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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
MISS NGT 10 GEN. MIiGi1N
NAY NAVE HI.IN \ ~ liI

Iuarcl. McNlru. Mlrtu g.. I'n'r'l
Jose Carlos Nursuia. Who Icu here
y-tordaN m Ju automobile Goo take
|Uummaud of the dr itvtu forces iu
h hc field against the Ni,lH r,bols r'-
purtcd m th, vicinity ut the san M1r-
! m ranch. established hi- base TODAY
|ut Guadalupe. o. mil,- e"uthvnsi ~
mere. message received here hN
, ourirr this muruue ny colonel l'"ir-
wroz stated
SCOUTING dcW,hmout- uf de- h,i"
4 uNalrN were sent out from ouaddlup
a. daN break today 300 search Of th"
\ eide, forces reported boo tine vicinity
D. th. San Juan mime aud thr san
Martin ranch The scouts had NOT
,turucd ai noon aud General NurEul {
.',as preparing tu send tddituuh
II Iuup. into utr ucld.
Il b. now believed here that ,hr
IN ln force south nt Fort llaucu'D
anne tu the border .. get ammunition
ma that the m,ssuS, 90 General Nur-
ulJ was buff tu cover their retire 10
rom the border The column ot -"'
1 ucmhors uf the death troops wh.ih
rU here Mst night Joined General
&Nurga at Guadalupe ihis morning
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
NEROPIANE ~COUTS JNNBIE
To Ipt- NTE VILLA iDIn E~

El raso. March Two Ir"uplan's
Ioft their temporary br~, 1; 'arp
stewart shortly bcfor" 10 % tiu"N today
aud flew across the border n scar %
uf tho villa force reported in tive VIE
cinity Of the san Martin rruth D.,
nliles south Of Fort llancorE The
aeroplaue fipht followed rr"'u-
uoitcring trip yostcrdu, wh'E CAPTAINS
podd and Brown flew across tEo bog
der in one plane ut fJr as the san
Juan mines. The hight today wns
ordered hy Brlg Gen Gourg- Bcll, Jr.
After making O Vid" circle nio
Mexico tho two tcroplHu"@ RETURNED
tu th,ir base and the military 'A-
,"rgcrs reported 'n GeHcrM Bel the
had been unable to lo Into any arm'l
force south or the border except '"N-
"ral Murgun's command ni - Wrr-
|lupc II was noioycd th" wiz fnrr"
rctrcpt"d during the uight toward
'Nuu Ahumnda
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
PROBE OF CAMPAIGN
IN THE OAROANELLES
HAS BEEN COMPLETED
A Surprise Attack by Land and
Water Should Have Been Made,
the Commission Finds; Naval
Assault Along Poor Move.

by Associated Press
London March S. The majority
report ot The commission appointed
last Iuly tu invest gate the pnrdnncl-
los campaign which was held up for
% fortnight hy the decision To- cxpur-
gate certain sections referring to al
ucd countries WIS made public this
morning In its revised form
The commission reports that the
late Lord kitchcncr, the war sccrc-
urN favored the project and THAI
when hu gave % decision in the war
council IL was invariably accepted a.
nuul. The dispatch of troops TO the
east was delayed three weeks, the re-
port saws as 'hc result of decision
of Lord Kitchener. which was not
communicated tu the iheu nr-t lord
OF the admiralty Winston spencer
thurchul
The project was uudcr,aken on the
initiative uf Colonel Churchill The
comm .s-.uu reports that naval adNls-
cts would hIve prefer-ed 20 joint iaii-
Rrl and nt,y attack. Instead of the
attack hy The H'et alone and declares
that these N.Cwa should have been
heard los the war council which was
not iUstn,d n coming Geo the decision
without much fuller Investigation
The possibility 81 makug % surprise
.ut.ark bt Iaud and water offered such
prDl' mHitar, und political udvant-
1aer. the commission finds, that it was
100 advised 200 .acrihce This possibility
uN dccunug hastily 10 undertake o
purely naval attack which. from It's
nature. could not attain completely or
accomplish tho objects desired
The subject has been difficult one.
the comm iss.on rcports ou which to
reach definite couiusion- rcg"rdiug the
relative dcgrce of responsibility and
the amount of praise and blame
whih may reasonably bee assigned to
principal authorities concerned.
The report is an interim one, deal
I ing exclusively with the origin anu
inception of the auuck on the Dard-
anellcs. 10 Is signed bt the late Lord
I Cromor vino was Chairman of the
Commission Andrew Fisher. repre-
lseuting Australia Thomas Mckenzie
! representing NcW Zealand; sir Fred
eriok Cawley chancellor of the durhs
/ Of Lancaster Jaues \ clyde. Lord
iad,u.atr. stephen l.. Gwyun. nation
Iuli-t member of the house 81 COM
mons, Rear Admiral Sir William IT.
MAY Field Marshal Baron Nichuisou
! and Justice pickfurd
IN addition to the dissenting notes
lof Alr FISHER and Mr Mckenzie, q
( separate report Was presented 10, Wal
I ter f. Roch. liberal member "t The
Ihou-e OF commons
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
Conn. MHIENT pNTS MD
UNHII'N NIIOM DiI III A-t,

