Again, who are the officers at every port superintending the imparting of this information every day of the year, to the daily fresh captains of daily fresh ships, replacing others daily, going on their usual trade voyages? Who is the Flag Officer in supreme charge of all these superintending Port Officers? What are the names of the retired Commissioned or Warrant Officers who may be allocated to take passage in all the more important auxiliary vessels? such, for instance, and above all, as the Ammunition and Repair ships, so as to ensure the proper control and distribution of the cargo, as well as the efficient and prompt action of the ship herself, to be at the right place at the right time. Every Commander-in-Chief must know in minute detail every particular about every one of these vessels that are coming to him. He must know it _now_. He must know it _day by day_! He must have his own agent at home to look after his interests and to be responsible to him (the Commander-in-Chief) for the completeness of all the arrangements,--if not complete, then this agent must report the Superintending Port Officers for their incompetency. All this scheme above sketched out may involve immense labour and great expense, _but it has got to be done_! Not a bit of use having the Fleet at all, if you don’t feed it, and also feed it well! Quite as a separate service, apart from all that has been mentioned above, is the dissemination of intelligence and its suppression. We must not (as has been hitherto accepted) permit the splendid costly fighting vessels of the Fleet to be criminally wasted by being sent here and there as messengers! Fast unarmoured mercantile steamers must constitute the squadrons of the Sea Intelligence Department, and instead of our Admirals running after information with costly armoured cruisers, we must run after the Admirals with the information, with easily obtainable cheap (because non-fighting), fast mercantile vessels. All this is but a brief review of what is in progress, and what has to be done, but _there remains above all_ that daily consideration at the Admiralty, and by every Admiral in command, of what would have to be done _that very day_ in case of war, with the most unexpected, as well as the most expected opponent! A RETROSPECT (JULY, 1906). The most striking fact to an outsider is the astonishing confidence and loyalty of the Navy in its rulers which has been exhibited during the last two years of relentless reorganisation.