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The American Army in Europe: Brest

Paris, Brest and coast districts.

Naval air stations, III. ACTIVITIES IN COOPERATION WITH THE FRENCH. (1) Naval staff representative, Paris. (2) United States naval headquarters, Brest (3) French coastal districts. (4) Destroyers based on Brest. (5) United States naval air stations on French coast: (a) Seaplane stations. (b) Dirigible stations. (c) Kite-balloon stations. (d) Assembly and repair plant, Pauillac. (e) Aviation Training School, Moutchic.

Radio stations, hospitals, etc.

IV. OTHER COOPERATING ACTIVITIES. (1) Naval liaison officer at Army General Headquarters. (2) Naval Radio Station, Croix d'Hins. (3) United States Naval Railway Battery. (4) Naval Pipe-Line Unit. (5) Stations not yet inspected or not to be visited.

V. UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION IN EUROPE. VI. Y. M. C. A. AND SIMILAR ACTIVITIES. VII. HOSPITAL FACILITIES, ETC. VIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS. I. COOPERATION WITH THE ALLIED NAVIES IN GENERAL.

Varied character of Naval activities.

It could hardly have been foreseen to what extent United States naval activities in Europe would accumulate, and it is a fact that it has been a growth by accretion rather than by system. The resultant fact is that the supervision of the commander of United States Naval Forces in Europe is of great and varied scope and continues to increase from week to week. Despite this great extent and varied character of our naval activities in Europe (as evidenced by the list given in par. 2 above) and the fact that their growth by accretion has made a highly centralized control more or less inevitable, the results speak for themselves--all of our naval activities are cooperative in character and all of them give every evidence of performing useful and appreciated work wherever found.