Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-07-20

Once each day We sui,.atssfseu as
practice drill" he said. "aud besides
we submerged. as | remember. five
times in the North sea, six in the Eng
fish channel and three or four in the
open water.
yes" laughing heartily. YES. each
time there was q 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 a total
of ninety miles under water.
"As far as the physical effect on the
ships company is concerned. we could
remain forever. We can suhmerge fifty
fathoms-three hundred feet--but as a
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, Sea-
ond Mate Gyring Chief Engineer Kleis
and crew of % men. Kleis, he said.
over and over again, was 1.-The most i'm
portant of ALL" Then he told how the
crew spent the time.
ION 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 a 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 a bell buoy six miles
| from us.
1.-THE screw of ship we could hear
quite plainly while 1t was yet safe
| distance from us. More than hearing
it, we could tell whether 1t was a
cruiser or 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.
1--WE left Bremerhaven at noon on
| June IA. We proceeded quietly to Hell
| goland; there we stayed four days
| There were three reasons for that: Nc
| 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 a 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 cape.
and we saw an American boat ap
preaching. We thought it was fruit
boat so we just dipped under for the
last time. The men were always glaC
when we did that-+t made such
smooth travelling. The Deutschland
scarcely rolls at all under water.
| Sand that about completes the stor,
of the voyage. We Travelled, we saw
ships and submerged, we Travelled
again on the surface and at last WI
arrived"
The Deutschland. built by the Krupr
Germania works. cost 100000. This
voyage will pay for her. he said.
Boat a Mass of Machinery.
| AS described by DR.. John c. Travers
assistant q. S. health officer. who was
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 and
a seventeen-foot depth of hold for he1
cargo. DIR. Travers descended through
the forward hatch, where he found
the crews quarters, hunks ON either
| side Of narrow passageway leading
to compartments occupied by the cap
| tain and his two officers. The cap
tain's room is scarcely six feet square
and barely high enough for a man
| to stand.
1t Is furnished an In metal. with
the exception of a small oak desk
| Directly beneath the officers quarters
Is the dynamo. which stores electrical
energy to drive the vessel when sub
merged.
Next DR.. Travers was taken into