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nto effect. Captain H.I. Cone arrived in Europe for this work about October 1, 1917, and has continued in charge of it ever since. He maintained headquarters in Pa

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ent of sites or the taking over of the stations already in operation or in process of construction. The Navy Department had also to be communicated with, largely by cable, as to design, quantities, and shi

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foreign soil, and the delays which the magnitude of the undertakings caused in the production and shipment of material (and p