The sun., 1915-05-16


to their country.
THE inhabitants Of conquered ter
ritory." answered the council, "are
citizens of no country. They are under
the jurisdiction of the occupying
army; but they are not even entitled
to the privileges of citizens OF the
country which controls that army."ls
But mere conquest does not entitle
YOU to treat them as rebels urged the
committee. THEY are within their
rights to pre- serve their allegiance so
long as they do not violate the rules
Of war by opposing you with arms"
one of the officers smiled. He
opened a book. "Once more l must
respectfully refer you to your own
court decisions he said, and read
from United States Supreme Court
decision, Conquest is valid title
while the victor maintains exclusive
territory OF the conquered country."2O
There is nothing that We can do"
the committee reported 10 ihe people.
1t was the refrain that sounded in
all the United States just then. To the
wild projects for desperate defence
that were being broached every day
III the CITY ol A>tW 1plh, W tIle
frenzied demands that the volunteers
in the Western camps Ice rushed into
the field. TO the curses directed at the
American army because it refused to
fight, the same answer formulated
itself because there was no other.
Always. from all quarters to all de-
mands and imprecations, the only an
swer that was possible was, "There is
nothing that We can do"
The city multitudes surrendered
wearily to the situation. but there
were men whom the helpless reply
drove frantic.
There We're hundreds Of these men
in New York, Brooklyn. Jersey City.
Newark and all The towns eastward
from there into Connecticut. They
We're militamen who had not been
able to join their organizations when
they went to the front or whose
organizations had been merely paper
ones. There We're members of sports
mems clubs. accustomed to the use Of
heavy calibrc firearms and to the trail
and there were many men who Were
moved simply by the recklessness of
courage2l
During the days while there driftod
through the United States the
broken, incomplete but ever growing
story of New England's uprising and
it's fearful suppression these men had
begun to assemble in Connecticut 5
country, between New Haven and
Hartford. urged by no settled plan,
hut moving to that district simply
because 1t was the last American
front between New York and the in
vading army.
The enemy was moving westward
slowly. He had to hold out a mighty
screen northwestward against the
American army that now lay beyond
the Berkshire Hills. holding the land
between western Connecticut and Al
bany. That army, intact and out OF
his reach, was a constant, acute dan
ger. 1t endangered his communiCa-
tions. il endangered his base. it en-
dangered his divisions that occupied
Boston. 1t forced him to advance only
in continual readiness for battle OF
fianks and rear lines.
During the slow approach the mer
who had gathered between New Ha
ven and Hartford hogan 10 form som'
sort OF organization. Almost it evolved
itself.
The enemy, pushing forward alon'
the north, took Springfield with cav
10. SO laid dOtcn BY nearly all Writcr
on military ldtO pho touch on this sub
jcCt.
90 This principle pds laid do,cn 4
regard to territory subjected TO mill
tdry occupation by the United state
during the tCdr tCtfh MericO. tn
United States claimed (dnd Spdrin0l
crcrdsed) the right to cOmt-mdrtio
= and orecute as rebeis certain leaders O
an insurrection against the military got
crnment in Neto Merico, ls47-4S.
Fl. "In many instances the defcienc
: has reached such figure as 10 ledr
militia organizations such in nam
o. only,"-Pd0e 206. last report, Gen. Mill'
@. u. s. A.