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use gasoline for fuel. there Is some
difference between navigating of
hem and an automobile.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

But the othe, day we dropped down

but the otnel 0ay we cropped DOWN
the coast for a little party, when all
Of q sudden, after our first shot, 4
shell pumped into the water just be-
yond us. We let 20 another, and the
second German shell fell just a little
short. Both were In line
I'VE thought 1t was luck, so we NOV
ed to a new position. The same thing
happened, only this time one shell
came on board and did some damage
and hurt some Of our crew. OF course
we thought the Huns must have some
planes up giving the batteries our
range, but we couldn't spot one any
where. This sort Of thing kept up all
canny. The day was heavy with fog.
making aerial observation difficult.
How the Germans Got the Range.
"Then an officer who had been an
observer In the lilsso-Japanese war
explained it. The japanese had used
a system at l"rt Arthur to locate
some hidden Russian batteries that this
chap said the Germans must be en-
ploying, and | guess he was right. In
fact, we know 10 that he was. How
we confirmed our original opinion l
cannot tell.
Every one familiar with the princi-
pies OF artillery fire knows that q sheh
does not travel in Il straight line. It
travels in n curve called the trajectory.
Elevate a gun OF II given caliber to Z
cprtniu :unia and fra IL aud tho fra
jectory will always be practically the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20
No. 2
Mine Sweeping With
the M. LIS
MOTOR Launches)
BY
A SEA SLUG,
British Service Name For Crews
of Submarine Chasers,
Copyright, 1917, by the Bell Syn
dictate, Inc.
PROLOGUE.

The author of this series OF four arti-
Giles Is a young American, Who has spent
most of his time since the Uar started
pith the British patrol fleet, taking all
tnpportamt part IN helping to organize
that branch of the service knovn as
We Sea glwgs.
He has accumulated q remarkable
collection of anecdotes incident to this
ercitimg branch OF the s~ervice, and
mann OF these pere personal adven-
lures IN .ohich he took part and ,ohich
make one OF the sttrrIng narratives to
M out of the Wa He recently re-
turned to the United States to assist
ne American Macy IN organising the
came branch OF the service and should
be of great Vahae because OF hts erperi-
esce abroad. So far as kno,cn, he Is the
owlv American to serve .ctth the British
putroI prior to the Gdvent of the United
States destroyer notilla IN British pa-
tiers. OF course some of his experiences,
Of military Ualue to the enemy, cannot
be related. At the request of the servics
publication OF his name Is Withheh. ,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

are, ana 9. was only waiting for what
he thought was the best position before
giving the order to shoot.
I'VE ought to fly u dag II we're 60
ing into BATTLE" suggested some one in
the crew.
by Jove, you're right" G. agreed.
and in a ji1fy the British ensign was
run up at the Nj. LIS stern.
Like a shot the German flag at the
stern of the war vessel came down,
and the Union Jack took it's place.
simultaneously from the masthead the
stranger broke out a private British
navy signal, and G. replied.
He had come within an ace of firing
into n Of his W vessels which had
been flying the German flag in order to
decoy any German craft that might
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20
boat to send men ' e and place bombs
In the ship to blow her up.
"As the day was dra wing to q close,

DOdI 70 oenO me0 over u place DOmOO
In the ship to blow her up.
"As the day was drawing to q close,
It was becoming colder, and, seeing
that the men had not brought coats
with them, t;la German commander
gave us all sweaters and tOwed us to-
ward shore for half an hour or so.
Three destroycrs passed out, but they
were so far away that the q boat
simply submerged until she was awash.
and they never saw n thing. 1t was
almost sunset when she finally disap-
peared after Maneuvering around us
though playing like a porpoise ut sun
set almost within range Of shore bat
teries."
The story OF this armed merchant
man shows that simply placing guns
on steamships is not going to protect
them against submarines. There has
got to be a sort of craft to fight them
On something like equal terms, and the
swift, seaworthy, low lying NJ. LIS
seem to be the ones to do it. But
great numbers Of them are needed.
and great numbers of trained men are
needed to operate them.
Song Of the Sea Slugs.
The Sea Slugs in England sing a
song which pretty we'll covers every
thing in the line Of their life and duty.
Some Of the verses were written by
one man, some by another. The one
referring to Uncle Sam is my own
and will be understood when l say
that the first NJ. LIS were built In
America and that the British took
some time to learn just how t. use
them:
Sing me a song OF a frail N. L.
(Lord, have mercy upon usD
Rolling about on an oily swell
Lord, have mercy upon usD
Out on a highly explosive spree,
Petrol, lyddite and T. N. r..
Looking for u boat 333.
60 Lord, have mercy upon usD
Sing me a song of q bold young loot"
(Lcrd, have mercy upon usO.
Snillrul mariner and nut to boot.
(Lord. have mercy upon usD
So ship the cable and heave the lead.
Hard s-starboard and full ahead.
The uctonators are In my bed.
(Lord, have mercy upon usD
Sing me a song of a smart young Sub
Uor1, have mercy upon usO,
An in~subordinatc, half trained cub.
Lord, have mercy upon usD
or the KINGS regulations | know not one
I have left undonc what | should have
dcae.
But, oh. my unt, when | fire that gun!
I.Orl. have lntTCH upon uSD
Sing me a song Of G. M. B.
Uord, have l1".cy upon us),
Bred in Il sara. ra and sent to sea
U-ord, huN" marcy upon uSD,
Taken away from the moor trade,
Seas.ck ANA sorry, sore, djsInaycd,
But a IL Of a nut on the grand pa
radc,"
Gord, have mercy upon usD
Sing me Il song Of Uncle Sam
UIrd, have mercy upon usO;
Built five huudr-l and don't care a d-n
Uord, h We mercy upo usD
Nobody knows what they built them for
Ever on" rra%s that they'll build nc
But such are the horrors Of "bloody
wa"
Oora, have mercy upon usD
Sing me a song OF a North sea base
20 Lord, rave mercy upon usD,
A dirty, forgotten, one horse place.
Hord, have mercy upon usD
When the wind blows west, how brave
VIC are,
When the wind blows east, it's different,
far.
You'll find us safe in the "harbor bar
Uord, nave mercy upon usD
AS one may gather from the song,
many of the Sea Slugs were formerly
chauffeurs, and, although the NJ. LIS
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20
After Our First Shot a Shell Pumped
Into the Water Just Beyond Us.

