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PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7INTRODUCTION ... ..... .. .. ..... 9

First Part

ARMED FORCES

I.GENERAL WORKS:

Year-Books . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 13Encyclopaedias ................ 16Dictionaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

II.

ORGANISATION OF DEFENSIVE FORCES:

Present Position and Future Development . ..... 20The Armed Forces of the Various Countries . . . . . . 27Military Periodicals ............. . 33

III.

MILITARY AVIATION AND ITS REGULATION ......... 39

IV.

CHEMICAL WARFARE AND THE MOVEMENT FOR ITS SUPPRESSION . 46

V.

SUPERVISION OF THE TRADE AND PRIVATE MANUFACTURE OF ARMS

AND AMMUNITION AND OF IMPLEMENTS OF WAR . . . . . 53

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VI.

rHE LAWS OF WARFARE AND THEIR EVOLUTION:

General Works. ................ 58International Peace Conferences (1899 and 1907) . . . 60London Naval Conference (1908-09) .. .... . 63Washington Conference (1921-22) .... 64International Commission of Jurists (1922-23) . . . . 65

The Freedom of the Seas ............. 66The Renunciation of War .. . ....... 66

Second Part

DISARMAMENT

VII.

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND DISARMAMENT:

The Covenant ............. . 69Work of the League of Nations:

Permanent Advisory Commission for Military, Navaland Air Questions .. . ....... . 72

Temporary Mixed Commission on Armaments . . .. 75Committee of the Council for Work of Disarmament . 76Right of Military Investigation and Control . . . 77Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Confe-

rence. ...... .. 77General Works .. . .......... . 80Comments on the Draft Disarmament Convention . . . . 89Disarmament and Public Opinion .. ....... 92

VIII.

DISARMAMENT OUTSIDE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS:

Preliminary Period ............... 105Since the World War:

Peace Conferences (1919-20) ...... 108Moscow Conference (1922) .... . . . . . . . 110Conference of the Republics of Central America (1922-23) 111Fifth Pan-American Conference (1923) .. . . . 111

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NAVAL DISARMAMENT:

Washington Conference (1921-22) . ... ..... 113Geneva Conference (1927) . ............ 114Planned Anglo-French Naval Compromise (1928) . . . .. 115London Naval Conference (1930) ...... 116Freedom of the Seas and Disarmament .. ..... 123

X.

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY:

Stages towards Security:Draft Treaties of Mutual Assistance and Guarantee . . 127Geneva Protocol (1924) .. . . ....... 128Locarno Agreements (1925) .......... 129General Pact for the Renunciation of War (1928) . . .129Committee on Arbitration and Security (1927-1930) 132

General Studies on the Problem of Security ...... 134International Sanctions . .......... .. 136

XI.

DISARMAMENT FROM THE ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW:

Publications of the League of Nations .. . .. 138Analyses of Military Budgets . . 139Armaments and National Economy . . . . . . . . 141

XII.

DISARMAMENT AND THE GENERAL DISARMAMENT MOVEMENT . 144

HOW TO USE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS LIBRARY - SHORT GUIDE 147

ALPHABETICAL INDEX .. .... ....... . 155

PREFACE

The present bibliography has been prepared by the

Library for the convenience of delegates and experts

attending the first general Conference on the Reductionand Limitation of Armaments.

Though not comprising all the works published in the

various languages on the subjects which are to be treated

by the Conference, the Library of the League of Nationsnevertheless contains a large number of publicationslikely to be consulted by delegations. In these circum-

stances it is hoped that a bibliography will serve a usefulpurpose.

ERIC DRUMMOND,

Secretary- Generalof the League of Nations.

November 2nd, 1931.

INTRODUCTION

The present volume has been prepared by the Political

and Legal Reference Service of the League of Nations

Library with the approval of the League of Nations Council

(May 20, 1931), in order to provide information as to the

principal publications on disarmament as well as a selection

of works on military questions.These questions being of general interest, much has been

written on them in all countries, and accordingly the number

of publications included has necessarily had to be limited.

In order, however, to give a proper idea of what has been

published on the subject, an endeavour has been made to

mention as far as possible publications which have appeared

up to the date of October 1, 1931-books, pamphlets or

articles in periodicals*-forming original contributions on

the subject.Short reviews of the works quoted, providing information

as to the contents, are given.As regards League of Nations documents, only the

most important have been mentioned, as a special guide has

been prepared for the purposes of the Conference-namely,

the "Index of the Documents of the Preparatory Commis-

sion for the Disarmament Conference-Index of the Docu-

ments of the Committee on Arbitration and Security" (C.428.

M.178.1931.IX. Ser. L.o.N.P. 1931.IX.5).

* Articles from periodicals are cited in the following manner:title of article, name of review, number of volume, page and date.

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All the volumes mentioned in this bibliography are atthe disposal of the Conference in the League Library.

A short guide to the library, its information servicesand its publications is annexed to the present publicationand will enable those interested to obtain information withregard to other works, not contained in this bibliography,dealing with the question of armaments, or any othersubject.

The Library is also placing at the disposal of theConference its photostatic equipment, which enables photo-graphs of articles, statistical tables, etc., to be obtainedrapidly.

