The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-12
WONDERFUL FULTON
GREAT WORK OF THE HOLLAND
 SUBMARINE BOAT.
Alternate Diving and Firing of Tor pedoes with Extraordinary Rapidity-Masterful Control
 of the Little Craft.

| New York. Dec. 1.-The tests made l with the Holland submarine boat Fulton | for the information of the Norwegian | government, are the most marvellous and | conclusive of her value in war of any | thing she has done heretofore. The World gives this account of her latest exploit | in the lower bay:
 Captain F. T. Cable of the new Hol- land submarine boat Fulton, waved his
 hand in adieu to Commander V. Geelmuy- l den, of the Royal Norwegian Navy, who
 was on the convoy tug Kelpie. The hatch had closed over the head: | of the seven men who formed the crew | of the marvellous submarine boat. Eacf | one had waved his hand to friends aboard the Kelpie as the trimming" began, ano ducked beneath the diminutive coming tower in the center of the Fulton's whale like back. In less time than 1t takes to tell 1t, the Fulton was out of sight leav- ing only a flag staff sticking above her back to indicate where she was and what she was doing.
 Tn less than minute this fiag-staff had gone down until only foot and a half of 1t showed above the water, and then the Fulton. submerged eleven feet under the sea, began her mile run. With nothing but a compass to direct him and the mathematical caleulat.on of the pro- peller revolutions to tell how far he trav- eIed, Captain Cable and his men started forth for the second test of the Fulton test for the purpose of showing Com- mander Geelmuyden, official representa- tive of the Norwegian government. that the Fulton could not only do these things, but also show fight as we'll
 The first thing for her to do according to program was to run five miles on the surface with her gasoline engine in play. She accomplished this, crossed the line of the last two white flags at 9:15
 The next thing was to turn about, trim for action, dive and run mile submerg- ed ten feet, bob up again and fire tor pedo, then dive and rise alternately to show how rapidly she could appear and disappear.
 Crossing the line at 9:15 she stopped and trimmed. The coming tower was closed at 1925 and at 9:49 she had turned about and entered the course, diving tm- mediately. It required seven seconds to get under the water this being longer than usual, it was explained, because of new machinery put into her since the last test. Captain Cable steered straight ahead, having already taken his bearing fo rthe white flags.
  It was fired from the Fultons bow while she was at full speed and submerged.
 The torpedo went flying under the wa- ter, leaving a white flash or spluttering of water in her track. This could be plainly seen from the deck of the Kelpie.
 The torpedo was fired at 10:0S o'clock. and in one seconds time the Fulton had arisen from the water sufficiently to let the captain see the effect of the shot from the coming tower, just above the surface of the water. Immediately after the Fulton had fired the torpedo the Kelpie went in search of 1t, finding 1t ten minutes later about 500 yards distant It was picked up by the Kelpie.
 Then the Fulton began diving and ris- ing in rapid succession to show how swift she is in coming above the surface and dropping agai nto the bottom. The shortest time between these dives was three seconds.
 This was the most marvellous work the Fulton has yet done. Commander Geel- muyden was particularly pleased with it.
 Ut shows what mastery control of the boat the man has, he said as he pranced on the cold deck of the keipie in his enthusiasm.
 At 1012 o'clock the Fulton hauled to and took on board Commander Geelmuy- den. The coming tower was closed as they went into the hold. At 10:40 o'clock she entered her course and immediately dived It required only eight seconds to get her under water and she steered straight course for a mile, which she made in ten minutes submerged about ten feet. At 10:5O she came awash and made several porpoise dives, the first being in five seconds, the second in eight seconds, the third in seven seconds and the fourth in four seconds.
 We have proven" seid Captain Cable. that the Fulton can be exposed suffi- cientIy for her commander to see from the Title glass windows of her coming tower q shot fired even from one-pound- CT rapid-fire gun just a mile away and dive three feet under water before that projectile can reach her. This is taking the worst chances. The one-pounder rap id-fire guns are the quickest And yet after seeing the glare from the gun we can dive three feet under water in time to prevent the shot from striking us. It would glance off and we would be un- touched. This has been thoroughly proved by the quick diving tests today