Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations
MEMORANDUM for C. N. O.
On February 28th there was prepared a memo1 in which the following salient points were noted, in regard to the Siberian situation:
(a) The greatest evil so far developed in this war, affecting the Allies and preventing their united military effort was lack of thorough cooperation.
(b) It was evident that Japan had two roads to pursue (1) stick to the Allies, (2) or grow closer to Germany.
(c) That an immediate need existed to do something in Siberia, to offset the German propaganda and military effort there.
To effect the above it was thought wise:
(1) To get in touch with Japan.
(2) To be perfectly frank and fair with her.
(3) Induce her to make our aims and ideals as set forth by the President her own.
(4) Under these circumstances to offer to cooperate with her, on the same terms as with the other Allies, for the suppression of a growing menace
At the time this memo was written Japan’s line of action was indicated as being toward intervention. The great German drive in the West had not materialized and unless internal political events demanded it, it looked as though German policy might contemplate aggressive political action and military occupation in the east and defensive military operations in the West
In the meantime despatches were received from the C-in-C of the Asiatic2 giving much conflicting information, but all emphasizing the need for a clean cut general policy upon which he might base his future action.
On March 21st a cable was prepared but not sent which tentatively outlined as a policy (1) the restoration of the true representative voice of democratic Russia as its first aim and (2) that in putting this policy into effect each interest concerned must be consulted and considered in proportion to the weight of interest involved.
It was thought such a cable would have the effect of drawing together in closer cooperation, the various xxxxx interest concerned, and of inducing each interest to more definitely outline its aim and purpose, and that the net result would be to promote Russia’s and the Allied aims as a natural counter to the German effort.
Since then more cables have been received showing the spread of the German propaganda and a certain amount of danger to munitions in Siberia. The German western drive has started I[t] has met with an initial success. And the attitude of Japan towards intervention has cooled or has turned.
There is no escapiing the facts and the inference to be drawn, of the bearing that the German western offensive may have on the political and strategic situation in the far East.
If the present western drive is a success, the wedge driven and the French and British Armies rolled back, then possibly complete victory is the result, with perhaps a German peace for some of the Allies. If the line remains as it is, it may require a re-adjustment of the British left flank, perhaps exposing Dunkirk and Calais.
If there ever was a time when complete cooperation between all the Allies and a definite exposition of the Aims of each was needed, it is now. There seems no better way for the United States to get this than to take the initiative in the movement.
It would seem a strong move now right at the present, for the United States to inaugurate or cuase [i.e., cause] to be inaugurated a intensive counter offensive in the far East, political at first, but with a possible later military significance, directed not against Russia, but in aid of Russia. And for the United States to make use of every power that can be brought to serve on this front, seems sound. If there lurked the seeds of disaffection to the Allies Cause or a lukewarm apathy which might later turn to open hostility there would seem not better way to expose it, than by a frank, open, vigorous and straight forward policy, outline immediately.3
<& Sent Mar 28 1918>
Source Note: TDS, DLC-MSS, William Sims Papers, Box 79. There is a note at the top of the first page: “info only/Sims Strictly/Private WP.”
Footnote 1: Memorandum referred to has not been found.
Footnote 2: Adm. Austin M. Knight, Commander-in-Chief, Asiatic Fleet.
Footnote 3: For more on American policy in Siberia, see: Diary of Josephus Daniels, 29 March 1918.