First Part

ARMED FORCES

I

GENERAL WORKS

Year-Books

The following publications contain information on theposition of armaments in the various countries.

League of Nations. Disarmament Section. ArmamentsYear-Book. Geneva, 1931. (7th year.)

Publication of the League of Nations. General andstatistical information on the land, sea and air armamentsand the national defence budgetary expenditure of 62countries, members and non-members of the League.Statistics of raw materials and the principal products ofimportance for national defence (production, imports,exports). The annex reproduces textually certain con-ventions and international treaties on the limitation ofarmaments.

Published since 1924. For the year 1923, see:Statistical enquiry into national armaments. A.20.1923.IX.

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Etat militaire de toutes les nations du monde, 1912-1914.Paris, Berger-Levrault, 1912-1914, 2 vol.

Contains detailed information concerning pre-wararmies. No more published.

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Oertzen, v. Riistung und Abriistung. Eine Umschau iiberdas Heer- und Kriegswesen aller Lander. Berlin, Mittler& Sohn, 1931. 303 p.

(Forms the 45th volume in the collection "v. LobellsJahresbericht iiber das Heer- und Kriegswesen".) Surveyof the organisation of the armed forces of each country.Contains information on the organisation of the army,strength of effectives, military budget, navy, fortifica-tions. Information concerning the organisation of thearmies and navies of all countries in the pre-war periodwill also be found in "Veltzes internationaler Armee-Almanach 1913-14".

The following publications contain more detailed infor-mation on naval forces.

Brassey's naval and shipping annual. Edited by CommanderC. N. Robinson and H. M. Ross. London, W. Clowes andSons. 42nd year of publication, 1931. 453 p.

Published annually. The naval section containsexhaustive studies of the maritime policy of the BritishEmpire and other great sea powers, and of disarmament.Gives the main features of British and foreign warshipsand a summary of the principal naval budgets. Charac-teristics of the guns and projectiles used by the principalpowers. Information concerning the chief supply sta-tions and distances between the principal ports.

Les Flottes de combat... 1931. Paris, Societe d'editions geo-graphiques, maritimes et coloniales, 1931. 704 p.

Published periodically. Gives a survey of thewarships (with their main characteristics) of all countries.Arranged according to country, and in each countryaccording to class. Introductory note on naval organis-ation and building programme of each country.

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Great Britain Admiralty. Fleets (The British Empire and

foreign countries). London, H.M. Stationery office. Cmd.

3805, 1931. 95 p.List issued periodically by the First Lord of the

Admiralty. Gives a survey of the warships (with chief

characteristics) of the British Empire, U.S.A., Japan,

France, Italy, U.S.S.R., Germany. Arranged according

to class and in each class according to country.

Jane's fighting ships. Annual issue. London, S. Low, Mars-

ton & co. Thirty-fourth issue 1930. 510 p.

Published annually. Gives a survey of the warships

(with chief characteristics) of all countries. Arranged

according to country and in each country according to

class. Introductory note on the naval authorities, build-

ing programme and naval organisation of each country.

Parkes, 0. The world's warships. London, S. Low,

Marston & co. [1930]. 185 p."Jane's Fighting Ships" in an abridged form. Con-

tains tables giving the main particulars of the warships of

all countries. Arranged according to country, and in

each country according to class.

Taschenbuch der Kriegsflotten. 1930. 26. Jahrgang. Mit

Nachtrag 1930. Minchen J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1930.

Periodical publication giving the characteristics of

the warships of all Powers.

The following publications contain information concern-

ing the air forces of the different countries.

Jane's all the world's aircraft. Annual issue. London, S. Low,

Marston & co. Twentieth issue 1930. 598 p.

Published annually. Gives a survey of the civil

and military air organisation for each country and infor-

mation on the various types of aeroplanes, airships, etc.

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Taschenbuch der Luftflotten - Pocket almanac of aeronau-tics - Almanach des flottes aeriennes. 1931. M'inchen,J. F. Lehmanns Verlag. 1931. 3 vol. (Fonde en 1914.)

Three volumes : military, civil, sporting aviation.Summary of the aircraft of all countries with particularsnecessary for their identification. In German, Englishand French.

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The Air annual of the British Empire, 1930. (2me annee).London, Gale & Polden, 1930. 774 p.

Annual publication containing in the part dealingwith military aviation detailed particulars of the organis-ation of military aviation in the British Empire.

Annuaire de l'aeronautique... Paris, Rouff6. 6me annee,1931. 1341 p.

Mainly devoted to information concerning the organ-isation of aviation in France, but contains a chapterheaded "Aeronautiques etrangeres," with particulars ofthe organisation of civil and military aviation in allcountries.

Encyclopaedias

The following cyclopaedias and dictionaries give explana-tions of all military terms and information on all mattersconcerning armies, navies, armaments, military service, etc.:

Almirante, D. J. Diccionario militar etimologico, historico,tecnologico con dos vocabularies frances y aleman.Madrid, Imprenta y litografia del Deposito de la Guerra,1869. 1218 p.

Alten, G. v. Handbuch fur Heer und Flotte. Berlin, Bong &co, 1909-1914. 7 vol.

