§ 10. Viscount CURZONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what has been decided as to the composition of the Mediterranean Squadron; and what is to be the disposition and composition of the 1260 squadrons of the First, Second, and Third Fleets, and by what names they are to be known?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe provisional composition of the Mediterranean Squadron is six battleships, six light cruisers, a destroyer flotilla, and a submarine flotilla. The disposition, composition and names of other Fleets and Squadrons has been settled provisionally, but as the eventual disposition and strength of units, both in home waters and abroad must be de-dependent in many respects on the peace settlement, the present provisional arrangement is liable to revision, and it would be misleading to make it public at present.