Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims
[Extract]
AMERICAN EMBASSY,
LONDON.
The Carlton, June 8, 1918.
Saturday evening
My darling Nani:
This morning at 10 I arrived from Scotland after a very pleasant and a very satisfactory trip. . . . We had breakfast at the fine terminus hotel then drove 8 miles in a motor and went on board the New York, Ad. Rodman’s1 flagship. I inspected the general quarters, then went through the ship including the engine room. She is entirely spotless and is, I believe, very efficient in all respects. Her upkeep has been a matter of astonishment to the British. They have nothing in the Grand Fleet to equal her in smartness. British officers have inspected her and have so reported. It is “bucking” them all up. After the inspection I asked to have the crew mustered on the quarterdeck and made them a bit of a speech and told them the reputation they had made in Europe both as to the ships and the conduct of the men. At 1 p.m. our five dreadnaughts got underway and went outside for target practice but unfortunately it proved too hazy to see far enough; and we returned in the afternoon. During the afternoon I called on all the other four ships and made a speech to each one of the crews-1400 men in each. That evening I was invited to dine with the commander in chief, Sir David Beatty. Babby went with me, also Lt Thompson, the gunnery man.2 All the British Vice Admirals and rear admirals (8 or 10 of them) were there. . . .
I found everywhere the most cordial relations between our people and the fleet. This was particularly the case in the grand fleet itself. This is known to be an essential part of my policy.
We hear rumors of changes in the fleet at Havre, but nothing definite. My force is, as you know, theoretically a part of the Atlantic Fleet, but actually a separate command with authority to correspond directly with the Department. Recently the C-in-C3 has ordered copies of all reports sent to him. There are tons of them, and to send copies would require a great expansion of my office. I have protested in a private message to Benson and have suggested that it is about time this was made a separate command.4 That was about a week ago, and there is no reply as yet. The rumors are that the C-in-C is to leave the fleet, but it is not stated who will take his place. It is also said that Caperton will come ashore. Knight retires in December and Coffman in November.5 So, they can appoint two new admirals and one vice admiral if they want to. This is at present the most important command, and it will be half as large again by the end of the year. It would seem that the fiction of its being a part of the Atlantic fleet could not hold out much longer. Nous allous voir.6 At all events it is reasonably sure that I will be left in command. . . .
Monday, June 10.
. . . . I have received a clipping (from a Phila paper) of the article by Mr. Marshall7 (written by Babby). It is a very able production and will do more good than my “interview” (written by Mr. Marshall-after talking with Babby). It gives a very clear and convincing account of my policy and methods and the results, and will, I believe, effectively silence all criticism.
What I told you about the conceited conduct of our soldiers applied only (as I am now informed) to the regulars who came over first. The national army is of quite different material. They are willing and anxious to learn and are making a fine impression. . . .
Your devoted
Will
Source Note: ALS, DLC-MSS, William S. Sims Papers, Box 10.
Footnote 1: RAdm. Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine. Rodman’s division was assigned to operate with the British Grand Fleet, where it was designated the Sixth Battle Squadron.
Footnote 2: Adm. Sir David Beatty, Commander-in-Chief, British Grand Fleet; Cmdr. John V. Babcock, Sims’ personal aide; the only Thompson on Sims’ staff was Medical Inspector E. Thompson, and there is no Lt. Thompson listed among the officers of the Sixth Battle Squadron.
Footnote 3: RAdm. Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet.
Footnote 4: See: Sims to Adm. William S. Benson, 4 June 1918. Sims’ command was not separated from the Atlantic Fleet, nor was he promoted to full admiral during the war. However, Mayo’s requests to travel to Europe and thereby displace Sims were rejected, and Sims remained functionally independent.
Footnote 5: RAdm. William B. Caperton, Commander, Pacific Fleet; RAdm. Austin M. Knight, Commander, Asiatic Fleet; and VAdm. De Witt Coffman, Second in Command, Atlantic Fleet.
Footnote 6: French for “We are going to see.”
Footnote 7: “Mr. Marshall” has not been further identified. The Marshall News Syndicate of London was one of the important news services of the early twentieth century, offering a variety of articles and interviews related to the war effort. For more on this, see: Sims to Sims, 3 May 1918.
