Machinery, modern, labor-saving, 81, 82, 83; a strong factor in a nation's preparedness for war, 87; expense of, 87, 96; a means of shortening length of war, 88; assists the soldier in battle, 90; saves human life, 92. Mahan, Admiral, 46; quoted, 67. Manufactories of munitions of war, unprotected, 77, 78. Marat, a pacific moralist, 238. Marius, military genius of, 162. Marlborough, 90. Marlin Firearms Works, 76. "Marseillaise," 97. Martel, Charles, 90, 162. _Massachusetts_, the, 156. Maxim, Hudson, his proposition of throwing large charges of explosives from big guns criticised, 200; inventor of multi-perforated grain, 257, 258. Maximite, first trial of, 201; first explosive successfully fired through armor-plate, 201. Medici, Catherine de', 238. Mendeléeff, told how to colloid gun-cotton, 257. _Merrimac_, the, 181, 184, 185, 192, 193. Meyer, G. von L., ex-Secretary of Navy, 135, 143, 175; quoted, 176-80. Militia, lack of batteries in, 119; lack of officers in, 120; actual strength of, 127. Modern Methods and Machinery of War, Chapter IV, 68. _Monitor_, Ericsson's, 158, 181, 192, 193; victory over _Merrimac_, 184, 185; inferior to modern battleships, 193; developed into super-dreadnought by Europeans, 217; builders of, inspired by spirit of patriotism, 255; tardy acceptance of, by government, 256. Monroe Doctrine, proclaimed, 56; actual formulator of, John Quincy Adams, 58; inconsistencies of, 60, 62; General Lea on, 63-4; England's attitude toward, 65; an Anglo-American compact, 66. Monroe, President, declaration of, 58-9. Montesquieu, quoted, 281. Mukden, battle of, 249. Müller, Max, 41. Multi-perforated grain, invented by Mr. Maxim, 198. Murray Hill Hotel, explosion in front of, 209-10. Napoleon, 40, 45, 57, 79, 89, 118, 162, 163; his "_Que messieurs les assassins commencent_," 54. Navy, U. S., Admiral Knight on the, 150-54; necessity for superiority in, 155; gradually slipping back, 158; inadequate, 99, 100; constituents for a proper, 170, 171. waste of money appropriated for, 175. Needs of Our Army, The, Chapter V, 113. Needs of Our Navy, The, Chapter VI, 141. New York Arsenal, 77. New York _Times_, quoted, 144-45. O'Neil, Admiral Charles, 200. _Oregon_, the, 156. Our Armaments Not a Burden, Chapter IX, 222. Our Inconsistent Monroe Doctrine, Chapter III, 56.