Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-24
bmarnes Have Little Chance To Sink American Troopshps
Navy Protects Transports Like Mother Guarding Her Children
! DETAILED STORY, FULL
OF THRILLS AND Easel
NATION, DESCRIBING
TIE SAFE PASSAGE OF
"A VESSEL LADEN WITH
THOUSANDS OF KHAKI
clad MEN THROUGH
THE ALLEGED BARRED
ZONE"

There b not q man in the thirty
YO environments who has not spec
8aked ct some time or other on
Ynat the trim through Germany's
xieBed barred zone ON the Allan
4c would be like while going ''Over
xneke" on q troop transport.
And II f. quite natural that the
AnR ican soldiers, thousands of
MnQ9M have never crossed the ocean,
Eve IN times Of peace, should draw
ap0 tneir imagination to figure out
!nE perIences and sensations pos
~ while on the ocean with sub
~ 90 lurking about to send the
ra port TO Davy Jones' Locker If
:, one OF the most Interesting.
|, hrlIling and informative articles
shua far written on the voyage of an
sllMeKican trO0pship through the
EKed zone" was penned by Ray
Ihcnd @. Carroll, whose fascinating
lIeAtled narrative has been copy
lgAted By the Philadelphia Public
Le4Nex and 10 published in Trench
lmA lamp by special permission. It
tering the barred zone" upon
. popship loaded with Yankee
tsNIprs, the emotions are kindred
70 lose experienced In an initial
cru bing Of the equator; one almost
expected 20 see q visible line of de-
narration rise ont of the water.
va on the bridge when we went In.
u TACT, for several nights back
Ia slept In o hammock loaned me
bN fhe ships master-God bless him
r~4lung up on the boat deck Just
re4r Of the bridge. Ny pillow was
lie preserver. Not even q pour
iNg North Atlantic rain succeeded In
driving me from that hammock.
~ Courage, "red badge" or any
cher brand of that much sought
s14eF headline article did not tug
ve1y hard toward the occupancy Of
tn warm soft bed In the stateroom
% the exclusion of an opportunity
10 be where the panorama of events
on 4 M1ajor scale was bound to I'M
fold. Come Of the young army on
eera, doubtless in q spirit OF bra
yado during the concluding nights
OF &Ae voyage sought their state
room beds, but observed that the
veteran commanders took no such
chamces. The older men bunked
within Q stones throw of their
sleeping men, picking the spot
where they would be able to grapple
with any situation that might arise
and keep It in hand.
II am sleeping in my berth every
. 4 - A<.A A~AA
slow lucky double sense Of re-
sponsibility has not reached you
vel, replied one Of the majors.
with the cOmpactness of sardines
8 In q tin where we we're passing
& through the submarine zone both
oficeFB and men were strewn about
\ those sacks Of the ship located well
ahexd he water line. Orders had
het ssued for everybody to sleep
s In his clothing. The purpose Of the
4 commanding officers was to avoid
4 me feasibility of any surprise. The
4 result was that to pick ones way,
,fter dark, from the bow to the
sfarn required mastery footWOrk.
Wv and then, as you crept along,
rnm landed lightly upon an extend
luM NU% UX GAUUWp VWS INC WYE WS40
70 natured and quickly dropped
Iat into slumber.
DezfrOyers Sighted
1mas seated in the shippers Of
NJ hortly after o'clock Of the
IN We began to traverse the much
.dVs kised danger zone when the
'erISf naval commander opened the
SonF leading from the bridge. He
~ "Come quickly now, and you
wiii nee o pretty sight"
ntfng behind Q large marine
seIs 5pe / saw a sight that was
n n |ng in the highest degree; the
saIIn approach of the feet of
~ can destroyers and other
snifN Rhich was to convoy us to the
= an. mainland. They spanned
~ terra horizon and swept down
= IS ia search curve" The
n merB were from that portion
4 navy that has been for some
III In European waters. They
lei hunting for rs along q certain
ae ox latitude. / would like to