Show X ry im copyright 1915 by J W muller all rights right reserved A narrative fact story based authoritatively on the inexorable mathematics Mathematic 3 of war what can be done to oppose an invading army with our actual present resource in regulars trained militia untrained citizens coast defense field art artillery and all other we weapons of defense CHAPTER XI continued 0 SYNOPSIS owing to impending war against the united states state by a coalition ot of powers of 0 europe and asia tho the mobilization of 0 our anil and volunteer forces la Is ordered tho the national authorities find that the united states state is 1 woefully unprepared A huso bulie foreign leet fleet of invasion it Is re r ported miles in ili length the united plates navy loses chips in battle tho the coalition fleet appears ott off the now new land horizon and america becomes panic stricken A volunteer aviator scouting aloni along the tha atlantic coart coant discovers ilia coalition leet fleet ore oft new bedford mass thirty of the transports are teen seen near nantucket island standing in toward bloch island i the invaders take clock block island nan and hf marthas arthas vineyard and warts warn tho the population not to resist they bombard with their warships the tha coast of new england below cape cod foreign troops troop land on the american mainland in powerful numbers and transport protected by submarines anil and torpedo boat destroyers lie oft shore with still more troops artillery and horses the rhode island coast to Is held by tho the enemy tho the united states tort forts along the coast and themselves too short handed to effectively attack the invaders they enough men our aviators aro are rendered almost useless by the superior Bu perlor number of the air men enemy aviator fly over eastern cities dropping warnings that the in vitilane forces are about to advance and that civilians who resist realist will be dealt with summarily our militia Is found to be b in A stata of disorganized th ano enemy galna gains contrat of the th new york new haven and hartford ridi road and places a force of men in shape hape to make inroads along the atlantic seaboard minor engagements occur in in it desperate deB attack begun began in a donee dense toe fog by tho the coalition fleet the defenses of narragansett buy bay are shattered and they fall all the neet fleet enters the bt buy and tho the nation lj is literally stunned the killing of fourteen ibe new w england farmers by the en ernys soldiers sold lere further in flames public opinion the invaders art pr 9 onward through new england f comparatively feeble opposition 1 fht the country burned all it I 1 it bounded fugitives lay iny hidden bidden grit britting gritting ting their teeth or forced by in tolerable tole raLle crawled out and sur all night lo 10 len sy the troops swept through th town owe after town wreak ing vengeance it was elul acied in tile atie morning the country la Is were the reports that went to headquarters hoad quarters there were no DO gatherings ol of citizens any where within the province of tile kamys operations they were forbel den there were no arms left lu in the lie hands of civilians houses in ili which weapons were round found had liten lit en destroyed men who hud hail been found with them in their salon were shot men with explosives were shot in ili till nil new that mor aing every wan man had to lie be ready for hla 1014 alfe to t I 1 hold out ills hit open hands whenever lie ho met a and submit to cli through tile the two harmles ran tile the orders to restore stiff discipline tho the soldiers eold lers came to leash and the WK big nin iw chins chine shook down the patrols went I 1 out grimly with a new menning to in their peering frowns they found a terrorized country through which they moved unhampered I 1 Wor worcester coter occupied was ras the early news that went through the united states santos motor raiders nt at Pitch fitchburg burg was the next report nit bit by bit tho the enemy wua wills cutting doston and till nil eastern new england off from froin the rest of the united states east of Iro vence the advance guard of the alwy hiruy that was threatening boston reached the line hue from at through bridgewater nid mid sliver silver lake to glugston Klug ston thus thug extending across that part of massachusetts till nil way to plymouth bay received news newa of an enormous unfolding ot of cavalry the reports came from east halfway between worcester Vor cester nid and springfield lit in southern massachusetts from lu ili central connect cut and from new london Loru lun on the long island sound shore in the south smith from attleboro Att leboro there was nan a sudden thrust blout the rafoid raU rall oid roid line taunton to ibia abl point the enemy moved rapidly along HIM thi the milfond line to in two hour houra he had in his bin six fix imbor jure tiona of the lie railroad that r innest boston with will the rest of nf new augland uil with the united Ft states ates his I 1 11 ll on 1 I phobe island had not relaxed rein sed tun tui waule irate was lu in lih 1111 hiji bairda bi irda do wits m not a alln e loft left in it that aran va not dominated by alik al I 1 troops alen were quartered in every louie OfIl vers were quartered in every cery hotel every mansion the town