A few months after his return from China, Captain Jellicoe married Gwendoline Cayzer, the daughter of Sir Charles Cayzer, Bart., of Gartmore, N.B., the chief of the Clan Steamship line. Curiously enough one of his best friends, Rear-Admiral Madden, married Sir Charles' other daughter. Admiral Madden is now Jellicoe's Chief-of-Staff. Captain Jellicoe's next appointment was to superintend the building of war-ships. At this task his success was phenomenal. A little later he was serving as assistant to the Controller of the Navy, and in 1903 he was given command of the _Drake_, then one of the latest additions to our fleet. She was completed in 1902; her tonnage is 14,100; she has a Krupp armoured belt of six inches; she carries two 9·2 guns, sixteen 6-inch, twelve 12-pounders, and three 2-pounders, besides six machine guns and two torpedo tubes. The _Drake_ is still in commission and heads the Drake Class of armoured cruisers. She is at present attached to the Sixth Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. Under Jellicoe's command the _Drake_ became famous for her gunnery, and when he left her she had obtained the highest efficiency in shooting and was "top-dog" in the Navy. CHAPTER VII AS ORGANISER In 1905 Captain Jellicoe went to the Admiralty as Director of Naval Ordnance. Having been Fisher's assistant late in the 'eighties he knew his department and the men connected with it. He knew better than any other man of his age what the Navy wanted, and he evidently made up his mind that she should have it. He was heart and soul a "Fisher man" and a great admirer of the splendid work Sir Percy Scott had performed. Indeed, much of Scott's genius might have been lost or wasted without Jellicoe's help and enthusiasm. He took the part of Director of Naval Ordnance just at the right time. One of the most important reforms for which the Service has to thank him was fitting all guns mounted in ships of the first line with new day and night sights, and the installation of fire-control instruments for "spotting" and controlling at long range firing. He was also instrumental in getting rid of all gunnery lumber, and he put his foot down on many little tricks and dodges which had been practised in shooting competitions. It was almost entirely due to him that in a period of eighteen months the percentage of "hits" was raised from forty-two out of a hundred rounds to an average of seventy. In recognition of this a knighthood was conferred upon him in 1909; though previous to this honour he was made Controller of the Navy. Here, again, his knowledge of _matériel_ necessary to the Service and his great technical ability were invaluable; his quickness, firmness and quiet manner had a great effect on the celerity with which work was done in private as well as in the royal dockyards. There had been a great deal of trouble in the past with contractors owing to the difficulty in getting plans and estimates passed quickly.