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Christy, Capt. H. H., with the Grand Fleet, 303 Churchill, Rt. Hon. W., " digging the rats out of their holes," 246 Clinton-Baker, Rear-Adra., in com- mand of British mine-laying opera- tions, 257 Cluverius, Capt. W. T., with mine- laying squadron, 264 Cole, Capt. W. C., commanding the Nevada, 305 College boys and subchasers, 168 Commerce raiders, guarding against, 94, 112 Cone, Capt. Hutch I., at London head- quarters, 212, 214 ; organizer Ameri- can air forces, 284 ; severely injured on torpedoed Leinster, 285 Conner, Francis G., jumps overboard from Fanning to save drowning German from crew of submarine, 132 Convoy of shipping to Scandinavia, 22 Convoy system, ancient use of, 86 ; merchant captains hostile to, 88, 93 ; Gibraltar experiment, 96 ; mer- chant captains won over, 96 ; the headquarters and staff, 103 ; details of operation, 103, 108 ; routing of the convoys, 110, 116 ; actual con- voys described, 117 ; success of system, 136 ; relative parts taken by Great Britain and the United States, 138 ; most important agency in winning the war, 141 Conyngham, in first American destroyer contingent, 42 ; with convoy, 122, 124 ; destroys submarine, 125 Copeland, D. G., great work in con- nection with air service, 285 Corfu, subchaser base established at, 182 ; detachment performing excel- lent service, 194 Cork, American destroyer officers make state visit to, 48 ; sailors not per- mitted to visit, 71 Cotten, Capt. Lyman A., with sub- chasers, arrives at Plymouth, 177 ; work in training subchaser crews, 178 ; commanding subchaser squad- rons, 182 Craven, Capt. T. T., great service in aviation, 283 Crenshaw, Capt. Arthur, good work in convoying subchasers, 178 Cressy, Aboukir and Hague torpedoed by 17-29, 84, 174 Cronan, Capt. William P., work in training subchaser crews, 178 Cumberland, escorting convoy, 119, 123 Cunningham, Major A. A., command- ing Marine Corps aviation in Nor- thern Bombing Group, 285 Gushing, atQueenstown,139 ; deceived by ' ' mystery ship," 147 Danae, attempt to torpedo, 128 Daniels, Secretary of War, instructs Adm. Sims to sail for England, 1 Dartmouth, in attack on Durazzo, 199 Davis, in first American destroyer con- tingent, 42 Davison, Trubee, organizer Yale avia- tion unit, recommended for Distin- guished Service Medal, 282 De Bon, Vice- Adm., Chief of French Naval Staff, 221 De Steigner, Capt. L. R., with the Grand Fleet, 303 Decatur, at Gibraltar, 135 Defrees, Capt. Joseph H., work on listening devices, 178 Delaware, on duty with Grand Fleet, 303 Depth charge, origin of, 78 ; effects of on submarines, 79 Destroyers, scarcity of in British navy, 28 ; a new type of war vessel, their history, 75 ; size and armament, 76 ; high efficiency, 76 ; how sub- marines are attacked, 82 ; use of in convoying merchant vessels, 95 Destroyers, American, arrive in Queens- town, 40 ; copy of sailing orders, 43 ; compared with British, 48 ; why placed under British Admiral at Queenstown, 61 ; number of at Queenstown, 63 ; enthusiasm of British public on arrival, 63 ; " the return of the Mayflower," 64 ; in action, 99 ; duties of, 101 Deutschland, " merchant " submarine, visits Newport News, 266 Di Revel, Vice-Adm., Italian Member Allied Naval Council, 222 Dortch, Lt.-Commr. I. F., highly com- mended, 139 Dray ton, highly commended, 139 Duff, Vice-Adm. Sir Alexander L., in charge of convoy system, 103 Duncan, American destroyer,at Queens- town, 57 Dunlap, Col. R. H., at London head- quarters, 215 Dunraven, mystery ship, heroism of captain and crew, 157 ; given Vic- toria Cross, 163, 164 Durazzo, bombardment of, 199 Earle, Rear- Adm., in charge of design of mobile railway batteries for Western Front, 290 Edwards, Lt.-Commr. W. A., at Lon- don headquarters, 212, 214 ; com- mands Yale aviation unit, 283 ; succeeds Capt. Cone in charge of aviation section, 285 Evans, Capt. E. R. G. R., British liaison officer with American destroyers, 44 ; exploit as commander of destroyer Broke, 61 Evans, Capt. F. T., in command of U.S. aviation centre at Pauillac, France, 284 Fairfield, Commr. Arthur P., with first American destroyer contingent, 42 ; highly commended, 139 Fanning, captures crew of submarine, 129 Farquhar, Lt.-Commr., highly com- mended, 139 Fenian Ram, Holland's submarine, 227 Fighting submarines from the air, 275 Fisher, Adm. Sir John, in charge of de- partment for investigating anti- submarine devices, 8 ; tells of Ameri- can-built submarines, first to cross Atlantic, 266 Fletcher, Rear- Adm. Wm. B., com- manding Brest naval base, 300 Florida, on duty with Grand Fleet, 303 Foster, Arnold-, on building of sub- marines, 228 Fullinwider, Commr. S. P., efforts in perfection of new submarine mine, 250 Fulton, Robert, efforts in developing the submarine, 226