The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-24
bsYOR QUITE LAD
SUBMARINE SALT
p.t >ailorman Tells How
Young Man "Had the
Laugh" on Navy.
DID THEIR BEST, TOO

yyw LONDON. Oct. 2s.-"And this
Young Aston. now, he's quite n lad. a
brisk lad on the water" said the sub
MARINE sailorman who came ashore in
A dingy this afternoon to try a bit Of
sunshine for his complexion's sake and
70, the taste Of oil out Of his mouth.
"wha, makes you think SOP" asked
THE srN's correspondent. recalling
that the sailorman belonged to the
"a. one Of the undersea boats which
r,ayed hide and seek with Vincent
As,ors new type Of submarine de-
.,roysr just outside OF New London har-
Dor last Wednesday.
We'll it was this way--if you dont
tell the skipper where o got II. We
we're sent out. promiscuous like. the
ID. a particular intelligent whale. and
the c.. to get the laugh on young Mr..
Aston and Capt. Yates Sterling. who
had been told to spot us and sink us.
all BY theory. you understand.
1--WE knew in my ID boat that Mr..
AetOr wal IuHnilS "a Hhish's HAity crdlt,
a new sort of catamaran, a hydro
plane If you want to call 1t that, or a
mower boat good for thirty-fve knots an
hour. and tina he and Capt. Sterling
If they could and drop US by ramming
or BY shell down to Davy Jones-all by
the theory OF the game, just surprising
M and getting close enough to shoot or
am II a fight was on and not val play.
sighted the Chaser.
The p-4 (and she's some boat)
.nooped around. taking a look through
he ceiling now and then. but
an,lly we had to rise to the surface to
barge batteries. We hadn't any more
Than come up to daylight when ths
navigating officer sighted Mr.. Aston
submarine chaser. 1t was a lon way
IA but il was coming faster than a
Wild duck, with water shooting up stin
and white as the bow cut ahead.
Eve tried to duck. YOU bet! But 20,
can't submerge all at once. you under
stand. 1t takes a little time not much
but a few minutes, and there WASH
time enough TO be swiped from tn
clock Just then. Zip-bang. bang an
up cane the misses size destroyer. righ
alongside, with her one FOUNDER trained
square on the periscope and Capt. fate
Sterling squirting over the sights ant
laughing to beat the band.
.uf course We were out Of the game
The skipper and the navigating office
lost their appetite for supper. but the,
knew they were caught and ran up tn
signal. one shot in real sea fighting
would nave sent the D-4 TO the bottom
With a big hole through her skin.
Hunted for New Prey.
"Mr. Astor. Capt. Sterling and tn
mechanic in the h~ydroplane sho
away from US and hunted for the
boat. bu, the G people were too foxy
They must have taken a peak or tw
while the catamaran was putting v
oil, If business and so beat II while tn
beating was good. Anyway they es
capped and got back to the submarin
base here. And believe me-" said tn
submarine man, III the British are usin
little speed boat with as much go /
them as Astor's | don't see where tn
Germans are going to get of-me."
Vincent Aston has left New London
sailing board his yacht Mona an
taking the fast catamaran with him ap
pSrently. But there are to be som
mighty interesting submarine manoeu
vres in these water and directed fror
the new submarine base in this harbor.
Seven of Uncle Sans best subma
r!nes are here. and every boat mus
make fifteen dives n month to keep |
trim. The members of the crew ge
a dollar extra pay apiece every tim
dive Is made. AT present the practic
dives are made outside New Londo
harbor. ten miles from the naval sta
lion, which is being put rapidly int
shape TO accommodate the crews OF tn
submarines. Almost daily the slim ur
der water fighters travel up and dow
the river. their crews standing on tn
slop!ng decks.