Experiences of a Dug-Out - 1914-1918 #266196

Nature of my staff — The dug-outs -the services or one of them, Z — His care of me in foreign parts His activities in other Departments of State — An alarming discovery — How Z grappled with a threatening situa tion — He hears about the Admiralty working on the Tanks — The cold-shouldering of Colonel Swinton when he raised this question at the War Office in January rots — Lord Fisher proposes to construct large numbers of motor lighters, and I am told off to go into the matter with him — The Baltic project — The way it was approached Meetings with Lord Fisher — The beetles Visits from the First Sea Lord — The question of secrecy in connection with war operations — A parable — The land service behind the sea service in this matter — Interviews with Mr. Asquith -his ways on such occasions.