The sun., 1916-10-09


y, preueeessor OF the same 'etter ant
nu'noe. was actlVe IN operations agains
"osp '"I,' WISH 'ne BRUSH were tryihs
roI.e u l~'aruaneIles.
ineIeio,e so iar az ,ne naVy men car
,o,a.sos an',h.hs. .ney were as
onm WEI .nsS nearu tnat the Ger
10 a "e,ayeu on'y UNIV, sne wa
. Ns par. .ne .hrse mile nrni., wnet
.n'1,na nna "mnos tne me,ens"',n
s s"'"s s,Sns on .ne At,an,e zane. Ih'
siye hui mvster,ous .Ah" del,vsrsd t.
the OF one who says That would
be telling was realised SO soon.
But the navy was ready. In Newpor,
harbor smuggling at anchor near Goa
Island. the torpedo boat station. were
twenty-five OF those low. bristling craft
unsainly In repose but swift and savage
IN action, popularity known as torpedo
boat d~estroyers and In the navy merely
as "destroyers." The wireless Of the
scout cruiser birmingham. flagship OF
Admiral Gleaves. formerly commandani
at the New York Navy Yard. can talk
with Colon " II wants to. 20 powerful
are Its dynamos. 1t was child's play
for Its operator to pick up the news tina,
the West Point had been blown up by
the German. then only ten miles south Of
Nantucket, n that the kanAan. nifty
miles northeast. q turned TO the
rescue.
There was quick communication be-
tween the two Admirals-Gleaves on the
birmingham and Knight In his ONCE at
the War College. SO swift was the
electric play that followed with the or
ders to seventeen boats Of the destroyer
hotilla n their mother ship. the Mel
vile. that II really amounted TO Get
ready 60"
Authorities PrepsreA.
"os, OF inc oos.s a,reaay nao steam
y woru tnat me hahsan haa oeen
he!o up NAG repaired the au'horit'es ior
any e'en.aa.,,y.
me act lnat 'ne west folnt needeu
ass.stahce anu an incomplete e~Npianati
'hereior was SHOWN AT the haVa' staton
az is'so O'clock TINS AFTERNOON twenty
minutes ia'er tne destroyer JARVIS com.
ihunueu ny Lieut. l." r. DAVIS hau
isneu ahcnor anu was uar'Ins uowh
in no time. The water fairly screamed
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Nc, -, Naunnr, "a hn.ra w.., ,.-
rrana o.. IT, s,nrs 80 h.,rh,. 81.
a,.ai,ars ~ - ..s.
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r,., ,ha d.,,rovar. .rnora,n. 90 a ht.h
ava, authori,v nor. hroLa ali ra.orS.
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Tor ,h,s. air.adw oshara
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avery sa,Ior v.. s,,n,,n~ i, go,
,ners mannuvr.. /, ,yas a,,ian $50,
tbinr worth xbi,e n racs N he won
ives to save-mayhs mavhs we'll .un'
the Ir.6a 40 far Soryo, h.r.s,f a.,
10 crawl over the three nils l,mi, whiie
being pursued by one OF the British
cruisers vaguely repor,ed as having been
recently near these waters,
Mission to Save Lives.
OFFICIALLY tho mIss,o, n, tho s,uaair,
pray d~estrovors wa. so,e,v ,ha .a,ins
the survivors lives There 10 M OF
eciaI c~onarmatIon Tor tho ronor, ,ha,
heir c-ommandcrs w.rs ala in.
10 deal strictly with rho snhmarIn, i, q,
happened IN y,o,ate intorna,,o,ai ,n
a. .1n's MI."'n 'nIee mics or me
which It has carried the great war. II
explained that the extraordinary
OF seventeen destroycrs-,hree
Of the Atlantic fiotilla-was
sent because the weather was thick of
and II it were necessary to
grope through fog for the survivors there
could not be too many In the search
party.
Both Admiral Gleaves and Admiral
Knight said the fact should be empha-
'ized that their only purpose in sending
The fotilla out was the saving of life.
long as the German wal craft kept
more han three miles from our coast
his Government had no official interest
n what 1t did to ships OF the b%elligerent
nations. She can keep On sending her
enemies to the bottom until her ammu-
lition Is exhausted without interference
rom the United States. II Is possible for
Ter to smash an enemy ship within sight
u observers on warshlps OF the United
states and get away with IT," for such
8 her privilege az Internationally recog-
li2ed. All the American warships can
10 Is TO save what lives they can and to
zee that the u boat keeps outside the Tor
hidden boundary.
"n Of Destroyers.
As the destroyers left Nevport ,b,s
Mas the order Of the procession: Jarvis
commanded by Lieut.. Davis. Drav ton
Lieut.. ID. w. Bagiey, a brother Of EN-.
sign Worth Basley of Spanish war fame .
ericsson, L%ieutenant.C Commander w 9
Miller: o Brien, Lieutenant-Commanas r
T.. Courtney; Benham. I-icutsnant.
]. II, Cav. Cass,r Tisn,an
mt Commander w, n Vernon pa,oh
.icutenant-C ommander n r. 49,.
Mccall. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS r
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