| Show I 1 v A 5 4 A IX copyright 1915 by J W muller all ali rights right reserved A narrative fact story based authoritatively on the inexorable mathematics of war what can be done to oppose an invading army with our actual present resources in regulars trained militia untrained citizens cow coast defenses field artillery and all other weapons of defense FORE FOREWORD WORD BY A AUTHOR the only theoretical assumption in this series saries of articles is that the united sates acs is attacked ever every other incident Is a straight statement of what absolutely sol tely must ms huppert happen in such anch a case with our military cata establishment blish remaining what it if is today in the words of certain foremost military executives of the united states slates army who have cognizance cognisance of these articles tl is THE COLD TRUTH nothing is overstated or understated every ei ery reference to military efficiency supplies of cannon anisun ammunition and other implements clements ants ts numbers of men in the various military units and so fo forth rah is based conscientiously on the actual resources shown today in the official records of the military establishments of odthe the united states the description of odthe the preparatory assemblage assem bage and management of our regular ar army y and nd militia has been approved as technically correct the description of the procedure of our small army in theares the presence of a large enemy army that has successfully landed is not a piece of armchair strategy it is what a an numerically weaker force must inevitably do in modern war bondt ions this story is not a plea pica for militarism it is not a plea for ANYTHING it is intended simply to tell in logical sequence facts that do exist it is the answer awer of military exper a who long have faced these fac bacs s apprehensively hen to the question can we defend ourselves CHAPTER I 1 it to la terrorism Terror nm tan ilnick 20 aff the president us its command w y er r lit in chief or r tin the aminy and navy line hue ordered fidei od it i grand joint of tile the tied fleet tit alic regil lew larriu at arditty mil the organized militia nil fill guardo of divisions 5 1 7 aud a 8 comprising NUM new england new nc york rk new nev jersey jem delaware maryland Virg and west no voin ment front off lelal axles nc lie tilts when anu it war printed pi lit in tile the newspapers none was nt needed since the tl RICHI great coalition a 11 about atu he that will mill give tile the kubite ibe t hl old cold truth 1 the I lir fleet wild said the admiral to the in ift nil an bout later 1114 li to lie be tilt nil fleet too vow powerful erful for or opposition ll it kill nit ellet to 16 land nt it lolist lou J lUil liiK rort rim PS somewhere lui e on oil the at lilli tit voll I it ig f colle eded that nil jill gilill 11 vuly invasion would lint ome mine willi aps lew le w tint number it 1 OIK filed illse that it a s linah ly i ewt i atil alvet enn trim port thit lip ill JIM S th kt au nie I 1 lie enry lin cow mica flit lie inrid lilt hig comedic these matkis ip I 1 I 1 bilut our bui const ois defenses voke ili alir correspondent of it bloston ve ii been told that with fourteen jill tl 4 liu lilt li iuliis Ill ivil steel cil cin binnin nin lillon and thell twelve ewh im ll 11 bott pries mid and mines till till i tire jim ix powerful ns tiny lit in ill alic world bild ellid 1111 orr off all iino flet rini nol nir not defence de fencH s sir I 1 I 1 its ered the chief of stuff they aci tire they itie jill stop war mir frino entering vui our great harbors they cannot prevent all eneany t iiii nv front landing on oil the out of theli their knuge rai 19 aul on oil tile tho atlantic oust collat of the lie unit od id there tire 1110 hundreds of nilles of utterly heitch any number of oil can land im 11 its HS ir if they W were ire grippers trippers til trip pers lit for n neilt plank tile all those nilles of shore and till nil the 4 try behind them lie he jim open opell to in ill va llull lit in in III id out it ills ll 11 liand hid is iia I 1 this 1 I III laii it wh tt H tilt lisp of then aw they turn bili it protected harbor within which our owin enry could take it if defeated or r scattered dillof alie ad they make out oui protect ell ed cities absolutely secure against a purely cli liptack lit tack no could bendily piss iniss the defell ses anti and probably none collid s si close cloi as even to twin bara them seriously epi no fleet tile the titles cities behind them 1 I therefore he be continued if sit nn pit emy s to bring liili ar to us in he lard till 1111 ill brilly nn of invasion out oui harbor force him to lo do tivit but bin bar lik ing forced bim to in bring the itri arni their to I 1 it lion beames tUt Ms they alie cannot prevent froidl I 1 1111 ding it wf we have to lo do that willi out our andy iliin and could you on stop atop bilm or li tint that it 11 xi nt naked its ked one of the pur par ty tv he did 1111 it lie ile had lieen been a war cot correspondent respondent with foreign for elii nr ar nils elles mid he did gilld nut not expect ii reply my M benr lioy boy answered the ailef chief af promptly there probably pio lilly lan t A amiul gel Till 8 tilff in ill world that sni nil jill about its iiii to tile khoo on oil flit dinst army weve got bot nien inen lit