Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-26
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-.Albert N. Depew. author
~ the story. enliAln In tho United States
navy, serving four years and attaining
We rank OF chief petty ofiioor. nrut.olann
gunner.
CHAPTER 1.-The great war starts
soon after he II honorably discharged
from tho navy and he sails for France
with a determination TO enlist.
CHAPTER iII-ile Joins tho Foreign
Legion and In assigned TO tho dreadnaught
gnhsafd whore his marksmanship wins
him high honora.
CHAPTER Iv-Depew Ia detached from
hia ship and sent with n regiment of this
Legion To Flanders whore ho soon nndB
himself In the front line trenches.
CHAPTER Vile Ia detailed 10 tho or.
tiliery and makes tho acquaintance OF the
.ts', tho wonderful French guns that
have saved the day for tho alliea on many
= batuennld; bcfore seeing any action. he
u ordered back 20 hia regiment In the
'front.' iino trenches
CHAPTER yl-Depew goes "over the
TOD and gets hln ffpt German In a bay
onet hight
CHAPTER yII-iiia company takes part
In another raid on the German trenches
. nereo charge Of tho Huns, who are
moved down as they cross No Mans
Land,
CHAPTER viii-sent 10 Dixmude with
dispatches. Dcpew In caught In . Zeppelin
raid, but escapes unhurt.
CHAPTER Ix-He In shot through the
thirh In a brush with tho Germans and
II sent to a hospital. where he quickly
RECEIVERS.
CHAPTER x,ord.rsd back e sea duty.
several trips 10 tho pardanelles as con-
voy Tho Cannard IN almost battered to
pieces BY tho Turkish batteries
While we were In Brest I got per
mission 20 80 aboard a submarine
and petty officer showed me around.
This was the first time I was In the
interior OF sub and I told the ofYicer
that I would like to take spin In the
tub myself. He introduced me TO the
commander, but the petty ofYicer said
he did not think they would let me
stay aboard. ! showed the com
mander my passport and talked to
him for a while, and he said he
would take me on their practice
cruise two days later II the Old Man
gave me written permission.
80 I hot.footed Il back to the Cas-
sard and while did not promise that
! would get any American gunners for
him In exchange for the written per
mission. he was free TO think that II
he wanted TO. II seems as though he
did take II thnt way. for he gave me
note TO the sub commander and sent
him another note by messenger. l
wanted Murray TO 20 too. but the Old
Man said one was enough.
So. two days later. l went aboard
In the morning and had breakfast
with the sub crew and u good break
fast II was, too. After breakfast they
took stations and the commander went
up on the structure amldships, which
was Just under the coming tower. and
I squntted down on the deck beneath
the structure.
Then the gas engines started up
and made an awful racket and shook
the old tub from stem TO stern.
could tell that we had cut loose from
the Cock and were moving. After a
while they shut of the gas engines
and started the motors and we began
TO submcrge. When we were all the
wny under looked through the perl
scope and saw Dutch merchnntman.
We stayed under about half nm hour
and then came back to the surface.
One OF the garbies was telling me
later on that this same sub had gone
out Of control few weeks before
and kept diving and diving until she
struck bottom. do not know how
many fathoms down II was, but II was
farther than any commander would
take sub II he could help II. This
garby said they could hear the plates
cracking and II was n wonder that
they did not crumple up from the
pressure, but she wenthered It, pres
sure button and all, and In n quarter
H vi un HOul WIS WI iut Nnitu
on the surface they sighted smoke,
submerged again, and soon, over the
horizon came eight battleships, es.
corted by Zepps and destroyers.
They tested their tubes before they
got IN range. Finally they let 90. The
first shot missed, but after that they
got Into It good and the garby said all
you could hear was the knocking of
the detonated guncotton.
About nve minutes later they sight
ed Ave destroyers, two on each bow,
and one dead ahead. The sub steered
in ut right angle zlgzags and the de-
stroyers stayed with their convoy. The
sub launched two torpedoes at less
than mile before diving, to get away
from the destroyers and the garby
said at least one. Of them was hit.
These ships must have been some
Of the lucky ones that came down
from the North sea. The garby said
he thought they were of the Dutch