same. The curve varies constantly,
becoming sleeper as the velocity OF
the Shell decreases and it begins to
be affected more and more by gravity,
The Mathematics Of It.
"Now. what the Germans bad dong
was this. They erected a series OF
gaUZe ~Screens-Ht least tllree-betweeA
us and ii battery which W. were az
customcd to Shell. 10 hit the target
our shells must pass through these
screens. Electrical timing devices ildi-
Gated the length Of time the prOjectile
required to travel between the screens,
and Of course the distance was already
known.
This gave the Germans the velocity
Of the shell when it reached the screen.
The holes it made In the screens gave
them three or more points in the curve.
This enabled them to plot a section Of
the curve. They could tell from the
explosion the size Of the shell approx
mately. This would enable them to
know the velocity with which the shell
would leave the gun.
with these elements-a section Of
the trajectory, the velocity Of the shell
when it reached the screens and q
knowledge of the initial velocity of
certain sized shell-they had more than
enough data to figure ont exactly
where the projectile anne from.
"In fact, they could check themselves
on it, because they could plot the whole
curve from the section they had with
their knowledge Of the velocity, and
they could figure the straight distance
from the velocity Of the shell when It
reached the screens and the velocity
they knew it must have when 1t left
the muzzle OF the cannon on board the
monitor.
"The best proof that the system
worked was the fact that. no matter
where we moved to, their shots strad-
died us, and besides the one which
came on board us one of our other
ships got a shell In the boiler room"
Well, somebody's always taking the
Joy out Of life, Is W. say In America. ]
After mess we left the monitor, the
little damage which had been done the.
NJ. l. that ran up on the shelf having
been repaired. Before we went down
Over the rim Of the horizon we saw
our friend the monitor steaming as
fast as she could go toward some yes
sells flying the Dutch flag.
ID all neutrals anyway" said
the Brass Hat. He didn't mean that
there was anything particularly rep
rehensible in being neutral, but II there
were no neutrals we'd always know
who to fire Oh and who not to. The
trouble is that a lot of ships are cruis-
ing around under neutral flags and
scattering mines in their wake.
"We're always nervous when we're
In waters a neutral has just ~traversed,
Down at Dover But I'm getting ahead
Of myself. I will tell about what hap.
pened at Dover in my next article.
The fourth and concluding article OF
this series will appear It fc, -
titled
No. 4-Ths Dangers Of Dovss.
Aeroplanes lombard the barracks 81
town. German submarines laying mlnok
In the harbor channel. What happ1no4
on a destroyer the day after / had dinnDf
on her with tho officers whom later ! -
crushed M teru - Asath.
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sight her. 1t shows, though, that the
Sea Slugs are ready to go into action
any time and that they don't have to
have the odds in their favor either.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

plane engine. A few seconds later the
roar of another engine cuts in. and
presently locate them with my
glasses. It never occurs to me that
they are after such small fry as my IT.
tie M. l..
"Rourd and round they circle just
owe or. l,eads, getting lower and low-
er all the time, until at last they start
dropping Lo:.'bs.
.Bang! go@s. n not thirty feet on
nv ~starboard Low, and we are sprayed
With the foam she throws up. But
the target is 0 small. and the planes
are travelling 80 fast they can't get Us
WITH bombs, % they cor 81 and come
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

