United States Shipping Board, 1/17/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 1/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, 1/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Destroyer Flotillas Operating in European Waters, 1/19/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, Patrol Squadron Based on Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 1/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/20/1918
- Notes for a Meeting of the Allied Naval Council, 1/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 1/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/21/1918
- Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/21/1918
- Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels to Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, Commander, United States Asiatic Fleet, 1/21/1918
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, to United States Destroyer Flotillas Operating in European Waters, 1/22/1918
- Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/22/1918
- Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, to Captain Noble E. Irwin, 1/22/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/22/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, To Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan, Paymaster General and Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, and Rear Admiral Walter McLean, Commandant, Norfolk Navy Yard, 1/22/1918
- Constitution of the Allied Naval Council, 1/22/1918
- Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, 1/22/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/23/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 1/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 1/24/1918
- Captain Reginald R. Belknap to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/24/1918
- Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty Charles Walker to Commodore Guy R. Gaunt, British Naval Attaché in Washington, D.C., 1/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 1/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, 1/24/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 1/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Mark L. Bristol, 1/24/1918
- Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander, Atlantic Fleet, to Caroline Wing Mayo, 1/24/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/24/1918
- Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, to Thomas J. Macnamara, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, 1/25/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché in Rome, 1/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Alfred W. Hinds, 1/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 1/25/1918
- Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander, Atlantic Fleet, to Caroline Wing Mayo, 1/26/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/26/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 1/26/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/27/1918
- Captain Richard H. Jackson, United States Staff Representative in Paris, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Forces in France, 1/27/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/27/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/28/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/28/1918
- Notable Engagements between United States Navy Destroyers and Enemy Submarines, 1/28/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/29/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/29/1918
- United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Walter Hines Page to Secretary of State Robert Lansing, 1/29/1918
- Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/29/1918
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/29/1918
- Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/29/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to the Bureau of Ordnance, 1/29/1918
- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Forces Based in France, to Commanding Officers, 1/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Naval Constructor Lewis B. McBride, Bureau of Construction and Repair, 1/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Lindon W. Bates, Submarine Defense Association, 1/30/1918
- Planning Section, Headquarters of Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, Memo Number 10, 1/30/1918
- Secretary of War Newton D. Baker to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/30/1918
- New York World, 30 January 1918, 1/30/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/31/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/31/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1/31/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 1/31/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander, Naval Forces, Southern Ireland, 1/31/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/31/1918
- United States Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Intra-Bureau Memorandum, 1/31/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/31/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 1/31/1918
- President Woodrow Wilson to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1/31/1918
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