The speech just wants inform you about the war and how some people forget there is a navy For The last thirty years I have been concerned in discussions about the possibilities of oversea invasion, and I took the responsibility on behalf of the Admiralty, at the beginning of the last war, of allowing all regular troops to be sent out of the country.
In the Lottery the story is about a town that joins together every year for the Lottery the reason they do the Lottery is for the harvest but that way the original purpose but now they just do it because of tradition. The characters are Mr summers Tessie and her family. Hope this helps :)