The proposed Fourth Sea Lord combines logistics with trade protection. Planning merchant protection and organizing the movement of supplies require closely related work. The wartime convoy system supplies the comparison, with officers from the Fourth Sea Lord's organization helping to run it. Placing these functions together in 1905 would give them a common administrative home before the war.
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Why trade protection belongs beside naval logistics
The proposed reorganization joins supply and trade protection under the Fourth Sea Lord, drawing on their later connection in convoy administration.