Show wr 7 L A A W copyright 1915 by J W muller all 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 ReS resources in regulars trained militia untrained citizens coast Artill artillery cry and all other weapons of defense CHAPTER IX C I 1 SY synopsis owing to impending war tigel antt the plates mates bi b to coalition 7 11 ot powers 0 of europeans europe and aada the of our regular anil and volunteer it Is ordered the find that ohp afie united states ili t trully unprepared A auge buze fore fult fleet of D invasion to 18 re ported iw tulles innes lit in length tie united blais navy navi loses ahlan in battle tile coalition fleet appears off now naw anat land lk hor orizon lion itna and america be becomes coines dunlo stricken A volunteer along the A atlantic coast disc discovers overe the iho coalition fact ot oft now new bedford mass thirty ot the eremya aro are seen awn pear nun nual 4 island in toward block island the Inva invaders Aers take block leland islan d nan it ile ket and marthas vineyard and iiii the population not to resist they bombard t with their warships tho coast of new england below cape caipo cod For foreign elgra tro troop aps ops land on the american arnal mainland riland in powerful gumpere anti and transports protected by submarines and torpedo bout boat destroyers lie ile off shore wi ft t 11 still move more troops artillery and horses liora oa the ethoda island coast to la held by the enemy the united states forts forta along the coast and nn d vda too short handed to effect dively attack the invaders they ti avent la ent enough men our aviators aro are rendered imort a usillia lay by the superior perlor au number of the eremya air inen ineil enemy aflato avla tuni fly over eastern casic ro cities dropping writ written tea warnings that tile the in ili Y abing ading I 1 borcea 0 rees are ara about to advance and t that int civil 1 ans who resist will bo be dealt with summarily our la Is found to bo be in A stata of digorga the tha enemy saw central ut u tile tha new york tori new anew irav eFT anti hartford railroad and places a fo force ace of men in shape to inako inake in inroads ro ads tile the atlantic sea board minor occur tile tie fori forward fArd turret of a 11 battleship turned its ita hooded hooi leil all f its inn zip me to nn ail angle of ulm it degrees fand spoke with it print grent voice eleven baillies away nn n ton of steel heil from the sky crash etl into tin tilt iva bior of the bay roaring struck again wilt it mill anond aai binl I aguin atilt again four times lines ltv hounded bounded like it i felible aldo before it ft distill learea tit lit list fast mid eacia eni h it filled 1111 the hib all with its lile a n suffering 1 alio llio latest tylle of sixteen tile livili nning gain lias it gaii inno o of idoo yards or elout find olle half liali lilles which alch la Is it little inore than miles front fi om a inch ditled gun 1111 LI S A coast defenso lefe iino type was MIS fired lit in tilt presence lirt pre sence of tile the author liui ricochet ted sevell th ahilea ilea wireless caught a signal froin the the shut shot fiat ciul failen full short tile the sleat ned ou on ami another one tit in allne opener 1 up tip the mouth of tile the harbor atilt annl fired prom from the acro aeroplane plane fell a till lilt inal it it glittered ed til fit tho brightening still splendid Illi illel tl went vent tin the message to the turrets and the crew till kliora nn braced and cheered it final lilt hit tile the outer earth earthworms earthworks works of the defenses it imd had piti liged down doun th a shock that lint stunned nun luell in mortar pits and em placements fin fair away tills this thing falling from the bicy land hd fit tick a blow equal to that of arv ne wh a 0 b ilsk plunging into Il rond from froin the top of trinity church steeple t no effect efTe ct reported the aurs lurs in tho cont defenso to the though taio impact hid had shaken thu tho work arks 9 und ana the very mry earth though tho blast from the explosion of its had avi twisted fated three inch ani h lion fruit bars within the works arks nud and edit thu tho steil steel doors ot cuse euse mates it hail had denu no na hariu to the so weil uell lud had they beell buller b the ilio eug lueers that the ren lending ding exby x illusion left it 11 crater fur for only it 11 moment the earth rippled down dou and closed it the steel mid and conchete conci ete racing facing juder labath held field true a tile the cheni land the ringe ship hit after still passed flat entrance delivered its hingle shot proceeded proceed edid cd anti returned to follow in fit fit the circling line these were the most modern drea his firing from sixteen luch nun gun their shells tore toie tile he eath eilla i ill ID tous tou j tint and fruit lunar dirt high in ili air fill and dealt it docu to bury bur everything eibi thing lit in its ita way ti under mounds but all their fire inid till nil their lemoc wits in fit rail unlit unless they the could lilt hit a gun and the guim K were protected by steel armor und and cone concrete rete and earth filled oil carth to bit a guta was waa to attempt to tilt lilt a bullseye bulls eie only it few feet square at a runge of eleven miles farther titan than anen con call see bee still