[GEORGE V

in the first the King assures the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, of his entire satisfaction with all I have seen. Since I last inspected this Fleet considerable reductions have been made but... in efficiency & keenness the standard of the Fleet under your command remains as high as ever, congratulating them all and looking to them to maintain at all times the honoured traditions of the Service, in his reply the Commander-in-Chief expresses... on behalf of the officers and men... the intense pride & pleasure in having been under the King's immediate command at sea & in harbour, printed with manuscript additions, each 1 side 7¾ x 8, [Weymouth], 14th July no year but