The Washington times., 1916-02-02

the. long traverse which ended here
early yesterday.
The Appam had made but scant
dozen miles from her late captor. said
The lieutenant. where over the seas to
Thorn came the heavy bark which he
recognized as coming from the throats
of the Moewe's guns.
He headed back Immediately. and
after half an hours steaming raised the
hulk Of the Moeve. Near the German
in her death agony wallowed the Aus
members Of the crew struggled. The
ooats lowered from the Appam rescued
| four Of these men. Three OF them were
wounded. and the quartet was added to
the prisoners already aboard the prize.
Whether others OF the Clan McTavish
crew were saved. the lieutenant did net
say:
added to her stores. the Appar' made
her second start for the United States.
SteaminG without lights and avoiding
the steamer lanes. the black painted
Appam. like thing OF darkness, began
the voyage which ended here yester-
day.
Day bv day. with vigilance unrelaX-
| ing. with provisions growing s"anter
and with the danger Of being over
! hauled by a British watchdog Of the.
| sea ever present. the Arpam traVersed
the breadth of the Atlantic.
During the last forty-eight hours of
| the voyage the young lieutenant never
| left his bridge. and when they passed
the capes early Yesterday there re-
manned aboard not suficien: food to
feed the prisoners another day.
Accordingly. permission was given to
| the foreign visitor TO restock. and when
| this was done and the wireless antcnnae
! lowered from the lnasts, the moment
Gus voyage Of the Appam was com
pleted.
Militarsm rules the Appam.
| That was the one thing that was ap-
parent when the hpram steamed into
| the Roads-the perfect discipline.
When newspapermen approached the
| captured liner in Government boats the
| prisoners were only toe anxious to tell
all about the happenings OF the voyage.
Heads reered out of the first and sec
| end lines OF Eortholes and many shout
ed oN er the rail-but only for moment.
sailors stepped UP to the lonuaci"us.
ones a word or tw" was sDoken-and
there were no moro messages. 1t was
| pouring rain. but the newspaperrnen
| trying to catch word from the pas
senG ers. Then they tried to go aboard
"verboten" Only Reply.
Immigration Office" Cohen clsnbered
ahos nd. after him half a dozen reoCrt-
Il,
bat as the others tried to follow, a Ger
| man tar barred the way with crossed
muskct
but we're accredited by Collector
Hamilton" the rel ortcrs arf ued.
There was only one word in the sail.
, ors voca hulery, though: ''Ncrboten,
| he said aft"r every protest.
And. altogether. the Nppam is the
most potent svmbo, of German militar.
| tg,o. hat 4 I,pf, hoo
50 than tho Prime EItel Frederick or
the I<ronprinz Frederick Wilhelm.
| No guns etrCd forth from hor decks
no lead-colored paint clcaked her hull
her as warshiI. sayc ONLY. the atmos:
phere. THO British shirs officers paced
! the decks IN their regular uniform. pas
| scngers came and went almost at will
| bot always there were youngish deter
mined looking Germans watchin.; To sec
| that everything "vcrhoten" was avoided
| The sailors themselves. taken indi-
| vidually, were not such a ferocious
shaven. blue eyed and rudy cheek ed
| they looked. for the most part. like
| the good naturcd boys they were--.be
fore the war. and individually they
| don't seem much changed But there
| is a something-indescrI BILE but ap.
parent at the first glancc--that has
| connected these merry hearted young
| sters into one unit--a cog in the
fighting machine.
| And It il that, that makes their i'm.
prcssion. Striding up and down the
| deck, musket on shoulder and bay.
| onet at hip, they look rather ridicu'
| lOus in the peaceful surroundings Ol
| Hampton Roads. But taken collec.
lively they appear for what they arc
an intregal portion OF large sys'
tenn.
Long Tapering Hull.
The Appam is Is trim a ship as one
could find. Her long tapering hui
is along what sea-faring men cal
sweet line and her entire appearanc,
Is indicative of sea a-worthiness Blu
on her starboard bow her plates ar,
bent
She has a single funnel and tive
masts, with house running well FOR
ward. The hull AMI funnel are painted
dull black. the super structur,
white. In spite Of the long voyag,
ACROSS the Atlantic. the Appam Is still
trim and spiCk and span.
l No name appears on either bow o
stern--and this lends color to tn,
statement that her borrowed name
the Buffalo-was painted out afte
the ship came within the three il
limit.
At the stern. the paint seems mucl
blacker than elsewhere. On the lif,
| boats, IT is true, the name "R NJ. S
| Appam" still appears-but somehow
| or other. that does not seem to len,
idenhty to the ship. She seems. from