The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-12
HAD EXCITING TRIP.
Lieut.. Roscoe p. Lynde Was on Trans.
port Just Ahead of Tuscania.

That Lieut.. Roscoe u. Lynde, formerll
OF Barre and clerk in the Barre Saving
bank, was on the American transpor
which barely escaped getting the TORPEDO
! which sank the Tuscana is the informa
tion just come in letter from the youn,
man TO Frank G. Rowland OF Barre. Tn
vessel on which he was being carried wa
no doubt the same ship which carried Ir
vim Cobb, who wrote about his expert
ence in last weeks Saturday Evenin,
Post, in which article Cobb told OF hear
ing humping noise along the side of th,
ship, noise which they attributed to q
| torpedo The Tuscania was the nexi
shop in the line of transports and, nc
cording TO Cobb, was 200 yards back.
Lieut.. Lynde wrote little about that
feature of his voyage, saying merely
We arrived in England Feb. o, Oul
voyage was quite exciting as we were
in the convoy where the Tuscania was
torpedoded; in fact our ship was di.
rectly in front of the Tyscania"
Continuing, Lieut.. Lynde wrote: eve
were fortunate in sailing on a large
liner The sea scarcely made our ship
roll. All officers travelled first class the
same as in peace times. Some of US
were sick. We landed in England but
were there only a few days. The trip
across the English channel was very
novel. | was assigned to the guard duty
on the bridge. One could see lighthouses
in the distance, also searchlights from
shore, and every once in while the
destroyers would turn their searchlights
on some strange craft. Add to this,
ms in In arlr nd ,u,
sea. 1t made me feel rather insignifi-
cant. We are not allowed to give the
names of the ports where we landed.
u am now stationed at what is termed
the Advance Medical Supply Depot. This
depot supplies acquisitions made from the
front line trenches. | am in the office
and expect eventually to take charge of
the Tequisitions, that is, overseeing the
keeping of the records for that depart
ment. Already we have one large ware
house full of medical supplies. | never
realized before what variety of sup
plies a medica depot is required to keep
on hand in addition TO medicines.
~. S. officers room in French billets
thousesi about five miles from the sup
ply depot. We travel back and forth by
Ford truck. Our hours are from 7:30 in
the morning to 6 at night. not counting
time out for travel; Sundays the same
as any other daq. The only complaint
have to make about my billet is there
is no heat in my room. The present
weather is about the same as Vermont
the latter part OF March To-day (Feb,
lsl would be an ideal maple sugar day.
A heavy frost at night and brilliant sun
shine during the day In this section
If France there is very little snow dur
ng the winter. At present there is no
NOW on the ground.
The French only have two meals per |
lay; therefore, we 20 rather shy on
breakfast. My breakfast consists of
lot water, dry toast and honey. We have
,ur dinners brought in from the En-.
.ineers' camp which is near here, and |
,ur suppers we procure at a French billet |
IA the same town where we room. The i
,laee where billet the lady speaks only I
french Our conversation reminds me |
# the Barre Savings bank when an Ital- |
an customer who could speak no English /
anne in 10 trade.
''The French people show signs of be.
nc at war. One never sees any young
men except in uniform. All the inhab-
tants of the villages are old men, women
nd children. Prices for foodstuffs are
Ugh Eggs ten cents apiece. Flour,
ugar and oil are on the card system.
,oap. ten n-cent cake, so cents. Gasoline
) Sll0 per gallon"