Personnel.

There are 26,948 officers and men on the active list for the current financial year, and the reserve numbers 33,667 officers and men. This latter is, however, of doubtful efficiency, for many of the officers are over sixty-five years of age, and the men have but little training.

The executive officers of the Italian Navy are divided as follows: - 1 admiral, 7 vice-admirals, 14 rear-admirals, 58 captains, 70 commanders, 75 lieutenant-commanders, 410 lieutenants, 160 sub-lieutenants, 130 midshipmen.

Materiel.

The strength of ships built, building and projected on Nov. 30th, 1903, was: -

Built.

Battleships, 1st class.............................

12

" 3rd class............

5

Armored cruisers

5

Protected cruisers, 2nd class............

5

" " 3rd class...............

11

Torpedo vessels

14

Torpedo-boat destroyers

11

Torpedo boats

145

Submarines

1

Building.

Battleships, 1st class.............................

6

Armored cruisers

1

Submarines

1

Projected.

Battleships, 1st class.............................

3

Protected cruisers, 3rd class............

1

Torpedo-boat destroyers

2

Torpedo boats

8

Submarines

1

Dockyards.

The Government dockyards of Italy are situated as follows: -

Spezia

One dock takes any ship; one takes all Italian ships; four smaller. Venice. - One dock takes cruisers; one smaller. One building to take any ship. Taranto. - One dock takes any ship.