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Dictionnaire des termes militaires et de l'argot poilu. Paris,Larousse, 1916. 312 p.

Dictionnaire militaire. Paris, Berger-Levrault & cie, 1898.2 vol. with supplement 1911.

Enciclopedia Militare. Arte - Biografia - Geografia -Storia - Tecnica militare. Milano, I1 Popolo d'Italia.Published in parts (4 vol. published 1930).

Frobenius, H. Militdr-Lexikon. Handworterbuch der Mili-tarwissenschaften. Berlin, M. Oldenbourg, 1901. 1020 p.

Guglielmotti, A. Vocabolario marino e militare. Roma,Voghera. 1008 p.

Laine, A. Dictionnaire de 1'aviation. Paris, Charles-Lavau-zelle. 408 p.

Contains information on air matters and explainstechnical terms.

If the desired information is not found in theseworks, most of which are pre-war, consult the big ency-clopaedias, e.g. the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 14th ed.,1929, 24 vol., more particularly under the sub-heading"Defence" in the article on each country.

Dictionaries

In addition to linguistic dictionaries in all languages,the following special military dictionaries may be consultedin the library.

English-French.

Assolant. Vocabulaire militaire anglais-frangais; 4me ed.Paris, H. Charles-Lavauzelle, [1908]. 80 p.

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Barrere, A. A dictionary of English and French military

terms... in two parts. London, Hachette & co, 1918.

2 vol. (French-English and English-French).

Delbos, L. Nautical terms. In English and French and

French and English. London, Williams & Norgate, 1914.

461 p.

Great Britain. War Office. French-English dictionary

of military terms and other terms useful to officers. Lon-

don, Harrison & sons, 1919. 616 p.

Plumon, E. Vade-mecum for the use of officers and inter-

preters in the present campaign ; French and English

technical and military terms. Paris, Hachette & cie, 1917.

233 p.

Wilcox, C. de Witt. A French-English military technical

dictionary with a supplement containing recent military

and technical terms. Washington, Government printing

office, 1917. 582 p.

English-German.

Ennals, Commander C. C. English- German nautical

terms. London, Gieves, [1910]. 132 p.

Great Britain. War Office. Vocabulary of German mili-

tary terms and abbreviations (revised to 1928). London,

H.M. Stationery office, 1928. 261 p.

English-Italian.

Davis, W. T. Naval dictionary, Italian-English and English-

Italian, of naval and mercantile ship and marine engineer-

ing words and phrases... London, Pitman, [1921]. 356 p.

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Nurra, D. A dictionary of English and Italian sea terms(including technical, commercial and naval terms).Genova, E. Palagi, 1925. 2 4 8 p.

French- German.

Delage, E. Lexique maritime allemand-franfais. Paris,Societe d'editions geographiques, maritimes et coloniales,1929. 131 p.

Dupont, C. J. Lexique militaire moderne allemand-fran-Fais et francais-allemand. Paris, E. de Boccard, 1930.193 p.

Paasch. Dictionnaire de marine anglais-fran ais-allemand-espagnol-italien... Paris, Societe d'editions geographiques,maritimes et coloniales, 1924. [910] p.

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II

ORGANISATION OF DEFENSIVE FORCES

PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE

DEVELOPMENT.

(General works.)

Aston, Major-General G. The study of war for statesmenand citizens. London, Longmans, Green & co, 1927. 205 p.

Series of courses given at London University on land,naval, air, and chemical warfare.

Bernhardi, General von. The war of the future. Translatedby F. A. Holt. London, Hutchinson & co, [1920]. 272 p.

Taking as a basis the lessons taught by the Great

War, the author analyses the tactical and technical changeswhich it has brought about.

Bouvard, H. Les legons militaires de la guerre. Paris, Masson

& cie, 1920. 320 p.The evolution of the various arms and future

possibilities.

Dittmar, Major. Defensive Riistung ? Art. in DeutscheWehr 35 : 755-756, 24. Juli 1931.

The author considers the question whether it is

possible to distinguish between offensive and defensive

armaments, and concludes that there are no purely defen-sive armaments in the strict sense of the term.

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Germains, V. W. The "mechanization" of war. London,Sifton Praed & co, 1927. 253 p.

Gives a detailed analysis of the part played by tanksduring the Great War. The author considers that theycan only be of service in combination with an armed force,and is opposed to the "mechanisation" of the British armywithout due regard for the improvement of the troops.

Gertsch, Colonel. L'erreur des armements actuels. Neucha-tel, Delachaux & Niestle, [1929]. 59 p.

Studies the means of defence, more especially ofsmall nations, according to the experience of the last war.Emphasises the importance of the machine-gun in war-fare. In favour of an "army of machine-gunners"

Hart, B. H. L. The remaking of modern armies. Boston,Little, Brown & co, 1928. 315 p.

Examines the British French and German, post-wardoctrines concerning army organisation.

Jaures, J. L'armee nouvelle. Paris, 1'Humanite, 1915. 559 p."If the mobilisation of the army is going to involve

the mobilisation of the whole nation, this will makeit more difficult for Governments to contemplate perilousadventures."

