CABLE NEWS.
NAVAL DEFENCE FLEET ON A WAR FOOTING. . RESERVES CALLED OUT. (By Electric Telegraph — Coryright.) (Per United Press Association.; LONDON, July 2. . The Daily Telegraph states that the mobilisation and commissioning of 493 ships, whereof two -hundred will as-, semble at Spithead, is ordered. It will be an interesting operation, being the first time the whole fleet has been placed on a war footing by the utilisation of fourteen thousand reserves but it is dangerous because *t exhibits the country's strength . after long preparations, whereas the only criterion of sea power is its standing ,at our average moment. , . . . There is an- increasing tendency throughout Europe to Telate to the background all reserves, and tra'tn a larger sumbervof the regular ratings. This will keep every snip of war on a footing, ready for rapid, enereretic and decisive a,ction. The reserves are only valuable n s a reservoir to make good the casualt :< es of a lor>er compai<m, hut th^v are negligible in I the .early p.h^e.of hostilities.
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Grey River Argus, 3 July 1914, Page 5
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167CABLE NEWS. Grey River Argus, 3 July 1914, Page 5
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