As regards warship and auxiliary ship construction, the output during the last 12 months has been between three and four times the average annual output for the few years preceding the war. The Admiralty now control all the dry docks in the country,...--250 merchant ships are being repaired each week, either in dry dock or afloat. Since the beginning of the war, 31,470 British war vessels have been placed in dock or on the slips =(--as many as 225 being repaired in one week--)=.... These figures do not include repair work carried out to the vessels of our Allies.... The Transport Service is of the highest importance in carrying on the war. What has been the achievement of England on that score? Under the title:--"_Transportation_" the War Cabinet Report proves its immensity as follows:-- The record of what has been done by the transport services for the Armies of the Allies shows a stupendous amount of work accomplished, which constitutes one of the brilliant achievements of the war. There had been transported overseas up till the end of August, 1917, the last date for which complete statistics are available--some:--13 million human beings--combatants, wounded, medical personnel, refugees, prisoners, &c.; 2 million horses and mules; 1/2 million vehicles; 25 million tons of explosive and supplies for the armies; ... 51 million tons of coal and oil fuel for the use of our Fleets, our Armies, and to meet the needs of our Allies. The operations of the seas are on such a large scale that it is difficult to realize all that is involved in sea transportation; for example, over 7,000 personnel are transported, and more than 30,000 tons of stores and supplies have to be imported daily into France for the maintenance of our own army. About 567 steamers, of approximately 1-3/4 million tons, are continually employed in the service of carrying troops and stores to the Armies in France and to the forces in various theatres of war in the East. We all know that the Berlin Government expected that the submarine campaign would result in an early final victory for the Central Empires. Herr von Bethmann Hollweg, then the Imperial Chancellor, said:--"_The Blockade must succeed within a limited number of weeks, within which America cannot effectively participate in the operations_." How he was mistaken, and extravagant were his expectations, events have proved. This sentence is also proof evident that he realized how effective the United States effort would become, if the submarine campaign did not succeed within a few weeks. The iniquitous submarine campaign, re-opened early in the year 1917, "_added materially to the responsibilities of the Navy. To meet this new and serious menace drastic steps had to be taken to supplement those adopted in the previous December and January_." The Report adds:--