balls nud and were occupied oc if in places where there were not sufficient clent stable the ho horses were placed in III the lurches town and receive ed orders not from officers but from or at ue the post dost front from or corporals ovir in the ihu tit A most important places did commissioned off leers a trouble to consult with tho offie officials fuls wherever the invader set rout root all old law ceased instantly and new law began the bulletin boards in ili town toun balls courtrooms and post offices were covered within half nn hour sifter the irruption of soldiery by placards that were headed each und and every cury une with the words all ali order the people were ordered not to bo be out of doors doon utter after 0 nt at night they were ordered tu to bring in ili nn an accounting of all horse borne forage fo nil 11 foodstuffs nud find RII nil they ind had in their fur men luen and anlin alq they were ordered to bring in ili all rolling nto k for inspection the they were order pd to leave their lights burning behind lowered lowi beil shades their oil lInis were ordered to report dailly to the a army for instructions Instruct loua their judges were ware ordered to make re poin 4 of their cases busca there ws wits no duty of tile lie tiny to which a citizen could turn without feeling the invaders hand upon him there wasl wa no rond on nn alif ij he cald move without being challenged by a sentry there wua was no woman who dared ventu cn rebr the file street for fear fenroy of offense which her men could not dare to resent or for ill the worse fear of the rate fats that would be theli thelia tinli A if they did it la Is now w anut nat he be Is doing said tile the chief of stuff staff to the president tn in washington lie ile la Is keeping a pow erful retaining force in ili Ill khoda icide island absolutely assuring his base and holding tile gate open for re westward lie he Is throw lt masses of avaery probably most of the cavalry that be bas bab to clear the way for his and artillery tillery nr to march along jhc thc co iol to new york northward those ca valry nn screening him against any attempt by our tinny cither to fall on hl ahli 4 forces forced in ili connecticut or to tn move moo around north of him and attack tho the rear of tits his divisions that fire marching on hoston boston it tactics its simple common sense use of Iner leal superiority the president played with a pita pile of they were from boston nil and new york you stay aay that those compatibles com of coast artillery from the south kot got through 1 I nad had a message from the corn com of tile tho artillery district of boston lie he said the six companies arrived nt at rort fort hanks banks yesterday morning they lind to go ar iid ad by way of lake champlain Champl aln a J vermont but they hey got through lot will at least give the ikan man some ellef it if there should bo be a sustained action you tire arc sure it was not a mistake to them asked the preal dent the general shrugged his shoulders there ate ale some things that one salol ply roust must do he be sold wo we had bad to rho give now new york and roston something we jve absolutely must make inake some sort of n tight for them tile the commander of tho the harbor le de benses of hoston boston ws not concerning himself about the occult reasons that had inspired the re enforce ments lie had been praying for men for be needed half a dozen men wherever wh crover he hall one lie ile needed tarra for the searchlights he needed men that be might establish defenses to the land lana approaches ho he needed men for protection of base lines and cable sta ata lous now that ire be had them he be waited for no orders and asked for no instructions ile he loaded quartermasters boats with detachments and rushed nishca them to the waterfront of boston aud and ClI chelsca elsen sheia he be linew knew of things lie he wanted they returned with two tons tona of and miscellaneous ordnance material that had been seized from merchants lie ile seized wire from electric light plants end and power works ho he obtained by the tha same sama method some borne forty miles or of lend lead covered cable for his bla mine fields a ficia ships in abo harbor he bo took ht hi it a dwen dozen searchlights the searchlight project la Is approximately BO 50 por per cent completed 0 0 tile the tire control sy Bys fin may be said aalde to to W approximately CO 61 per cent completed installation of power generating and distributing equipment la Is 25 per cent completed sub marine meno structures vre fire 83 per cent completed chief of coast artillery U a A for year ended juno june 30 tl before befaro tov tor he be had men in trenched behind neu a with nardoia guns on the 11 seek of annd that leads to broad eliff cliff promontory ou on the north of boston arbor to protect position finding stations thero there and a great sixty inch southward at point allerton on tho the long cape that juts aut it toward boston harbor from nantasket Nan beach to defend the stations and searchlights and approaches jot of fort revere with its ita mighty batt batteries eiles bo be placed a eldone force with ample artillery I 1 regular mancing detail for boston defenses twelve companies compan lea of conot coast IlI tillery these have seven systems ot of defense to maintain