Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-03

SUI soia!ers working, all of whom
mere IN the last stages of tuberc,,,osis
US iseor Ieilows could not gp, n,o,,r,,
~ eau ana they would eage.!, scran,
nse,Ilaeu TN cans in the hope or sin1.
ny paTl'cles or food. 4 have even seq,
We 'al, soldleTs do the same hing,
we We're glad To search the ci,,as.
pa.hs at any opportunity in aot;n;,.'
non OF finding bits Of coke. y. coal
"txl Whlch to cOok our food
captain said his shin v,. nav.
psooeo "llnout warning. and IL, =, a.tc,.
ho snu an ms men We're afloat n ,:sel
s,,~fa sne submarine appeared IN rle
mates and ea1ne being ne,,s,;f,., ne
start In the direction of land. r,es,r ~
said: N '"i'Sn faHtain
she was a fairly large craft. of pa
CENT numbering, having three .o,.,as,,
1850. aU :. ewu IN the bow and one afr. a,d
calilea 10 t~orpedoes. She was 49,
armed with a gun for shcl, r;,a -" -,
forward OF the coming tower.
Food Becomes Uneatahje.
My first meal aboard tho I--,,,.t
consisted OF a stew made with strinev
meat, probably horse flesl, s,,nr Iss
nisneeu ny small portions OF sa,is.,..
WIN black bread. AS the voNsse
progressed this bread became milde,rsSS
unu UNBEATABLE, and then some bread ~
,'slter color, which had been ken, in
Theoretically sealed recep.ac,es WI.
served: u was even more unpalatahia
.I.aI the black bread. The coffee was
mace or burned barley and acorrs. The
commando and officers OF he -bont
aaleo as the lower ratings. but we're
%ns 10 supplement their allowances
food" "'' oeiei canned
AZ the submarine was forced to
seep below the waters surface a great
zeal Of the time, life aboard the s,,h-
marine was anything out pleasant.
me BOAT sweated and all spare
t,o.iins became saturated with mois-
lure. while the atmosphere often he.
came foul and breathing difficult., he
asserted. While we were submerged
une crew would start the gramaphone.
ina machine supplied the music which
was played triumphantly when the
u-poat got another victim. Really, the
si..NiIlS OF any innocent merchantman
caused NAT crew as much joy as IL
the members had sunk a warship.
one night there was more than the
usual amount of rejoicing and the gram
aphone's liveliest airs were PLAYED.
me Germans had torpedoed an oil
tanker which. according to the COM
.nander. sank in 80 econds. could
not help wondering at the mentality
% men who could rejoice at such =
ming, knowing that without giving
tnenl the slightest chance of defending
themselves or escaping they had sent
innocent sailors to their deaths.
Inc next day we seemed to be out
ol tue track OF steamers, and / went
into the coming tower and saw the
9~Ificers amusing themselves by shoot.
ing at guils or empty bottles.
BY this time the submarine evident
~ q reached II extreme outward
point OF her voyage, and we started
on our return trip to Helogoland. Three
Norwegian ships were stopped for the
purpose OF obtaining fresh food. Soon
AFTER this there was much excitement
When It was ascertained that there
was a British submarine In our vicinity.
BY listening the crew could hear the
enemy submarine. and the Germans
reared II was going to attack VI.
We submerged, and eventually dodeed
the British vessel.
The U-bOat was equipped with
powerful wireless apparatus. and each
evening, providing the weather and
other conditions were favorable. the
German commander remained on the
waters surface In wireless communico-
ton with his base.'
The British captain finally arrived
IN Helgoland, and afterward was trans-
ferrcd to Rrandenburg. Eventually he.
was taken to Switzerland ana released.
reaching England on Juno 70.
And now the captain 10 getting ready
to 70 70 sea again.