WIsnurtou March NHturu uN
farms March Q was about iNHilG"'"
bushels compared with lllh.''9, ,n''
bushels Last year the department ".
ppriOglWlc today announced 300 ls
March crop report
Wheat held ou farms March VS.
about l0i. .3G5 600 bushels Last year
2IlIiN Geo bushel- remained ou larws
March 7
cat. ON farm, was about 5'3,'Na.o"n
bushels. compared With iH> 5000
hushols last year.
Barrie, ON farms wa about a-.'l lr
rUo bushels compared with 'N.'"l'o"N
ruehyi. last wear
\ supplementary statement s'm
wh,tt u romtr, mills aud elevator
,u NlrDh .s estimated tu hc N'.6l g.
nO0 nushcls tourtccu per cent ui
1916 rropi compared with la'.ossou"
bushels a ear ago,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
Report That Rebels Expected to
Cross Rio GraAde Near Fort
Hancock, Tex, Leads 10 Extra
Precautions Being Taken.
SIGNAL ROCKETS SEEN ON
MEXICAN SIDE OF RIVER
American Army Patrols Also Saw
Camp Fires Burning Across the
Border; Carranza Soldiers Fail
to Put in Appearance.


Fort Hancock. Tex. March N--
American patrols along the interna-
tiouul border south of here early today
had not seen any of the Carruuza
troops from suarcz with which Gen.
cral jose carlos Murguia expected 10
cuEig. the villa comTudd dt the san
Martin ranch today.
late last night tho machin. run
company of the SD Michigan uflr-
Try in command uf Captain Cross
man. was divided and the eight moto-
ma hiuc guns were sent tu guard tho
river furd- near here Nll regular and
national guard troops stationed her"
were held under arms an night in
readiness tD rcpCl crossing bN tho
villa rebels from the McNicuu sid"
signal rockets we're seen ON tire
Mexican side ui the Rio Grundc ltc
iast night by Amcti'lu army patrols.
who also reported having seen a nam
hcr of camp fires across tho border.
believed To- have been those ~ the
villa troups ~ dawn today cavalry
patrols left here To scout along th'
border for armed hands ON the on-
post, side or th" river
\ VILLA band 81 about 30 men. W
command Of Epifar., Holguiu, was
located ON IN" Mexican side. close o.
tho border late YESTERDAY This band
was believed 60 have been engaged in
smuggling operations 20 get nmmun' o.
tion across the border FOR the VIA
command OF upproNimatch 100. which,
was located at the Sau Martin ranch,
L. miles south of the line
Holruin's band visited the San JuaN
mine. owned %, American mining mon
srN,n miles soI'h uf the border sun
day but took only food. Each mem
her Of the band was lcndin- an 'Nt'
mount whom seen at the mine.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08

