The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-21

10 n,c the boat OF the ice and so went
below
"..ru~itc" 80 cover everything that
,,.i .o, I've talked about. The E-9 the
mi day proceeded as requisite"
through a series OF snowstorms and re-
,urrlug deposits of ice on the bridge
,i Sh. got In touch with "A friendly ice
breaker. and IN her company %ploughed
and roltcd hey way back to the work we
r,,y There is nothing to show 1t was
A., rclr thing for the 10. but somehow
ono has the idea that the ice breaker
Jd rot arrive amy too soon For the E-9.
Isn't what happened in the Baltic when
tie icchrcaker did not arrive-that was
IN winter. In summer IL IL quite the
other way. The E-9 had to go to bed
by dty. very often under long lasting
northern light. when the Baltic is az
smooth as u carpet and one cannot got
within 4 mile and a half of anything
with ones eyes IN the head without
being put down.
There was one time when the E-a,
,,id,utly on Information received. took
nh "a certain position" and reported.
Tho sea was CLASSY. She had to suffer
IN silence while three heavily armed Ger
man ships went by. for attack would have
gwen away her position. The reward
ann rhc next day when she sighted
AN enemy squadron coming UP iast from
tNc eastward, proceeding inshore of us
They were two heavy ba~ttleships with
A. escort of dcstroyers. and the E-9
turncI To attack. She does not say how
sro ,rrpt up in that smooth sea to within
a ,n,rtcr Of a mile of the leading ship.
o., three funnellcd ship of either the
deutschland or Braunschwcig class
bui she managed IL and fired both bow
turucdors at her. No. | torpedo was
.al l,.aVI .. GfrtEn hnr Inst hafnTn
,,c foremost funnel. Smoke and debris
appeared TO go rs high as the mast
That much the E-9 saw before one OF
the guardian destroyers ran at her.
so" says she. observing her. l took
nv pcriscope of the battleship.' This
was cNcusablc, as the destroyer was
coming mp with intent to Kill, and the
"a had to flood her tanks and get down
quickly. Even 50 the destroyer only
ius, missed her, and she struck the bot
tom in 80 feet. -.
"Rnt." says the E-9, who II she could
mo- see kept her ears open. at the cor
ret ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or fifty seconds,
mentioned in the previous case-the Sec
ond torpedo was heard to explode
though not actually seem
The E-a came up twenty minutes ar
,er 10 make sure. m destroyer was
waiting for her a couple of hundred
Yards away, and again the E-9 dipped
T. her lifc, but Just had time to see
one large vessel approximately iour oi
Nv miles away"
puttiug courage aside think for q
moment Of the mere drill OF II all. ina
last dive for the attack on a CHOSEN pa''
t'eship. eye at the periscope watching
No I ,orpedo get home. the rush of tins
ycng.ful destroyer, instant orders FOL
flooding everything, the swift descen'
which had to be arranged with the ful
knowledge OF the shallow sea hoor'
waiting below and a guess at the course
that might be taken by seeking bow
above, for. assuming a destroyer u
draw fifteen feet and a submarine OIL
the bottom to stand twenty-five feet I
the top of the coming there /
no. much clearance OF forty-three feet o
salt water, especially II .the boat Jump
when she touches the bottom.
Through all these and a half
hundred other simultaneous considers
tons. imagine the trained minds beio'
c~cuntiug as only torpedo men can coun
Tho run of merciless seconds that shot
tel when the second shot arrived.
TOrpcdO's Jar Felt.
-hcu at the correct interval as lai
down in the table of distances. the boo
aud Jar of No. 2 torpedo. relief. eXhale
breath and Enlightened lips. iinpatiei
waiting for a second peep and when TN
Is taken. and the eye at the periscoI
reported one little niger boy in place
two on the waters, perhaps cigarette
&C.. while the destroyer circled about
ANcuture overhead.
Certainly they give men rewards II
doing such things, but what reward ca
there he In any gift of a kings or PEI
y'c's 70 match the enduring satisfactic
ct aH, I@AA ehAV not n1nnn N