The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-06-26

fena our towns. said hey. This T.
exactly what happened during the
spanish. a american var
We cannot a. IT." said TIE chief OF
star. NO wit q man can guess AZ
what point o. many hundred miles tha
enemy vii strike. He may land on
TIE New Jersey coast 60 take phHadel.
phla. He may land on Long Island Is
march - New YORK Hs may strike
az Boston. He may land between Poe
ton and New YORK. GA the Rhoda t.
land or Massachusetts coasts. and keen
q guessing whether he'll turn west to
New York Or east 60 Boston. Ba may
even strike Tor both co once
Then why not put men into each
place 70 protect itT' demanded con.
gresham. Are these great cities 10
he left wide oDenT'
you know bow many regulars wnsva
Eot Do Jon know bow many effective
men we've pulled together bv caIlina
cot those eastern divisions. o. organ mixed
miiitia2 Iheir enrolled strength ia 30.
600 men. Their actual active strength
rs shown by attendance figures has
been only about 30 Der cent on that. but
We were lucky. fFrom United states
war department reports for 1915 on
militia orEauizRuon.I
This danger has brought out aH
probably, that were a8le 70 come. SIN.
there are less than 10000 men. and not
quite half 81 those have had good Geld
training. We need them. we need
them so badly that we've putting them
al Oh the frst line. But lis a Ii.ue bit
uke-welL ifs murder"
Then you mean % say
y mean 20 SIT" answered the chief
~ staT, with a set face. that che army
Is going % take what q has and do fts
best But it's going Go do Ct Ga lta own
way. 40 enemy viii dream ~ landing
au invading army unless e Is decisive
~. overpowerlngiy superior CD our own
Now, congressman. the only way for
Ga inferior army go accomplish any
thing ls On refuse battle until the
chances are as favorable as they can
be- made, Tho inferior furre must re-
tire before n superior FL must force
the invader % follow tiH Dr. is weak
ened by steadily leHHbeuing lines of
Hf#tAaataHf .aaaaa ts'sAi@ EaNaaaa CT
food and ammunition transport grow
He becomes Involved in strange ter.
rain. LAST, but not least. he gets more
ami more deeply into a land Sled With
q hostile population Bul n we must
defend "a spcciac place af uU hazards
then we must stand and give battle
+ wen. Go VIII De only one battle"
/ "You mean
~ mean thar such battle is decided
already 10 was decided yea-s ago
when the country refused 90 prepare"
Good God. man The congressman
wiped his forehead with a trembling
TAT hand. Il can't 90 back and tell my
people that"
You'd better not" said tho general
grlmIy.
The unhappy man and other uuhappy
men ike him went back % their COT.
stituencies knowing that now uo cam
paiEn oEatory wauld serve. soften the
news they must end would. but they
were the bearers o. SD tidings. and
they knew what comes 60 these
The stricken cities heard. From GO
the greet coast, with It's piled gold and
silver. there arose "a cry. Men shool
their Gsts and cursed the machinery OF
politics that had worked through tbs
blind wears 70 hinder 60 deceive ant
CO waste. The pork barrel ceased ul
az once % be the great American joke
Throw men into our harhor he
fensesr7 cried tie cities Of tho coast
Hold them, hold tbemr~
Eve have 1900 trained regular
and 5000 militia more or less ex
peTienced Co handle these complex a
ants" answered the army impIHcahly
There Gre I.tS8 guns and mortars q
handle. It leaves no men 90 dcfcnt
the works. TO throw fhe mobile arm
or any part 0f &c into tha dofenses 90
mere protection is only 60 lock then
up. The mobile army must defend th
defenses from outside. nc 90 rann0
do it they fan" This statement doe
not betray a military secret &c G
well known 90 all foreign government
that we cannot defend our coast de
lenses against land attack
where 6 the mobile aruayg' erie
the cities send &c herer' clamore
/ each city.
There was no reply. somewher
behind the Atlantic coast lay ca
moblIe army, silent
The cities stared 20 sea. They ID
tened for sounds from the sea. Tha
serving ocean that had made Their
rich snd great bad become suddenl
terrible. a secret place where ther
: brooded wrath. EVcry day great mn
utudcs. stirred by helpless. vague Ga
pulse. moved toward the water front
and eazed down the harbors. Ever
rumble % blasts or heavy vehicle. 9,
cry sudden great noise startled th
cities into a quick. Listen! CanBona,
where is the 6eetY' The questio
ran from Maine 70 Florida. tim Il, b,
became one great ciamor. storming d
the White House. Again there was n
answer
Days before. the American feet ha
steamed cat Of the eastern end q
4 Lone FsfarH sound The tall era