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- Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 3/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/1/1918
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- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/1/1918
- Captain Richard H. Jackson, American Naval Representative to the Ministry of Marine, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/1/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/1/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 3/1/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/1/1918
- Captain William P. Scott, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and Representative, Ship Protective General Committee, to Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, 3/2/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Flag Officers in European Waters, 3/2/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/2/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, Press Conference, 3/2/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/2/1918
- Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/2/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/2/1918
- Commander Halsey Powell, Commander, Parker, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/3/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/3/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/3/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/3/1918
- Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/4/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/4/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/4/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/4/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/4/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/4/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Herbert O. Dunn, Commander, Azores Detachment, Atlantic Fleet, 3/4/1918
- Memorandum on the Regulation of Alcohol near Naval Training Stations, 3/4/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/5/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Sqaudrons Operating in European Waters, 3/5/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/5/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/5/1918
- Report of Conference between Vice Admiral Maurice F. A. de Grasset, Commander, Division des Antilles; Rear Admiral Edwin A. Anderson, Commander, Sqaudron One, Patrol Force, Altantic Fleet, and Commodore Cortland H. Simpson, West Indies Auxiliary Patrols, 3/5/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Carl V. van Anda, Managing Editor, New York Times, 3/5/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/5/1918
- Addenda and Corrections to Plan for Defense against a Submarine Attack in Home Waters, Submitted by Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 3/6/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/6/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/6/1918
- 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, 3/6/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral David W. Taylor, Chief of Bureau of Construction and Repair, 3/6/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/6/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/6/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/6/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/7/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/7/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/7/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/7/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 3/7/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 3/7/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/7/1918
- James F. Kerney, Paris Representative, Committee on Public Information, to Committee on Public Information, 3/7/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, Inter-Office Order, 3/7/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/8/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/8/1918
- Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, 3/8/1918
- Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, United States Shipping Board, 3/8/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice Chairman, United States Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/8/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/8/1918
- Lieutenant Commnader Kenneth Whiting, Aviation Section, Officer of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Captain Hutchison I. Cone, Commander, Naval Aviaition Force, Foreign Service, 3/8/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/8/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/8/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in Eiuropean Waters, and Captain Joel R. Poinsett Pringle, Chief of Staff, Destroyer Flotillas, 3/8/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 3/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Major General John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, 3/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Thomas E. Crease, Secretary of the Allied Naval Council, 3/9/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/9/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Destroyer Flotillas, 3/9/1918
- Memorandum of Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/10/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, 3/10/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/10/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/10/1918
- Secretary of the British Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/10/1918
- Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/10/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/10/1918
- Lieutenant (j. g.) Frederick A. Johnson, U. S. N. R. F., to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 3/11/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/11/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to General Chauncey B. Baker, U.S.A., Chief of Embarkation Service, and Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, 3/11/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/11/1918
- Commander Charles R. Belknap Jr., Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/11/1918
- 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, 3/11/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/12/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to Albert Shaw, Editor-in-Chief, American Review of Reviews, 3/12/1918
- Surgeon General of the Navy Doctor William C. Braisted, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/12/1918
- Bureau of Yards and Docks to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/12/1918
- Captain William V. Pratt, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/12/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/12/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, Circular to Naval District Commandants, 3/13/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, United States Shipping Board and United States Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 3/14/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/14/1918
- 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, Vance C. McCormick, Chairman, Board of Trade, and Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell, 3/14/1918
- Commander John Halligan Jr., Chief of Staff, Patrol Force, Atlantic Fleet, to Commanding Officers, United States Patrol Sqaudrons Operating in European Waters, 3/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, Commander, Southern Ireland, 3/14/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 3/15/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Third Sea Lord Rear Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, 3/15/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/15/1918
- Ship's Log, Allen, 3/15/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/15/1918
- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Naval Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/16/1918
- Naval Stores Department, British Admiralty, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/16/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/16/1918
- 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, 3/16/1918
- Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, Commander, Battleship Division Nine, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/16/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/16/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/16/1918
