[9] From U. S. War Department Reports for 1915 on Militia Organization.
[10] This statement does not betray a military secret. It is well known to all foreign governments that we cannot defend our coast defenses against land attack.
[11] Certain naval experts, basing their opinion on study of the recent naval battles, claim that a difference of as little as 10 per cent. in efficiency between fleets otherwise absolutely equal means inevitable destruction for the inferior fleet.
[12] A tactical necessity for an outnumbered fleet.
[13] This statement is based on official army calculations.
[14] From tabulated returns by the militia departments of twelve Eastern States.
[15] From annual reports of rifle practice for 1914, militia organizations.
[16] See tabulated returns published by War Department, 1915.
[17] Under-stated. Annual reports for 1915 show many practically useless batteries.
[18] Annual report Militia Organization, 1915. (An Eastern seaboard State.)