[Sidenote: Repair and supply station at Pauillac.]
(_f_) The assembly repair and supply station at Pauillac is under the
command of Captain F.T. Evans, under whose forceful and able direction
the station has progressed rapidly to completion and is deemed ready to
undertake any and all demands that may be made on it.
[Sidenote: Devices used in training aviators.]
(_g_) The training school at Moutchie, under the command of Commander
R.W. Cabaniss appears to have a thorough system of instruction, founded
on sound bases, and includes study and lectures, as well as ample,
practical work. Endeavor is made to keep in touch with and to adopt,
where deemed advisable, the best British and French methods. Some of the
devices in use for training are ingeniously adapted to the simulation of
the conditions obtaining while flying.
IV. OTHER COOPERATING ACTIVITIES.
[Sidenote: Liaison with the United States Army.]
_Liaison with the United States Army in France_ is carried on by
maintaining a naval liaison officer (Commander R. Williams) at the Army
general headquarters, chiefly for the purpose of rendering assistance in
effecting cooperation as to the handling and routing of troopships and
of cargo vessels consigned to Army account.
[Sidenote: The radio station near Bordeaux.]
_Trans-Atlantic Radio Station._--The erection of the trans-Atlantic
radio-transmitting station at Croix d'Hins, near Bordeaux, is being done
by United States naval personnel under the direction of Lieutenant
Commander G.
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