Governments, most of which require cooperation on the part of some other
Government, and certainly it should be continued in being until a more
forceful control of allied naval effort can be agreed upon and brought
into effect.

[Sidenote: Liaison officers with the War Council and the Naval Council.]

The United States naval staff representative in Paris is the United
States naval liaison officer with the Supreme War Council, and a member
of the staff of Vice Admiral Sims is the liaison officer with the
secretariat of the Allied Naval Council. The United States naval staff
representative in Paris is also liaison officer at the French Ministry
of Marine and is at present naval attache as well.

[Sidenote: Naval attache to Italy.]

The naval attache to Italy, Capt. C.R. Train, maintains naval liaison
with the Italian Ministry of Marine and keeps in touch with the United
States naval activities in Italian waters.

II. ACTIVITIES IN COOPERATION WITH THE BRITISH.

Inasmuch as the British are predominant in naval activity, it is natural
to find that a major part of our naval activities are in cooperation
with them and controlled by them. In fact, the British have been in
position to carry so much of the "naval load" of this war that our first
and our principal efforts have been toward taking up a share of that
load.

[Sidenote: Friendly rivalry between British and Americans.]

Cooperation has in many cases been carried to such an extent that the
coordination necessary for efficiency has developed into practical
consolidation. It is pleasing to note that while consolidation is all
but a fact, our own naval forces have in every case preferred to
preserve their individuality of organization and administration and, as
far as feasible, of operations; and that a healthy and friendly rivalry
between them and their British associates has resulted in much good to
the personnel of both services.

[Sidenote: On the coast of Ireland.]

The largest single group of naval activities wherein cooperation is
effected with the British is that in Ireland, all of them being under
the jurisdiction of the commander in chief, coast of Ireland, who has
been and is Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, whose cordial appreciation of the
work of our forces has gone far to stimulate the personnel coming under
his direction. The chief of staff, destroyer flotillas, and the officer
in charge of aviation in Ireland are designated by the British Admiralt