Oualid, W. The "war potential", three articles by W. Oualid,General Max de Montgelas and G. Hosono. (In Inter-Par-liamentary union : What would be the character of a newwar ? London, P. S. King & son, 1931. p. 118-179.)

The problem of swift adaptation to the military andindustrial requirements of a war.

Richmond, Sir H. W. Economy and naval security. Lon-don, E. Benn ltd., [1931]. 227 p.

The author examines carefully the question howsecurity can be obtained at lower cost, and arrives amongstothers to the following conclusions. That a fighting ship

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of about 6,500 tons is sufficiently large to fulfil all therequirements so far as tactics and strategy are concerned.That limitation of cost per ton in shipbuilding is desirableand practicable, that within the assigned limits of size andcost per ton there should be a complete freedom of design.

Richmond, Sir H. W. Immediate problems of naval reduc-tion. Art. in Foreign affairs (New-York), 9 : 371-388,April 1931.

After an analysis of maximum tonnage the authordeclares in favour of warships having a tonnage of notmore than 6,500 tons and a price limit fixing a maximumper ton.

Schwarte, M. Die militirischen Lehren des grossen Krieges.Berlin, Mittler & Sohn, 1923. 587 p.

Development of the military organisation and tech-nique of the various armies, as a result of the teachings ofthe Great War. Survey of the position of the principalmilitary powers and of Germany in particular.

Seeckt, v. Gedanken eines Soldaten. Berlin, Verlag firKulturpolitik, 1929. 179 p.

Certain chapters deal with the part which would beplayed by the various arms in the event of conflict.

Seeckt, v. Landesverteidigung. Berlin, Verlag fir Kultur-politik, 1930. 94 p.

The author is in favour of a professional army strength-ened by the armed organisation of the nation which, in hisopinion, would represent the country's best means ofdefence.

Spanner, E. F. Armaments and the non-combatant. London,Williams & Norgate, ltd., 1927. 319 p.

Studies the importance of the air arm, which isinsufficiently developed, the bulk of the credits being

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allocated to capital ships which, owing to their great vul-

nerability to air attack, would play a secondary part in

the event of a conflict.

The following works deal chiefly with future developments.

Austin, F. B. The War-God walks again. London, Williams

& Norgate, ltd., 1926. 247 p.Mentions the technical innovations which would play

a dominating part in a future war.

Bakeless, J. The origin of the next war. New York, The

Viking press, [1926]. 318 p.A part of this study deals with the arms which would

be used in case of war.

Bauer, Admiral. Das Unterseeboot. Berlin, Mittler & Sohn,

1931. 141 p.After a study of the characteristics of the submarines

and their role during the Great War, the author examines

the improvements needed and their role in the future.

Bratt, K. A. Kampen om folken. Stockholm, Tidens forlag,

1929. 304 p. English translation: That next war ? Lon-

don, G. Allen & Unwin, 1930. 280 p.

Contains chapters dealing with the "Psychology of

armaments", the new strategy and aerial warfare.

Douhet, G. Probabili aspetti della guerra futura. Palermo,

R. Sandron, 1928. 67 p.The author considers the forms which a future war

might take from the military, naval and air standpoints,

Fuller, General J. F. C. The mechanisation of warfare.

(In Inter-Parliamentary union: What would be the char-

acter of a new war ? London, P. S. King & son, 193L.

p. 49-76.)

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Owing to the increasingly important part played bymechanical factors, the civilian population would, ingrowing measure, be equally exposed to danger.

Inter-Parliamentary Union. What would be the charac-ter of a new war ? London, P. S. King & son, 1931. 411 p.

A series of studies by specialists of different countrieson the military, economic and financial character of apossible conflict, "war potential", chemical warfare andthe future of the laws of war. (Also French and Germanedition.)

Kenworthy, J. M. New wars : new weapons. London, E.Mathews & Marrot, 1930. 160 p.

The author shows that increased expenditure doesnot produce satisfactory results from the military pointof view, because new technical devices, which will be adecisive factor in future warfare, are not taken intoaccount. Written chiefly from the standpoint of navaldefence (criticism of the utility of capital ships) and airdefence (the development of military aviation would makeit possible to economise on other arms).

Kenworthy, J. M. Will civilisation crash ? London, E.Benn ltd., 1927. 320 p.

Special attention is given in certain chapters of thiswork to the part which would be played in a war bypoisonous gases, aircraft, tanks and submarines, and theauthor concludes that at the present time military expen-diture is not being devoted to the most essential enginesof war.

Lefebure, V. The decisive aggressive value of the new agenciesof war. (In Inter-Parliamentary union : What would bethe character of a new war ? London, P. S. King & son,1931. p. 96-117.)

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Post-war developments in the matter of armamentstend, it is argued, to confer a decisive advantage on theaggressor and to introduce a factor of instability into theproblem of armaments.

Ludendorff. Weltkrieg droht. Miinchen, Ludendorffs- Volks-warte-Verlag, 1930. 93 p. French translation: 1932, laGuerre. Paris, Imprimeries Artra, [1931]. 119 p.

Sketch of a European war, where the author alsodescribes the technical aspect of a conflict which wouldresult in the destruction of Europe.

