The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-11

road on which he could move without
being challenged by sentry. There
was no woman who dared venture on
the street for fear Of somense which her
men could not dare to resent Or fog
the worse fear OF the fate that would
be theirs II they did
sIt is plain now what he is doing
said the chief, OF star to the president
In washington. .sHe is keeping pow
erful retaining force IN Rhode Island
absolutely assuring his base and hold-
ing the gate open for re-enforcements-
westward he is throwing masses OF
.ayairy-probably most of the cavalry
chat he has-to clear the way for his
infantry and artillery to march along
the coast to New York Northward
those cavalry masses nre screening him
against any attempt by our army either
10 fall on his forces In Connecticut or
to move around north Of him and at
facls the rear of his divisions that are
marching on Boston. It isn't tactics
It's simple, common sense use OF nu-
merical superiority"
The president played with pile OF
dispatches. They were from Boston
and New York. you say that those
companies of coast artillery from the
south got through
~ had a message from the COM
mander of the artillery district of Bos-
TOM he said. .sThe six companies ar
rived at Fort Banks yesterday morn
ing. They had to go around By way
of Lake -Champlatn and Vermont but
they got through. That VIII nc least
give the men some relief if there
should be a sustained action"
tsYou are sure It WINS not mistake
to-sacrihce them 2" asked the prest-
dent.
The general shrugged his shoulders.
4aThere are some things that one sim-
ply must do,o he said. we had to
give New York and Boston something
we absolutely must make some SORT
of a fight for them
The commander of the harbor de-
lenses of Boston was not concerning
himself about the occult reasons that
had inspired the re-enforcements. He
had been praying for men, for he
needed half dozen men wherever be
Ind one. He needed them for the
searchlights; he needed men that he
might establish deEepses TO the lana
approaches; he needed men for pro-
tection of base lines and cable sta
lions.
Nov that he had them be waited
for no orders ana asked for no In
structions. He loaded QuartermasterS
boats with detaehments and rushed
talemsto the waterfront Of Boston and
Chelsea where he knew OF things he
wanted They returned with two tons
Of explosives and misceIlnneous ord
nance material that had been seized
from, merchants. he seized barbed
wire. From electric light plants and
power works he obtained, by the same
simple method, some forty miles OF
lead covered cable for his mine fields,
and from ships In the harbor he took
half dozen searchlights.
lsThe search1ight project Is approxi-
mately so per cent completed
The fire control system may be said
to be approximately 60 per cent COM
otatad. INSTALLATION Of power
generating and distributing equipment
Is 25 per cent completed. Sub
marine mine structures are 50 per
cent completed Report Chief OF
Coast Artillery, q. g. A, For Year
Ended June 80, 19l4.J
Before night, too, he bad men In
trenched behind entanglements with
machine gums on the narrow neck of
land that leads to Nahants broad elf
promontory on the north OF Boston
harbor to protect position finding sta
tons there and a great sixty inch
Bearch1ight-
Southwark at Point Ailerton, on the
long cape that 5uts out toward Boston
harSoor from Nantaslret beach, zto der
dend the stations and searchlights and
approaches OF Fort Revere with 1ts
mighty batteries. he placed strong
force with ample artillery lReSular
manning detail for Roston defenaes,
twelve companies Of coast ARTILLERY.