C E N T R A L P O IN T H E R A L D . T H U R S D A Y . S E P T E M B E R !!« ,
THE INVASION OF AMERICA,—Continued.
e r e ls n t y b y r ig h t o f c o n q u e s t, w h o a h a 'I
u t t e r s e d itio u s w o rd s o r s p e e c h e s o r w rite ,
p u b lis h o r c ir c u la te ■ .currlluus lib e ls
a g a i n s t th e g o v e r n in g a u th o r ity , o r w h o
s h a ll c o n c e a l s u c h p r a c tic e s t h a t c o m e to
h is k n o w le d g e s h a ll be p u n is h e d s u m m a r i­
ly a n d s e v e re ly .
2. E v e r y p e r s o n w h o J o in s a s e c r e t s o ­
c ie ty o r a t t e n d s a s e c r e t m e e tin g f o r th e
p u rp o s e o f a d v o c a tin g s e d itio n o r re b e llio n
s h a ll b e p u n is h e d s u m m a r ily a n d s e v e re ly .
atoocts All one long d ay and all wm
evening they moved tow ard the tw e
cities. They seem ed aim less enough,
but th ere w ere leuders who put them ­
selves a t th eir bead secretly I d th e
hlght.
Suddenly they w ere angry, determ in­
ed, united bodies of men. Suddenly,
w ere posted here and In all public*
like a suddenly aw akened win-1, they
places of Boston w as th e announce­
Again the citizens' com m ittee pro­ storm ed the g re a t arm s factories of
m ent of th e institu tio n o f th e new tested. Boston law yers represented to th e tw o towns.
governm ent. It was:
th e m ilitary council th a t A m erican cit­
T hey cam e w ith gnus and pistols.
O n a n d a f t e r th is d a te th e c ity o f B o s­
izens could no t be held guilty of sedi­ T hey cease w ith crow bars and picks.
to n is u n d e r th e r u le o f t h e h e a d q u a r t e r s
tion or rebellion if they adhered to T hey cam e w ith stones and w ith noth­
s ta f f o f t h i s a rm y . T h e p r e s e n t c iv il o f ­
th eir country.
fic ia ls o f th e c ity w ill c o n tin u e t h e ir f u n c ­
ing except th e ir b a re hands. T hey
“The In h ab itan ts of conquered te rri­ M uled th eir dead asid e and w ithered
tio n s . A c o n tin u a n c e o f e x is tin g c iv il a n d
p e n a l la w s a n d th e e x e r c is e o f le g is la tiv e ,
tory,” unsw ered th e council, "are citi­ »Oder th e fire o f th e gu ard s and b u rst
e x e c u tiv e a n d a d m in is tr a tiv e d u tie s a r e
zens of no country. T hey u te uuder thro u g h and took th e works.
p e rm itte d u n d e r th e s a n c tio n a n d w ith th e
th e Jurisdiction o f th e occupying nrm y.
p a r tic ip a tio n o f th e m ilit a r y g o v e rn m e n t.
In H ertfo rd they seized a w hole train-
H ad B oston tow n gone u n d er in flame B ut they a re n o t even en titled to the toed of rapid flrers an d m achine guns
and terro r th e very fury of th e c a ta s­ privileges o f citizens of tho country th a t had been loaded fo r th e A m erican
trophe m ight have carried m en through which controls th a t arm y.”
army. In New H av en they took al­
“ B ut m ere conquest does not entitle m ost 4,000 sporting rifles.
it w ith less of d esp air th a n th is cold
you
to
tre
a
t
them
ns
rebels,”
urged
conquest
T h e riot fev er spread to B ridgeport.
The first pages of all th e new spapers th e com m ittee. "T hey are w ithin th eir T ke mob arose a n d seized th e c a rt­
w ere reserved by th e m ilitary govern­ rights to p reserv e th eir allegiance so ridge factories.
m ent for its announcem ents. These long as they do not violate th e rules
I t w as a m ad thing, springing less
of w a r by opposing you w ith arm s.”
w ere beaded:
from purpose th a n from th e insanity
One
of
th
e
officers
smiled.
H
e
open­
th a t Invasion had laid on m en's minds.
O FFIC IA L !
ed a book. "O nce m ore I m u st respect- : I t could have b u t one m ad end. Y’ot
ORDERS A ND D ECISION S BY T H E
fully re fe r you to your ow n court d e ­ th is arm y o f m adm en w as moved and
M ILITA RY
GOVERNM ENT OF
cisions,” he said, and read from a U n it­
M ASSACHUSETTS
AND
T H E ed S tates suprem e court verdict. molded by a touch of th e A m erican
ability to "do th in g s”—th a t very ab il­
CITY O F BOSTON.