Maitrot, C. Laprochaine guerre. Paris, F. Alcan, 1921. 108 p.Contains a special chapter dealing with the scientific

aspect of a future war, and indicates the use that wouldbe made of bombing aeroplanes and poisonous gases.

Mayer, E. La guerre d'hier et l'armee de demain. Paris,Garnier freres, [1921]. 214 p.

Study of the problems of military organisation (imple-ments of war and personnel) followed by a plan for militaryreorganisation.

Metzsch, General von. The new tendencies of developmentin warfare. (In Inter-Parliamentary union : What wouldbe the character of a new war ? London, P. S. King& son, 1931. p. 21-49.)

Explains the new aspects of a possible conflict: therapidity with which hostilities would be opened ; theabsence of a clearly defined front and the mobility ofthe positions of the opposing forces.

The Next War. Three addresses delivered at a Symposiumat Harvard University, November 18, 1924, by N. F. Hall,Z. Chafee, M. O. Hudson. Cambridge, Mass., 1925. 109 p.

Contains chapters on the part science would play inthe event of war.

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Requin, General E. Modern developments in methods of

warfare. (In Inter-Parliamentary union : What would be

the character of a new war ? London, P. S. King & son,

1931. p. 1-21.)Shows the importance of war material and the part

which would be played by the civilian population, and

explains the mechanism of economic mobilisation. The

influence of these factors on the duration of a possible

conflict.

Ritter, H. Der Zukunftskrieg und seine Waffen. Leipzig,

K. F. Koehler, 1924. 102 p.After analysing existing implements of war, the author

considers the possibility of their development, with special

reference to ultra-violet rays, bacteriological warfare,long-distance lighting, etc.

Sloutzki, N. La mobilisation industrielle. Art. in Bibliothe-

que universelle et revue de Geneve : 34-44, janvier 1925.

Considers the question of industrial mobilisation in

time of war, which would eliminate any distinction

between combatants and non-combatants.

Soldan, G. Der Mensch und die Schlacht der Zukunft. Olden-

burg, G. Stalling, 1925. 108 p.Contains a study of the change made by the technique

of war in the value placed on conscripted armies. Advo-

cates the use of small units composed of selected volun-

teers provided with all technical equipment.

Thomson, G. P. The submarine in future warfare - a Ger-

man view. Art. in Journal of the Royal United Service

Institution 76 : 511-519, August 1931.

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THE ARMED FORCES

OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES.*

Assmann. Unser Reichsheer. Leipzig, Verlag A. O. Paul,[1930]. 160 p.

Brief survey of the organisation of German armedforces.

Bernier, P. La loi d'un an. Paris, Charles-Lavauzelle, 1931.159 p.

Discusses the problem of the period of military ser-vice with special reference to French requirements andthe question of a professionnal army.

Brissaud-Desmaillet, General. L'armee chinoise. Paris,Charles-Lavauzelle, 1927. 86 p.

The problem of surplus troops.

Bywater, H. C. Japanese naval policy. Art. in Nineteenthcentury 118 : 689-700, November 1925.

Study of the composition of the Japanese navy andof Japan's naval policy.

Czechoslovak Republic. Ministerstvo narodni obrany.Almanach cs. branne moci a cetnictva... Praha, 1929.

Outline of the organisation of the Czechoslovak army.

Decrouez, R. Desarroi militaire. Art. in Revue des vivants5 :60-72, juillet 1931.

In favour of the co-ordination of the French armedforces.

* This chapter includes only a small selection of works on the militaryorganisation of various countries which have not found a place in otherparts of this publication. If the desired information on the armed force ofa country is not contained in this publication, see also the bibliographicalpart of the Armaments Year-Book of the League of Nations, which givesa list of military budgets and army and navy registers of the variouscountries, in the Library.

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Dette, D. Die maritime Lage in der Ostsee. Art. in Kreuz-Zeitung 84 : 512, 23. Juli 1931.

Survey of the naval forces of the Baltic States.

Fillingham, J. S. Les armees de l'Empire britannique, parJ. S. Fillingham et R. Villate. Paris, Charles-Lavauzelle,1929.89 p.

Organisation of the regular army and the territorialarmy. The defence forces of the British army.

Gautreau, J. B. French navy notes. Art. in Naval and mili-tary record 49 : 451, July 22, 1931.

The new French constructions.

Great Britain. War Office. Notes on the land and air forcesof the British oversea dominions, colonies, protectorates &mandated territories (Exclusive of India and Iraq).London, H.M. Stationery office, 1928. 178 p.

Official publication of the War Office relating tothe organisation of the Army and the Air Force.

Informacyjny kalendarz wojskowy "Polski Zbrojnej" na1928 rok. Warszawa, "Polska Zbrojna", 1928. 422 p.

Includes a detailed description of the organisation ofthe Polish army and compares the Polish defence forceswith those of other States.

Iwanow, A. N. Kurze Zusammenstellung iiber die Russi-sche Armee. Berlin, R. Eisenschmidt, 1929. 135 p.

Survey of the organisation of the U.S.S.R. army.

Kennedy, M. D. Some aspects of Japan and her defenceforces. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner & co, 1928.243 p.

Studies the organisation of the Japanese army and thechief problems relating to national defence (access commu-nications, aviation). A special chapter is devoted to theJapanese attitude towards the question of disarmament.

