The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
II. WARES SHOT l
 SAvED |. SHIP FROM SUBMARINE.
Navy Department Gets Fur ther Details of Sinking
 By Mongolia

F Washington, April 27-The work of
 the naval gunners on the steamship Mongolia in sinking or at least crip-
 bling the German submarine that at- tackled that ship. in the war zone was the chief topic of interest in naval circles yesterday. Latest reports to the Navy Department indicate that only the quick work of Lieut.. Bruce B. Ware, dr.. in charge of the gunnery cvrews saved the ship. Lieut.. Ware fred on sight at the periscope without
 waiting to determine the submarines s Identity or intent.
 @s Lieut. Ware was one of the first of ffcers to volunteer for the duty of
 comanding gunnery crews aboard Haerchantmen. He is one of the most up to date of the young officers having taken post graduate course at the !, Naval Academy. Gunnery and en- gineering are his strong points. He is the author of handbook on engineer ing which has received considerable commendation and has proved of practical value. Lieut.. Ware is mar
 rfed. He is 30 years old and was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1903 from Massachusetts.
 IFEalf BfdeJacKets from Brooklyn { and di1eGfromf fhsewark7were among the gtarners whose work so effectively checked the submarine attack. Here
 is the list of the navy gupners: Frank , lyn T. Bland,@ 815 Albany street,
 Brooklyn; James Conley. 4a0s Fourth avenue, Brooklyn; Frank E. Ford
 Nolan's lane and Rockaway avenue,
 Brooklyn; Rudolph J. Holly 322 Hamburg avenue, Brooklyn; John G..
 Tushensl1i. EBayshore. T.. T.; Henry J.
 Lexa, 322 aRHHypno sstFeeh ois Newark; '. Bysfa, ahas, ff!. Arshur Hts s. |. c5ns Sne
 rad, Franafrrt, Ind; Donald F. Core,
 BartIesvi1le. Okla; Samuel w. Free
 man. Cadiz, Ky; James A. Goodwin, Portsmouth, Va; Norris Harries, New
 Orleans; Francis Howard, Decatur,
 Ind: Eugene P. Reeady, Fore River,
 Mass; George E. schu1kins, Pitts
 burgh, Pa; Frank A. Smolski, Detroit, Mich. rl Secretary Daniels declined yesterday to comment on the reports received.
 He explained that there was a cen eorshtp being maintained by the Brit ish Admiralty concerning the number of German submarines destroyed, Sc, and that he preferred to limit his in- formation to such matter as had come by cable from London.
 Admiral Fletcher of the General Board does not regard the smashing of a per4ScnpeaAS proof of the subma- TfnesssA sAe&ruc4ao banrs can4be readily understand how this shot could cause oil to, emerge from the U-boat's inte- rfor. But all the facts are not yet in and the matter may be more definitely cleared tip later. An important fea- ture, however. Is that the submarine apparently forthwith abandoned ali attempts to torpedo the, Mongolia as soon as 1t was found that the ship was armed. The first shot, of the navy gunnefs at least drove the u-boat to submeres@ af1d abandon her supposed prey. afsF
 This bears out the story of the Gen eral Board of the navy that guns amounted on merchantmen will put an end to the German practice of seeking to destroy merchant ships by gun fire or by the cheaper process of going aboard and exploding bombs on the vessel The presence of guns forces the submarine to use expensive tor yedces in every case or to abandon