“ ‘Conquest is a valid title w hile the
T here w ere so m any of them th a t victor m ain tain s exclusive territo ry of ity on w hich th e people m ight, indeed,
have depended w ith p e rfe c t assu ran ce
there w as no room fo r new s on the th e conquered country.’ ”
If only th ey had not depended on It
first pages, even had new s been p er­
"T h ere is nothing th a t w e can do,” wholly.
mitted.
th e com m ittee reporti-d to th e people, j
W ithin tw enty-four hours th e city I t w as th e re fra in th a t sounded In nil i America did tru ly have men w ho
had been set back to its condition in th e United S tates ju s t then. To the would tight. They w ere here, un-1 they
w ere to light such a light us w ould be
the seventeenth century w hen B oston's wild projects fo r desperate defense
rem em bered m any a loug day. They
Bret new spaper w as th ro ttled by a re­ th a t w ere being broached every day in
took hold of men arm ed w ith m agnifi­
actionary legislature.
th e city of New York to th e frenzied cent rifles, b u t of a score of different
The people o f Boston did n o t know dem ands th a t th e volunteers in tin- p a tte rn s fo r different k in d ; o f sp o rt
if C onnecticut had been conquered. w estern cam ps be rushed in to th e field, and dem anding a score o f different
They did not know if New Y'ork had to th e curses directed at th e American shapes and calibers of cartridges.
fallen. T hey did no t know w here th eir arm y because it refuse-1 to fight, the T hey took bold of in fa n try m ilitia
arm y w as or w h a t it w as doing. A sam e nnsw er form ulated itself because frag m en ts whose com panies had hud
great b a ttle m ight be deciding th e fa te th ere w as no other. Alw ays, from all only tw o o r throe assem blies u y ear
of th e e n tire country, b u t no w hisper q u arters, to nil dem ands an-1 impreon- . for ta rg e t p ractice w ith av erag e a t ­
tlons, th e only a n sw e r th a t w as possi­ tendance o f only eleven o r tw elve men.
reached them .
Aa in colonial days, they w ere re ­ ble w as, “T h ere Is nothing th a t W e
Young doctors took hold w ith noth­
duced to such know ledge as m ight can do!”
ing b u t em ergency kits, w ithout am ­
T
he
city
m
ultitudes
su
rrendered
come from rum o r or from inform ation
bulances. w ithout litters, w ithout even
w hispered by those w ho learned some­ w earily to th e situation. B u t th ere helpers w ho would know how to find
w ere men w hom th e helpless reply a w ound o r apply a first aid bandage.
thing by chance.
I t w as In th is w ay th a t n early every­ drove frantic.
T be arm y of m adm en w en t fo rw ard to
T here w ere hundreds o f th ese men th e C onnecticut river to hold th e w est­
body In B oston cam e to know th a t In
In
New
York,
Brooklyn,
Jersey
City.
e rn bank from H a rtfo rd to Middle-
the statebouse there s a t a council,
dressed in uniform an d b earin g m ili­ N ew ark and nil th e tow ns eastw ard town.
from there into Connecticut. They
T hey did n o t know how to dig
tary rank, b u t in reality a council of
w ere m ilitiam en w ho had n o t been ! trenches; they d u g ditches. They did
raea learned in International and
able to Join th e ir organizations w hen n o t know how to m ake defenses for
U nited S tates law.
Surrounded by
they w ent to th e fro n t or w hose o r­
g reat row s o f books w hich they had ganizations h a d been m erely p aper , th e ir m achine guns; they piled trees
brought w ith them , th ese men w ere th e ones. T here w ere m em bers o f sp o ils­ th a t would skew er them w ith splin-
to rs u n d er shell fir- or heaped up rocks
real rulers of th e conquered land.
m en's clubs, accustom ed to th e u se of
The com m anding general and his - heavy caliber firearm s and to th e trail, th a t w ould fly into fragm ents and kill
field staff m ight a c t " ’ith sum m ary a u ­ and th ere w ere m any men w ho w ere ilk* shrapnel.
T h a t day along th e C onnecticut riv er
thority under th e rules of w ar. T he moved sim ply by th e recklessness of
(boy showed w h a t A m erica's uien
com m anding general's nam e m ight be courage.
could have done h ad th ey learned how
signed to all th e scores of orders th a t
D uring th e d ay s w hile th ere drifted
Issued daily, b u t th is council of mili­ through th e U nited S tates th e broken. te d o it in advance a n d Imd th ey been
ta ry law yers acted as governors, Incomplete, b u t ev er grow ing sto ry of •ra te d for tile work.
judges and soldiers a t once. T heir de­ New E ngland's u prising an d Its fearful
CHAPTER XIV.
cisions in ail mooted cases, th e ir in­ suppression, th ese men had begun to
geniously w orded orders, w ere p erfect­ assem ble In C onnecticut’s country be­
The Massacre.
ing the enem y's com plete possession.
tw een New H av en and H artfo rd , J
H E A m erican volunteers lay b e­
No A m erican, g reat o r hum ble, m ight urged by no settled plan, b u t m oving
hind th eir pitiable defenses,
go a step beyond th e prescribed and to th a t d istric t sim ply because It w as
w ith th eir motley weapons,
routine affairs o f th e day w ith o u t first th e last A m erican fro n t betw een New ,
com m anded by men w ho did
learning w h at th e ir orders were. No York and tho invading arm y.
not know war. T hey bore th e shock
T he enem y w as moving w estw ard at m achine gun a ssa u lts from advance
man held property, w h eth er It were
priceless or beggarly, except by th eir slowly, n e had to hold o u t a m ighty petrols. Tln-y bore th e shock of cav­
favor. No m an knew a t nny moment screen n o rth w estw ard a g a in st the alry charges from scouting detach­
w h at rem aining liberties m ight not be American arm y th a t now lay beyond ‘ m ents.
th e B erkshire hills, holding the land
tak ea from him a t a w ord from them.