SHOT,, OUT when that thing blew uD
Ilsht alongside Of US it felt to me as
though 1t was my own body exploding.
It seemed like a sudden and terrific
pressure from the inside of me that
was going to burst me like q toy bal
loon.
I'VE finally got back to the tender
under u own power. We had to
shore up the bows a little, but we
managed to make it. Mines do freak
ISL things. and don't believe there Is
a man living who car give any logical
reason why we weren't blown into
atoms"
"llaln luck, l guess" observed Hor-
ton placidly. Its funny that a mine
powerful enough to sink an ocean liner
or a battleship will sometimes explode
and fail to destroy a motor launch or
a submarine that is almost alongside
it. A lot of people think submarines
are very easily put out of business.
We Sea Slugs know it's different, espe-
cially the U boats. l saw one Of our
W down at Gallipoli which had hit a
mine and came in with her bow patch
ed up under her own power, just as
you did in your chaser.
Sixteen Dead In Launch.
Il never had the bad luck to bump
a mine myself. but I've had my share
of being shot up. I had one end Of q
cable in a mine sweeping stunt at the
Dardanelles one night when the Turk
ish batteries got the range. The fire
they poured into US Is almost unbe-
lievable. l don't see how a stick lived
through'it. We were practically under
water all the time, the shells were fall
ing SO close and spraying us SO stead
lily.
Every m in awhile one came on
board. but they were not exploding
right-that is, not right from the Turk
ish point of view. We were perfectly
satisfied to have them fail to go of.
1.-The other chap. though, the fellow
who had the far end of my cable. was
getting it pretty badly. He was in
terrible shape, and after a particularly
vicious burst of fire his engines stop
ped and he began to drift. l ran over
- IT., W.. oou,sn, ,won u;th o,,,
,ro ord oet,o o,hlo IN nation
.Of +ha oi~n+oan man i, tho other
r fo,nl wv, silva r,no,. vcora,'t
corsc;ors h,t ,ha,. ,rcr, lin ,,ivo
Tbo c;xtno, o+h,., v,,., d..l We
tan,. no., ,rvn >, AVID .,,. ,,;,,rh .n1
rot h,rk ~ tho l,.,..,. v3,t nj~l,t was
hou"
have ,u,,tc1 ,hn >t.rr; t,I1 uYr by
tbosa tu,, mon -. n,,gl, il, +r,ntr word
as ! can ~rc,rrv3n,r ;,rm f., show Il
,.bosa If ,I, .nhr,,ti,n ,h,sers> work
rhicb is snr,.,, r.n,,.,t If As Uor.
ton cad ,,,,.t n.,,.1n ,hinl, tho Nj. LIS
do nothin~ ,,;t rrI,'sr around in com
n,r,tfve s,fctv l~p,l.in~ for Submarines
mis- 10 onI,, emo of thoir duties,
Most Of the Sea Slurs have been
toryht to oncratn machine gums. and as
q result tnpv were f~reoucntly used for
landing parties at Gall'poll' running III
unuei inc na;n snaor noi,s a1,nost
n"nS on; 80 49, Ca c1,,ns
~ Il .in ena ,a,n ti,no ond
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20
Work Under Point Blank Fire.

The Turkish batteries on the cliffs
were so close that as we drove down
through the mine fields WI were at
point blank range. The ammunition
wasn't &C very good, and it didn't al
ways explode on contact, but If evei
NJ of the heavy shells smashed
through a chaser. there wasn't much
Of anything left but the hole it made
"a the way through-like a doughnu
after you eat It.
"Of course the Turk guns firing into
the fields detonated a lot of their Owl
mines, but that didn't add to our com
fort any, for many Of them were right
under some Of the M. LIS.
"One day we were sweeping in near
shore. The sun was SO hot that pitch
Just seemed to sweat out and run
down the decks. The glare OF the
water was almost binding, and 1t
really didn't seem as If It could be
much better in the other place to
which we might 60 If n Of those
shells hit US. The Turkish batteries
were hammering away at us. but the
terrific heat was SO uncomfortable that
Nobody minded the shells much. All
It q sudden something went by my
stomach SO close l thought it had cut
ne In two. Just beyond my boat a
shell splashed into the water.
"One Of the smaller ~projectiles had
Ma.ed and scared me. l cayed In so
that / couldn't walk straight or erect
for several days-and that Is literally
true. Ny stomach felt all the time as
X Soma u was drawing 4 red hot
hife across it.
y gDt Il worse than that" said the
stA~ssAaA W. had 49, n the hos
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