in the regular army officers binl privates pil Mitra leee eu war air delim reports I 1 q f j be e you inn fitly count out they alifi are 1110 looks cooks hos hom 2 71 Y W t 04 low MT 1 t i 13 4 5 THEIR FIFTH CAVALRY WAS BEING ASSEMBLED LIKE A PICTURE PUZZLE hid had liven iwen america lind aneed the probability of war ill the white house there here wits it con ference of nf the cabinet tilt elidea elided by the 1130 chief it if sian of tile dulled led briny and the who ans prest dent deat of the tajo general of the navy rhe regular troops aroos tr oos me ti loving reported tle filler of stuff every last plan pinn of eni em 1 Is on oil the vay wili enst ile he grimly 1 I take no credit for it the truing trains of the country can do it without changing a schedule do you know filant even evell the smaller fronds often caulle luiu 11 illo nit an excursion crowd ns as big am this whole army of ours the secretary of war shrugged his derit llie despite spite nil all the enik of recent yearn despite till nil our official re ie ri art fil I 1 doubt if the people realize it make faem maid tile the president drive it home to 0 o them before war Is bra tight to our conita coasts lie ile turned to lip two aw 0 clile fit of start jve he be 41 Is teamsters blink black IS find bild till nil tile odila odds aclid ends that till nil tinny army umit haive lout we ne n e for fighting now NOM cut out naother 2100 21 KIO nit cirii it thoe tire fighting men but aln vre not herp in ili billau ma inn inn nil the china and N task we P lint wv we imd had bollt three its itt lere espe enily lil lv in ill till how does that hint leave forty eight viry ry 11 arll ll mint weve pot got here help nt at amnie hut hilt loell please count out nn nit liter 1760 lit in the chail ar 1111 pry till mid haap to man the horhoe hn ilir of which belve ep lieen been talk ilig naw iw got air mobile briny the actual force forve alint wr we nn put ait into tho ho uld ovid unit kitove it round thirty one thousand inen i ian A pretty straight tip abreo tile wian they left tin the war nt and as n a tip they d it on to their reders adera rc so fo the nation rend the next M i i t t nsf tay 4 i morning tiow flow their army was being madu ready they rend read liow how four coin ranks of one try regiment were gathered front froni fort I art lawton lit in ington and an another companies trout from vort port alsi Ils oula ioula in ili nil they read how flow atlle four other comp companies artles or of abe sinne name regiment were nt at mali Ma illson soll b harracks arracks lit in new york state taken front froni actual of various viii lous troops 11 lit I 1 various times the arm army post tent ani ix 14 considered indefensible amoni tary tuen men their virth regiment nent they i learned wits WIM being assembled like ilke n picture e puzzle by to vort vori slyer myer virginia Virg lula for four troops of 11 ll to lort l ort sheridan Shori dnn illinois for four more troops and it IIII machine gun gill plato platoon oll till binl to port fort lett leavenworth ven wort it non kansas aam for the remaining four troops needed tr to form a full regiment there was field artillery whose component units were scattered guns gulls hornet 4 and men from tile the vermont fill llido lo 10 to the illo grande there were troops in alaska texas the and panama tills this wits tio iio such mobilization BH as hint flint giant mobilization lit in Ru europe rope whon when a continent had and stood still stil I 1 for ilaya days anti anil nights while the sol old lern alers noved moved to their appointed places so far scattered wits was the american army so MO small were itt its units that only it tew few civilians cIvIl lans here and there could 11 have 11 ve noticed that troops were being amov moved ed a nt I 1 n all 11 more than one unmilitary citizen looking over ills newspaper that morning cursed tile the politics that had maintain ed cd c d the absurd worthless wasteful urmy tinny posts and cursed himself for having liiv liiK paid no heed beed tit in the years when thoughtful men had called on him and ills fellows to demand it change alore than one citizen when he left ills house to go to ills hla accustomed avo work rk looked up ill at the sky und and wondered with it winking sinking heart how soon it would seem black with war it was a peaceful soft sky w with alth baby clouds sleeping on its blaud bland blue arch it radiated radiate a tranquil warmth of coming spring and under it the th atlantic lay elu equally ally peaceful equally soft equally tranquil yet even us the th e people of america were takli iRp p the days work under that flint soft tranquil yea will a 8 MeSSI tige wits darting through tiia tha encrusted cables that swept away all peace before noon from sea to sea anti noil from lakes to gulf from the valley of the hudson to the of the llo Ilo ckles from jupiter inlet to the philippines run ran the silent alarm ularm of tile the telegraph that the great coalition had declared wart forty eight hours houra later the combined combine battle fleet of the four nations put to to sea with its army transports bound for the amerle american nf coast speed of embarkation embark i tion of if a mobilized and prepared army its as calculated by european military officers office ml tile the united states learned of its