Show AA w A 0 A aa copyright 1915 by J W pA muller uller all rights reserved f A Nitra narrative tive fact story based authoritatively on the he inexorable mathematics mathematical or of war what can de be done jo 0 o oppose an invading army with our actual present resources resource s la in Regu regulars lari trained militia untrained citizens Citizen 3 coast defenses field Ar artillery and all other weapons of defense X continued SYNOPSIS owing to war against tile the united st t aus by it coalition of powers ul of r hurosa crops anil and asla the mobilization ot of our bulur L und volu la 1 tones forces Is ordered tha lint lullu au arit to find t ali hat U the states li unprepared u A bluge forella elect ot et invasion la Is re ri 10 nl malca 1 I 1 es in length alio united blots loses use s t elilia aps in battle tho the theet ati tipp pears eurs oft off the now new 1 ing land horizon n and 11 nd america becomes panic 0 p ic k n A volunteer aviator scouting alona ati atia atlantie Atlar antle itlo coast ella ov rs the coalition acet ot off now new A fass thirty of the trana lorts aiu aia seen been near nun nan t lucket island lela iHl tit in toward alloca tile dinv inv anke block island non tuckel mid and lalai thas vine vineyard yani and wol rn I 1 alio lie 1 0 liu atlon not to resist they bombard with avith their tho the conia of new below cape coil cod forden land on the american mainland in poi erful numbers wid trans liana ports arts protea jedby submarines and torpo torp cilo b boat out destroyers llo ito off shore with more troops at t I 1 lery a lid horses tho hhope island coast conat Is licud b by tim alio via united states forts fort along tho the boonst laid t too short handed to wee elfee I 1 IV e I 1 atack the in Inva v adeis dein they rhey en enough U h tr arieti ieti our aviators nv latora we me rendered lende reil almost 1 M oat by tho the mi perlor number of tile the ona myla air bertemy aviators avla torB tors lly ily over eastern clelea dropping that the in forces tire nia about to advance anil and blit alio who resist will bo be dealt su sum mailly our trill itla ti Is found to bo in a t of dean 8 in enemy gaible ur or the new york new haven rind hartford railroad unit and places u borci of men in ili shape to inako inaho inroads along the At atlantic ailanti lanti seaboard minor engagements occur tn ill a desperate attack begun liekne in ft a doii dense tog fog by tho co flitman fleet tho the defenses of narragansett bay me are shattered and tile the tall fall tile alia en eirlyS teat bicet enters tho the ba bai I 1 oil and tile tha nation Is tite irwy stunned tho athers and charged to murd ill taft vall instantly tile defolia ers era beganie vaol their nerves stopped i uni plug these rider 4 bl bly with ath isford out abild I 1 eniy alry in ill th afir eyes leased tu to lie nun they buiu bete killer 4 tito farmers ay iy shut as steadily dily in as if were mere mining ut at leer two lis escaped inid find galloped headlong do alun il he road loud back tu to foric forces the new mew england arose croul behind ix tilt wall and run rail across the fields to galls tile shelter or r it 11 wood lot IOL gecine barove they could reach n aidi it elicio was it yelling behind then atilt II 11 duz en ell troopers troop tra were iv in the holds fields fo low ing then thein desper lately to tile dowiel hou wl cried the sheriff lip lie led tho way to nil old stolle alone libuino built lit in tawes tile tho leav uv alimon refried ui tit A glance at the solid soled little building with ln low dow openings ns as drop deep no na showed them chent that it wits win dangerous they opened out re rum carefully out of ritto shot and surrounded tile lie place where they bould it from nil all sides then une one rode back the watchers silt ansy ens and itrel em no na it they had wil halted dilill a peaceful practice liala nn fill hour passim till immobility of ilie sul ul ducra their passionless watch wasl driving ln lie fart partners ners fr frantic brantle more than onie once tile old lender tind had to growl tit nt a ifon who lio wanted to fire despite the hopeless 0 if the tension tons loii in ili the louse house had lasted much lunger longer soine or of these binn lei donld auld have out iut but there came a greatt sound from the it might have liron con hunder rolling far away it time have been a river tn tit flood coming com lii sald tile tho sherlf rs brot her it was ais kinra for him to speak pt il tilt were nil violent iori it ly thirsty nud they hall had not lind time to biln bring water fron from tile the well all they vaine ali me 11 II ibbs horses horse hersl hor sl lil bayonets bayonets tho they came and eissed iong the be road nil binl moro cion cattle came on oil they ill dl nit ilot turn off to it attack tile house they did tot coit turn their beadi in to goolt nt at it this infuriated tho the defenders bior its hordes bayonets bilyou tits 1413 if tile liu well in tho stone house could have seen other rondi they bohld lenc seen each one OIK to so with silent steadily moving mo lii co lutillis of ithell A le party of air nien and horses turn rj ed olt fiaui tilt column mid ente enterer reI the field huffie tl it was mils within tin the caligo of tha rides it II wheeled luel fil A khin ing IHK closy little ut lit the ahe house