raised was . 1874. a decline Of 252.- -
0SG. or nearly iOis per cent. as COM
pared with the preceding year.
ON the other hand the total number
Of cattle returned last year was g.
2ii.7S1. the largest number recorded
since returns were collected and
showing an inoreHsc of t5l.Gc5 over
the total of 1915. English people are
the greatest consumers OF mutton in
the wosld aud " is satisfactory 20
note that the total number last year
was l7.551,123. an Increase Of teS.5fc
ar compared with the preceding year
The total number OF horses on ngri
cultural holdings was l.3595G6 au
increase Of 5ts per Get.
The total of land In England and
Wales h. 311c1,5GI acres. OF this
ll.o5llol were returned as arabic
land. 10 022.gN3 acres as permanent
grass. and 3.N16.uN3 acres a. muntain
and heath land used for grazing last
yenr These figures Indicate an in
crease uf N5.J9i acres OF arabic land
ana decrease Of GI.ll0 In permanent
grass while rough gra2lngs increased
by STAR acres. The total AIRED re-
turned as bare gal!ow n 1915 was
isl.NNG acres. or lls.2ti acres in eS-
cess ot I'l,.
u Dr. tu the large area ot land nov
devoted 90 permanent grass that Ems 70
land must louk for the means of any
considerable .ncrea1o in her food pro-
ducts Meanwhile every ybody De- urged
to raise potatoes, pigs or poultry IN
his back yard
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
German Foreign Office Sanctions
Plan to Bring on a Revolt in Or
der to Embarrass Great Britain
in the Far East.
u. s. GOVERNMENT HAS
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
Wolf Won Ingel, Who Accomran-
led Won Bernstorff Home, Is
Also Said to Have Been Impli.
Gated; Grand Jury to Act.

bN Associated lFthss
New York March Documentary
evidence purporting to show that Dr.
Chandr Chakraberty. "A Hindu. and
Ernest Sekunna. a German chemist,
arrested here ia connection with an
alleged plot to foment revolution N
India. had been In communication
with the German foreign Office in
TcTlin. aud that their plans had the
approval OF DR. Alfred zimmerman
with recommendation that financial
ala be given certain intrigucrs in this
country. viii bee laid bcfor, the federal
grand jury "a was learned from gov
ernment officials when the Jury re-
sumcd today It's investigation into
German plots.
Among the papers seized by the po-
lice in the home of Dr. Chakraberty
it is alleged is a document bearing
the address 16 Wilhelmstrasse. Ber-
I'm. The office OF the foreign secretary.
In addition to these papers, others
that were seized IN the Wall street
office OF Wolf Nun lgel who accom-
panied Count Won Bernstorn. former
tsCrman ambassador back 90 Ger
many, viii be presented to the granu
jury. IL was said As evidence OF a con
meeting linz in the general plot
AGAINST Great Britain
: Federal officials here declare they
/ have no evidence thus far To indicate
the German Hindu plot was aimed at
. the United states.
! The jury investigating the plot re-
Gently Indicted Albert \ Sander and
d Karl Wunnonberg, ofiic ais Of the CEN
/ t.al powers war film exchange in this
city. for conspiracy 10 obtain British
{ war secrets FOR the German govern
B nput
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
STOCK OF CEREALS
REDUCED TO SUPPLY
WARNING NATIONS
Government Reports Decrease in
the Quantity Remaining on
Farms March Heavy Exports
to Europe Given as Cause,


Gy Associated Press
Wushustuu. March N Inventory
of th, uuauur ~ cereals Of IN, 1915
crops rcmcuniur ON farms March q
mudy Do, the department "f ugriru'-
turr ud uuruuuurrd m it, March
crops remaining uu lrm- March
reduction ur stughs compared WITT
other Year. Heavy exports uf whe"
corn ana out. 10 supply tho waulnF
Eurupcuu uatuns have reduced taru.
,ir #,o.k- The high prices Offered
for those ,,r,lI- have been su tempt
iue Go farmer. thgf the department
hJ- is-urd warming tn farmers not q"
part with then valuable seed ouH
thcr,U, oudnupcr tho coming s,"sonF
crops.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
Albuquerque Is Opposed to Bill
Giving Mayors the Right to Fill
Vacancies In the City Council