departure before its roar rear guard had well cleared clea riHl the land the news did not come from Auie american rican spies it came trout from the coalition itself t war the chameleon an am tilled called it vas presenting it new aspect of its unexpected phases no a cable tali been cut following the declaration of war aind now the lie submarine cables wid tile wireless began to bring official news front froin tile alie enemy news addressed not to tile the american government but bui to the american people it was news that told fold of nn nit In able fleet carrying more than a thou rifled canaan of the largest call her ber ever borne by ships in oil all tilt world it told of enough great battleships alone tind them their lil tu to match tile the republics republic fleet with willi a dreadnought for every effective american ship of uny lily 1 kind one thousand connon cannon could be from the naval baval lists of lesy less than tour four powers leaa than four powers flowers could mutch our navy with battleships clever suld said the lie secretary of state tu to the president it la Is terrorism dont you think that better reconsider your iden idea of letting tills this tu go through asked the secretary of war ity its pretty dangerous ling erous stun its the flit lons war var answered the pirt will ll it our people to know tile the truth even under the ahr getse of terrorism io do you know in whose hands going to leave that question 1 I 1 rant cant guess said the secret secretary itry in the harai of the newspapers new simpers replied the president tuo the newspapers did not require bequir e to lie b told that flint the purpose pur fose of tola this novel up Ws service from the enemy was terrorism they answered terrorism by printing tile the news jews then tile sea coast cities began to call on oil washington ily by telegraph and telephone ephone they dent demanded protection it wits was a chitra trout rma in dw georgia 1 I into abo walio lloyse thronged thron ged the congressmen r 1 A Is t v aji yiva 1 defend ixer nd us defend our people ue de tend fend our om towns said sahl they tills this la Is exil etly what happened during dur ny tile spanish american war wy we cannot 10 lo do it mild tile the chief of start no wit of mail annii cull call guess tit at what point or of many hundred tulles lulka the enemy will strike lie ile inny land oil the be new jersey coast to tako take PhI philadel ludel blila ile he may land anti ou on long island to to new york lie he may strike tit nt boston lie may land between hos flos ton euid new york on oil the It holle Is land or massachusetts coasts and lee keep p its gue whether liell hell turn west rest to new york or east to boston lie ile may even eien strike for both a at t 0 once lice then why not put men into earn panco to protect it deninn demanded ded a cou con gressman Kressin nn are these great cities to 1 he left wide open you know liow how many regulars weve not got do you know how many effective men weve pulled together by bv calling out those eastern dh slona of organized militia rhear enroll iod strength Is CO well their actual active strength us shown by attendance figures been only alious 30 per cent of that lilt but we were lucky hicky brorn united states war department reports for 1015 on oil tia tilts danger hits ani brought out flit all probably ably that were able to come still there tire lisa less than inen and not quite halt of those have lind had rood good field training we need them we need anerd turm them so hadly that were putting till nil in the ohp ali arst st line lilt hut its a little bit lluc well its murder you mean to say 1 I mean to bay any answered the HIP chlof of with a set face that tin the alwy 1 Is going to take whit what it ins his and 10 lo Is I 1 s best but its going to do it lit in it ita own wity way no enemy will dream of inn lit tin nn invading arroy unless it Is decma sive ly iv overpoweringly superior eilor to ti our oni OCTH it vow NOW congressman the only way wa for nil an infer inferior lor army to accomplish tiny nav thing Is to refuse battle until the are arc as a favorable us its albey cin can be made the lle interior fore fone must ro re tire before a superior it force foice flit invader to follow till lie hr Is 14 asli ened by steadily lines lilies or of co m nm 11 lent ions ills of food and transport grov KIO ile he becomes bi KOines involved lo led lit in strange ter ruin rala lust last but not least lie he pets gets nion more ani an I roie more deeply into a hind tilled with it hostile population hut flut if wr we mii jt t defend derel lol a specific place ilace nt at nil all hazards ti then i u e inest stand nud anti give battle well it will be only one battle boll lue luean all 1 I wean menu that such n battle la Is decided jill eady it was decided years henrs ano ago when the country refuse to prep prepare tire cioni dod tr muni the ilio wiped willed his forehead with a trembling tilt fat land hand 1 I 1 cant go back and tc tell IUT people that better not said tile q incel grittily the unhappy man and other unhappy men him went bick back to their con coll lem knowing knowl ns tint now ilow it no cam pitin oratory would nerve soften tile the news they illusto ellid would but were vere the bearers of ill 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