AMERICAN NAVAL HELP.
THE secretary of the American Navy has revealed in his annual report 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 programme which will cost £400,000,000. It employs 300,000 men, and has already put 745 ships in commission. Young Americans are so eager to enlist that the navy has been able to pick and choose, limiting its enlistments to 1,000 men a week. In co-opera-tion 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 Bims, have been given the full benefit of all the information acquired by the British Admiral-, tv, and (he 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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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1795, 28 February 1918, Page 2
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169AMERICAN NAVAL HELP. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1795, 28 February 1918, Page 2
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