Index

INDEX

Abdel Krim, rebellion and arms supply, 192-193

Abyssinia, and arms smuggling, 267

Addis, Tom, Winchester salesman, 43-44

Aerial camera gun, in China, 250

Affaire des carbures, World War scandal, 169-170

Airplanes: failures, U. S., in World War, 188-189; order in Great Britain by Hitler, 4; U. S. exports, 249-250

Aluminum, use in World War, 170

Alva, Duke of, purchase of arms from Liége, 15

American Legion, and Shearer, 210

American Machinist, ad of shrapnel shell machine in World War, 181-183

Andorra, and Krupp guns, 80

Arabs: and Maxim Gun, 91; use of second-hand guns, 57; and Winchester rifle, 42

Argentina, Krupp-Schneider competition, 124-125

Armaments (see also Armor Plate, Artillery, Guns, Machine Guns) : development, early, 12-21; and raw materials, 270

Armaments, Export of: control, 267-269; Du Pont, 248; France, 236; Germany, 240-241; Great Britain, 239; Remington Arms, 250; Skoda, 238-239; U. S. arms industry, 249; various countries, 251-252

Armament Industry

and bankers, 131-139, 144-145

Belgium, present status, 247

branch factories: 152; contract, 103; Du Pont, 248; U. S. in China, 250

bribery (see also Bribery), 149-150

directors (see also Directors), choice of, 140-142

and disarmament, 271-272

in engineering journals, 151

France, present status, 236-238

in French Revolution, 17

Germany, present status, 240-245

and governments, 143

Great Britain, present status, 239-240

history, early, 12-21

Italy, present status, 245-247

license fee and royalty for new inventions, 151

and military conservatism (see also Military Conservatism), 15-16

and military missions, 148-149

and military secrets, 135, 137, 151-153

motion pictures, use of, 146-147

nationalization: analysis, 263-267; Japan, 224, 227

peace forces’ view, 6-8

and peace treaties (1919), 190-191

Poland, present status, 247-248

as political figure, 8-9

and the press (see also The Press), 145-146

problem, 84

profits in World War: Europe, 159; U. S., 178-179

public testing of new inventions, 151

as result of our civilization, 6-9

sabotage, 150-151

Skoda, present status, 238-239

stockholders (see also Stockholders), 149

U. S., present status, 248-250

and war scares (see also War Scares), 147-148

at world’s fairs and industrial exhibitions, 152

Armaments, Second-Hand : Banner-man and Sons, 61-68; in U. S. Civil War, 57-61; use, 56-69; Winchester rifle and Arabs, 42

Armies, size, ancient and modern, 258

Armor Plate: defective, of Carnegie, Phipps Co., 53-55; development, 52-53; Krupp’s, 80-81; plans for government factory, U. S., 183-185; U. S. manufacturers and “trade secrets,” 153

Armstrong, reorganization after World War, 198-201

Armstrong, Whitworth and Co.: directors (1911), 113; and Putiloff affair, 130; R. L. Thompson, salesman, 110-111

Von Arthaber, financial backer of Hitler, 2-3

Artillery (see also Guns) : ammunition expenditure, various wars, 259; failure of U. S. arms industry in World War, 188; Krupp and crucible steel, 71

Austria, and Maxim Gun, 93-94, 98-99

Austro-Prussian War (1866), and Krupp, 75-76

Banks, and the arms industry, 131-139, 144-145

Bannerman and Sons, Francis, second-hand arms merchant, 61-68

Barbed wire, German sale in World War, 172

Bardo, C. L., and Shearer, 207, 213-214

Bauxite, use in World War, 169-170

Bedford Park cannon, story, 4

Belgium

arms industry: early, 13-15; present status, 247

Meuse valley poison gas deaths, 255

sale of arms: to Japan, Manchurian expedition, 233; secondhand arms, 57

Berdrow, Wilhelm, Krupp historian, 71

Bethlehem Steel Co.: as armor plate maker, 52 ; blocking government armor plant in World War, 183-185; foreign catalogues and sales, 53 ; present status, 249 ; and Shearer, 207

