Militarists believe war inevitable--Urge United States is unprepared--Peace Advocates leave to Militarists all plans for National Defense--Militarists have no adequate plan--Enormous cost of large standing army--Menace of a military despotism--No reliance can be placed on State Militia--Impracticability of a Reserve composed of men who have served in the Regular Army--War must be recognised as a possibility--Hypocrisy of opposition to war by those who profit from so-called civilized warfare--Peace Propaganda must be harmonized with national defense--All plans far world Peace have thus far proved futile--United States spends enormous sums on Army without any guarantee of national defense--The Frankenstein of War can be controlled. CHAPTER III IMPREGNABLE DEFENSE AGAINST FOREIGN INVASION 44 Plans for national defense must primarily operate to prevent war--Reasons why War Department will never devise satisfactory system--Militarists have no sympathy with peace movement--It aims to render military profession obsolete--Standing Army is economic waste of money and men--It should be a great educational institution--Chairman Hay of Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, shows enormous cost of Standing Army and impracticability of Reserve as proposed by Army Officers--Comparison of Military Expenditures and Results in United States and Japan--Increase of Standing Army to 200,000 would be futile and unwarranted--European War will not bring disarmament--Warning of Field Marshal Earl Roberts--Standing Army promotes military spirit which increases danger of war. CHAPTER IV NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION RESERVE 74 Enlistment of Construction Corps in government Services in time of peace--Transformation of same organization into military force in time of war--National forces must be organized for conflict to save, not destroy, life and property--Forest Service and Reclamation Service work should be done by Reservists enlisted in Construction Corps--Same system should be adopted in all government services--Construction Reserve to be so trained as to instantly become army of trained soldiers whenever needed--More than work enough in time of peace for a million Reservists--planting forests--fighting forest fires--preventing floods--irrigating deserts--draining swamps--building highways, waterways, and railways--Importance of safeguarding nation against destruction by Nature's invading forces. CHAPTER V ADAPTABILITY OF SYSTEM FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE 115