Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-07
YANKEE FL0TILLA
MAKING ITS MARK
Doing Efficient Service With
British Chasing German
Submarines.
CONVOY SERVICE RELlSHED
Americans Create Sensation on
Land and on Sea; Envied
by Englishmen.

THE BRITISH PORT BASE OF
THE AMERICAN FLOTILLA. wa
London. June 6-(e.4o =. ml-The
American des'royers have completed
th'.r first month OF active service In
the great war. They have been fav-
cred vta excellent weather. a biz
factor ia artisuhmarine warfare. with
just enough s1ua,i and storm 20 plt
their seamansh.p % test The favor
able weather conditions made their
task OF Learning the technique of amt
submarine warfare much simpler and
easier
Tho American boats are assigned 20
work with the British squadrous
icing virtually ass.miiated into tho
British navy machinery here 4 de
sroycr is usually out four or five
days and then returns TO port for two
lr three days coallng and loading
supplies. Thus every American sailor
sets 40 least half a day shore leave
Practically every week.
Americans Like Work.
Tho Americans take their turn
with the British boats in all routine
lrk II patrol and convoy. The wort
end the Americans have never Yet
found time hanging heavy on their
hands. The lookout must be constant
aad eyes must Doe trained 10 an unte-
lcvaule degree Of kcenness The
Young Anne. cans take Zealous'y 70
tnls business OF finding the periscopic
needle I'm the nautical haystack and
daily reports OF submarines sighted.
az observations made. of wireless
M Hr.f hal
the American boats already are max
ing a .lre average u results
There has been no actual battle as
set between an American destroyer
and the enemy altho several reports
show that U-hoats have been sighted
and have been compelled 10 beat a
hasty retreat 10 the depths Of the sea
Conveying Choice Assignment.
An assignment TO convoy a liner
from home" IS regarded as an es-
peculiy choice morsel. \ trans-Atlan-
tie liner which sights the American
Fldg approaching to escort her 10 land
never fails 10 respond with q great
waving II flags and handkerchiegs and
there IS fine exchange Of wigwag
signals ia lieu Of handshakes. Sew
cral American liners can already tes-
tfy 20 the yigilaut work OF the Amer
Jean dcstroyers as conveys OCCa-
siona'ly fortunate liner finds herself
being escorted TO port hy American
and British destroyers side by side
circliug about her like twin sisters, a
visible sign of the new alliance.
Americans OpulCnt.
shore leave is generous on the
American ships and the American
sailor Is constantly In evidence in this
village, in the countryside roundabout
and in nearby city where more
metropolitan pleasures are available
than IN the restricted limits of this
little place. The people of the towns
have taken the American sailor and
his strangely spendthrift ways right
into their hearts The American sailor
seems always 20 have money which is
not So strange when IL is considered
that his rate of pay IS considerably
higher than that Of the British tar.
The American gets a dollar every
time we get a shilling is common
expression among the admiring Brit
ish seamen one of the American
sailors favorite ways Of showing his
opulence is his habit OF always trav-
cling first class on the railroad which
takes him from the village up to the
city. q trip Of a few miles. The extra
cost is only a few pence, but the un-
hoard-ot idea OF common sailor
travelling first-class strikes the popu-
lace as worthy the best traditions Of
American extravaganza.
Tea time In the village now has an
American flavor. In all the little inns
and shops and further afield, even
well into the wonderfully green coun-
tryside and along the cliffs which re-
mind the seamen OF the Palisades
along the Hudson anchorages, one
may any afternoon find groups Of
+ British and American sailors drink
ing their tea and swapping yarns in
/ true seamanly fashion. The Ameri
can quickly acclimates himself to the
afternoon tea habit and finds It an
amiable and satisfactory substitute
| FOR other things, with plenty OF OPP
y pormnity for confidential chats with
his new allies.
/ There are other places where one
may almost always find groups OF
lhUe-uniformed Americans one is the
local cemetery in a green wood atop
the cliffs where are buried many VIC
Tins OF German submarines whose
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