Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-07-19

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He paid high tribute to the crew
and his fellow officers. The chief en-
gineer Is II. klees; the first officer
j.. Krapohof, and the second officer
NJ. Eyring.
Capt. Koenig said the greatest
credit for the success OF the voyage
should be given to Engineer Klces.
AS he ended the interview, the cap
tain said he expected the next sub
marine merchantmen to reach the
United States within eight weeks.
On board the submarine are the
captain, first and second officers and
&c men, al! wearing the regulation
uniform Of the German mercantile
marine. with the North German
Lloyd insignia upon their caps The
skipper is trim, slightly built man
Of medium height, around forty. Two
Of his seamen are grizzled old tars,
but the others are youths, apparently
ranging from Is to 23.
Cheers for the U-Isoat.
When the vessel was released from
quarantine she moved up the river to
the pier Of the Eastern Forwarding
Company. six miles away, TO, a care
| fully guarded waiting berth. On the
! way mp she passed dozen mer-
chantmen lying at anchor. nhe first,
a big Norwegian freighter, dipped her
flag and her whole ships company
! lined against the rail. raised three
| rousing cheers. which were answered
| with a will With another N0rwe-
gian and two Dutch ships the subma
| rine exchanged formal salutes. She
| moved close by number of British
| tramps in silence, observed with
eager interest by the English crews.
At the dock the boat hardly was
| tied up before an army OF newspa-
per men and moving picture photog-
| raphers stormed the place. Thcy
were not permitted to get near the
Deutschland. protected by barbed
wire stockade. and numerous guards,
but Capt. Koenig soon appeared on
| shore, and cheerfully posed before
the cameras
"Better hurry up; haven't had
my breakfast yet, and don't look
| good,' he remarke ed in excellent Eng
| lish. He stood smilingly in the rain,
wearing blue flannel trousers stuffed
into leather sea boots, dark gray
| leather coat, gauntlets and jauntily
set cap. When the photographers
gave him rest he held a sort of i'm
! promEtu reception, shaking hands
with everybody and telling how glad
| he was to be in an American port.
| Later he was persuaded to bring out
his crew. The grinning youngsters
| brought with them a large green
board taken from the stern Of the
| ship which was painted in big sill
yer letters: "Deutschland-Brem
Grouped about the board, with their
| skipper in the center. the sailors
posed until Capt. Koenis said it was
time to eat
When the start back will be made,
Of course, is problematical. An Off
cial OF the Forwarding company said
to-day it might be two weeks, or it
might be month, but it was not de-
MED that the vessel would make her
way out Of the capes whenever and
however the opportunity might offer
to elude the enemy patrols.
| Ir.HOnG u Mass of Machinery.
AS described by DR.. John c.. TRAY
ers, assistant health officer, who was
taken through the boat by Capt. Koe-
mig, the Deutschland's interior ap-
pears to be mainly mass Of machin-
cry. She has but one deck below
and 17foot depth of hold for her
cargo. Dr.. Travers descended
through the forward hatch, where he
found the crews quarters, bunks on
either side of narrow passageway
| leading 10 compartments occupied by
the captain and his two officers. The
| captains room is scarcely six feet
square and barely high enough for a
man to stand. 1t is furnished all in
metal, with the exception Of small
GERS quarters is the dynamo which
stores electrical energy to drive the
vessel when submerged.
Next DR.. Travers was taken into
| the officers mess room, scarcely lar
ger than the stateroom, with a galley