Union Metallic Cartridge Works, 76. United States Army, powder works of, 76. United States Arsenal, 76. United States Naval Torpedo Station, 77. United States Steel Corporation, 9. United States, a world-power, 149, 157. Upton, General Emory, prophetic speech of, 116. _Vesuvius_, the, 209. Victory, naval, dependent upon weight of broadsides, 104; land, upon weight of gun-fire, 104. Vieille, producer of gun-cotton, 257. "Wacht am Rhein," 97. War, ex-President Taft's views on, 16; China's, 16; Italian, with Tripoli, 16; Balkan, 16; Mexican, 17; European, 17, 103, 232, 233; Dr. Jordan's views on, 17-18; when justifiable, 42, 43, 45; and Christianity, 46-55; Civil, 85, 86, 87, 90, 302, 305; Boer, 103; Spanish, 158, 221; as an art, 172; of 1812, 221; advantages of, 270, 271, 272, 273; survival of fittest in, 274; mixer of races, 274; remedy for? 306-308. War materials, manufacture of, by government and private individuals, 9, 10, 251, 252; manufacturers of, actuated by honorable principles, 255. Washington, George, opinion of war, 84, 85. Winchester Repeating Arms and Cartridge Works, 76. Woman's Peace Party, resolutions of, 239-40; mistaken ideas of, 241, 242; bravery of, if war should come, 242, 243, 244; inconsistency of, 244. Wood, General Leonard, 118, 134. letter from, 113-15; quotation from, 129, 130, 131, 132. Wright Brothers, encouraged abroad, 216; Wright Brothers, mentioned, 219. Wyndeer, Sir William, 235. Zalinski pneumatic gun, 200. Zeppelin, subject of guess-work, 204; speed of, 205; little accuracy in bomb-dropping from, 211; an enormous target, 211; more expensive than aëroplane, 213; use as troop-ship yet to be proven, 214; advantages over aëroplane, 215; important use in detection of submarines, 215; not one in U. S., 218. PRAISE FROM PATRIOTS Extracts From a Few of Hundreds of Letters Praising HUDSON MAXIM'S DEFENSELESS AMERICA THEODORE ROOSEVELT: "'Defenseless America' is a capital book. I hope it will have the widest possible circulation throughout our country. The prime duty for this nation is to prepare itself so that it can protect itself; and this is the duty that you are preaching in your admirable volume." OSCAR S. STRAUS: "'Defenseless America', coming from an expert, will awaken interest in the most practical method of securing peace by safeguarding our national existence. I am in fullest accord with your Conclusion--an international compact with adequate international force to maintain it, and give adequate guarantee to enforce its decrees." S. S. MCCLURE: