O’er the bosom of the deep where the bodies of the Heroes rest, until the Great Day, when all that are in their grave shall hear the Voice of the Son of God, when thou O Sea! shall give up thy dead to Life Immortal, and thou O Britain be grateful to thy defenders! that the Widows and Orphans of thy deceased Warriors be precious in thy sight--Soothe their sorrows, alleviate their distresses and provide for their wants by anticipating their wishes.” (The Straits of Gibraltar the writer spells “_Streights_.”) He adds “Our splendid Success has been dearly bought. Our gallant Chief is dead. In the arms of Victory fell the greatest Hero that ever any age or Nation ever produced.” APPENDIX I LORD FISHER’S GREAT NAVAL REFORMS _By_ W. T. STEAD “He being dead yet speaketh.”--_Hebrews_ xi. 4. [The following account of Lord Fisher’s Naval Reforms is extracted from _The Review of Reviews_ for February, 1910.] I briefly summarise Lord Fisher’s four great reforms: 1. The introduction of the nucleus crew system. 2. The redistribution of the fleets in accordance with modern requirements. 3. The elimination of inefficient fighting vessels from the Active List of the Navy. 4. The introduction of the all-big-gun type of battleship and battleship-cruiser. To these four cardinal achievements must be added the system of common entry and training for all executive officers and the institution and development of the Naval War College and the Naval War Staff. By the nucleus crew system all our available ships of war are ready for instant mobilisation. From two-fifths to three-fifths of their complement, including all the expert and specialist ratings, are on board, so that they are familiar with the ship and her armament. The rest of the crew is held in constant readiness to come on board. Fisher once aired, in after-dinner talk, the daring idea that the time would come when the First Lord of the Admiralty would be supreme over the War Office, and would, as in the days of the Commonwealth, fill up deficiencies in ships’ crews by levies from the territorial forces. Landsmen can serve guns as well as sailors.