They were literally dotted about the
country. Adequate harbouring facilities had been provided at
Konigsberg, Berlin, Posen, Breslau, Kiel, Hamburg, Wilhelmshaven,
Dusseldorf, Cologne, Frankfort, Metz, Mannheim, Strasburg, and
other places, with elaborate headquarters, of course, at
Friedrichshafen upon Lake Constance. The Zeppelin workshops,
harbouring facilities, and testing grounds at the latter point
had undergone complete remodelling, while tools of the latest
type had been provided to facilitate the rapid construction and
overhaul of the monster Zeppelin dirigibles. Nothing had been
left to chance; not an item was perfunctorily completed. The
whole organisation was perfect, both in equipment and
operation. Each of the above stations possessed provision for
an aerial Dreadnought as well as one or more aerial cruisers,
in addition to scouts or vedettes.
Upon the outbreak of hostilities Germany's dirigible fleet was in
a condition of complete preparedness, was better organised, and
better equipped than that of any of her rivals. At the same time
it constituted more of a paper than a fighting array for reasons
which I will explain later.
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