Blaine, James G., stockholder in Spencer Arms Co., 68

Boer War, Maxim Gun use by Boers, 88

Bofors, Swedish arms maker, 203-204

Bolo Pasha, trial and execution, 6

Branch Factories, 152; contract, 103; Du Pont, 248; U. S. in China, 250

Brandt, bribery of German War Office, 83

Brazil, Krupp-Schneider competition, 124

Bribery: by arms industry, 149-150; of French press, 126-127; German arms makers, South America, 150; Japanese officials by Vickers, 118-119; by Krupp agents, 83; refusal, Remington Arms Co., 45-46; Seletzki case, Rumania, 5; Young Turk government, 150

Britten, Fred A., and Montauk Point Development Corporation, 216

John Brown and Co.: directors (1911), 113; and Sir John Fisher, 113; and Putiloff affair, 130

Brown Boveri Co., and Shearer, 209

Brussels Convention, for arms control, 267

Bulgaria, purchase of arms from Schneider, 138

Bullerjahn case, 241-242

Burton, Theodore, and arms control, 268-269

Butler, Nicholas Murray, attacked by Shearer, 209

Canada: nickel in World War, 165; sale of nickel to Germany (1933), 245; and Vickers, 118

Cannons, see Artillery

Carnegie, Andrew, founder of peace foundation, 9

Carnegie, Phipps Co., fine for defective armor plate, 53-55

Carnegie Steel Co., as armor plate maker, 52

Chamberlain, Sir Austen, armament stockholder, 255

Chamberlain, Neville, armament stockholder, 255

Charles the Bold (Burgundy), and Liége arms makers, 14

Chemicals, sale in World War, 169

Chemical Warfare: cellulose sale to Germany by France, 244-245; gas production in World War, 181; Hamburg poison gas accident, 242; Meuse valley poison gas deaths, 255; preparedness, various countries, 253-255

Chile, Krupp-Schneider competition, 125-126

China: and international arms industry, 228-229; and Krupp guns, 80; loans and armament sales, 145; and Maxim Gun, 90; purchase of arms from Japan, 228; Remington rifles, 46; U. S. airplanes, 249-250

Civil War (U. S., 1861-1865) : artillery ammunition expenditure, 259; and Du Pont, 31; J. P. Morgan, Sr., sale of Hall’s carbines, 59-61 ; second-hand arms, use, 57-61; Spencer Carbine, 67

Cleveland, President Grover, and Carnegie defective armor plate, 54-55

Cleveland Automatic Machine Co., advertisement in American Machinist, World War, 181-183

Colombia, Remington rifles, purchase, 49

Colt revolver, history, 39-42

Comité des Forges: as armament maker, 236; control of press, 3

Consett, M. W. W. P., and trade with Germany in World War, 164-165

Copper, in World War, 165

Cordite, invention and spread, 153

Crimean War: and arms makers, 11; and Du Pont, 30

Crowell Publishing Co., Morgan connections, 146

Cuba: purchase of munitions from Bannerman and Sons, 63; revolt, and Remington rifles and ammunition, 47-48

Curtiss-Wright, airplane sales to China, 249-250

Danubian Confederation, and arms makers, 195

Dawney, Col. F. G. C, and disarmament conference, 197

Denmark: and Maxim Gun, 90; war trade, World War, 165

Deutschland (submarine) cargo of nickel in World War, 167

Dillingen Co., directors, 142

Directorates: of arms industry, 140-142; British arms companies, analyzed, 113; former government officials, 112; of Zaharoff, 104

Disarmament: and arms industry, 271-272; opposed by French arms makers, 196-197; and Shearer, 205-217

Druses, rebellion and arms supply, 191-192

Dumont, Charles, and disarmament conference, 196-197

Du Pont de Nemours and Co., E. I.: control of press, 146; history, 22-37; peace gesture, 9; present status, 248-249; in World War, 179-180