it uns MIB livid ik ld artillery sleek alt rk beautiful k the sharina br carried carr icil away by b rne rage fired tint tiiu ill ed 1 I his ut at the distant fineu along tho file tilt attl luilly silently no mu soldier cli clied ins ills foot for foi 0 emch ell as nu nas instant tit alia of alia shuts bi 0 nets let the moved on it moved on eyes front while ibo captain commanding the ca cannon lillon snap red I ed nil mi order it moved on oil bayonets twinkling out of sight in ili front and tv twinkling past and inkling into bight fruin front behind while tho little guu gull torla tho the Is I 1 mor altig the storo liccie clouds of dust und and powdering stone it pd nl it decarne it ruin hint flint hi stared tarel I 1 llop ili ilie cloud clond us its ir I 1 f I 1 it verp looking will V exp eap pond find ins eav r 4 lit it tile gull 1111 if the be lisl ltv ged wd llred I 1 in it return tile men inen tit nt the gull lid did nut know it TI so it istl limit drowned tilt fa tiny in ili roar still alaine they alic pisa pass il its it breath lii feitli file call to lii the euln A half wall mull was vias g the rest was it of dirt it lay fourteen men inen of if etts aho the sherill lily in thore with lila ills ruce diore patient nl alrin rui and ills his alarin around ills his brother tilt I 1 lir little gill and its hot hoinka acs and inell jollit jand ij ilse and inell thill erv ir moving northward through new ou OMI mel tile hie baid wire that unreeled oled delond the advancing adv ancin foxe force tilt report leport to ti the hainy HL iny liend ali civilians Civil h ill lans 1111 estimated estlina teil tit about it 1 lozen li lliel faolu killing calit cavalry took rook refuge in ili build ing it IMIS as it perfunctory report telling tell lii of a iiron lv incident hut but tile tn ili elilee lil tf fittim nt at his rn ea 0 in fit in ili providence stopped stil oking for a see flint the ail newa ws does docs not spread spie iid said lio lie it nase the country lie ite enforce nil III wid warn thein ile was w a quick runn lilt ills officers lvere IMIO gulck and lili lih astrin sy of conima ali ill ion wivi VIM fuiek bilut the nos news sped mole inore kly till over every mijat was ns intact over every cery wire lio flint still worked in ill no new I 1 by bicycle on oil horse bin davk k b hy men running the story was passed front wall ninn to ninn abild village to village they were eie fourteen ble inell un tilt known boto iid thell own township lion they crouched behind le lind tile stolle wall they were fourteen chining bore rore tip tile ruins that covered IAL to I 1 I 1 lidid ill tinion knitli ing N now 0 IV ahir balla like n blazing foret fiot was ablah wrath and fury baw was ans it now for cautious risen men to warn or authorities to lu covin jand men vito IK never lit in their lives lind had thought ilium to any living dashed out vitt sino meong lii eyes MS to aln u lit itt an aeilt wen niti who lio never inor in ili their lives had ile tell on oil now acted w without a seconds pause lil ilc f for r reflection lie men I 1 who had till nil their bitros only for their own little tiffni rs were mere nil 1 I now and thought it nothing to lire fire on oil shot allot for their country and tile die behind a vall in ill tile the dirt alit in acushnet nn nil bild whaling a n prosperous weighty citizen emptied ills his shotgun into a raiding party and was leet lct dond under his bis forsyt forsyth hlas laa with n ith the soden goden blos sonis front from tilt the volley torn inn shrubs covering him between and a i of held field artillery flint hild bell been liable to icove a r A it its 4 pin glin bu cause canuso it lacked horses rot got it nom from its Hs hiding pince till with alth it pirty party of vol col who lind hild no rought behind billed riled burs bags of cement against enemy cavalry till artillery had it to ile be brought from miles anway to destroy mew south of woonsocket a hand made up tip of thirty massachusetts in injury flanary nul and sixty factory ilona fro from tit the town prevented two i of hostile lios infantry for two no hours from crossing tile ho blackstone river it wag not hoeq uRe they could shoot or know how to foht it ilag ns t they meant to stay thero there till they died and it wits not until they were wea lead dead that tho the invaders sucro succeeded oded in ili cross crois 1119 now cil garland gland women who find spent tit their ir lives ali in ili homely duties brought brou slit out dippers of witter water to parch el eal ani cheered them hem on oil they hid flechig nien in ha linin iii kijl stood iv br de deglint flint when pursuing sold leri drag red KW them out and shot them before olivir tin irenes crea men took down old that flint ind had been over eli linney alaci 4 for n pen gen er stion their cirps pud lil asod apin thein ns ni went eit out to light saw song non and their sous hons sons soni lie in in allce trill past pastured flint irid li nl not echoed to a ruder bonito than lhnn tile the lowing low lii of at cows and they saw blell tlell V q a wa y in ill and tilt did not weep welt tile rhe word iuli mami ra C tit it an annl f con coir this was it lint tit tin tilt unar nied country lind ili anil flint it knew linw holy to w ren tit alie pen certo farin ore ers lind it and were practiced lit in liin