Supervision of the arrangements of the Manning Department for the mobilisation of the Fleet.
Advice upon the complements of ships.
Attention is drawn to the minute of the Secretary on the proposed issue of charts and returns to the Trade Division. This necessity is not proved. The staff of the new section must be reconsidered accordingly.
5. The Intelligence Division requires little change, but should, in principle, be divided into three sections, as follows:—
(l) Potentially hostile countries.
(m) Friendly countries.
(n) Neutral countries.
Section (l) is to be charged with the new duty of preparing war plans for the hostile countries separately or in combination against us alone or allied, showing both—
(1.) What they will probably do against us.
(2.) What would be the worst they could do against us. From time to time war games will be played between the Intelligence and Operations Divisions.