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Die Kernfragen des Abriistungsproblems und die AufriistungFrankreichs. [Berlin, Berliner B6rsen Zeitung, 1930.] 62 p.present unsatisfactory state of security.

Studies certain aspects of military organisation inFrance, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

King-Hall, S. Imperial defence. A book for taxpayers.London, T. Fisher Unwin ltd., [1926]. 204 p.

The author examines the military requirements of theBritish Empire and the necessary expenditure. He is infavour of a co-ordination of the defence forces (army,navy, air force). Difficulty of reducing armaments in thepresent unsatisfactory state of security.

Lederrey, E. G. M. L'armee suisse. Ses origines, son etatpresent, sa raison d'etre. Geneve, Societe anonyme d'edi-tions artistiques, [1929]. 254 p.

Work of various authors dealing with military law,army organisation, war material, training of officers andtroops. Chapter on Switzerland and disarmament withspecial reference to the position of Switzerland from thepoint of view of international law.

Lieberknecht, P. Die Sowjetarmee. Art. in Deutsche Wehr35 : 628-630, 19. Juni 1931.

Brief outline of the organisation of the Soviet armyand militia.

Metzsch, Generalleutnant. Wehrwende ? Berlin, A. Scherl,[1930]. 191 p.

The author analyses the military organisation ofFrance, Italy, Poland and the U.S.S.R.

Moore, F. America's naval challenge. New York, The Mac-millan company, 1929. 166 p.

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The naval competition between Great Britain andthe United States at and after the Versailles Peace Con-ference. American public opinion and naval armaments.The position in the Pacific. The author is in favour of anavy only as a nucleus for defence and not as the onlymeans of defence.

Morel, H. Les forces militaires de l'Empire britannique -

synthese et essai d'explication. Art. in Revue militairefrancaise 101: 413-443, juin 1931.

"The British army cannot be confined within anationalf ramework like the other European armies"; "theforces which ensure the safety of the British Empire con-stitute an indivisible whole."

Das Neue russische Wehrgesetz. Art. in Deutsche Wehr 35:827-828, 14. August 1931.

Study of the Law of August 15th, 1930.

Pargiter, R. B. The army and sea power, by Major R. B.

Pargiter and Major H. G. Eady. London, E. Benn, 1927.220 p.

This work, which deals mainly with the history ofco-operation between the British army and navy, includesin its final chapters a survey of the existing means ofdefence of the Empire.

Rohde, H. Italien und Frankreich. Berlin, E. S. Mittler &

Sohn, 1931. 189 p.Contains several chapters on post-war Franco-Italian

relations with special reference to French and Italianarmaments and their influence on neighbouring countries.

Russia... 1918 k 1928 let krasnoi armii ; albom diagramm.Moskva, Izdatelstvo "Voenn'ii vestnik", 1928. 79 p.

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Ten years of the Soviet army. Collection of diagramsshowing the organisation of the Soviet army and the mili-tary budget of the U.S.S.R. Comparison between theSoviet army and the armies of other Powers.

Russia's armies. Art. in Headway 13 : 145-146, August1931.

Russia's armed forces do not seem to constitute amenace to the success of the Disarmament Conference.

Sell, M. Bulgariens politische Gegebenheiten. Art. in Mili-tar-Wochenblatt 115: 1726-1729, 23. Mai 1931.

Bulgarian problems of defence and foreign policy.

United States. Navy Department. Annual reports of theNavy department for the fiscal year... Washington,Government printing office.

Annual reports reviewing the organisation of theAmerican Army. (Last published volume, 1931.)

United States. War Department. Report of the Secretaryof war to the President. Washington, Government print-ing office. (Annual.)

Annual reports reviewing the organisation of theAmerican army. (Last published volume, 1930.)

Urban, K. Kurze Zusammenstellung iiber die tschecho-slowakische Armee. Berlin, Verlag R. Eisenschmidt, 1929.111 p.

Survey of the organisation of the Czechoslovak army.

Valery, D. La question navale en mer Noire. Art. in Corres-pondance d'Orient 22 : 268-271, decembre 1931.

Soviet naval policy in the Black Sea and its inter-national repercussions.

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Varanini, V. La ricostruzione fascista delle forze armateitaliane. Milano, Libreria d'Italia, 1929. 301 p.

Survey of the development of the Italian army, airforce and navy.

Vidal, C. Ce qu'il faut savoir de l'armee italienne. Paris,Charles-Lavauzelle, 1931. 59 p.

The author pays special attention to the army ofto-day as reorganised since the war, and gives particularsof the various branches of the army, militia and militarytraining.

Vignal, L. La loi... sur l'organisation generale de l'armee.Paris, Charles-Lavauzelle, 1929. 89 p.

General introduction, analysis of the organisation of theFrench army in accordance with the law of July 13th, 1927.

Vishniakov, N. ... Ustroistvo vooruzhennykh sil SSSR.Moskva, Gosudarstvennoe izdatelstvo, otdel voennoiliteratury, 1930. 392 p.

Studies the organisation of the U.S.S.R. army, navyand air force.

What the army wants - Reform plan drafted. Art. in Japanweekly chronicle: 37-38, 46, July 9, 1931.