A t Mld-lli t nvn they w ere attacked
W ith th e Im personal coldness o f a Ju betw een w estern C onnecticut an d Al- to fo n e by heavy cavalry th a t crossed
d ld a l m achine they w ent about the
w ork of stripp in g the city of treasure.
In all th e departm ents of th e munici­
pality w ere soldier experts, studying
th e books In th e custom house were
h alf a hundred others searching the
records of exports and im ports. E very
financial Institution of the city hail
beon ordered to present Its accounts In
the atatehouse.
D aring «11 this tim e th e invader
made dally requisitions for th e use of
th e troops o r fo r o th er m ilitary pur
ponee. H e dem anded for th e navy a
supply of 10,000 pounds of sm oking to-
I jocco . 1.00< i pounds o f roasted coffee,
one ton o f rice, 300 pounds o f sa lt and
50,000 pounds of fresh m eat. H e made
requisition for paint, cable, ropes, hose
and steel for th e ships.
T here w ere requisitions for medical
supplies, fo r cloth and for shoes. To
th e harassed officials who rem onstrated
against th e hardships th a t w ere laid
on th e city an d pointed to th e sta te of
ita trade, th e reply w as th a t It w as one
o f th e richest cities In th e world and
th a t th a levies w ere modest. W hen a
deputation of citizens pressed th e pro­
test the council printed its reply In the
“official" colum ns of th e new spapers.
"In regard to th e requisitions made
by th a occupying arm y,” said th is sta te ­
ment, “a tten tio n is called to th e fact
th a t th e U nited States suprem e court
in th e case of New O rleans versus
Steam ship Company, lio W all, 394, de­
cided th a t the m ilitary governing a u ­
thority tn a y do an y th in g to strength
ea Itself and to w eaken th e enem y.'
sa d th a t th e court fu rth e r sta te d th a ’
•there Is no lim it to th e powers th at
may be exerted In such cases save .
w hich a re found in th e law s and
o f w ar.’ ’’
bany. T h at arm y, In tact and out of u n d er cover of gunfire an d outflanked I
te th e cannon th a t glow ered In hi* reach, wag a couatant, acu te dan i them a n d charged in m ass. They sent I
•u the stre e ts Boston's fury at this ger. It endangered big c o ra n c u l a- th e charge back, broken, w ith many ’
rejoinder nearly broke through tk>ng. It endangered hi* base. It cn-lan- ! em piy saddle«. They lay under t h e '
ail restraint. In the old city th a t had gered his divisions th a t occupied Bos­ , Ore of a th ree inch gun a t t ro m w e ll!
tho fam ous tea p a rty am ong Its prize-1 ton. It forced him to advance only In for an hour and endured and died, but
■< movem ents th e spirit of th a t past continual readiness for b attle on flanks , they denied th e river -ro sslu g to a bat-
ago aw oke again and sp read alm ost and re a r lines. Its signal serv ice und tntioi
w ithout concerted th o u g h t or Intention. av iato rs kept co n stan t wat- h o f the
F o r tw o long hours they held tbe
W herever men could m eet they formed Invading legions.
Its range finders f t r e r along th eir whole line. It seem-
la groups to ease th e ir m inds by free located th e ex act positions o f itn.-tr
I to them th a t th ey w ere fighting >i
speech If th ey could do noth in g e
guns.
toot b a ttle
S irely th e .r dead testl
la s e v e n ! q u a rte rs of th e city there
D uring tbe slow approach th e men
id to It. and th e hot fire th a t l-eat
w ere Incipient rl<>ts. suppressed by the who had gathered betw een New H a ­
I them te - ’,' 1 to It. a id n< ro«s th<
police only Just in tim e to avoid bloody ven and H artfo rd began to form some
Oar o r float.:.-' d- n ■- Ith the stream |
iaterference by th e soldiers.
sort o f an organisation. Almost It
o re m any en- • dead to testify to I t ;
“W e m ust cu rb this tow n.” said th e evolved Itself.
hay cheered n -1
. tte-l to < .1 -b -■•h-
-oauBandli.g general to the m ilitary
r hoarser,
F rom New H aven and H artfo rd to
council In th e statebouse. “I t is not the factory cities o f W allingford and
hoy w it to
raw to rem ain ow ed for long w ithout Meriden. Mkldletown and New B ritain,
pa toot, for more assailan ts,
repressive m easures.”
along all th e facto ry lined valleys,
to th a head uarter» of th e adran- ng
T he council nodded. N ext m orning's th ere passed a w ord th a t gathered
im r there - is r - e e l t - report
new spapers had on th eir first pages an w orkers from shops and idle men from
Oto to a brigade entina lei ' J » J
announcem ent th a t m ade m any read
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