Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-18
FALMOUTH Is
NOW FORTIFIED
Peaceful Cornish Water Place
Taking on Military Aspect.

Falmouth, England, Oct. 17.-Those
who have known ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
lily a peaceful Cornish watering place,
would not know it now. 1t has sud
denly been transformed into u mill
tary and naval center, with scme sug-
gestion of a shipping port OF great i'm.
portance. The recruits who have
made it their rendezvous may be seen
daily busily engaged in digging
trenches in the high cliffs which over
hang the benches SO as to be ready
for any enemy which might land
there. In the evening those beaches
are alive with hundred S of soldiers
having a dip in the surf after a hard
days work at digging or marching
along the roads which lead from the
sea into the town.
Arrival Of Prizes.
The commercial aspect is heighten.
ed daily by some new arrival of prize
ships, which may be seen coming in
under escort of a British war vessel.
Even at night it is impossible for an
unfriendly ship to escape detection
off Falmouth, for the flash lights in
the ancient rendennis and st. MaWes
castles which command the Falmouth
promontory and harbor reach many
miles to sea. The work Of the patrol
boats has been so effective, in fact.
that the landlocked harbor and the
peaceful river which connects Fal.
mouth with Truro and other famous
villages of Cornwall are almost filled
with ship prizes or vessels under ex-
animation. Most of the German
tramp steamers and sailing craft in
the North Atlantic have been dispos-
ed Of now, but the activities Of the
warships continue in the examination
of neutral ships carrying possible con-
traband to Dutch ports. 'Cargoes of
petrol, wheat, coffee and other food
stuffs are frequently held at Fal.
mouth until it is made clear that their
ultimate destination is not Germany.
Great Britain is gradually making
it plain that she will not have Scan
dinavian and Dutch ports supply Ger
many with food supplies under a neu-
trail flag. Neither is she willing to
have German airships and war motors
supplied with fuel slipped past Eng
fish ships through the cleverness of
neutral merchants who have taken
large contracts to sell supplies to Ger
man firms.
Quiet Life Disturbed.
The quiet life of the farmers whose
tiny fields dot the hills overlooking
the bay has been rudely disturbed BY
the soldiery here. Sheep and cattle
have been replaced by signalmen con-
stantly practicing with flags and 9TH
er devices. Many of the stone fences
and clumps Of trees on high points
which command roads have been util-
lied as breastworks and reinforced by
bags of sands.
The recruits now here number
about 10000. Many of the youngsters
are without uniforms. Some drill in
white duck overalls, but many more
in the inevitable green and gray suits
OF the English civilian. The wooden
stocking cap is a %favorite headgear.
While many of the improvised for
tifications have doubtless been con.
structed mainly with a view to giving
the recruits a taste of defensive tao
tics, the earthworks and wire en-.
tanglements are invariably placed
where they would do most good if an
enemy were to attempt an invasion
here. Lord Kitchener is farsighted
and his thorough campaign of prepar-
alton is evidently made with a view
to meeting emergencies which might
arise were the English fleet to meet
unexpected reverses.
Leases On buildings taken for army
uss have been made for a. period of
three years in Falmouth,