Evening star., 1918-08-04
Aboard a Submarine.
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serve, tho torpedo loading hatch. the
tall locker containing the torpedo
submarines arsenal Of six Spring.
field rifles, the officers lockers, and
under the deck the fuel tanks and air
TASKS, OF which the latter not only
supply breathable air. but also blow
the water out Of the ballast tanks.
ment are the crews lockers and their
submarine -sized music machine and
the radio apparatus. and q varying
amount Of battery gas.
In the after battery compartment
are the main and auxiliary switch.
the safety helmets by which ths
crew can escape il stranded in shall
low water; the after periscope. the
workbench, the cruising hatch open.
ing onto the looming tower fair.
water and more air s.,1h TASKS; aa.s along
deck. Here. are also the electric
cooking range. tho ice box and the
mess lockers. They dine at noon ia
the submarine on cold-storage stun
mostly, and they get along without
COOK COOK is ready ready he a rigs tho mess table
from the stanchions. serves the Of
fcers and calls out "Wha' d. yuh
say7" to the crew.
But 1t Is in the central operating
compartment that one dnds the heart
of the ship. This is the bridge house
and chart house and here tho log 10
kept. Six men crowd to their posi-.
tions hero when the captain says
Stations" and on any one Of them
depend the lives Of the submarine and
everybody aboard when she's sub
merged They vary In Importance
Qevers for operating the food valvesl
up through the man at the main mo.
tor controllers, the man at tho water
manifold and gauges and the man at
the air manifold and gauges to the
two men who whirl the wheels Of
with their eyes continually on tho
depth and angle gauges, on whom
depends most Of all.
About them, in white compartment
some ten feet square and not much
higher than a mans head. are all the
wheels. levers. gauges. bells and
speaking tubes. all the clocks showing
the pressure in the air TASKS, the
weight Of water in the ballast
tanks. the submarines distance be-
low the surface and the amount OF
angle on the diving rudders. all the
chronometers, 'compasses. revolution
counters, engine room telegraphs and
other bridge gear, including q steer
ing wheel the size of dinner plate,
which control the submarines tor
pedoing, submerging. navigating and
motive power. The forward peri;
scope, ending in two long handles. byi
which 1t is turned, comes down before,
its after bulkhead, with the torpedoi
firing gear close by, and up its for
ward bulkhead runs the ladder into
the coming tower. And above, at the
eye-ports in the coming tower. one;
sees quite unexpectedly the world
outside. 4
It is a green and empty and silent
world.
AS if the submarine hovered notion
less by her fms in a solid green
wind.
Although, outside the after eye,
ports, her colors were Tapping busily
as II just outside the port half gale
were raging In pale green silence.
Close in front of the eyes, pin-point-
diamonds darted across the port to its
center, where it was their whim to
vanish. The outer rim of the port
was a-sparkle with millions of them.
One reflected in time that they might
be bubbles. OF course, bubbles! Air
bubbles as small as pin points! Bub-
bles diamond hard!
So one watched the Stars and Stripes
flying out beyond the darting dia-
monds-its red. white and blue lonely
colors in a pale world of green-ab-
solutely inevitable colors.
$ Copyright, 1918. by Edward Marshall,