The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-01-21

They md radius ut action ~ 1000
miles and y submerged endurance Of
mine hours. These were considered the
latest word ~ inii. hut the tour new
bonts cxrrcdcd them ~ al respects.
Without Troubling yuu with precise tg
urrS may sny that they represented
roughly - pet cent advance upun
the oldcr hmts aud we're lifted with
severai auxiliary engines which were
wanting IN the others Az NV sugres
tion. instead " currying eight ~ the
very large HHkdorf tnrpedoes. whirh
are nineteen feet long. weigh half Q
ton and ARE charged with 100 pounds
Of wet gunroiton we had tubes de
signed for eighteen Of less than half
the size. II was INV design TO make
myself independent of my baSe
And yet n wns rIpnf that . must nave
base. 81 made arrangements ~ oncr
with that object. Rmnkpnberg was the
last place I would nave cnusen Wh,
should . have n port uf any kindi
Ports would he watched or Uruprd
ANY place would do tor the. tnain
chose u small vita standing alone nrnr
~ nve miles from any village aud tnir
" mites frUm any port 10 tins or.
dered them to convey secretly 10y night
oil. spare parts extra tOr~dws. stur
age batteries. reserve pertscoI~s nnn
everything that ! could need tor rent
ting. The little whlfewash-d vita OF
retired confecuoner- that was thu
base from winch I opernted against
England
1he BOATS lay at Blankenbere. ana
thither ! went they we're WORKING
franticaiiy at the upfenses. and tteg
bad only 60 look seward to be spur
red TO fresh exertiuns The british
heet was assembling The ultimatuu
had not yet expired. but u was evident
that blow would TIE struck the IN
slant that u did. -Four uf their aero
planes. circiing al an immense height
were surveying our defen~es FROM
the top OF the lighthouse . counted thir
~ battIeships ana cruisers In the citing
with number OF the traviers with
which In the british service they break
through the mine neids The approach
es were actually sown with 40 mines
half contact and hnIf observation. but
the result showed that they were IN
sufficient 20 hold on the enemy. since
three days later both town and tieei
were speedily destroyed
However. I am not here 20 tell you
the incidents OF the war. but TO ex
plain my own part In u. whirh had
such a decisive eject upon the result
My hrst action was 10 send my four
second class boats away Instantly e.
the point which ! bad chosen for ms
base. There they were 10 wait. sub
merged. lying with negative buoyancy
upon the sands In twenty feet Of wn
ter and rising only az night My
strict orders were that they were to
attempt nothing upon the enemy. how
ever tempting the opportunity All
they had TO do was TO remain intact
and unseen until they received further
orders. Having made this clear TO
Panza. who had charge Of
this reserve notilla. I shook him by
the hand and bade min farewell
Ny whole attention was now given
TO my own totllla. which divided into
two divisions. keeping iota and Kappa
under my own command. while Cap
tain Miriam had Delta and Epsilon
He was 10 operate separately IN the
British channel. while my station was
The strait Of Dover. ! made the whol- |
plan OF campaign clear to him. Then |
saw that each ship was provided |
with all Il could curry. Each had for
y tons Of heavy oil for surface pro |
pulslon and charging the dynamo
which supplied the electric engines un
Ter water Each had also eighteen tor
DedOes. as explained. and 5DO round, |
'or the cOllapsible qnik firing twelve
FOUNDER which We CARRIED gu deck aud /
which. of course. disappeared into
water tight tank when we were sub
merged We carried spare periscOpes
nd wireless mast. whlrh could be ele
'ated rbove the coming tower when
Necessary There were provisions fo'
ixteen days for the ten men who mnu
led eacb craft such was tue equip
neHS AZ the -four boats whirh wer-
destined To bring to nausht all the ma
les ana armies of Britain Al sun
lown that day-it was April 10 We
et forth upon our historic voyage
Miriam had got away In the after
IOon since ne had so much farther Co
% 10 reach his station stephan OF
he Kappa started with me Bui 81
curse we tpnlizrd that We must wors
ana that from that mo
lent when We SHUT tue sliding hatchrs
{ our coming towers on the still WI
ers OF Blankenberg harbOr u was IN
kelly thai We should ever see each
Their again. though cunsorts In thr
anne waters ! waved To stephan from
be side OF my coming tower and hr {"
De, Then I called through the tube ."
~ engineer Jour water tanks were n,
eady tilled ana All kingstuns ana Vent
losedi 10 put her full speed ahead
luSf IA We Slup ahrpn A. ar fnu ann |