the bombardi tient wint on oil un deterred tore scared over ou tuo the defenses defois ca now non fur out of reach from shots and ami circled clr leJ tile ilia alre grew the ri slilla wire were not lis lies tnt now to wear out tho rilling of f their fich guns guna they meant ty to give ble the no rest they were trying til lui for a prize that was waa worth nil all the gains enna in fit their turre auneta tai they knew that inside of the works borki there could not bo be moro more than a f few ew thousand men if that much they knew that nil fill the coast artillery forbes borcea or of tho the united states combined num bored bend only 1713 com paulea paules anti that aliee companies had twenty soven boven harbor defense to juard aad I IJ veu eu at 1 it V if tho the L united gilted bald its othey defenses to tile utmost there cluid not be ft a sufficient forre force lu in these ant tj now benin being attacked so they liou poured red tire oie ou on ire fire atai nud 1 ii abiol ou s shot hot it iva was a one sided duel due fur for their great guns gulls 0 the fo four ir theli tev inch guns of tile the defenses the men in there tired fired only occasionally ahoi their observer s and range finders land plotters perceived hed nu nn opportunity thare was wan another I easell for foi their slow blow alio fit besides the inability to reach those them perfect defenses those perfect products product 4 of those rf alth or of oil milli oils of ex contained only enough nin bior for two hours of firing ohp rite ammunition now on oil hind and under v Is 73 PIT cent or of tilt nt ill lowit itce fixed fired lay ill the national coast do it onse board bast ri niort vort to tilt ahr chief f staff U 8 A the actual il lilly of ammunition nt ail present la Is arv illy behind even that lint nodest tand nril I c V thi abid in fit ninny eases cirps of our neamoa t ginis aull i lie he quilie hilll lent for only thirty or forty tej of airia L you still coriner secretary of wair march I 1 1115 1 they halted till tl tile lie onella try tl to force the passage rina conic within that they those two hours houri two homs of rica kable that should their death wind ath the lory fiery for dor of ships the enviny anini did not lint try to fo force ace tile passa igat elilio they si bavei tl their heir niu am tilt defenses were tearful feu ful to approach none could conie jonii within reach of liehr steel hand 4 ail n nd live 1110 but blit the were arc glad inform fearful only lit in front steel ariti cared with afteel and mightily so they tho the hin hen in lie ile back they were tinh naked nuked ed pile dinki dolse land buri bursting ting charm charma a land explosions that lot hot gales lt lilii tho the works and whirled men like girled kancs an ali hour ed still arom the ho SOK there anine ill tho coughing that anade the air tremble anti kollel inland like sun inter thunder hills still there fell tile screaming steel fron froin tit aliu sky adoth er cr hour land and still it came the sun still was mas overhead suddenly into the alie linked buck baek of the defenses poured tire tin nud anti steel that hn ha minered laid beat and tore through them ahrin un tier dor it through thime lame nud and find and floi ig dirt appeared appealed staining shining rows of conets bay with it yelp men poured in ili amitay nud naval of firera hotti both american anti anil foreign believe thit men would be more t alinn 11 all clent to talo take such stach works it if t alic it e y are manned only liy by their const coast artil lery companies anti and undefended by a n nio bile army J asid and through the r i i fil ed states ing it into tile the of despair went tile the news thu thi tile lie grent narra nairn fansett defenses had fallen and thal I 1 lie one enemy lily fleet was entering the hill hiir boil boi Auie rica land lost sett bay with till nil its defenses defon es meat great gulls final and government stations in less than two weeks after the ho declaration of ivar before tile the news ws of isetts fall 1111 was nil 1111 hour old tho the cl cities ties of tile lip united states fares including wally towns so obscure that few americans hail heard their names hail had subscribed enough money to ti rale ral e anti and ei elili ili nn lilt army twice over oer anti and keel it it in ill tin total held for months hut but the country that thai was so elli clent so intrepid go ao re was baving fat ing it a tr r now that flint it could not conjure away aith alth nil ail tho the money and nion mon that ever were money tile ho was futile now it could not lot st allt its golden too foot t an and make mahe gun factories and ammunition works spring from lie he empty grant ground it could not send to the he army lit in con ca cannon lillon aliat liat gilld lit not elst 01 cartridges carf ridges i that flint ind hail not been inalle an ail order had find gone out from ill alip Ain american erlean that na an ominous warning that given 1 ju I lottie would butof have ludica ted surely tho the beginning of tho the end clid it was IT IS ia or OP TIIE UTMOST TANCH THAT NO ammunition N nii WITHOUT ull 1311 GR GENT NT NE ED COM company lANY kny CO COM MANU nilS WILL while the futile dollars were being flung to the government for tiet new ur fir the army that was waa already