Von Duschnitz, financial backer of Hitler, 2-3

Egypt, purchase of cannons from Krupp, 72

Electrical Power, Swiss sales, World War, 171

Embargo on Arms: Goss, E. W., opposition, 144; Great Britain, in Manchurian war, 233; U. S. government opposition, 269-270

Enfield rifles, in World War, 186-187

Engineering journals, and arms industry, 151

Fairchild Aviation Corporation, aerial camera gun in China, 250

I. G. Farbenindustrie, and German chemical warfare industry, 254

Faure, Paul: defeat in elections, 197-198; exposé of Schneider’s work, 194

Feisal, Emir, rebellion and arms supply, 191-192

Fisher, Sir John, and arms industry, 113

Forsyth, Alexander, invention of percussion cap, 19-21

France (see also Schneider-Creusot)

armaments: exports, 236; industry, present status, 236-238

Bolo Pasha trial, 6

Briey iron mines in World War, 160-162

chemical warfare industries, 254

frontier defenses, 237-238

honor to Zaharoff, 104-105

and Krupp, 72, 77-78

and Maxim Gun, 88

nickel policy, World War, 166

press: corruption, 126-127, 148; and Japan, 195-196; World War, 162-163

Remington as agent in Prussian War, 48-52

Rif rebellion, arms supply, 192-193

sale: of arms to Japan, Manchurian war, 231-232; of cellulose to Hitler Germany, 244-245; of second-hand arms, 57

Turpin affair, and Zaharoff, 101

World War: press, 162-163; scandal, 6; Swiss trade, 169-171

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871): and Krupp, 78-79; Remington role, 48-52; and Schneider, 123

Frémont, General John C., purchase of Hall’s carbines, Civil War, 59-61

French Revolution: arms industry, 17; and Fulton’s submarine, 18-19

Frontier Defenses: France, 237-238; Italy, 246

Fujii, Rear Admiral, bribery by Vickers, 118-119

Fulton, Robert, and submarine, 18-19

Gangsters, and Belgian machine guns, 247

Gardner gun, 86

Gas Mask Industry, 255-256

Gatling gun, 50, 86

Germany (see also Hitler, Krupp)

arms industry, present status, 240-245

Bullerjahn case, 241

chemical warfare industries, 254

Gontard war scare, 147-148

Hamburg poison gas accident, 242

and Maxim Gun, 89

military mission, Turkey, 149

Ossietzky trial, 242

purchase of Canadian nickel (1933), 245

sale of arms to Japan, Manchurian war, 233

World War: American Machinist ad, 181-183; Briey iron mines, 160-162; Possehl, trading with enemy, 168-169; press, 162-163; Swiss trade, 169-171

Glycerine, in World War, 164-165

Gontard: and Bullerjahn case, 241-242; war-scare, 147-148

Goss, E. W., opposition to arms embargo, 144

Government Loans: and arms sales, 145; France to Hungary, 194

Grace, Eugene, and Shearer, 212, 215

Graham Committee, reports on U. S. World War expenditures, 189

Great Britain (see also Vickers, Ltd.)

arms industry: history, 108-120; present status, 239-240

Bedford Park cannon, 4

British in Japan (1808), 219

chemical warfare industries, 254-255

and Colt revolver, 41-42

cordite, invention, 153

embargo on arms, Manchurian war, 233

and Fulton’s submarine, 18-19

mines sold to Turkey, 4

Mulliner war-scare (1909) 115-117

naval missions, Turkey and Japan, 149

order of 60 airplanes by Hitler government, 4

percussion cap, invention, 19-21

sale of arms: to Japan, Manchurian war, 230-231, 234; secondhand arms, 57

World War, trade with enemy, 164-165

Greece: purchase of submarine, 98; and Zaharoff, 98

Gunpowder: cocoa powder, Maxim’s work, 88; cordite, history, 153; Du Pont, history, 22-37; powder trust, history, 33-35