halt adling it from loi ion work in blowing out and jocks trish gangs ei its leann rond road anav ers workers of ey every cry tongue and rice brorn pits and quarries joined tile lie new england men till aliey ey blow blew up it a sunken rowl clr gli h artillery was th they py blasted away a steep bank and hurled burled a 0 troop of cri ibey aliey blew up tip a mined road lit in front of infantry and alien hon it ret retreated rented sprang a becom secom neconia bitne under tile the soldiers feet that os es n bAttali qu railroads mid wen blown up before troops hoops and behind alivin men blew up tip bridges in nil and pro vented fi til their own escava so eliat tilt forces thern us its in a trap all silt elgh meled then lit lel aln III ducts and were 13 tint con could I 1 d irist ti het n of any use to tile el lenly it wila in furn iless destruction but lit that til it very mry lick lack or of system si stein lay its danger to the enemy foteen had nil the tilen tit lit new ew england who wore eie engaged in ili this wild fighting bout been gathered lit in one body the trained ned disciplined soldiers could have despos ed of then them in nil fiction so simple that they might scarcely have it a 0 skirmish but this wits like a forest ire are that stamped out in ili oa opo spot breaks into roaring alanie in ill ti another nother Vs ks it sweeps front tree nee tops tolls to tree tops still creeps and linnes flames out in quick fury fun nilles miles away so the war var fire through massa c bretts and to bo be crushed crush cil out only in ili detail with detailed bitter work through nil all that flint toil long hot dusty aln lay it was serious thlu i uprising of tin in on undisciplined disciplined population could not defeat or u von con damani ser loosly tile lio great army nut but it coald co ild haniver hamper it it would force a ame itle ering of troops tu to tweak down tile iv it would mould make n dane ioui country dangerous in front of tile soldiers sol dlen Imig erous in ill their rear con cm Oli nally dangerous dan Herons around in that sense bense it was moro more serious than aau opposition oy by tho the american annly would have ben been had the cuciuc comi faced only a defea defending ding army it would line have been a quiets quiet technical matter of advance igini guards ds advance guards these pawns in the old gaine of war var would have hato thrust enli each other back licie re coded caell CIK II other thel k light lightly lu only when it was ai forted on oil them nud gull so gradually 6 pr pio overly pirl they alic would mould have cleared the board that the proal great gaano might bo be played this Ine oller nt lit uprising was a bisor gan izing till all his lil tactics from the w ftc e dnn army hint flint find set out to lo coil hect lilt cause word that P LI if here patrols had bud boon been tit at barked i in I 1 u livirt power boat i lai 0 nn I 1 i thu tho river above neu rm 1 n don doin lind had succeeded lit in pint lu in tiring arinson oil scouting bartles with itu i lit iiii rifle apparently appal antly taken from froin a the title north or of i along the s line river reported ported it four trien killed from nui bush at willin there hall bad beell III lillne ing front from will mill buildings which had been destroyed for foi liti litavish vish anent tito alin commander of the brigade that as advancing on oil worcester lit in mas from connecticut had halt ed cd lili his ildra lift land and was asking head quarters s it if tile abo A ablit of tile lie di desorde were acio great enough to imperil his bis corn coln tito iho eastern division oil boa ton toil reported that tho iau ois bad been order ordered etl lit in from ilio litle corth middle boio ore east ast and plymouth lio our mon men can 31 L more love 0 only lily in III consid eblo force reported the small tire constantly lit in dun dan ger of brim behig tle the lotion appears to bo be lit in it n frenzy sov en ell cavalry tit nt S shot cn in fora for their horsek were hurtled all allio tj f a barn we ve have fired tuc the town it la Is still burning bave shot ton tell elli zens my inen are getting gottli iR out of hand telegraphed the commander of it trl gade lunding toward alfeld stern reprisals lit 0 tiiu lilice let then ill it sold said tile the corn coill nander iu in thief chief CHAPTER XI new eylands glands En lands funeral curtain sicil silil the instant V bleid tu to the art 11 leg Q 10 order all brigade ia to execute disorderly elvil latis lit in most public and nil niniver possible attach d to bodies pro why win wils limur red nd divisional commanders coin inn ure tire em cut powered lit in their discretion to ordo order pal or total destruction of offend ing cities thu the commanders tran transmitted transmit swit led tilt thu or tit A V 0 P a A WHERE A SHELL WENT THROUGH A woonsocket CHURCH tiers inn tu to their ie omin conini inders tind mid these to the of olli ficere cers of their buti and companies crush oil all ills dh order with utmost severity they said 1 what it lueina wits kill burn bin 11 und los troyl it set twy fury against fur it let iet your our wen nol gur it mount what hat n war of soldiers it galust battling elvil civilians lalis tit in a el ej country always aldays his has tri meant both sides had seen their dead both sides alde |