Великий военный синдикат

           If,contrarytotheopinionofthecommandant,thegarrisonedfortwerereallymined,thefollowingdaywouldprobablyprovethefact.Untilthispointshouldbedetermineditwouldbehighlyjudicioustotemporarilyevacuatethefort.Thiscouldnotbefollowedbyoccupationoftheworksbytheenemy,forallapproaches,eitherbytroopsinboatsorbybodiesofconfederatesbyland,couldbefullycoveredbytheinlandredoubtsandfortifications.Whentheordersforevacuationreachedthecommandantofthefort,heprotestedhotly,andurgedthathisprotestbeconsidered.ItwasnotuntilthecommandhadbeenreiteratedbothfromLondonandOttawa,thatheacceptedthesituation,andwithbowedheadpreparedtoleavehispost.Allnightpreparationsforevacuationwenton,andduringthenextmorningthegarrisonleftthefort,andestablisheditselffarenoughawaytoprecludedangerfromtheexplosionofamine,butnearenoughtobeavailableincaseofnecessity.DuringthismorningtherearrivedintheoffinganotherSyndicatevessel.ThishadstartedfromanorthernpartoftheUnitedStates,beforetherepellersandthecrabs,andithadbeenengagedinlayingaprivatesubmarinecable,whichshouldputtheofficeoftheSyndicateinNewYorkindirectcommunicationwithitsnavalforcesengagedwiththeenemy.TelegraphicconnectionbetweenthecableboatandRepellerNo.1havingbeenestablished,theSyndicatesoonreceivedfromitsDirector-in-chieffullandcomprehensiveaccountsofwhathadbeendoneandwhatitwasproposedtodo.