Marble Hill press., 1921-01-13

They march-d along th. water front
for -four blocks aud then turned ~ a
side street. which hAppened TO he the
Gale de concoriia. thus enabling
Mother jerks. Who was Is-ering fron
the doorway Of NJ nusn Amigo TO see
them coming.
-ilAhi- shs mut'ered 'EnsrS
thsy'rv comln' The worm II turnin'
Emery; Is ysan yoa'y. wytei for
vengeance, my love- but tcdJ youil
set IL
She ~addled 90, into the strrr, and
held up her hand In . g~sturr a. au'
thoriiatiVs ahd lmperious a. that q .
lraf'ic otnc~r. "Raterrry att" she
croakci, She had heard the late I'm
cry giNe that commani often enough
TO have acquired the exact Infection
necrssary Ia make an Impression ui''n
men accustomed to obsying such
command Whenever given lnsiiur
lively fhs column slowed up s"ms ~
~. forrign Legion. old ~'asi anil.
lsrisis no doubt came g. a halt Nth
prnp'u.ss aud prrt.sIoa. OH siafri
~ Mufh,r jerks
"UW about arr = inFen eus's u
sosi brand, for the Wouni~if Nuih
- leuAs sggErstrd "Au uW about
hally old woman tpr q Rri Cross
rufsef
You're uH. mA.am." %" fHr' 50
leader tslj.-i prlmp'iy. aui tfaUsIaf.
~ the old .aiys suggestion 90 bf
rashsco ~. Hr,'piri gracefully srf
thanked Murrrr J'rks in purr,, ,as
'lIau So q a,'au - "a men u
. told ~ - carry 'hc slN case, -
/ brandy ogf - ~ ilguu Amisi afH
/ load them "a the ann Hriiinn care .
then Mother jrnks crsel"i % info
/ The aruofri truck WItA 'tv maelIH'
Sun crN aud the cu.umu ouDr mor
Z 'nnk % iis lire of rapid uBrrb
Tho objective u this UusBsp~ris,i
I furnr within 'hs city vas. a. R9ariD
Ru,y shrruf'y SUSPECTED u might D.
I poorly sartlsuusi rsually q force -
I fully ar mru whs sfailun.i ~ uc
national arsenal. but ths shan. sas.
aer attack from the vest. - sudden
and unexpected had throun Sarros
into q panic aud Is'i him 10 time O.
plan his defense carvfuliy lils hrst
thought had tsrl 10 send ell h.
available forces % support the troops
hearng the hruui oi the rebel stiark
and Il vss tremendously Important
that this should ~ done very psump'
IL. In view ~ the lack - Information
| concerning the numerical fnrr. oi TIE
,nemy consequently be had reduced
the arsenal force 20 100 mcu and -
talned only bis fAvofits troop. Of To-
guards and one company - the ~
tenth Infantry 20 protect the palace
Acting under hastily given tris.
phauic orders, the commanding 20
crr At the canionmeni harrHcks had
detailed q few hundred mrn TO hEhl .
r,Ar guard action while the main army
fell back in good order hehiai . rpf
way ctnhankmsui which swept Ia
vide arc around the city and oH
an excellent substitute for brra..
works THIS position had scarcrly
been attained beforr the furious al
vance Of the rebels drove in the rvAr
guard. and pending the capture Of the
arsenal. Ricardo realized his oI'efA
,ions were st an lmpaSse. Promptly
he dug himself In. and the battle de-
ycloped into a brisk AFFAIR % give and
take. involving meagrr losses TO both
factions but an appalling vastagr OF
ammunition.
The arsenal . large, modern eon'
crete building with Tremendously
thick walls reinforced by steel. would
have offered fairly good resistance TO
the average field battery. Surround
Ing Il on all four sides was q rein
forced concrete wall 10 feet high
with machine gun has;ions at each
corner aud n platform along the wall.
inside and - feet from the ground.
which afforded foot room for Infantry
which could use the top Ave feet u
the wall for protection while nrins
over II. There Was but one entrAncr.
a heavy. barred steel gate which was
always kept locked when ~ was not
necessary TO have II oIeped for 10
gress or egress. Given warning OF an
attack and with sufficient time TO pre-
pare for Il. 100 Of the right sor; of
Fighting men could withstand an In.
definite siege by force not proyid.
ed with artillery heavier than an or
dlnary field gun. with q full realIEa.
ton OF this therefore, Ricardo and
his confreres had designed 10 accom-
plish by strategy that which could not
be done by the limited forces at their
command.
As the column approached the
neighborhood Of the arsenal. three de-
tachments broke away from the main
body and disappeared down side
streets. to turn at right angles later
and march parallel with the main
command. Each of these detachmcnis
was accompanied by one unit Of the
motorcycle mounted machine gun bat
terry with Its white crew: two blocks
beyond the arsenal square each de.
tachment leader 20 disposed his men
as to offer spirited resistance to any
sortie that might be made by the
troops from the palace In the hope of
driving off the attackers of the ar.