Guns (see also Small Arms), percussion cap, invention, 19-21

Hamburg poison gas accident, 242

Harding, President Warren G., on failures of arms industry in World War, 187-189

Harris, Townsend, and Japan, 218, 221

Harvey United Steel Co.: directors, 142; organization, 111

Harveyized steel, for armor plate, 53

Havas Agency, bribery by Russians, 127

Hearst, W. R., and Shearer, 210

Hirtenberg affair, 246

Hitler, Adolf (see also Germany)

and German re-armament, 243-245

order of 60 British airplanes, 4

purchase of 400 French tanks, 244

stimulus to arms industry, 250

support by: Pintsch Co., 201; Skoda directors, 2-3; Thyssen, 243

Hugenberg, Alfred, Krupp director, 146

Hungary: arming by Schneider, 194; purchase of arms from Italy, 246-247

Hunter, Henry c., and Shearer, 207

Imperial Chemical Industries, and gas warfare, Great Britain, 254

India, second-hand arms, northwest frontier, 57

Industrial mobilization, meaning, 262-263

Iron and Steel, in World War, 169-170

Italy: arms industry, post-war; 245-247; and French ’75’s, 138; and Maxim Gun, 89

Japan: arms industry, rise and present status, 218-234; bribery of officials by Vickers, 118-119; British naval mission, 149 ; early gunpowder, 15; Manchurian expedition, arms source, 229-234; military budget, 227; military government, 225; sale of arms to China, 228; and Schneider-Creusot, 195-196; westernization, 221-222; in World War, 227

Jefferson, Thomas, and Du Pont, 24

Juarez, Benito, and Winchester rifles, 42-44

Justice, Philip, S., second-hand arms merchant, Civil War, 58

Krupp (see also Germany, Hitler)

armament work after World War, 203-204, 244

armor plate, development, 53, 80-81

and Austro-Prussian War, 75-76

company historian, 71

competition with Schneider: in Serbia, 145; in South America, 124-126

and Franco-Prussian War, 78-79

hand grenade fuse suit against Vickers, 6

history, 70-84

Meppen, artillery testing ground, 82

and Napoleon III, 77-78

and patriotism, 74-77

press, control, 82-83, 146

and Putiloff affair, 132-139

Russian work, 75, 82

sale of arms to Turkey, 139

shipbuilding, 81

statistics of plant, workers and sales, 73, 83

submarine building, 81

Kuhlmann, French chemical warfare industry, 254

Lead, in World War, 167

League of Nations: arms statistics analyzed and criticized, 230-231, 250-252; conference on international sale of arms, 264, 268-269

Libby, F. J., and Britten, 216

Liége, arms industry, 13-15

Li Hung Chang: and Maxim Gun, 90; and Remington rifles, 46

Little Entente, and Schneider, 195

Lloyd George: end of career, 202; and Zaharoff, 103-104

Lonza Co.: directors, 142; in World War, 169-170

Lyautey, Marshal, in Rif rebellion, 192

Machine Gun: history, 86; Maxim Gun, 85-94

Manchurian Expedition, Japan, arms source, 229-234

Maxim, Hiram: life and work, 85-94; and Zaharoff contest, 93-94, 98-99

Maxim Gun, invention and sale, 85-94

Maximilian of Mexico, and Winchester rifles, 42-44

Mechanization of war, 235-236

Meppen, Krupp’s artillery testing ground, 82, 151

Mexican War (1846): Colt’s revolver, 41; and Du Pont, 28-30

Mexico, Winchester rifle in Maximilian episode, 42-44

Midvale Steel Co.: armor plate maker, 52; founder of Navy League, 2

Military Budgets: Japan, 227; various countries (1863-1913), 260

Military Conservatism: and arms industry, 15-16; and Du Pont, 31; Prussia, 72; and Whitney, 39

