At the present time there exist no fewer than 156 specialist clubs established for the purpose of watching over the interests of the different breeds.

In the first place it is necessary in the Navy to give much weight to the opinions of specialist officers, and for this reason it is desirable that they should be included in the Staff organization, and not "attached" to it as was the case with our Army in pre-war days.

It is the case at present (and the conditions are not likely to alter) that each one of these subjects is a matter for specialist training.

Every executive officer has a general knowledge of each subject, but it is not possible for any one officer to possess the knowledge of all three which is gained by the specialist, and if attempts are made to plan operations without the assistance of the specialists grave errors may be made, and, indeed, such errors were made during the late war, perhaps from this cause.

This has also led to specialist teachers being appointed to all the elementary training colleges and pupil teachers' centres.

(3) She is still debarred from full opportunity for specialist work.

Within the service there has been repeated formation of distinct branches or 'schools,' such as the further specialised specialist gunnery and torpedo sections.