Albuquerque very much opposed the bill which recently
giving cf cities New Mexico the
thorty which may the council This bill
probably originated valley where Roswell the
oggerheads time Albuquerque doesn't want
bill like undemocatc principle and blow at
government could create chaos IN community IL
could undo doing its utmost
abiding In OF mayor who favored
would matter throw saloons
Sunday open red light district in the heart OF town and to
make hell city hatis struggling keep itself clean
city opposed this bill Our citizens do not believe that
Lindsey this bill when he stops consider what
affairs might be rendered possible by its passage
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
MAN HELD
FOR MAKING THREATS
AGAINST PRESIDENT

By Associated Press
Baltimore. Md. March S.--Amos II.
Pahl 20 years Of age, was held today
FOR the federal grand jury by United
state, Commissioner Supplee on the
charge uf having made threats against
the president
Books aud papers IN Pahis posses
sion contain statements that he Is 3,
member of secret organization which
government officials believe has for
us object the assassination of IA"
president.
pam protested his innocence.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IS
NOT TO Be GRANTED
At PRESENT SESSION
The Question Has been Effectively
Shelved so Far as This Legisla-
ture Is Concerned Women
Show They Are Good Losers.

Special Correspondence f' 1ho h,ruid
Santa Pc. y N March h. Woman
suffrage n AMY form has been def
initek lost SEQ mr as this Legislature
D.. concerned stirring mcetins ga
the house last night u which almost
every member registered his reasons
,mphatlpally one way cor the othcr un
the subject resulted n a rum vote 't
20 to "a against the house hrl which
would have enabled the women io
Not. ou bond elections and for prcsi-
d,nual electors. John a. Gauut ui
So, lrto and T. s Eu,cs of EddS were
absent
Thos. votug for the measure W"r"
Nlgctt san iuau. Arrlloua. Mora
Barnes. Bernalilo. Burch. 'olfaN
| Bryan. Tuiuu. Dilis 'haNes. Gomez
Z QUAY. Gonzales bona Ana Lewis
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
FISHERMAN RESOLVE TO
SAIL IN FLoTILLAS AS
MEANS OF PROTECTION

The Hague. Netherlands, March S.
I'm view II the great dangers from
mines aud cul,is .uns with helhgcreui
warshiPs. the fishermen ~ Nmhudcu
have resolved. Ca hcnceforvard sail in
noullns OF dozen steam truWlers.
such ut which notillas VIII he under
command of an admiral chosen
from among IA, respective skippers.
The loca neCt uf liG ships has been
divided into three classes for this
purpose, iu accordance with their
speed The convoy system is Hlrcady
iu vogue BOO Britain where large
number 81 n.ulrg craft put To sea and
return 200 company.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
WILSON EXPECTED TO
ACT SOON TO RELIEVE
AMERICAN SHIPPING

Washington. March Signs CON
unucd 90 multiply TODAY that Prosi-
dent Wilson soon viii act tu relieve
the suspension at American sh .1pius
caused hy fear uf the German -uhmn-
rine campaign n wac not made
clear however whether he viii a'-
eide o. arm ihe Vessels. convoy them,
h3. . them taken over los the govern
n'nt $40 thy might br armed as aux
intry naval craft or 90 call special
session OF congress Co take up anew
th, armed neutrality bill
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
STEAMER MINNESOTA
REACHES NEW YORK
VIA PANAMA CANAL

ny Associated Press.
Sew York. March N.Th" Min
uc~ota the largest merchant vessel
living the American nag, arrived here
today from san Francisco by way of
the pautms1 canal She viii nc
placed iu trans Atlantic service after
yours uf trading in tho Pacific. She
was purchased recently from the
Great Northern railway 5N the Inter
national Mercantile Mar.u,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
sAIsE POTATOES, PIGS
AND POULTRY IN BACK
YARDS, ENGLAND s PLAN

7 " WI TNTTV TT7N-
Iuuduu March Agricultural
.htJstir- Tor lglG rolauug 90 EugRud
md Wales have just been ISSUED nN
hr board col agriculture ThcN show
kht. part from the gruWmg diili-
Hulty ul obtaining supplies from over
.oa. special attention les devoted tu
Increasing the home production of
|,rtulu food Staples, more particularly
! houl puNtocs and yirs
The urpr under wheat fr lHlb
|muuuicd lu lHla.1IN acres n'Ins
,.gG- ucrr-. ur about D. per cent
s thal lu the pirt|uue year Th'
\ rcu under potatoes la-t YEAR was
|s7.9tG acres. 1851 acres below that
l. lPI5. The total numbrr ol piss
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
Word NnNiou-iy ,wailcd.