Brief survey of the proposed reform of the Japanesearmy.

Wrede, V. v. Der Riistungsstand Sovetrusslands 1931. Art.in Baltische Monatsschrift 62: 399-415, Juli /August1931.

Study of the organisation of the Soviet army and ofthe present establishment of the armed forces.

Zu der Luth, R. Die Schweiz, ihre militirpolitische Lagevor und nach dem Weltkriege Charlottenburg, Verlag"Offene Worte", [1925]. 374 p.

Analyses the Swiss militia system.

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The following works deal with the military aspect ofgeography:

Cole, D. H. Imperial military geography. London, Sifton,Praed & co, 1925, 406 p.

Geographical survey of the British Empire and of themilitary and economical factors which ensure its defence.

Cornish, V. A geography of imperial defence. London,Sifton, Praed & co, 1922. 154 p.

Geographical survey of the British Empire from thepoint of view of defence ; distribution of population andsea communications.

Lee, J. F. Imperial military geography, London, W. Clowes& sons, 1922, 232 p.

Geographical survey of the various regions of theworld from the point of view of their defence.May, E. S. Geography in relation to war. London, H. Rees,

1907. 61 p. General survey of the military importance ofgeography.

LIST OF PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONSRECEIVED BY THE LIBRARY DEALING

WITH MILITARY QUESTIONS.*

Army and Navy Journal. Washington. (weekly.)Contains articles and information of interest to the

army, the navy and the air force of the United States.(Library has 1931 and following years.)

* Does not include the official bulletins of the War Ministries of thevarious countries, the official lists of the officers of the active army, thenaval lists, etc., which the library received in large numbers. These arementioned in the bibliography annexed to the Armaments Year-Book ofthe League of Nations. For more detailed information regarding thesepublications, application should be made to the library.

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Army Quarterly. London, W. Clowes & sons. (quarterly.)

Deals with all questions of interest to the British

army (tactics, military policy, disarmament). (Library

has 1930 and following years.)

Bellona. Warszawa. (bi-monthly.)

Contains articles on all questions (military, political,

economic) of interest to the Polish army. (The Library


Bulletin beige des Sciences militaires. Bruxelles, Etat-

Major general de l'Armee. (monthly.)

Articles dealing with military questions (armaments,

tactics, organisation, history). Annexed to each number

is a military bibliographical review analysing articles

on similar questions in various periodicals. (Library has

1923 and following years.)

Desarmement. Geneve. (monthly.)

Gives extracts from ministerial statements, parlia-

mentary debates, articles in the press and in reviews, etc.,

in order to give comparative information to all desiring

to follow the disarmament problem. French, English

and German editions. (Library has 1931.)

Deutsche Wehr. Berlin, G. Stalling. (weekly.)

Articles on all technical and international political

questions of interest to the German army. (Library has

1929 and following years.)

Esercito e Nazione. Roma, Ministero della guerra. (monthly.)

Contains articles on all questions dealing with

national activity and likely to be of interest to the Italian

army. (Library has 1926 and following years.)

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Forze Armate. Roma. (semi-weekly.)Contains information and articles on all military,

naval and air questions, and more particularly on thearmed forces of Italy. (Library has 1928 and followingyears.)

La Guerra y su Preparacion. Madrid, Ministerio de laguerra. (monthly.)

Contains studies and information from variouscountries on all questions (also political and economic) ofmilitary interest. (Library has 1923 and following years.)

Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. London.(quarterly.)

Contains articles and information on all military,naval and air questions, and cognate political questions.(Library has 1923 and following years.)

Krasnaia Zwezda. (L'etoile rouge.) Moscou. (daily.)Central organ of the Soviet armed forces. Contains

articles, information and decrees concerning the army,air force and the navy of the U.S.S.R. (Library has1930 and following years.)

Luftwacht. Berlin, Mittler & Sohn. (monthly.)Contains articles on civil and military aviation and

air defence. (Library has 1929 and following years.)

Marine Rundschau. Berlin, Mittler & Sohn. (monthly.)Articles on various questions relating to the organ-

isation of navies and to naval policy. A record of impor-tant naval events. Bibliography of books and articles inperiodicals. (Library has 1930 and following years.)

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Militir Wochenblatt. Berlin, Mittler & Sohn. (weekly.)

Deals specially with military technical questions,

Gives a survey of events of military importance in

the various countries of the world, and summarises the

contents of the most important articles in the military

reviews. (Library has 1930 and following years.)

Militiirwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen. Wien, Bundes-

ministerium fur Heerwesen. (bi-monthly.)

Contains studies of military interest and special

information regarding military life in Austria. (Library


Memorial de Ingenieros del Ejercito. Madrid. (monthly.)

Articles on military, naval and air technical questions.

Sometimes contains interesting articles on technical

questions connected with the limitation of armaments.

(Library has 1924 and following years.)

Naval and Military Record and Royal Dockyards

Gazette. London. (weekly.)

Deals with the development of navies (more par-

ticularly the British navy) and disarmament problems.


Revista del Ejercito y de la Marina. Mexico, Secretaria

de guerra y marina. (monthly.)Contains articles on technical questions and military

organisation concerning the army, the air force and the

navy. (Library has 1930 and following years.)