Military Missions, and sale of armaments, 148-149

Military Secrets, and arms industry, 135, 137, 151-153

Montauk Point Development Corporation, and U. S. navy, 216

Monte Carlo, and Zaharoff, 202-203

Morgan, J. P., Sr., sale of Hall’s carbines, Civil War, 59-61

Morgan, J. P., Jr., founder of Navy League, 2

J. P. Morgan Co., and American arms industry, 141-142

Motion Pictures, use by arms industry, 146-147

Mulliner, H. H., war-scare of 1909, 115-117

Murata, Japanese rifle, 222

Napoleon I: aid to Du Pont, 23; bid for Forsyth’s percussion cap, 19-21; and Liége arms makers, 14

Napoleon III, and Krupp, 77-78

Nationalization of Arms Industry: analysis, 263-267; Japan, 224, 227

Navy League, promoter of armaments, 1-2

Netherlands: Dutch in Japan, 16th century, 218; sale of arms to Japan, Manchurian war, 233

New Caledonia, nickel in World War, 166, 167

New York Shipbuilding Co., and Shearer, 207, 209

Newport News Shipbuilding Co., and Shearer, 207

Newspapers (see The Press)

Neutrality, U. S. breach in Franco-Prussian War, 49

Nickel: Canadian exports to Germany (1933), 245; in World War, 165-167

Nobel, Alfred: dynamite companies, 142; peace prize, 9

Nobel Dynamite Trust, dissolution in World War, 160

Nordenfeldt, Tosten Vilhelm, arms maker, 97

Nordenfeldt gun, 86

Norway: sale of arms to Japan, Manchurian war, 233; trade with Germany, World War, 165

Omdurman, battle, Maxim Gun, 92

Ossietzky, Carl von, and German rearmament, 242

Palen, F. P., and Shearer, 207, 214

Panama, revolution, source of arms, 64

Paris World’s Fair, armament exhibits, U. S. report, 152

Penarroya lead mines, in World War, 167

Perry, Commodore M. C, in Japan, 220

Persia, and Maxim Gun, 90

Pintsch Co., arms maker and supporter of Hitler, 201

Poison Gas (see Chemical Warfare)

Poland: arms industry, present status, 247-248; purchase of French arms, 236

Portugal, and Maxim Gun, 91

Possehl, Senator (Luebeck), trading with the enemy, World War, 168-169

The Press

and arms industry, 145-146

Bethlehem Steel Co., use, World War, 183-185

Du Pont control in Delaware, 36

France: control by arms makers, 3; corruption, 126-127; and disarmament, 196-197; and Japan, 195-196; in World War, 162-163

in Gontard affair, 148

Krupp’s, 82

Schneider, use, 136

and Shearer, 207, 210

in World War: France and Germany, 162-163 ; in U. S., 176

and Zaharoff, 105

Prix Balzac, endowed by Zaharoff, 105

Profiteering, in U. S., World War, 178

Prussia: and Krupp, 72-76; and Remington rifles, 45

Putiloff affair, 128-139

Raffalovich, Arthur, and corruption of French press, 126-127

Raw Materials, and armaments, 270

Redfield, Secretary of Commerce, and American Machinist ad, 183

Remington Arms Co.: Chinese catalogue, 46; Enfield rifles, World War, 186-187; foreign sales, 45-46; history, 44-52; in World War, 185-187

Reynolds, W. W., Remington agent in Paris, 51-52

Rif, rebellion and arms supply, 192-193

Von Roon, Albrecht, and Krupp, 75-76

Rothschild Bank, and nickel and lead in World War, 166-168

Rumania, Seletzki scandal, 5

Russia: charge of sabotage against German arms makers, 150-151 ; cordite, use, 153; and Maxim Gun, 89; military rehabilitation after 1905, 82, 128-139; Russians in Japan (1807), 219; Schneider’s work, 126-139; Zaharoff’s work, 101-103

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), purchase of arms from Bannerman and Sons, 64

Russo-Turk War (1879), Remington orders, 47

Sabotage, by arms industry, 150-151

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Convention, and arms control, 267

