REMOVAL OF THE NORTH SEA MINE BARRAGE 



133 



The test sweep was conclusive that the 

 work had been thorough. The sagacious 

 judgment of the Admiral in driving the 

 force to the limit of physical endurance, 

 coupled with the unparalleled loyalty of 

 the officers and men, had enabled that 

 gigantic task to be completed just as the 

 violent winter storms were making fur- 



ther operations throughout the North Sea 

 impossible. 



The mighty wall of mines which had 

 confined the enemy's submarines and 

 barred the commerce of the seas for bet- 

 ter than a year had been destroyed, and 

 the Xavy's obligation to humanity, to the 

 freedom of the seas, had been fulfilled. 



Photograph by Kenneth D. Smith 



A MEMBER OF THE DARTMOUTH OUTING CLUB SOARING ON SKIS: HANOVER, 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 



For an account of this thrilling winter sport, fostered by the famous New England 

 College, alma mater of Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate, George Ticknor, George P. Marsh, 

 Thaddeus Stevens, and Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, see article on page 151. 



