Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
NAVAL OFFICER
SAYS THAT WAR
WILLLASTLONG
Declares American Sailor and
Soldier is Splendid
Type of Man


TACOMA, Wash, August WED
ell Foss, Tacoma lawyer and now lieu
tenant ON q United States cruiser,
writing from q port somewhere In
the world" to his brother, II. o. Foss,
Of Tacoma, believes that the United
States is taking the war altogether
too lightly, for he believes that this
country has entered into q long strug-
gle and that II should be 50 regarded.
Writing from at Tnchor" on June
%, Lieut. Foss says:
"As we have in the EST we are
still cruising around, here and there,
with as much secrecy and mystery as
before. We made one trip Of IL days
and put into port for three days. We
expected to stay indefinitely but
three days later we sailed again
this time for our present port, which,
by the way, is considerably larger
than Tacoma, Portland and San Fran
cisco combined. 1t IL one of the
famed cities OF the world In its beau
ty, wealth and natural wonders.
you viii notice that / have not
told you where We are. or where we
are going. We couldn't tell you the
latter, even II We wanted to. As for
getting back, you all know as much
about that as do. II Is beginning
to look as though the, Germans could
fight indefinitely. Should say that
they could fight as long as their sub
marine campaign lasts and q couple
OF years longer. As far as that goes
their submarine campaign is going
fairly well and they may be building
more and larger subs gregg.
Russian Situation Dubious -
Every navy officer / have talked
with a very dubious about the situa-
ton IN Russia. Not one has any hope
that the nation VIII ever give any
real aid. II Is not an absurd state
mert to make that It WIN take Amer
ica and England several years 20
whip Me and Gott.' There Is no an
tidote for the submarine absolutely
none. All newspaper talk to the con-
trary is criminal I am taking up 30
much Of your time as believe that
very few persons at home fully appre-
ciate the seriousness OF the situation.
The last newspapers ! saw, those OF
May 4. were fun Of 50 much that was
misleading that It was appalling.
sour sailors are the best lot of
men you ever saw. Wars are lost
or won depending upon the average
sailor or soldier, and IN this We take
courage, as our average fighter -
patient, hardworlxing and works or
suffers IN silence. We have no
trouble in enforcing any order or rule
that pertains 10 our safety. They will
stand for hours at q telescope and for
DAYS ct q time or half the night. The
punishments we give out are for the
greater part for other attractions than
for sighting duty, We entered an
infected port where. cholera and
plague existed. Our men had had no
fruit for three weeks, and you know
the sailor. StiIl, when we granted
liberty to 1900 from three ships our
patrol was able to find only two who
had bought fruit.
All Food Boiled
I'VE have q large vat on the quar-
ter deck filled with boiling water,
which Is kept at the boiling point BY
steam pipes from the engine room.
Every article Of food that comes
aboard from these ports goes through
this vat. Some food Is dipped In q
chemical. So you see that we do not
eat the green vegetables we need 50
badly. Whenever We see lettuce or
celery ashore our mouths just water.
or course, We can boil Il, but We want
Il fresh. Did you ever eat boiled let.
tuce or radishese Try Il.