Revista Militar. Buenos Aires, Circulo militar. (monthly.)

Articles dealing to a great extent with military techni-

cal questions. A list of reviews gives a summary of

the subjects dealt with in the most important military

reviews, especially those of Spain and Latin-America.


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Revista Militar. Lisboa. (monthly.)Deals with all questions of military interest. (Library


Rivista Militare Italiana. Roma, C. Voghera. (monthly.)Contains articles on technical questions and military

organisation. (Library has 1927 and following years.)

Revue des Forces aeriennes. Paris, Gauthier- Villars.(monthly.)

Contains articles and information on military avia-tion, and more particularly French military aviation.(Library has 1923 and following years.)

Revue Maritime. Paris, Societe d'editions geographiques,maritimes et coloniales. (monthly.)

Contains studies on all questions concerning thenavy and military aviation. Regularly publishes anaccount of the French and foreign navies and gives infor-mation on naval armaments, military budgets, new con-structions, etc. (Library has 1920 and following years.)

Revue Militaire Frangaise. Paris, Librairie militaire Ber-ger-Levrault. (monthly.)

Contains articles on all military questions concerningthe French and foreign armies, and on questions connectedwith military problems (geographic, economic, etc.).Review of French and foreign military reviews. (Libraryhas 1928 and following years.)

Rivista Aeronautica. Roma, Istituto poligrafico dello Stato,Libreria. (monthly.)

Contains articles on all questions connected with civiland military aviation. Bibliography of the contents offoreign aviation reviews. (Library has 1927 and follow-ing years.)

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Romania Militara. Bucuresti, Statul Major general alarmatei. (monthly.)

Articles on all questions which might be of interestto the Roumanian army. (Library has 1926 and follow-ing years.)

Sodur. Tallinn. (weekly.)Articles on all questions which might be of interest

to the Esthonian army. (Library has 1931.)

United States Naval Institute Proceedings. Menasha,Wisconsin, United States naval institute. (monthly.)

Contains articles on all questions dealing with army,navy and aeronautics, and has a special chapter on inter-national events. (Library has 1927 and following years.)

Vojenske Rozhledy. Revue militaire tchecoslovaque. PrahaVydcav Ceskoslovensky vedecky ustav vojensky. (monthly).

Contains a military review of general studies, a reviewof infantry and of aviation. Each of these divisionscontains articles and information on military life inCzechoslovakia. (Library has 1923 and following years.)

Wissen und Wehr. Berlin, Mittler & Sohn. (monthly.)A review containing articles on military questions

connected with the army, the navy and the air force.(Library has 1927 and following years.)

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MILITARY AVIATIONAND ITS REGULATION

League of Nations. Preparatory commission for the Dis-

armament Conference. Sub-Commission B. Report No. HI.

C.P.D. 39. 1927. (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1927.IX.3.)

Report by the Committee of Experts on Civil Avia-

tion, convened at Brussels on February 7th, 1927, to ex-

amine the possible economic effects on civil aviation of

the limitation of air armaments. In its findings, the

Committee recommends the adoption of any measures

calculated to remove civil aviation from the orbit of

military interests.*

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Ashmore, E. B. Air defence. London, Longmans, Green &

co, 1929. 179 p.Study of the problem of the attack and defence of

towns. The author considers that, contrary to the

present tendency, aviation should be developed with a

view to defence rather than attack.

Bratt, K. A. Aerial weapons and future wars, by K. A.

Bratt and G. B. R. Sergel. (In Inter-Parliamentary union:

What would be the character of a new war? London, P. S.

King & son, 1931. pp. 76-95.)Study of the different forms which an air conflict

would assume, according to the various levels at which

the power of the contending air forces might stand.

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Biilow, v. Luftpolitik der grossen Staaten. Art. in Wissenund Wehr 5 : 293-308, Juni 1931.

Survey of the air policy of the great European Powersand the United States, with special reference to themilitary importance of this policy.

Cassone, F. II potere aereo. Art. in Rivista aeronautica 7:187-222, agosto 1931.

The various elements of an air force and how toestimate them.

Douhet, G. II dominio dell'aria. Roma, Stabilimento poli-grafico per lamministrazione della guerra, 1921. 191 p.

Description of the air arm and its possibilities.

Fonck, R. L'aviation et la securite'francaise. Paris, Bossard,1924. 317 p.

Statement by the President of the French '"Ligueaeronautique" as to the necessity for setting up an airforce to ensure French security. There are chaptersdealing with the air defence of the colonies and thepolitical importance of the French air force as a meansof alliance.

Gamble, C. F. S. The air weapon. London, Oxford Uni-versity press, 1931. (to be published in 3 volumes.)

Detailed study of the development of British avia-tion to 1929.

Groves, General P. R. C. The relations between civil andmilitary aviation. Art. in: Enquiries into the economic,administrative and legal situation of international airnavigation. C.339.M.139.1930.VIII. (Ser. L.o.N. P. 1930.VIII.6.) pp. 87-93.

Possibility, in the opinion of the author, of distin-guishing between civil aviation having a combatant valueand that not suited to military operations.