The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-16

be encountered from hostile war
craft, but once thc Suez canal has
been passed ON the homcward yuy-
ugc a ship is In constant peru.
\ day or two after the ship left
Bombay the passengers were sum
Wou,d 10 the ships boats to- which
they had been assigned. n the chief
officer made the rounds. delivering
Instructions which gave to many the
first real idea OF what the coming
danger
Zach one liza, n IifcIrlt.
After We leave Port said we shall
be ~ the danger gone he began.
zach orc uf you Will carry a life
bolt about al the time. This Is ina
peratiNc. sometimes people get care
less ur are ;Jrgct.gl This must not
Dee. You should have the liicbcits
with you n.ght and day, carrying
thcm even to your baths with yoa'
The officer gave Instructions as TO
how thc ..tcbclts were 90 De adjusted
aud continued
In case Vp are ]torpedOed ave
short blasts on the ships whistle Will
call you TO the boats You viii come
immediately bringing such warm
clothing as you can snatch a; the
moment. The unmarried men and
those who are travelling without their
wives viii see hat all women aud
children are IN the bouts first. You
viii put them into the boats by force
II necessary. may tell you bachel-
ors he iutcrjccted with a smile.
that @ woman VIII take more rough
handling than 90 may imagine. So
throw them iutu the boats if YOU have
to. Married couples viii get into the
boats together n IS tine husbands
duty iu go with his wife and I make
: tu order uhat this shall lee carried
out. Many times a wife REFUSES ~ the
last moment To gct into 10 boat with
oul her husband and We want ne de-
li!s ut this sort
Throw Passengers Overheard.
"ln case You see mat the ship Is
So uadl, hi hat she rs COINS TO sink
immediately, you VIII u"' wat tut the
bott, The men vii. see that the wo-
men and children have their lIiehta
properly adjusted and then Will throw
them overheard, following a. soon as
ops-,bIc themselves. Jump as iaul
from the side OF the ship as you can,
and trust 10 luck Probably % Will
br picked up hv someone
And so he continued II was not
"a thing Whch tended Co relieve u,r-
Nou.u,s- More than one oma who
Wa travelling with little children
turned away white ui taCr and
r%hourhiful and for the t%housaudth
itu, inspected me tiny litcbclts which
She was carrying. tu make sure that
thcy we're ready Tor her babies
From the beginning uf the voyage
mo- dcnuitr information go 10 whom
the ship would reach port cor lcav"
was given 10 passengers. In fact,
there were Few questions which unc
could gct answered. The correspond
cut tried t. set the official number Of
passengers and usScd whether ~
other ucutrais were aboard, but he
Was told thuj the ships officers had.
boou forbidden to give any intorma-
ton whatever. Aftor leaving Port
St.d even IN, emergency compass, az
the stern was covered So that inquis-
.:..c passengers could not tell what
direction she was taking
smokers NIc UprI,idsSl,
From Port said progress was urces-
.alil, slow. for the ship was %cuntin-
uiIl, weaving iu and out. leaving i
turtuous wake like "a great sca-srr-
pcui. \ crew ct experienced guunrrs
was con dut at the big gun i the
stern day and night ready tu take
the commanders orders should the
uccipiou arise. Two or three men
passengers who appeared ON the
deck the hrst night with lighted vig-
aus were ruuudlN upraided boy the
commander aud We're sent below
AZ Marsrllos the hrst WORD oi the
now GrImIu tdict REGARDING the suh-
iluriue warfare was learned ".i here
AN hut about $50 passengers mostly
secuun-class were d-isemharkcd The
ship continued het vVyago ON feu-