The Dermott news., 1916-07-20

| we submerged, as l remember, five l times in the North sea, six in the Eng l fish channel, and three or four in the open water.
 Yes" laughing heartily, ives, each time there was reason. | "The longest we actually stayed un- l der was that ten hours in The English | channel, but we could stay four days. l 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 total of ninety miles under water. "As far as the physical effect on the | ships company Is concerned, we could remain forever. We can submerge fifty | fathomS-three hundred feet--but as matter of fact we never went nearly that deep, and probably never shall" Liked the Submersing. | Those on the Deutschland besides l himself were First Mate Krapuhl, Sec ond Mate Gyring Chief Engineer Kleis ! and a crew of 9 men. Kleis, he said, over and over again, was the most i'm portant of all" Then he told how the l crew spent the time
 "On board tney busted themselves with thc machinery. for practically all T 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 submergng. Unpleasant, Indeed 1t was not. It WAS just like sinking into Il sort of blue nest. We l open the portholes, 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 l tling 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 bell buoy six miles | from us.
 "rhe screw of q ship we could hear quite plainly while it was vet a safe | it. We could tell whether It was q cruiser or a destroyer. IL 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.
 We left B~emerhavcn at noon on June If, We proceeded quietly to Hel- goland there We stayed four days. There were three reasons for that: No ship proceeds all the way after start- ing It is too easy to calculate when she may he expected at some given place. So we la.s in wait q while. Then. too, Me 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 Il start is made. We must shift things about and stow them away. And every thing needs to he tested All worked nicely.
 We carried 1So tons of fuel oil Of that We have a tons left-morc than enough to take Us hack-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
 "Thc last time We submerged was as We were nearing the Virginia capcS and we saw an American boat ap- preaching We thought il was a fruit boat so we just dipped under for the last time The men were always glad when we did that-it made such smooth travelling The Deutschland scarcely rolls at all under water
 And that ubout completeS the story of the voyage. We travelled We saw ships and submerged. We travelled again on the surface and at last We arrived"
 The Deutschland built by the Krupp Germauia works. cost $1ooooo This voyage will pay for her he said.
 Boat Mass of Machinery.
 As described by pr John C. Travers. assistant L. x. health officer, who was taken through the boat by Captain keenig. the DcutSehland's interior ap- pears to he mainly mGSs of machlu- ery She has but one deck below and q Seyeuteen-foot depth of hold for her cargo. Dr Truvers 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 taln'S room iS scarcely six feet square and barely high enough for man to stand
 IL iS furnished all 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