Word is aHviouslv awaited here ls
30 tho relief of tho seventy American
sailors tukcn into Germany more than
three months ago a~ prisoners of war
on the prize ship Yprrowdalo. Thclr
release wa. prom lsed hy GERMANY FOR
tOdn. whom gu alleged -rautine
ogainst au Illness contracted hN
I~Itirh seaman confined with thom
"as To- have expired
80 Information hng come e. the do
uartment as =, tNo manner ar route
~ roiea.r EIt m the ease of four
American doctors prcNiuu~l, released
the mon were merely taken to th"
water front aud uut uu ferry for
Denmark with only the clothes the,
wore. pu arrival u Denmark the men
came under the authority of lh" CON
3ul under uu old maritime law thnt
stranded scawcu are under the au.
thorijy at the CONSUL Whose flag thc'r
vessel Flew Arrangements wiz 20"
made ~ uu - for every attention that
can be- given the men when their 'o-
cation becomes known
Nothing has boon received ut tho
department o@ go the four America
"onsul- ordered froW German, t'
Turl,cr mud held iu Munich uru'
TrrFeV hl- assured GERMANY OFF her
Willingness to accept them
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-08
Difficulty Which Arose After the
Severance of Diplomatic Rela-
tions Has All Been Strengthened
Out, Washington Learns.
STATUS OF WHITLoCK is
SAID TO BE UNCERTAIN
He May be Sen; to Havre, France,
to Which Point the Belgian Cap.
ital Has Been Transferred Anx.
iety About Yarrowdale Men.

- Associated Press.
Washington, March Americans
In Belgium are no longer detancd iu
any sense hy the German military au-
thorities. according To final report
received ~ the state department todar
from Minister Brand WhuoCk at
brussels
The dispajch states that subordinate
officials had prevented Americans
from lca,ing after the severance iU
relations for lack Of orders whctp"r
10 hold them or not The difficult
hls an been struirhtcuod ont MI
Whitloek reported. and American, ATE
free 20 come and co AS before the scv-
orance I'm relations. Apart from the
FORTY Belgian relief workers, very fow
other Americans are In Belgium.
Mr Whulock's status ~t.ll remains
Indefinite. Germany after the break
refused tu recognize ms diplomatic
position as minister. but authorized
him with other Americans tu remain
n charge of tho belgian relief work.
A. virtually an of Belgium is In the
military possession uf Germany AN
her capital has been moved 90 Hnvre
France. Officials her" SOC only two
alternatives. to admit me Is no longer
clothed with diplomatic authority "r
10 send him 10 lit,re a. tie fully ace
credited minister Ia Belgium
The Benson signal., 1917-06-09

and threw themselves against the pail
sade, wet and chilled from the rain,
but yet madly, recklessly, Americans
and foreigners alike. They would hold
it by main strength for another min
ute, they Swore, oblivious to the fact
that just as soon as it went it would
go with rush.
The stockade would be swept away
first, and they would go with it. What
of that? The men back of it matched
their brawny arms against rain and
wind, the powers of man against the
powers of God but not mockingly. It
is perhaps doubtful if they realized
what they did. 1t was instinct, habit,
blind desperation now. If the fiimsy
wall failed under the terrific water
pressure, they would be hurled beneath
it, swept down the slope of the dam,
buried in the debris as it was swept
away, caught up if they by any chance
survived so far, and hurled, broken and
battered, down the valley in the ter
rible flood that would ensue What
did they know about that, or knowing,
what did they care, as they strained
at the wavering timber wall? And
still they held as the rain poured down
on them, soaking through their soggy
clothes, the colder on their exhausted
bodies for the keen wind that blew
across them.
Well, they had done everything they
could. Vandeventer jumped down and
pressed himself against the nearest
timber with the men and waited, silent.
He had never sustained such a pres
sure in all his life. Like Atlas, he
felt as if he were holding up world.
And the moclling thing about it all
was his feeling, nay his realization,
that he was not really holding anr
thing, that if the palisades failed, his
pressure, his resistance and that of all
the other men amounted to nothing.
Yet he held on, and they, too-demi-
gods.
The Benson signal., 1917-06-09
CHAPTER XV..
The Battle.