- Ship's Log, Allen, 3/16/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Flag Officers, 3/16/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/16/1918
- Army and Navy Register, 3/16/1918
- Philip A. S. Franklin, Chairman, Shipping Control Committee in New York, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, United States Shipping Board, and United States Representative to the Allied Maritime Transport Council, 3/17/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/17/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/17/1918
- Ship's Log, Allen, 3/17/1918
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt to Commandants, Third Through Eighth Naval Districts, and Commander William R. White, Commander, Vixen, 3/17/1918
- Captain Nathan C. Twining, Chief of Staff to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Admiralty Sir Oswyn A. R. Murray, 3/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Captain Richard H. Jackson, American Naval Representative to the Ministry of Marine, 3/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/18/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Falconer, Commander, Wadena, 3/18/1918
- Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/18/1918
- Secretary of State Robert Lansing to United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Walter Hines Page, 3/18/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/18/1918
- 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, 3/19/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Charles R. Train, United States Naval Attaché at Rome, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/19/1918
- Captain Richard H. Jackson, American Naval Representative to the Ministry of Marine, to the Office of Naval Intelligence, 3/19/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 3/19/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 3/19/1918
- Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully, District Commander, Rochefort, France, and Commander, Sqaudron Five, Patrol Force, Atlantic Fleet, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 3/19/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 3/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/20/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, Philip A. S. Franklin, Chairman, Shipping Control Committee, and Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell, 3/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/20/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 3/20/1918
- George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 3/20/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/20/1918
- Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/21/1918
- Special Board on Anti-Submarine Devices to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/21/1918
- United States Consul-General, Genoa, David F. Wilber, to Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, Commander, United States Patrol Squadron Based at Gibraltar, 3/22/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/22/1918
- Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transportation Council, 3/22/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/22/1918
- Captain Hutchinson I. Cone, Commander, Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to All Naval Forces in European Waters, 3/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Anne Hitchcock Sims, 3/23/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels to All Bureaus, All Naval District Commandants, and All Naval Yard Commandants, 3/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/23/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/23/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, 3/23/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/23/1918
- Commodore Guy R. Gaunt, British Naval Attaché at Washington, to First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, 3/23/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Lieutenant Commander Kenneth Whiting, Commander, Naval Air Stations 14 and 15, Killigholme, 3/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/24/1918
- Major General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary Forces, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/24/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/24/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 3/25/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 3/25/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Squadrons Operating in European Waters, 3/25/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/26/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, Philip A. S. Franklin, Chairman of the Shipping Control Committee in New York, and Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell, 3/26/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, Philip A. S. Franklin, Chairman of the Shipping Control Committee in New York, and Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell, 3/26/1918
- Rear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/26/1918
- 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, 3/26/1918
- First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/26/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, Commander, United States Patrol Sqaudrons Operating in European Waters, 3/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Major General John J. Pershing, Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, 3/27/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/27/1918
- General George W. Goethals, Acting Quartermaster General, United States Army, and Director of Storage and Traffic, to Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, 3/27/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/27/1918
- Captain (Retired) Oscar W. Koester, Bureau of Steam Engineering, to Rear Admiral Walter McLean, Commandant, Fifth Naval District, 3/27/1918
- Lieutenant Commander Worrall R. Carter, Commander, Aylwin, Suggestions for Use of American A-L Submarines, 3/27/1918
- Executive Order of President Woodrow Wilson, 3/28/1918
- 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, 3/28/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Naval District Commandants, 3/28/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 3/28/1918
- General Order, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/28/1918
- Admiralty Memorandum on Concentration of Destroyers in the North Sea, 3/28/1918
- 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, 3/29/1918
- 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, 3/29/1918
- Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Destroyer Flotillas Operating in European Waters, 3/29/1918
- Philip A. S. Franklin, Chairman, Shipping Control Committee, to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/29/1918
- Commander Paul Foley and L. I. Thomas to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, 3/29/1918
- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, All Navy Communication Cable, 3/29/1918
- Diary of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 3/29/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/29/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/29/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, and George I. Gay, Commissioner, Planning Division, Shipping Board, 3/29/1918
- Office of the Chief of Naval Operations to Admiral Henry T. Mayo, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, 3/30/1918
- Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, to Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, 3/30/1918
- Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 3/30/1918
- William Denman, Chairman, Shipping Control Committee, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 3/30/1918
- Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, Philip A. S. Franklin, Chairman of the Shipping Control Committee in New York, and Assistant Secretary of War Benedict Crowell, 3/31/1918
- Edward N. Hurley, Chairman, Shipping Board, to Raymond B. Stevens, Vice-Chairman, Shipping Board, and Representative, Allied Maritime Transport Council, 3/31/1918
- Commander Dudley W. Knox, Planning Section, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to Commander Thomas C. Hart, Commander, Division Five, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet, 3/31/1918
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- Post-War: Transporting the AEF
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- 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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