Postscript: (March 1903)

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌⁠It so happens that while this book was in the press a number of measures have been taken by the Government to counteract some of the very weaknesses and dangers which are alluded to above. A Committee of National Defence has been set up, and the welcome given to it was a truly extraordinary comment on the apathy and confusion which it is designed to supplant. A site on the Forth has been selected