Saltpeter, in World War, 170-171

Schneider-Creusot (see also France)

arming of Hungary, 194

competition with Krupp: in Serbia, 145; in South America, 124-126

control of Skoda, 3, 193

and disarmament, 196-197

expansion after World War, 193-195

Faure, Paul, defeat in elections, 197-198

history, 121-139

and Japan, 195-196

and Little Entente, 195

present status, 236-238

press: and Japan, 195-196; use of, 136

sale of arms: to Bulgaria, 138; to Japan, Manchurian war, 231-232; to Turkey, 138-139; 400 tanks to Hitler, 244

and Turko-Greek War (1919), 191, 201-202

Schurz, Carl, and French purchase of munitions (1870-1871), 51

Schwab, Charles H.: and defective armor plate, 54; founder of Navy League, 2; peace gesture, 9; and Shearer, 212, 215

Scovill Manufacturing Co., and E. W. Goss, 144

Seletzki, Bruno, Rumanian arms scandals, 5

Serbia, Krupp-Schneider competition, 145

Shearer, William B., and disarmament, 205-217

Shipbuilding: Krupp work, 81; U. S. in World War, 189

Simon, Sir John, armament stockholder, 255

Sino-Japanese War, Vickers sales, 110

Skoda: controlled by Schneider, 3, 193-194; financial backer of Hitler, 2-3 ; present status, 238-239; and Putiloff affair, 132; sale of arms to Turkey, 139; Seletzki scandal, 5

Skuludis, Etienne, and Zaharoff, 96

Small Arms: Colt revolver, history, 38-42; machinery, U. S. sale, 38; Murata, Japanese rifle, 222; Remington rifle, history, 44; Winchester rifle, history, 42-44; U. S. manufacturers, 38-52

Smuggling of Arms: and Abyssinia, 267; in Rif rebellion, 192-193

Snowden, Philip, attack on arms industry, 111-113, 115

Société Générale, and Putiloff affair, 131-139

South America (see also names of countries) : German arms makers, bribery, 150; purchase from Bannerman, 63-64; Schneider-Krupp competition, 124-126; U. S. military missions, 149

South Carolina, secession movement (1833) and Du Pont, 26

Sopwith Co., and Spanish lead, World War, 168

Spain: and Krupp guns, 80; lead mines in World War, 167; and Maxim Gun, 91; Remington rifles, purchase, 47-48; Rif rebellion, arms supply, 192-193; Vickers purchases, 110

Spanish-American War (1898): and Maxim, 92-93; sale of arms to U. S., 68; Zaharoff’s sales to Spain, 100

Spencer Arms Co., in Civil War, 67

Springfield rifle, in World War, 186-187

St. Gothard incident, 246

Stinnes, Hugo, control of press, 146

Stockholders in Arms Industry: 149; chemical warfare industries, 254-255; Great Britain, 112; Vickers, 240; William II, Germany, 166

Submarines: French Surcouf, 236; and Fulton, 18-19; Krupp work, 81; Zaharoff sale to Greece and Turkey, 98

Sweden: Bofors, armament work, 203-204; trade with Germany, World War, 165

Switzerland: arms traffic, French Revolution, 17-18; commerce, World War, 169-171; sale of arms to China, Manchurian war, 233

Syria, rebellion and arms supply, 191-192

Tanks: amphibious, 235; origin, 155; Vickers sale to USSR, 4

Tavenner, Claude H., disclosures on Navy League, 2

Texas Rangers, and Colt revolver, 40

Thompson, R. L., salesman for Armstrong-Whitworth, 110

Thompson, Col. R. M., founder of Navy League, 2

Thyssen, supporter of Hitler, 243

Tracy, B. F. founder of Navy League, 2

Trusts: Harvey United Steel Co., 111; powder, 33-35

Turkey

bribery in arms contracts, 150

British: mines in Dardanelles campaign, 4; naval mission, 148

German military mission, 149

and Maxim Gun, 91

purchase of arms: from Schneider, 138-139; from Skoda and Krupp, 139

purchase of submarine, 97

and Remington rifles, 45

Zaharoff’s sales, 102

Turko-Greek War (1919), arms supply, 191, 201-202

Turpin affair, and Zaharoff, 101

Union Metallic Cartridge Co., amalgamation with Remington Arms, 46

Union Parisienne, Schneider’s bank, 131-139

USSR, purchase of 60 tanks from Vickers, 4

United States (see also names of companies)

