Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-02

ABOVE the spot first seen. ordered
right rudder in order to leave the sub.
marine stern.
"tB2) a minute or two later the port
after guns reported sighting sub
marine. and opening fire at the same.
The lookouts from the top also re-
ported seeing the submarine under the
waters surface and about where the
shots were landing.
"(B3) The ship kept zigzagging and
firing from after guns every timo
something was sighted.
ODD Lieutenant V. United States
Navy. was in personal charge OF the
hring, and reports that he saw, with
all the gun crews and lookouts aft.
the submarine fire two torpedocs to-
ward the direction OF the convoy.
which shecred off from base course TO
right 90 degrees when alarm was
sounded.
CHEER LOUDLY WHEN
TORPEDO MISSES TRANSPORT
"(B5) All the officers and men aft
had observed the torpedocs travelling
through the water. and checrcd loudly
when they saw 4 torpedo miss q trans
port. They are not certain. though,
which one it was. as the ships were
not in line then, and more or less
scattered.
"(B6) The gunnery officer and all
the men who were aft at the firing
are certain that they saw the sub
marine and the torpedoes fred by
same.
"cBD a separate report of Lieu
tenant V. United States Navy. the gun
ner officer. is appended:
"(BS) The * kept zigzagging until
past. and in due time joined the
escorts and conveys formed column
astern.
"tB9) Report by signal was made to
group commander OF sighting sub
marines and torpedocs'
Paragraph thirteen deals exclu-
sivcly with a recomm endation as to the
best methods to be employed in the
future for the purpose of saving life.
1t Is withheld for obvious reasons.)
IA. Copies Of reports Of Command
ing Officers A, D and II are inclosed,
also copy OF report of lieutenant of
the feet. ALBERT GLEAVES."
Naval officers who read the Gleaves
| report to-day agreed that there was
every basis for the pride with which
Secretary Daniels announced the at
tack on July 5.
The report shows that the American
fleet is already making use of tactics
and devices which guarantee protection
against the U-boat. The allusion to
! the detection Of submarines at dimin-
ishing distances warrants of the be-
lief that the invis;bility Of the under
| water craft has been at least lesscned
as factor in its usefulness. The al
fusion to the depth charge" which
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the surface proves that .the sub
marines immunity from attack when
| submerged has been invaded by
Yankee ingenuity. The two together
give warrant to the hope that the
| whole submarine problem is close to
solution.
ANNOUNCEMENT PROBABLY
WILL END CONTROVERSY
To-day's announcement probably
will end the controversy over the
elaboration" of the Gleaves report
Secretary Daniels transmitted this ac-
count to Senator Swanson. of Virgin
| acting chairman of the Naval Affairs
| Committee of the Senate. in response
to a request for data made July 81
| The report transmitted to the Senate
| to-day is one which Admiral Gleaves
! wrote in France and transmitted per-
| sonally upon his return to Washing
| ton several days ago. Its full text
| was given to the Senate. In the
copies prepared for the press. only the
names of the ships latitude and longi-
tude details OF formation were omitted
While the concern of the department
over the advantage by the Germans
of the location of our armada is justi-
fled in the first reading OF Admiral
Glceves's report. subsequent study of
1T has inclined officials here to the be-
lief that all the Germans knew was
that the ships were on their way.
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