The midland journal., 1916-07-21

were by English authors. We carried
many of Shakespeare's plays. Shake
speare, you know, is better known in
Germany than in England. We had
Mark Twain's 'Innocents Abroad some
of Jacobs stories and many of Dick
ems novels"
How about Jules Vernes Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea?"
''Oh, that book is too full of inn
agination for u.s." replied the sturdy
little sailorman with a laugh.
Il suppose you felt you were living
in fiction?" asked someone.
mo, it was pretty human" was the
remarkable answer. "We did not have
much time for speculation. We were
divided in four-hour watch parties, and
that kept us busy"
Kept to Course.
Captain Koenig said he had kept on
the course previously decided upon
without deviation. Asked if the
Deutschland had made detour of 800
miles to avoid enemy warships, as he
ported he replied:
mo, indeed. You see it was much
simpler to submerge than to dodge
about. But our task was rendered much
more simple by the fact that we were
not once sighted by an enemy ship
Captain Koenig spent eight years.
in the North German LIoyd's Asiatic
service. He was once first officer of
the Eitel Friedrich, now boxed up in
Newport News. He became a captain
five years ago, and just before the
war was given command of the pleas
ure ship Scheswig, which he says was,
fine thing for his constitution. as it
took him to the Mediterranean In win
ter and to Norway in summer.
For many years he has been cit
iZen of Bremen, where his wife, his
fourteen-year-old son and his little
"maedel' of six are at the present mo-
ment celebrating his success.
Surprised at Reception.
The reception given the Deutsch~
land by Americans came to Captain
Koenig and his crew as complete
surprise. Eager as they had been to
reach America, great as was the en-
thusiasm when Cape Henry was sight
ed-there was not man on board who
did not feel anxiety over the reception
they might be given when they got
here. And the captain was the most
anxious of all. He admits it with the
perfect frankness which is one of his
characteristics.
If the reception had been different.
declares Captain Koenig, he was quite
prepared to swing his boat around and
take her back to Germany. He could
have done it, he said, without taking
on any supplies, whether of food. wa
ter, oil or anything else. The machin-
cry would not have needed overhaul
ing.
"a run of 1900 miles would give us
no trouble at ALL" he said Our ac-
ton radius is $4,000. We have more
than enough oil cn board for a return
trip. And as for water. we shall throw
overheard ten tons of fresh water
which is still in our tanks. The food
question is, just as simple. On board
we live American style-that is to say,
on timed things. Even our bread is
timed. In the can it is good for six
months, at least. OF course, it must
be eaten as soon as the can is opened
Boat Mass of Machinery.
AS described by DR.. John c. Traverss1
assistant U. S. health officer, who was
taken through the boat by Captain
Koenig, the Deutschlands interior APP
pears to be mainly mass of machin-
cry. She has but one deck below and
a seyenteen-foot depth of hold for her
cargo. DIR. Travers 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
tain's room is scarcely six feet square
and barely high enough for man
to stand.
1t is furnished all in metal, with
the exception of small oak desk
Directly beneath the officers quarters
is the dynamo, which stores electricai
energy to drive the vessel when sub
merged.
Next DIR. Travers was taken into
the officers messroOm. scarcely larger
than the staterooms, with galley
built with all the economy of space
of Pullman dining-car kitchen. Aft
the messroom, about one-third the
ships length from her stern. is the
submerging machinery and two peris-
copes.
Aft of the submerging machinery
were the submarines two powerful
Diesel oil engines which propeI her
on the surface.
Calls II Amazing Sight.
81 never saw such a mass of ma
chinery in my Iife." said DR.. Travers.
at was an amazing sight and doubt
if it would mean much except to the
engineer who designed it. There
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