THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



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Photograph from Burnell Poole 



AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS IN COLUMN FORMATION 



"The battle fleet, now twice as large as in peace times, has by no means been idle. Ships 

 have been utilized as schools in gunnery and engineering to train the thousands of gunners 

 and engineers required for the hundreds of vessels added to the navy and the many merchant- 

 men furnished with arms and gun crews." 



peace ; we accept your doctrine — 'no an- 

 nexations, no indemnities' — throw away 

 your guns," a people silly enough to prac- 

 tice the folly finds that Slade has kept 

 his gun and demands not only indemni- 

 ties, but territory and complete subserv- 

 ience. 



We may not expect all nations to ac- 

 cept the just tenders of world-wide broth- 

 erhood in the spirit in which they will be 

 tendered by the twentieth century after- 

 the-war chivalry. Therefore, all the 

 peace-loving nations must enter into an 

 international agreement neither to throw 

 away their guns nor to tie up their war 

 ships, but to make them one common in- 

 ternational peace police on land and sea, 

 tendering to all nations, great and small, 

 the High C<eurt of Arbitration for the 

 settlement of all differences, ready to en- 

 force the decrees of that tribunal and 

 make this police force so strong that no 

 war-lord will ever again dare resort to 



the sword to impose his will or his coun- 

 try's greed upon other nations. 



KNIGHTS OF GEOGRAPHY 



These practical Knights of Peace and 

 Justice will master the secrets of earth 

 and sea and sky for the comfort and im- 

 provement of the race. They will let no 

 water power remain unharnessed. They 

 will draw nitrates from the air to enrich 

 the earth. They will utilize present agen-. 

 cies of production, so that plenty will 

 bless mankind and unlock the secrets of 

 nature to increase production faster than 

 population makes demand for food and 

 raiment and comforts — aye, and luxuries, 

 also ; for the best is none too good for all 

 who labor. 



Discoveries now undreamed of will re- 

 spond to the master touch of men and 

 genius, and we shall transport, without 

 loss, from one continent to another the 

 products and wares that will add to hu- 

 man happiness. These new knights of 



