The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-18
to leave Yorkville next Monday to re-
turn to England.

turn TO England.
In January young Moore left Bue-
nos Aires aboard the Storskog, an
11,000ton freighter, for Queenstown
with wheat. On the morning of Feb
ruary 8, about H. o'clock, when 20
miles off the coast of England tor
pedo struck the forward part of the
ship and everybody made a rush for
the six lifeboats. Three of these were
smashed in the launching, and the
three that remained were crowded
with the 65 members of the crew.
While the three lifeboars were pad
ding around in the vicinity of the
sinking vessel, one after another were
sunk by gunfire, and as Moore was
in the last to be smashed he found
himself in the water holding on to
the rudder of one of the lifeboats.
Shortly afterward he, with six others,
was pulled on board the submarine,
and the seven were kept on board the
U-boat until March 8, being held in
the torpedo room of the sub under
continuous guard of two sailors. Dur
ing most of the time that the party
was on the sub the vessel was cruis-
ing around on top of the sea, and
while young Moore was on the sub
II more vessels fell victims to it's
torpedoes and gunfre, but no more
prisoners were taken on board.
On March 3 he was landed at Hell
goland, and from there was taken to
Wilhelmshaven and thence to Berlin,
where he was held as prisoner until
June 13. Young Moore tells some in
teresting stories of his experiences in
Berlin. He was not kept in confne-
mcnt but was allowed to go pretty
much as he pleased, but had to report
to the police at stated intervals, and
at night was locked in his room at
10 o'clock. Moore said he got two
meals a day while in Germany; that
he had a food card cntitling him to
dinner and supper. He could have had
breakfast bu twould have had to Go
without either dinner or supper. Tur-
nips were his principal diet, cooked
in water without meat or grease.
Fifty gmmmesl of butter were allow
ed him in Week, and 200 grammes
of meat. There was no tea or coffee.
Beer and cigarettes are plentiful. He
lost some 80 pounds in weight while
the Germans were feeding him, WIS
hungry all the time, and he has been
trying to catch up on the feed since
he arrived in America.
Mr.. Moore doesn't tell how he man
aged to get away from Germany. Hc
says he can't tell that. He was rc
leased on June 13, and wealth
American who resides in Berlin fur
nished him the money with which to
come home. From Berlin young
Moore made his way to Christiansenh,
Norway, and from there came to an
American port on board the Danis!,
passenger boat Prince Oscar II.
Jimmie said he saw Kaiser Wilhelm
on two occasions while in Berlin, bat
as Bill didn't pay any attention to
him, why, Of course, he didn't put
himself to any PARTICULAR trouble to
shake hands with Bill.
"rhe German people don't seem tn
recognize the fact that the United
States is in the war against them"
he said. "They don't consider this
country at all seriously, and they have
little or no feeling against Ameri-
cans. Soldiers returning from the
battle lines are not allowed to talk
and the people really know very lit
tie about how things are going. They