Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-16
AMERICAN DESTROYERs
ARE CLEARED FOR ACTION
Ready to DO Battle With German
Submarines Should Emcr-
gency Arise.
WATCH U.os SINKING SHIPS
Details Of Raid Are Related In Letter
From Lieutenant Who Is on Board
L. :. Destroyer Iscnlium--IIeIps I'm
lteScueS.
Especial to The rim.s.Disp;,,ch !

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
| WASHINGTON, October la-rhc
American dcstroycrs tina: went out ON
rescue work during the oneratIons of
| the German submarine U-5a OFF Nam
! tuckei lightship last Sunday had
everything ready for battle. i, WAS
! disclosed today.
In" dcStVoy"rS carried war heads ON
their t0rDedocs. ammunition ut nj,
guns. and were prepared for .instont
| action. presumably against the Oar
man submarines. according TO a let,cr
| from Lieutenant Ice Cummins C',rey
an officer OF the United States de-
stroycr B"nh:im. to his father. W Lee
| Carey. of Baltimore.
| The Renham participated in the
! rcscucs Of persons from the Sims d.
stfoyrd by the U-Ja. and came within
! few yards OF ramming the ticr,nau
submarine. Lieutenan, Carey declared.
His letter follows:
ION Saturday the German st,,u,u
rinc -. entered Newport barber.
anu. passing quito near the Bcnham
anchored only a quarter mile away.
AFTER paying the various official calls.
her captain--a licutcnant--sent :, sig
nal inviting all American officers
aboard. Of which Invitation we an
quickly ana sladiy awaited ourselves.
aticKLi GETS W ANCn0n
AND PtTs OFT 10 SEA
Ait"r being anchored about ,hrc,
hours. she quickly got up anchor an,
aghi' was At SCa IN few minutes
iost In the haze. but proudly dying the
Imperial German navy 0.:. "a far as
we could see.
at about o'ctncl; Si.nd,. while
Ne had several .,ucsts aboard FOR
luncheon. 40 received signal Get
under way Immediately proceed as
sistancc :. :. Nest Point, ten IniIcs
south Nantucket !ivhtship. At ;his
Time only two officers were ON TIA. ship
tho other t'hrec being ashore. and
ABOUT half the crew ais" ashore We
quickly put our guests ia "a boat and
~ ten minutes VIC w"rc all in II wild
race for the West Point. ON The way
out we got "a signal 'p'eparc ior ac-
ton. Render assistance TO all ships
attacked by German submarines BY
TINS time wc already had warhcaGs on
our t"fpcdoes ANA ammunition at all
guns. and cvorythus ia readiness for
action.
al abou; o'clpcE w. arrived al,
,hc scene OF action und almost SAW the
holland American liner Bloomerdyke
IN trouble and her crew getting in
small boats. We ran up near ana took
her captain. officers and crew on
board, which was rather dini,ult. Tor
thctc wHs quit. Hcu running by
this time 1t was sunset nnd the lights
OF the steamer were quite bright.
ABOUT zoo yards nwav va could see
the submarine. in "a f"w minutes she
all 81. It,
bomb aboard ana then drew away 40
watch the result bui when il wlnt OF
II did little damage.
ASKS ron ROOM no wui,h
~ SINKING STEAMER
Tic to: then came near US nnd
ask"" ar 10 please GET further away.
as she was going 10 blow III" steamer
up. This NE did. kc.piur On the side
away from the submarine, and IN a
."w minutes she hired I, t"rpcIo. open
ing a great zap IN the ships side. and
then gradually Tia. .hip began to i'll
hy the stern Gradually the stern
settled deeper and deeper. bu, still her
dynamos were going, FOR she went
down with all lights hi,rnln. and fou,
Dutch naHs proudly dying in The air
Finally her bow was pointing almost
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ward lights were burning. which nysti-
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she ~as ~" more. We quickly passed
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In the distance. wc could see 4 great
liner ANA ,,is ~, .,h,,.ri,,. ... no.,
for she Immediately shaped hct course
toward the oncoming ship. We fol-
lowed along In the wake of the l'-J3
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