Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1918-10-23

solved ICSelI IllUO q SUITES VI peIIy |
duties and details. Only the COM
pleted series of actions marks an
accomplishment of note. Except
for the strange environment and
knowledge of possible impending
danger life aboard a transport Of
fers less variety and excitement
than an ordinary cantonment.
But that such a feeling of secur-
:ty, bordering en- boredom, should
exist in the presence of imminent
danger, speaks eloquently for the
responsible agency. This, then, is
an expression of admiration of our
navy. May the sun never set on
It. The smoothness of it's opera
ton, observed in part in the opera
tion of cur transports and conveys,
was a Joy to behold.
| So we started. We slid from the
dark and into the waste of water
with less commotion than Sister
Sue going to her job at the NUM-
tion factory. And long before the
outer rim of the Land of the Free
merged into clouds our protectors
'hovered about us like guardian
angels. And one felt a contempt
Gus rity for the Fin Fish that
would presume to show itself. For
after a few demonstrations by the
gunners and guns of knocking the
feathers off of flying fish, and
mamie uring sharks fins, one felt
that that tallow dog of Hades
fame, was an asset to an insurance
company, by comparison to a
Sub" And I'd far rather be the
humblest coal passer on a U. S. A.
troop ship than the highest COM
mander on a Sub"
The boys Jared finely and were
we'll pleased with the trip. While
n the Gulf Stream " was very hot
an they suffered bit below decks.
But they were on deck five or six
hours a day so had plenty of fresh
ar. The hunks, though close, they
have since learned were far more
comfortable for sleeping than the
lmud of France. AS to meals-just
ask the boys. Pie, cake, fruit for
dessert-plenty of it-and all the
| real substantial stuffing they could
stow away. The messing system
was a marvel. The way they
, handled those ravenouS thousands
= reminded one Of the story of the
A five loaves and two fishes. The eff
= ficiency of the culinary depart
' ment would put many a 1st elias:
= hotel in the background. Every
D thing was absolutely clean. VENT
4 latjon disposed of odors.
a The weather being fine we hat
e good seas all the way over. True
! on one or two days, we felt tn
=, sting of the salt spray and oilskin
= were CONSPICUOUS. Very few wer
!. sea sick and those for only a few
: days.
r Foolishly | had hoped to hav
= lots of spare time while ON board
- | did not have it. | was kept Oh
S the go. But | enjoyed the tri1
d greatly. | was not sick a momen
: and the salt air developed som
It appitite. | had always planned t
g take "trip to this side in a cattl
e ship. | have decided that this tri
will serve as substitute. This i
l. not sarcasm. enjoyed the trip s
Il we'll, even when busy with m
d duties, that l want the next tri
It entirely unemcumbered that
d may be enjoyed to the full.
T. / recall, in a conversation, W
d both confessed to a desire to e,
lie perience being in the midst Q
g some vast desert. | think | expe1
lie fenced somewhat of the sensatio
n in that desert of water and SIX,
5e And | enjoyed the experience.
n is a great aid in correcting tn
l. perspective of Life. For it get
badly warped in this artifici;
er world of rank and precedenc
it where amy encrochment on til
t. line of democration is met with
Of keep off the Grass" admonitio1
lie At moments ones insignificant
&c became ludicrous, and our prefer
I'd sions pathetic, in the midst of sue
e. vastness. 1t induced a philosop]
re icl, not a fatalistic, trend of min
y, The desert, | believe, would eau!
IS. the reverse.
. However, enuf of moralizin
ne This for future ''bats." Even
oy Columbus we finally sighted Ian
tn A moment later the news HI
he senetrated to the very bowels
the vast hulk. AS always, curio