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- Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt to All Navy Bureaus, All Naval Districts, and All Navy Yards, 6/14/1918
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 6/14/1918
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commander Frank D. Berrien, 6/15/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Lindon W. Bates, Chairman of Engineering Committee, The Submarine Defense Association, 6/15/1918
- War Diary of Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander, Atlantic Fleet, 6/15/1918
- Commander Louis H. Maxfield, Commander, U.S. Naval Air Station, Paimboeuf, France, to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, U.S. Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 6/15/1918
- Bureau of Navigation to Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, United States Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, 6/15/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Bureau of Steam Engineering, 6/15/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/15/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Ireland, 6/15/1918
- Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander-in-Chief, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/15/1918
- Rear Admiral Edwin A. Anderson, Commander, American Patrol Detachment, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 6/15/1918
- Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/15/1918
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- Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, to the Bureau of Ordnance, 6/17/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in European Waters, 6/17/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 6/17/1918
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- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, 6/18/1918
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- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander, Atlantic Fleet and Capt. Edwin A. Anderson, Commander, American Patrol Detachment, 6/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 6/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 6/19/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/19/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/19/1918
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- Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/19/1918
- Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, second cable of the day, 6/20/1918
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- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 6/20/1918
- George Rublee, Presidential Adviser, to James A. Salter, British Director of Ship Requisitioning, 6/20/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Captain Frederick L. Oliver, Commander, Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut; and to Naval District Commandants, 6/20/1918
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- Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, U.S. Destroyer Little, 6/21/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to All United States Naval Forces, 6/21/1918
- 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, 6/21/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, second cable of the day, 6/21/1918
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- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to the Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/21/1918
- Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff for Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotilla, 6/22/1918
- Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/22/1918
- Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, U.S. Destroyer Little, 6/22/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Various Officers in the Western Hemisphere, 6/22/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in European Waters, 6/22/1918
- Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/22/1918
- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces Based in France, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/23/1918
- Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, U.S. Destroyer Little, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/23/1918
- Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, U.S. Destroyer Little, 6/23/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, United States Shipping Board and United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, Philip A. S. Franklin, Chairman, Shipping Control Committee, and Mr. Watrabord, 6/23/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Professor J. A. Field, Staff of United States Shipping Board, 6/23/1918
- Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, R.N., Commander-in-Chief, Southern Ireland, to the British Admiralty, 6/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 6/24/1918
- Captain Richard H. Jackson, United States Staff Representative in Paris, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/24/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Naval District Commandants, 6/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, 6/25/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/25/1918
- 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, 6/25/1918
- 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, 6/25/1918
- Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, U.S. Destroyer Little, 6/26/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Professor J. A. Field, Staff of United States Shipping Board, 6/26/1918
- Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotilla, to Commanding Officers, Destroyer Flotilla, 6/26/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/26/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 6/26/1918
- Captain Hutchison 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, 6/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 6/27/1918
- Commander Charles R. Belknap, Director, Naval Overseas Transportation Service, to Naval Overseas Transportation Service, 6/27/1918
- Commander Rufus F. Zogbaum, Jr., Commander, U.S.S. Stevens, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/27/1918
- Diary of Commander Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, U.S. Destroyer Little, 6/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 6/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Charles P. Nelson, Commander, United States Forces Based at Corfu, Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Forces Based at Gibraltar, and Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché in Rome, 6/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 6/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, 6/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 6/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 6/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 6/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Destroyer Flotillas Operating in European Waters, 6/29/1918
- Admiral Sir Alexander E. Bethell, R.N., Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth Station, to Commander Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S. Navy Base, Plymouth., 6/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, 6/29/1918
- Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/29/1918
- Diary of Commander, Joseph K. Taussig, Commander, Little, 6/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Commander, Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, 6/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 6/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 6/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, 6/29/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Walter A. Edwards, Aviation Section, Staff of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/29/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, 6/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the British Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 6/29/1918
- Commander Richard D. White, Commander, Oriziba, to Rear Admiral Albert T. Gleaves, Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force, 6/30/1918
- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Forces in France, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/30/1918
- Captain Richard H. Leigh, Commander, United States Submarine Chaser Base, Corfu, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/30/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 6/30/1918
- Memorandum from Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 6/30/1918
- July 1918
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- October 1918
- November 1918
- Post-War: Transporting the AEF
- Post-War: The Role of the CNO
- Post-War: Naval Aviation
- Post-War: Demobilization
- Post-War: Sweeping the Northern Barrage
- Post-War: Northern Russia
- Post-War: Humanitarian Aid and Relief
- Post-war: Armistice and Final Treaty
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