The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-22
CONSTRUCTED MINE BARAGE
 IN THE NORTH SEA
Have Also Built Complete Line of Aviation Stations From the Spanish Borders Around to the English Cham nel-BuIt a Pipe Line Acres Scot. land.

Washington. Oct. Construction of the North Sea mine barrage against submarines laying of an oil pipe line across Scotland. establishment of naval ayia3on stations from the Spanish border to the English channel and otu- CT details of the work of the American navy in foreign waters were given to the publis today by Assistant Sec retary Roosevelt, who recently returnS cd from visit to Europe.
 ''The American people seem to have very little idea of the extent of our naval activities abroad" said Secrt- tary Roosevelt "The tendency is to think merely Of the conveying and pa trol work our destroyers and other vessels are doing and the pesence of on battleships with the British fleet But important as this is, it is only a part of our activities and there are dozens of other things Of importance or which little has been said"
 The building of the northern mina haTage was one of the biggest things ever accomplished in ordnance work, Mir. Roosevelt said. In turning out mao- terial for if, number of plants in this country were kept busy for months. Several American bases were established on the British coast to lay and handle the mines.
 To save haulage of oil, the American navy has undertaken to construct a pipe line across Scotland.
 All the way from the Spanish bord- CT clear around to the English chan mel" said Mir Roosevelt, i've have established aviation stations so spac-- cd that the entire coast line is covered by sea planes aand dirgibles. Thesa stations were built almost entirely by our sailors Al each station there is an average of from 900 to 300 men. This aviation force and our patrol ves- sels have been doing such splendid work that for the past six months there have been practically no sinkings within fifty miles of the French coast We hope 10 extend this patrol zone to hundred miles"
 
 with the British and Belgians, Secre- tary Roosevelt said there har been es- tablished what is known as the north. eTn bombing group composed of a number of aviation units which did much to prevent the Germans from again using Zeebrugse and Ostend as submarine bases.
 An ating with tho British at Gibraltar is patrolling the Atlantic in that vicinity and is acting as convoy to vessels go- ins to and from Italy. Greece and Egypt. There is flying school with several naval aviation units on duty ill Italy while in the Adriatic is large group of submarine chasers.
 Each naval base has it's hospital, Secretary Roosevelt sad, and in Scot land an entire watering place has been taken over by the Americans for use as a hospital
 Conditions have vastly improved from what they were last year." said the secretary i'll referring to the sub maine menace. <but we cannot afford to let mp in our activities for one single second. In regard to the respect which U-boats have shown for inter- national law. you have but to ask any officer or man in our own, or in the British or French nayies. They will teel you of. and proxe to you great numbers of actual cases where the Hun has violated every rule and prin- ciple of humanity