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TERMS OF REFERENCE,
THE Prime Minister desires that the Standing Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, composed for the purposes of this enquiry of the following members-
The Right Hon. Winston 8. Churchill, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty
(Chairman),
*The Right Hon. Walter Runciman, M.P., President, Board of Agriculture
and Fisheries,
Viscount Esher, G.C.B., G.C.V.O.,
Sir R. Chalmers, K.C.B., Permanent Secretary, Treasury,
Sir E. Troup, K.C.B., Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office,
† Admiral Sir F. Bridgeman, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., First Sea Lord,
Vice-Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, G.C.B., G.C.V.O.,
K.C.M.G., Second Sea Lord,
Sir H. Llewellyn Smith, K.C.B., Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade,
$Rear-Admiral Sir C. L. Ottley, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O. (Secretary),
shall meet to consider the best method of ensuring the uninterrupted continuance of our oversea commerce in time of war, with special reference to a scheme of national insurance or indemnity against the war risks of vessels or cargoes.
2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.,
November 30, 1911.
• Added to the Committee in June 1912.
† Added to the Committee in June 1912. and retired before the completion of the enquiry.
Since promoted Admiral, and made First Sea Lord.
Captain M. P. A. Hankey, C.B., succeeded Sir C. L. Ottley, as Secretary, in May 1912.
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