Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-07-21

we submerged, as l remember, nVe
times in the North sea, six in the Eng.
llsh channel, and three or four in the
open water.
"Yes," laughing heartily, Eyes, eact
time there was a reason.
''The longest we actually stayed un-
der was that ten hours in the English
channel, but we could stay four days
At the end of that time our batteries
would be exhausted, and we would
have to rise and recharge them. Dur
ing the entire trip we travelled total
of ninety miles under water.
pAs far as the physical effect on the
ships company is concerned, we could
remain forever. We can submerge fifty
fathoms-three hundred feet-but as Il
matter of fact we never went nearly
that deep, and probably never SHALL"
Liked the Submerging.
Those on the Deutschland besides
himself were First Mate Krapuhl, Sec
ond Mate Gyring, Chief Engineer Kleis
and crew of 25 men. Kleis, he said.
over and over again, was ''the most i'm
portant of ALL" Then he told how the
crew spent the time.
"On board they busted themselves
With the machinery, for practically all
of them are mechanics. They played
cards, and they had their singing and
their sleeping and their sitting about,
and the time passed.
"Best of all, they-all Of us, in fact
liked the submerging. Unpleasant?
Indeed it was not. 1t was just like
sinking into sort of blue nest. We
open the portfolios, and then through
the glass we could see the fish and the
formations Of the sea, and always we
listened, listened, listened.
"How do we listen? There are
aboard two microphones. and with
them we were able to hear the whis-
Ting of buoy six miles off when we
were under water. And just before we
came up about thirty miles from the
Virginia capes, we were able to hear
the ringing of q bell buoy six miles
from us.
"The screw Of a ship we could hear
quite plainly while it was yet a safe
distance from us. More than hearing
it, we could tell whether it was a
cruiser or a destroyer. 1t was quite
fascinating to listen so.
Details of the Trip.
Captain Koenig did not take the
Deutschland around Scotland, as has
been conjectured. He came straight
through the Channel, he said.
I'VE left Bremerhaven at noo2 on
June IA. We proceeded quietly to Hell.
goland; there we stayed four days,
There were three reasons for that: No
ship proceeds all the way, after start
ing. 1t is too easy to calculate when
she may be expected at some given
place. So we lay in wait a while
Then, too, we wanted to train the men.
During those four days we drilled and
taught them hard, and when once more
we proceeded we had capable sub
marine crew.
again, we had to trim the cargo
That must always be done after q
start is made. We must shift things
about and stow them away. And every.
thing needs to be tested. All worked
nicely.
1--WE carried $50 tons of fuel oil. OF
that we have 95 tons left-more thar
enough to take us back-and we shall
not ship any more here. Then we car.
ried many tons of oxygen and twenty
tons of fresh water, Of which we had
ten left.
"The last time we submerged was
as we were nearing the Virginia capes
and we saw an American boat ap
preaching. We thought it was a frui
boat so we just dipped under for the
last time. The men were always glaC
when we did that-it made sucH
smooth travelling. The Deutschland
scarcely rolls at all under water.
"And that about completes the story
Of the voyage. We travelled, we saw
ships and submerged we Travelled
again on the surface and at last W,
arrived"
The Deutschland, built by the Krupl
Germanla works, cost S500,OO0. Thii
voyage will pay for her. he said.
Boat a Mass Of Machinery.
As described by DIR. John @. Travers
assistant o. S. health officer. who wa!
taken through the boat by Captain
Koenig. the Deutschland's interior ap
pears to be mainly a mass of machin
cry. She has but one deck below ant
a seventeen-foot depth of hold for he
cargo. DIR. Travers descended through
the forward hatch, where he fount
the crews quarters, hunks on eithe
side of a narrow passageway leadin
to compartments occupied by the CAP
tain and his tive officers. The car
t0in's room is scarcely six feet squar
and barely high enough for a ma
to stand.
1t is furnished all in metal, wit
the exception of a small oak desl
Directly beneath the officers quarter
is the dynamo. which stores electrics
energy to drive the vessel when sui
merged.
Next DR.. Travers was taken int
the officers messroom, scarcely large
than the staterooms, with a gale
built with all the economy of spaC
Of Pullman dining-car kitchen. Al
the messroom, about one-third th
ships length from her stern, is ii
submerging machinery and two peri
copes.
Calls It Amazing Sight.
II never saw such a mass of nj
chinery in my life" said DIR. Traver
''It was an amazing sight and 1 doul
If It would mean much except to Il
engineer who designed it. The
seemed to be 5000 different piece
an inexplicable tangle of burnish,
copper and glistening steel"
Aft Of the submerging machiner
were the submarines two powerf
Diesel oil engines which propel b
} on the surface.
Captain Koenig told the doctor tn
while on the surface the noise of Il
J machinery was almost deafening.
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