One reason the Royal Navy developed a formal naval staff comparatively late was the depth of its existing civil-service machinery. Other services created general staffs partly because equivalent administrative functions were not already covered. The Admiralty's established civil service reduced the immediate pressure for a separate staff structure.
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Why a sophisticated civil service delayed a naval staff
The Admiralty's established civil service already covered functions that helped drive the creation of general staffs elsewhere.