It was now three o'clock in the
morning. In about half an hour the
men, naturally grumbling and protest
ing at being deprived of any of their
sleep, were out and at work. Lanterns
were lighted everywhere. The rain
had fortunately not resumed, and the
air was soon filled with noise and con-
fusion. Men with axes were busy ON
the hillside cutting the young pines.
Horses were hitched.t to the dump wag
ons, the steam shovel began tearing
away the hillside. Some of the men
were detailed to knock down some
of the galvanized iron houses and the
battering of the hammers on the metal
added to the din.
Under Vandeventer's personal direc-
tion q row of stakes was driven into
the top of the dam about three feet
from the front of it. Big sheets of
overlapping galvanized iron were
nailed roughly to the fronts of the
firmly bedded stakes and the small
branches and brushwOod were thrown
down before it. BOWlderS and big
stones were carried out on the dam in
the wagons and thrown down on the
brushwood; spare timbers, broken
wagon beds, old wheels, joists of dis
membered houses were driven into the
The Benson signal., 1917-06-09

the water were as high as the top
there'd only be two feet Of head in the
uncompleted spillway, and that
wouldn't be enough to discharge it at
the rate it's been coming in"
"Of course" said Vandeventer
thoughtfully. "And if the dam goes"
he added, ''there are ten miles Of back
water up there and millions Of cubic
yards impounded, which would sweep
down the valley. There wouldn't be
thing left of the camp, the town, the
new railroad bridge, or anything else"
Coming on top of the International
the loss of this big and expensive via
duct would about finish the Martlet
company" said Meade thOughtlessly.
Vandeventer looked at him sharply.
An idea suddenly came to him. Meade
had turned away his head as he real
lied his slip, so he did not observe the
light in Vandeventer's eyes. However,
the resident engineer was a good sort.
"You are right" he said quickly. II
little chance, now the rain has
stopped, and we can work to advantage
in spite of all this awful mud"-he lift
ed his foot up and disclosed it caked
and clogged with masses. ''Ill take
charge in the center here, and Stafford
on the left, and I'm going to give you
charge of the east end of the dam, over
by the spillway. If only those drills
had been here six weeks ago"
"We might set the men to work on
that rock now," said Meade.
"It would be useless. There's too
much of it.. No, if we're going to save
the dam, we've got to build it up and
try to keep ahead of the waters if
they rise any more. The higher we
can build it the greater will be the
head on the spillway, and the more
will be discharged. I'll turn the men
out at once"
"But what are you going to dO?'
"Im going to palisade the top of the
dam. There's plenty of timber already
cut down, and we will cut lot Of
young pines and build a palisade wall
of timber across the top three or four
feet back from the edge. Well banked
on the downstream side, it may hold"
at might be worth while to line that
palisade with galvanized iron sheets
from the houses" said Meade.
ga good idea," said Vandeventer,
"and We'll pile what underbrush and
small stuff we have in front of the
palisade and heap what rocks we can
find on top of that, and We'll bank it
up on the other side with earth. It's
poor dependence, but it will hold for
while anyway, and every moment of
time may be precious"
'How about sandbags, sir?"
"We've got few hundred cement
bags, but not enough. I wish we had
few thousand; however, we will fill
what we have, and if the water rises
and begins to trickle over the top and
through the palisade, We'll jam those
down at the danger points. Can you
suggest anything more?"
Nothing"
"Good Well turn out the men.
They've had six hours sleep anyway"