The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . , Australia, New Zealand, and South first line of defense is the royal navy; the second line of defenseis the regular and auxiliary troops of the British navy. Questionsregarding general strategy are considered and determined by the de-fense committee, which secures coordination between the sea and landforces of the empire. The defense commi
The war in Europe, its causes and consequences; an authentic narrative of the immediate and remote causes of the war, with a descriptive account of the countries involved, including statistics of armies, navies, aeroplanes, dirigibles, &c., &c . , Australia, New Zealand, and South first line of defense is the royal navy; the second line of defenseis the regular and auxiliary troops of the British navy. Questionsregarding general strategy are considered and determined by the de-fense committee, which secures coordination between the sea and landforces of the empire. The defense committee consists of the prime minister of theUnited Kingdom, secretarj^ of state for Avar, first lord of the admir-alty, secretaries of state for foreign affairs, colonies and India, chan-cellor of the exchequer, chief of the imperial general staff, first sea- THE BRITISH EMPIRE 33T lord of the admiralty, director of military operations, and director ofnaval intelligence. Naval and military officers of experience are alsoinvited to the conferences. The royal navy is recruited by voluntary enlistment, and is ad-ministered by the commissioners for executing the office of the lordhigh admiral of the United Kingdom (lords of the admiralty) con-. One of Canadas Crack Regiments—The Queens Own Rifles trolled by the king-emperor in Parliament. The admiralty office is inthe historic district of Whitehall, London, The officers and men num-ber 115,052; the marines, 18,235; and the coast-guard, 3,130. For1914-15 an increase of 5,000 was provided for. On January 1, 1913,the royal naval reserve numbered 20,169; the royal fleet reserve,25,794; and the royal naval volunteers, 4,114. The total reserves num-bered 50,077. The British fleet consists of about 16 super-dread-noughts; 15 dreadnoughts; 40 pre-dreadnought battleships; 50 cruis-ers; 76 light cruisers; 18 torpedo gunboats; 23 sloops, gunboats, etc.; 338 COUNTRIES INVOLVED
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