Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-07

the horizon We made ready to dror
under, giving patrol boats and 'trawl.
crs the slip. Around the West Coas,
of Ireland. skirt!ns Scotland. we stood
on tangent down to tho Danish Goa 3,
| We had no ammunition left for tn,
| deck gun and no more torpedocs, ST
we couldn't tackle anything big.
! North OF Scotland. homeward bound
| we sighted submarine. But before
we had chance. she had made hes
number with a rocket. though it was
i'll the day time. just as the crew war
| about to DE sent inside previous To
submurgcncc.
1t was the famous C-20. the con-
aueror of 4he Lusitania. Our color.
were hois;ed; all hands craned then
| necks. The captain sent for Erich,
the music master of the GANG. and hi.
accordion. And as VIC closed in on eac,,
other, Erich mounts the coming
. tower. crosses his legs and begins y
tune OF greeting. Meanwhile the on
GERS meGarhoned for the news
And what do YOU think Erich
played? Not the national anthem. bu,
An old Norwegian waltz. with all hands
beating time TO the tune until the U-2o
passed on--a relief on our station off
Cape Clear.
REPORTS ny WIRELESS
BOAT'S WHEREABOUTS
Close to the Island Of Sylt we re-
ported ourselves by wireless. Raising
the wireless WAS matter of n minute
The two masts were hinged. one swung
forward. the other aft; both masts lay
fiat along the lower deck, clampeo
Il Il
up the aerial tau; and the whole Is
ready.
II was while lying on the bottom
between Sylt and Helgoland that i
heard this story which has been In
my head ever since.
You remember reaGing In the paper,
that once the Lusirania returned I.
England under the American flag. AS
she steamed up the Irish Sea for 81.
Georges Channel. a German U-boa,
had her cold. Nothing saved the Lusi-
tania but the American colors noatins
astern. The submarine recognized tn,
liner. but did not understand the moan,
ing OF the American flag. so did no,
dare to fire torpedo, though the SHIN
was within easy range
We had 10 rest on the bottom \
few hours SO as to make HeIgolano
exactly at daylight July 10. No sub.
marine is allowed 10 enter the harho,
1T night
Never nave ! seen a dirtier crowa
of men than ours When we cam.
alongside the submarine dock, tn.
spick and-span sailors and soldiers
greeted us cordially We were see
rauh6rs," pirates. barbarians, and the
name fitted our looks
There was not a civilian resident on
The island. save few dock laborcrs,
and two women nurses were the lone
representatives of their sex Nothing
but sailors, few soldiers and artillcr-
lists who were waiting for somebody
TO shoot at. After spending the night
on hulk serving as floating barracks,
took my little kit on board the de :
stroy"r SLY for passage TO Wilhelms-
haven, where the U-Sa would finally
come for overhaul.
AS the fotilla was lea wing the har-
bor-ahoui twelve OF their newest and
largest destroyers-a hluejacket point
ed out the sister ship S-l5 as having
sunk the British battle cruiser Tiger
in the last big North Sea battle He
also said that the Audacious was no,
sunk by mine, but by a U-hoat. But
that ] had heard from many on hoard
the U-Sa. and It may be untrue. Ger
tainly my companions on the U-39 lid
not speak OF their own knowledge.
PASS RIGHT THROUGH
GERMAN BATTLE FLEET
Right before Wilhelmshaven. about
seven miles out. lay tho great German
battle feet We passu~ right through
all hands had shifted into blue uni-
forms.
saw no dtstroyers patrolling. hu,
lot Of trawlers outside cruising up
and down. Some of the DreRdnoughts
lad their torpedo nets down, and at
anchor. Some We're moving slowly.
There they lay--gray and ugly-un-
der full steam. The Westfallen, Olden-
! burg. Koneig, the whole Dreadnousht
rieet, as i; waiting for something. Thu
SeyltE they singled out 10 mel read
the name IN the stern. She was sup
rcsed 10 have been sunk by the British
In Wilhcmshaven We, the shin
wrecked. were taken ashore by a petty
o!ficer. and was hailed before all kinds
OF officials TO lind out II i was eligible
| for military duty.
And right here ends my adventure