the ore are not enlisted to their full strength even it if they were there would bo be loaa less thun than 1 men to each defense this la Is not client fornay action at the big gims alone A to enemy even if lo 10 might not damage the works could wear out the nieu men by incessant InceS attack for fl a few days find laigh nights ts there certainly would not ile be men enough to proviso a for outlying do dc tense landing 0 4 41 a E 5 F 90 Z X P p 4 44 battleships WERE bombarding FORTS BANKS AND HEATH this was was the ilia point where tic lie fearel a lauding flauding most lie ile built an armored train seizing the material from the town of hull bulland lland and armed it with quick that it might be sent bent to threatened places outposts Out posta were sent cent as for far as nan for fear the enemy should try to land there or cross croaa neck and take beats over it into the bay behind beyond fort revere he destroyed virtala housed that would interfere with the tiring at the far outlying islands called the graves he posted men dicu with signal rockets roc keta ile he sent VOW scout boats to lie nt at sea beyond the alre zone from habant nahant to tho the spot where the lightship was moored in imes of pence peace within forty hours lie he had doubled double the strength of hla his defense because he be had bail the men lie ile looked up at a hostile nero plano flying well beyond gunshot they bad become almost con commonplace mon place placa objects in Bo tona sky ally during the past days well conle come on I 1 tio he said bald you oud mild your well give you yot a lie ile was tit nt I 1 that morning the whirl had bad begun ships were standing in ili toward baliant nahant bay in tho the bolth und oly off cohasset Co hasset basset in tho the south fifteen minutes afterward the of fostun and charlestown Charles town and brookline of and wey mouth bingham hingham and lynn were brought out of their beds by explosions that shook the houses they clime from thi sea northeast and sout southeast and east they were not only incessant but they came two nud and even three so close together nt at times that they made a sustained roar ns na if the very air itself had turned to thunder battleships with fifteen and slit sixteen pen inch guns were bombarding fort iten vere re and the fort was answering with its twelve luch inch guns guna armored cruisers crullers crul lers ve re oring bring on oil standish armored cruisers and battle cruisers were throw tuc twice twelve and fourteen inch shells into deer island nud and on en win win hrop battleships lying north hoeth of na hant in callant bay and thui invisible to the boston defenses and not mot to be reached by sea were born bard ing forts banks banka and heath fort warren was firing farl ng nt at them over boston light the people in south doston boston looking seaward saw btty lights appear in too the sky over tile the outer harbor barbor Iq islands landi they slipped slowly downward leaving long of stars stare behind that hung burning i in tho the air as if they had been flexed there the falling lights opened like monster flowers juta faring spectrally watte w atte dame just be ectore tore mey the earth all the harbor where pit fell stood revealed reven led na as in is lash flash lilt but this fanine dia not go out like lik a lightning flash it burned steadily stead ll inextinguishable for long minutes they were star bombs that were be ing dropped on oll the orta forts by the great war fowl the iron bren breasted sted aeroplanes aero planes the white lights glaring blaring below and atho aliu lin lug lights in the air that stood like a lighted staff pointed out the forts forta to the hooded cannon of the their I 1 r tron iron finters sinters out nt at sea in a great semicircle around hoston boston from out ont to lu sta sea and curving in again toward Cohns set on the lay the laming flaming roaring line firing at the defenses defens ea all night long till the dawn began to whiten I 1 and behind doston boston inland the other great armed semicircle was concentrating in steadily swiftly CHAPTER XII deadly blind man buff OSTON loston harbor should havo have been impregnable to attack from the sea had nature been a modern modem army engineer she could not tac have constructed an oceanic gate more perfectly designed for modern defense against modern modem ships one might picture boston as aa being protected by two great claws that tant curve cune seaward and wait there hero on guard pointing to each other the norther Dort heru su claw would be wynthrop peninsula with its bench beach and summer cottages the southern one would be the long narrow arm of anni that has ha famous tani eints bicet each on it and ends northward ii lit t iotus Alf afferton erton between these two claws a prodigal hand has haa scattered islands blands from deer island lying in the north celoso auder alide winthrop to georges island lu ili the south they hey form a tone stone wall with gaps gapa that nii are the channels par far out ant grouped around the portal afie sea la Is sown with ledges ind and rocks whose kelp beards stream in an ever heaving sea commanding that pass na and nil approaches pro aches far out to sea with zones of fire whose intersecting circles marli marled ed rings ring of sure destruction were defenses bonest |