enrolled in the
list of men who can be mobilized, must have received
authority by official order to take over the direction of
industrial establishments on the second day which shall
follow the next declaration of war.

Every establishment which manufactures for commercial
purposes ought to be mobilized and to know officially that
the third day after the declaration of war it must make use
of all its facilities in satisfying the needs of the Army.

The quantity of merchandise which each one of these
establishments can furnish to the Army in a given time and
the nature thereof ought to be determined in advance. Every
establishment also ought to furnish an exact and complete
list of the workmen with whose services it can dispense, and
those men alone can be mobilized for military services.

Finally commercial arrangements will be made necessary with
nations outside Europe through which we will give them
sufficient advantages, specified in detail, so that it would
be directly advantageous to their commercial interests to
carry on commerce with none of the belligerents and not to
sell them munitions.

We can accept such obligations for ourselves without any
fear and finally, when the next war shall come, it cannot
come a year too soon.

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Transcriber's Notes

Pg. 6, Sunday, August third, left as original as it's uncertain which
day the author meant. Sunday was actually August 2, Monday was August
3; and the context from the beginning of the chapter was that the
declaration of war was delivered late afternoon Monday, August 3.
(Mobilization had commenced the previous evening. To be exact, it was
on Sunday, August third, at midnight.)

Pg. 7, unforgetable changed to unforgettable. (It recalled the
unforgettable scenes.)

Pg. 14, thirteenth changed to thirtieth, per context (when Sunday the
thirtieth of August came).

Pg. 14, week changed to weeks. (For several weeks our troops)

Pg. 54, beseiged and beseiger left as original, as author quoted from
another book. (in a beseiged city can hasten the place's fall; in
consequence it would be very foolish of the beseiger to renounce)

Pg. 88, removed ending double quotes. (I feel better for it.')

Pg. 90, mobolization changed to mobilization (priests who went off at
the beginning of the mobilization).

Pg. 100