The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-09

IfbhS} plCheu up cue, lOI Lnefe were
two loud explosions ahead quite near
enough to cause the submarine first
to tremble and then roll about as
though in heavy sea.
Late in the following night there
was considerable rejoicing in the sub
marine. Germans had torpedoed an
oil tanker which, according to the
commander, had sunk in 80 seconds
The next day we seemed to have got
out of the track of steamers, and
went into the coming tour and saw
the officers amusing themselves by
shooting at gulls or at empty bottles
British Sub Near.
BY this time the vessel evidently
had reached the extreme outward
point of her voyage, and on our re-
turn trip three Norwegian ships were
stopped for fresh food. Just after
this there was more excitement due
to the discovery that a British sub
marine was in our vicinity. The
crew could hear her, and they SEEM
ed in great fear lest she should at
tack. Again we remained submerged
until night
THE submarine was equipped with
! powerful wireless apparatus, and
every day about p. M remained on
the surface in wireless communica-
ton with the base. One of the of
ficers kept a record OF these messag.
es. One night the news arrived of
the American declaration of war. 1t
was eagerly discussed by the crew,
some of whom expressed the hope
that they would be allowed to go on
submarine service in the Gulf of Mex
leo in order to escape the severity
of the North Sea.
Eventually the submarine arrived
at Heligoland and was taken ashore
and handed over to the military
guard My only food was crust of
bread, a piece of cheese and some
very weak soup. After remaining
there a day and a half | was taken |
to Wilhelmshaven where again there |
seemed to be a shortage of food, and
afterwards to Brandenburg, work I
ingmen's camp, in which l remained |
until October 3. 1t was at this camp |
that got the news of the murder
of prisoners who were forced to re- !
main in hut which had caught fire
When | arrived at Brandenburg / was
put in large hut quite alone.
MY first night was a terrible ex-
perience. 1t was bitterly cold, and
| had no covering | was over run
by rats, so that had to give up any
thoughts of rest and tramp the floor
until daylight. That morning l was
given two dirty army blankets and an
old mattress stuffed with paper and
on which to sleep. Here
came in contact with 300 victims of
the Moewe, and subsequently was
to a special part of the
camp set apart for captains of the
marine. of whom there
were about 40 The food was of the
coarsest possible character. From
went to Holzminden,
an officers camp for all British,
where the food was much better but,
we were obliged to pay considerable
sums toward our maintenance
while on our way to Holzminden :
me sof the party produced tin Of
)utter which we shared with the Ger :
nan officer in charge The tin had
)een emptied, and was about to be
brown out of the window when the
officer begged for it and carefully
;craped the whole tin for any re-
naming butter Later l was trans :
erred to Strohen where instead of
urrent coin of the realm they issued
tamps as camp money. From Stro-
len went to Heidelberg, and while
here at Christmas time we saw the
attacks by our aviators or Mannheim.
Three German aviators who took part :
n repelling the attack were killed
ghie trying to alight
Il was transferred to Switzerland
nd eventually was released and en-
bled to reach England, June 10.
"At Brandenburg we were made to
uffer various indignities, and were
lade to harness ourselves to carts
'hich we had to draw through the I
treets to the station or postoffice,
0 fetch parcels and any commcdi- ;,
les to camp. 1t was at this camp
lso that / saw 500 Russian soldiers
Torking in the last stages of con q
umption. The poor fellows could ! g
OF get enough to eat and they would /
agerly scrape discarded tins in the
ope of finding particles Of food.
ave even seen German soldiers do :.
ie same thing. W. were glad 70 :,
earch the cinder paths in the hope
finding coke or coal with which to
ook our food"
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