The Washington times., 1916-07-10

submarine lay disclosed In all Its lean
strength OF line, the bronze paint OF
against the turgid waters OF the placid
harbor.
Wave Out Steamer.
For q moment there was a movement
among the undersea men, they were
waving out a tramp steamer which
numbered by.
By tn time the Quarantine tug
reached the U-boat. 1t was light enough
for the battery OF newspaper cameras
to begin clicking. and for the dozen or
more motion picture operators who ar
rived about that time on tug IRON
Baltimore to go into action.
With his crew lined up on deck, Cap
tain Koenig and his two iieutenants re-
ceived the quarantine ontcers VINO clam
pulled themselves up the slippery sides
Of the deep-sea submarine.
Iheir examination lasted ABOUT thirty
minutes. at SIS o'clock this morning
on toward the lair which had been pre-
pared for her reception In the Light
street basin, where so many ships OF
varied rig and nag have come and gone.
The slip which The Deutschland will
occupy is hemmed about by twenty
foot board fence surmounted by strand
after strand OF barbed wire. And 1t lies.
STo or enouss whnrn many yssrs
ago Ross Williams launched the nrst
cigar-shaped submarines.
All Young Men.
The officers and crew Of the submarine
are young men. mere is not beard
among them all, and but few budding
mustaches. The men all have the well
disciplined appearance that was APP
parent in the crews OF both the Prinz
Eitel Frederick, the kronprinz Wilhelm,
AMI the prize crew OF the captured Brit
ish steamer Appam. And yet. they oil
appear to be boys.
They wear no uniforms. but were
CARRIED In much the same maner as sny
Jersey or heavy wooden shirt.
The officers are clad In leather gar
ments. cut after the fashion OF those
used by aviators. and around the neck OF
each. while aboard. Is suspended a pair
OF heavy binoculars.
AS she lay ia Surface trim" riding
the calm waters without even n tremor.
the big German submarinc-th first OF
her class, speed and endurance to be
seen In American waters-looked
strangely like a "whaieback" oil-tanker
or a peaceful ore barge. surmounted 10y
n coming tower and bridge. Her stern
low and well rounded gives her the
look OF commercial craft.
But the sharp, clean structure OF her
bows and the knife-like manner In which
her "forefoot" cleaves the water. dis.
peis all impressions that she is a craft
to drag out her life at the end Of q
haltering tow-ropc.
315 Feet Over All.
She Is 31s feet over all. according to
her officers. She IL thirty feet Of beam.
And her shell. from top to bottom Is
about seventeen feet. From her cut.
water, her deck slopes upward. to meet
the SHARP rise Of telescope ,W mast to
similar mast aft,
About third Of her length amid,
ships. rises her coming tower. FORWARD
of which is the periscope whicn sne
uses for surface running or running
"nwash" In her steel TANKS ana
along her taperinG bows are cut the
| slashes through which her diving planes
.sTSp.side' the coming tower is
another pcriscope-this one FOR use
when running submerged.
J The coming tower Is surmounted by
' n tiny bridge where wheel. set hori-
zontaily instead OF vertically. permits
OF outside steering About the coming
tower hang life preservers painted
I brilliant orange and shaped like horse
i collars.
! amdships narrow runway for the
! crew. This Is the only space they nave
| In which exercise may be taken. ior
! below matches every available inch OF
, SPACE IL taken up by some one OF the
! many complicated rarts of the sub
marine. The crew Is protected from
! the grip Of heavy seas which may from
. time to time sweep over the low bacx
/ OF TIE submarine by n rore hand-rah.
Complete Equipment.
| With the fore and aft matches. the
! coming tower and the telescope masts
which may be raised or lowered at
will, compete the out-board equipment
| Of the submarine.
| The big under-sea boat Is divided be-
/ low matches into two decks-the berth
| deck which lies directly beneath the
upper skin. and the main deck on winch
Is at present stored the huge quaint
iadinS. and which WIN be superseded
by cargo OF rubber and nickle on
the return trip. l., A..
tiny. cramped quarters Of the crew,
! where twenty six men have lived, In a
space not much larger than an average
hall room. for more than a month;
sleeping in tiny metal hunks. ranged
tier on tier along the steel skin OF her,
one above the other. with just enough
space between them to Sermit a man
to wedge himself In sardine-wise, and
take what little rest he can in the oil
permeated atmosphere.
Abaft the foe sle' Is a tiny room
which Captain Koenix calls his own
His quarters measure only about BY g.
and are furnished with a tight little
bunk. an electric fan. a washstand. and
n desk. Everything In the little room
| is Of indestructible metal save the desk
that Is of golden oak.
Chart Room Forward.
Forward of the captains cabin lie,
the chart room directly beneath the
coming tower. with a spider-web iror
ladder leading down from the outside
deck. Into this. chart room. where an
other steering wheel is installed. rul
the periscopes. BY operating mechanism
the field OF the periscopes may bt
widened or contracted at will, giving q
general or restricted field OF observa
ton.
Aft of the chart room lies the appa
ratus by which the submarine may b.
submerged. and abaft that are installed
the chunky, powerful. oil-burning Diese
engines, which have driven her across
the Western ocean on her momentou
voyage.
But search as one will. there are tw
features insepnrS BILE from the ordinar
" submarine which arc not present. NJ
sinister torpedo tubes break the sym
: metry of her smooth skin, forward
smidships ar eft. anc there Is no era
; die" below. The cradle Is the rack u
/. which torpedoes rest while waiting I
be dispatched on their errands OF death
| and the galley. 10