The power to fight and destroy the hostile airships must be the leading idea in all constructions, and the tactics to be pursued must be at once thought out in order that the airships may be built accordingly, since tactics will be essentially dependent on the construction and the technical effectiveness. These reciprocal relations must be borne in mind from the first, so as to gain a distinct advantage over our opponents.
If the preceding remarks are epitomized, we have, apart from the necessity of enforcing universal service, quite a long list of proposed changes in organization, the adoption of which will considerably improve the efficiency of our army.
The whole organization must be such that the column length of the army corps does not exceed the size which allows a rapid advance, though the supplies are exclusively drawn from magazine depots.
In case of the larger formations, and especially of the army corps as being the tactical and operative unit, the principle of tripartition must be observed.
The infantry must be, in proportion to the artillery, substantially strengthened.
The artillery must be organized in such a way that it is possible to concentrate the fire of the howitzers where required without breaking up the units.
The cavalry must be increased, strengthened by cyclist sections, and so organized as to insure their efficiency in war.
The formation of reinforcements, especially for supplies, must be so elaborated that, on a rapid advance, an efficient system of feeding the troops entirely from magazine depots can be maintained.
The air-fleet must be energetically developed with the object of making it a better fighting machine than that of the enemy.
Finally, and this is the most important thing, we must strain every nerve to render our infantry tactically the best in the world, and to take care that none but thoroughly efficient formations are employed in the decisive field war.