Into Our Boats.
use gasoline for fuel. there Is some
difference between navigating one of
them and an automobile.
Sitting Over a Volcano.
The "G"tonators under the bed" is
literal. There isn't overmuch room on
an M. L.. and about the only place to
keep the detonators Is under the hunks.
These little craft carry sufficient ex-
plosives to blow up several first class
warships, and If you want to know
how it feels to sit owe a volcano with
the lid about to be blown of you want
TO ride in n Of them. especially when
somebody begins potting at you with
shells that may blow up every ounce
Of ammunition you've got on board any
minute.
The third article Of this series will
appear soon. 1t is entitled
No. "a Motor Launch Raid on tho
Belgian Coast.
In which the little submarine chasers
crossed the mine fields by night, fired on
the German %gunboats and land batteries
and escaped across the mine fields once
more. How the British monitors, which
ere named after American generals, bonn
barded the German coast until the Ger
mans devised = method Of locating them
even though the fog was - thick they
coslA not - them.
- 0-V
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

back stopped at The Knut for 4 couple
of drinks, then at Monks for oysters
and finally landed at Tots for dinner,
which is about the program followed
by the Sea Slugs when they can gel
ashore.
"They had the M. LIS sweeping
mines down at Gallipoli," said Horton
In a very matter Of fact way. Lots
Of people think all we Slugs have to
do Is to cruise around and keep from
drowning, but I want to tell you that
chasing submarines is the easiest and
safest thing expected of us.
'Tugboats and trawlers and mine
sweepers weren't much good in the
Dardanelles, because they furnished
too big a target. Besides, everything
that could float was getting shot to
pieces, and before they dared send our
ships In it was absolutely necessary
to sweep the mine fields.
I'VE used to hook thousand foot ca
baes between two M. LIS and cruise
down through the fields as fast as we
could &c. The cables were supposed
to foul the mines, tip them over and
explode them. They did it. Also the
NJ. LIS themselves tipped over e v
tHal mines and exploded them, and
after that there wasn't anything t.
hook that end Of the cable to.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20
n TAX HORTON, the man who tor.
wi peloed the German battle cruis.

n TAX HORTON, the man who tor
lV peloed the German battle cruis.
er Moltke, was one of the most
modest men have ever met. l palled
around for a couple OF nights With
Horton and another Sea Slug who had
been only a short time out Of til.
Hasda hospital, where he had recov-
cred from wounds he received at Cali
poll. Horton, besides being the here
Of the Moltke incident when in COM
mand Of an L boat, had been the FIRST
man through the Dardanelles in his
fimsy Nj. L., as the British call the
submarine chasers, he being in tina,
service before taking over a submu-
nne.
M. l.. stand for motor launch. The
little craft are called a great man!
other things at times, both by the mcn
in them when they don't run JUS,
right and by submarine commanders.
German and British.
We were all at Portsmouth, which
Is one of the principal NJ, L. bases.
Horton, his friend and myself had been
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20
Fought Planes With Rifles.

I'VE are just running over to a fish
ing smack to search her." said D..
when l hear the throbbing of an aero
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

I'M The curve varies constantly,
becoming sleeper as the velocity of
the shell decreases and it begins to
be affected more and more by gravity.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
so R G H U NJ.

Use Of sorghum seed sown
broadcast for forage should be
discourage. Seed is too scarce
1t is nheded to plant acreage
needed for syrup tour depend
able source of sweetening) dur
ing this war. Conserve the limited
seed supply of sorghum by plant
ing in rows, not more than 6 to 8
pounds of seed to the acre. For
tunately' syrup and seed may be
harvested from the same crop
this fall, thus assuring a larger
seed supply next year, if We re-
cognize our full duty.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
Act Now

Reorganize at once, your fnan-
cial organizations, to the extent
that ample credit may be extend
ed, first to those who are pro-
ducing home food, feed and seed,
and then to those who are pro-
ducing cotton.
Involve in your plans the en-
couragement of the farm family,
owner and tenant, white and col
ored, to enlist every entelligent
facility for a home food supply.
Encourage the idea that in this
war, the furrow and trench are
equal in demanding loyal service.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
SOY BEANS.

The scarcity of seed demands
that we plant in rows, and cult
vate rather than that we broad
cast. We must save the beans
for grain and seed rather than
hay. The threshed straw may
be fed. Twenty pounds of seed,
carefully planted, will be sufi-
cient for an acre. Test the seed
for termination before planting
and plant shallow to prevent the
breaking off of plants in their
effort to get thru the soil. Do
not plant in corn for seed crop
unless no other land is available.
When planted in corn one bush
ell of seed to 8 to 10 acres will give
good returns. Plant early now
for greatest seed yield, but beans
may be planted up to June Is.
In territories where threshine
facilities are not available, seed
beans may, when mature, be Sc
cured by pulling up the plants,
beating them over the side of the
wagon box, or other receptacle.
Some farmers last year gathered
as much as 10 to Is bushels of
seed per day in this way.