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XIV
IN THE DRY DOCK

THESE are the things that tower—that shine—whose power is terrible—but their smile does not make glad.

The admiral said he could not see the ship like that—“Don’t you wish you could?” was the only answer I could think of.

XV
THE OLD AND THE NEW

WHETHER the old wooden ship is finer in line than the new steel monster is more than I can decide, but I do know that both are well worth drawing.

XVI
SUBMARINES IN DRY DOCK

THERE they lay in long lines—soon to be ready to start on their venturesome voyages.

XVII
THE TRANSPORTS

THE spoils of war, for what had been great traders were now to be great troop ships—and with their transformation what an awful change has come to our world.

XVIII
READY FOR SERVICE AGAIN

JUST as retired Officers have offered their services again to the Country—so these old Ships, even more pictorial than the new, are being found places where they can do their “bit.”