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tical, and, when they have anything, they organize it for use and put it in service instead of keeping it hidden away where it does no good.

Their supply system is very well organized. When the British went into the War, there was very little aviation in Great Britain. On August 13, 1914, the Royal Air Force went to France with thirty-two machines attached to units, twelve in reserve, and with only sixteen serviceable machines left in Great Britain. During the War they built up a supply system which was producing ships at the rate of ninety per day, and, in October, 1918, had 22,171 serviceable machines and 37,702 engines. This huge war production left the British with a great quantity of war material to be disposed of when the armistice was signed. This huge accumulation has made it impracticable for them to manufacture new ships so long as the military establishments are acting under their present instructions regarding the probable period that will intervene before another first-class war.

At the present time they have disposed of practically the entire mass of this surplus material and have only about 1,402 machines with squadrons. Of these, 847 are at home and about 555 with units abroad. Back of these machines is another pool known
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