armor plate industry: history, 52-53; and “trade secrets,” 153

arms industry, present status, 248-250

Census Bureau report on small arms manufacture, 39

chemical warfare industries, 255

Du Pont co-operation with government, 32

foreign powder companies, plan for factory, 34

military budgets (1791-1931), 260

military missions, South America, 149

navy and Montauk Point Development Corporation, 216

opposition to arms embargo, 269-270

plans for government armor plant, 183-185

press and Shearer, 207-210

report on arms exhibit at Paris World’s Fair (1867), 152

sale of arms to Japan, Manchurian war, 232

small arms makers, 38-52

World War: failures of arms industry, 187-189; Graham Committee reports, 189; role, 173-189

United States Cartridge Co., in World War, 187

Urschel kidnapping, and Belgian machine gun, 247

Venezuela, Remington munitions, purchase, 48

Vickers, Ltd.: arms supply of Emir Feisal, 191-192; bribery of Japanese, 118-119; and Canadian officials, 118; history, 108-110; in Japan, 226; Krupp hand grenade fuse suit, 6 ; and Maxim, 87; and Putiloff affair, 130-139; reorganization after World War, 198-201 ; sale of tanks to USSR, 4; stockholders, 240; and Turko-Greek War (1919), 191, 201-202

Vickers-Armstrong: expansion after World War, 200; use of motion pictures, 146-147

Vickers’s Sons and Maxims, directors (1911), 113

Violet Cross, and gas mask industry, 255-256

Wakeman, Samuel W., and Shearer, 207, 215

War of 1812: and Du Pont, 25; Whitney’s muskets, 39

War Scares: by arms makers, 147-148; Mulliner’s (1909), 115-117; plans for U. S., World War, 176; Russian-Rumanian (1930), basis, 5

Welby, Lord, attack on arms makers, 114

White, Sir William, naval work in Japan, 223-227

Whitehead Torpedo Co., directors and organization, 106, 142

Whitney, Eli, and interchangeable parts in guns, 39

Wilder, L. R., and Montauk Point Development Corporation, 215

Winchester Repeating Arms Co.: Enfield rifle, World War, 186-187; World War work, 180-181

Winchester rifle, history, 42-44

World War (see also names of countries)

Allied purchases in U. S., 174

American Machinist ad, 181-183

armament press, France and Germany, 162-163

arming of enemy through pre-war sales, 156-158

artillery ammunition expenditure, 259

Bedford Park cannon, 4

Bolo Pasha, trial and execution, 6

Briey iron mines, 160-162

copper, use, 165

Dardanelles mines, origin, 4

Du Pont’s work, 35-36, 177-180

Enfield rifle, 186-187

in Europe, 155-172

failures, U. S. arms industry, 187-189

financial costs, 155, 177, 259

glycerine, use, 164-165

government armor plate plans, U. S., 183-185

Graham Committee reports, U. S., 189

Japanese work, 227

Krupp hand grenade fuse suit vs. Vickers, 6

net profits of arms industry: Europe, 159; U. S., 178-179

new implements of war, 155

nickel, use, 165-167

Nobel Dynamite Trust, dissolution, 160

poison gas production, 181

Remington Arms, work, 185-187

statistics, 155

Swiss trade, 169-171

traffic in war materials, 163-172

United States Cartridge Co., work, 187

U. S., role, 173-189

Winchester Arms, work, 180-181

Zaharoff’s work, 160

Zaharoff, Sir Basil: international connections, 104; life and work, 95-107; and Maxim, at Vienna, 93-94, 98-99; in Monte Carlo, 202-203; and the press, 105; in reorganization of Vickers and Armstrong, 199-201 ; and Turko-Greek War (1919), 191, 201-202; and Vickers, 108-110; during World War, 160

Zeiss instruments, sale to British during World War, 171

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