The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-07
KENYON AND KENDRICK HAVE
GOOD SEATS.
Americans Impressed by Caimness
With Which English Folk Accept
Visit of Germans.

and John II. Kendrick of Wyoming
have passed unscratched through
the'r se~ond air raid experience in
London. 90 tho first occasion they
were attending n dinner given at the
Athenaeum Club by the lord high
chancellor In honor of the visiting
congressman and last night they were
asleep In their suite on the top floor
OF a substantial seven story hotel
when they were awakened by the
corning of tho Germans and the con-
sequent bombardment.
Senator Kenyon. the first to be
aroused by the boom OF the guns,
Jumped out OF bed and hurried to
kendrick's bed and shook him frou,
his slnmbers. with the remark: "sena-
tor. they are here"
The incessant booming made
fpFthcr eiucidation unnecessary.
Kendrick rubbed his eyes aud leap
ed up. and the two pajama clad sena-
tors threw open the windows the bs.-
ter to hear and see.
Below In the streets the people
were merely obeying the police by
seeking shelter. The senators, o.,
sreat risk Of injury from flying shrar-
mel. watched the spectacle.
1T was our first raid experience at
close quarters" Senator Kenyon told
the Associated Press. and we well
coined II I'm the sense that it nerved
us for our coming visit to the trenches
in France and Belgium, The thing
that impressed me most was the for
titude OF the English people. Their
coolness was nothing short of marvel
Gus
While we stood catching cold and
watching the bombardment, was
wondering how our people would be-
have under similar circumstances. n
turned to Kendrick and remarked
that II the people of the United States
displayed the same iron nerve. which
i am confident they would. the allied
cause ia I'm no danger"
senator Kendrick interrupted, re-
marking that he had overheard wo-
men folk walking through the cor
ridors Of the hotel during the raid
calmly discussing the theatrical per-
formances from which they had jus,
returned.
krom their high places. which over.
fboEed ssr-pSrk. the senator's had
good view OF the gynfire.
After we were convinced from
what we saw OF the wonderful bar.
rage fire that the enemy could no,
get closer to u.s." said Senator Ken
driek. I'VE went back TO bed and
made tp for lost sleep"
The senator's were up early thi,
morning. going into conference with
Lord fhondda on the food supply
question.
The heavy barrage which was put
up TO protect the metropolis seemed
TO disconcert the raiders who drop
ped bombs indiscriminately as they
approached. Several OF these fell
upon open spaces.
Tho barrage rose as each German
relay crossed the coast. After the ex-
perience OF former raids the public
now takes to cover as soon as the
warning Of an enemy approach is
given. with the result that before the
guns set up their curtain OF shrapncl
the streets were deserted except fc.'
few policemen. Some persons found
protection I'm the subways but a mg =
jority Of them last night seemed 10
prefer the safety OF their own homes.
A feature OF last nights air raso
was the appearance afterwards %:
some 500 or 900 Boy Scouts as buglers
sounding the "all clear signal
through the streets when the official
notice was sent out.
After experimenting with motor
horns and whistlers. neither of whi,u
proved satisfactory. the authoritic-
decided that the French sysem OF
sounding bugles was the most effec
tive. The question OF where to sc
enough buglefs arose and It was an
swered by Boy scuots volunteering 1,
numbers.
All the BOYS had to furnish TN,
written consent of parents or guar
dams before they were enlisted.