ta 1 the nold geld was wa t counting its small arms and artillery ammunition knowing that it 11 did not possess enough for two days battle from cann o to ocean men with will naked hands were avro crowding to enlist tile the generous nation that never biever yet had tie de ailed n need when the need was mide made apparent wai its as een roiN with its lives as with avith its dollars dollare for I 1 or two and blocks around the recruiting of regular ai amy and militia tle the streets afre packed avith men they had botne front from work ork tind lind plea pleasure surL tucy they had come home fruin front far nr places they lind had dropped shovels and tennis el uti 4 iliad picks they the 8 I 1 0 od shout tier to shoulder lit in flue and lit in rags rae made cuilo one and they wore were us 04 futile ni as the dollars oiw oin linn it was c computed aft afterward elward lad had cufr ared vred th e ni selves in in ehilt buo ouo day tint dut there were no ftc niel for them there were not enough tahe there lime we etoie rc no uniforms there woe were no tents there were no shoes keen eyed men or of trails land wilderness offered themselves es for the signal corps there were no signal corps supplies telegraphers were there but all the if e held field telegraph outfits that tho the country hail were mere with tua ahk army teamsters volunteered but thero there was no rosene reserve of aminy wagons men fen trained lit in bridge building and engl were tinned away because there was no lio equipment to lit outscore out sorely needed companies of miners and sappers cavalry cm ally was needed urgently 1 find inell wa who 0 could ride tried to enlis l halt but were there were no mounts for them arm army officers in texas and new mexico land oklahoma were buying billing at unheard of prices rough hoi horses q es wild from the range while in connecticut were regiments of regular cavalry whose troops overe ere only three quarters filled with filter either nien inen or horses money money mono illo mono licy tell men men met men it wits was tou too ilac 1 ite in ill a ll ligo aim hi of new bedford stood it little crowd of fa farmery gathered around the g store anti and listening to io the sheriff lie ile wag warn ing theoli that tacy inuss not attempt to lc lisit sIt tho the invading troops when they cattle en ino 1 I 1 know that you ou nna you ou t alti lie he pointing to well as aa lie he spoke ight arnis with you ion better KI gi 9 them up ill to I 1 me lle alad and you ou un ail american growled one or of the tuen luen the did not ilot retort ile he wits was past ail middle dolle age but there ilaa ft a gescat catle ice in ills his fine face that made film look old lie shook lik head and said its only for your lour own silke sake loell Loo lc cried a fa farmer riner who Is 14 com coming ing hero here tile the man who lio was coming coining was a on oil a le man anti and ma inn hipo were so coated with dust were speeding so desperately that oven without war in ili the land one would stare lit at this lying tiling oil one well would wait with eyes ees and lips open to learn what star lulng message it was carrying man roaring motor rind and their brother brot lier pillar of F dust crashed by they fiat alsap feared before the breathless watchers realized eliat the nian man had waved an ail arin nt them nud haid sol dor s A finner rail mat to lits his wagon and pull ed cd out n ride front its hiding place nil lilt tier der tile wagon sent meat come un oil bo pl he be said Ll listen sten listen tit tho slier arf afy shouldered hould ervil forward macii neighbors ok oft friends frient li for or gois sake Us lis ten you tune no right to fichtl what tile the sherna young brother sturdy handsome suddenly ferocious broulet bro ills fits face close to him boright no right to berend our country aro are you sou crazy jim elmr tho patient nian man shook hla fits hend ngali ai it Is centrist nen triSt the rules of war then curse thu the tules of wart shouted shout bil the younger are you a coward cowarde tho the out antl abid md fits brothers firm it was waa a secret almost a timid net act the brother throw threw off the appealing hand daut touch roe lale lie ili spoke through set teeth if you iu lire are a toward oward nud traitor may jaily you lw be dimmed through fh aill au eternity again fur for the last time wul aul you ou light the tl Hh eilT nilsen balim J fits bis bands hands dumbly the men juen went to their nud aud returned with 1111 us to that wall yon derl gald one ile iio political pointed into it beld with it rough stone wall dividing ita it c 00 X or yards from roia the roud this tiami was an ail old r and the others had followed him film often lie ile took commard now nov ns as it 11 matter of course i the sheriff watched them floun flounder dei I 1 through the plowed field ile he stood i still fur a minute thou then he hurried flurried to its his house emer emerged geil with a gun and joined the two talle ml 4 away a of ten tell ii cantered over a ridge and examined tile the country through their field glasses they studied the ground foot by foot I 1 almost fuel by inch satisfied they trotted toward the village CHAPTER X horses hones and Hors horses iest bayonets nets and 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