The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-29
Tells How Germans Abuse
Their Helpless Captives
BY Gunner Depew.

Just how 1t feels to be captured at
sea by the Germans Is vividly told in
Gunner Depew." one Of the newest
and most interesting pr war books. AL
bert N. Depew, the author, was pris-
oner aboard the famous raider Moewe
He had previously served In the United
States navy. the Foreign Legion, and
the French navy. Ex-Ambassadol
Gerard got him out of a., German
prison camp, and now he is back home
telling the folks about It,
After enough adventure to fill hall
dozen lives, young Depew left Brest
aboard the George homeward bound
II got up about 4 o'clock Sunday. De-
cember 10. 1916---i date do not think
I will ever forget"--he says. AS soor
as was dressed l went on deck.
had not been there long when Ole
Chips, the ships carpenter. sang out:
Ship on the starboard bow
"The ship WAS just opposite us
when away went our wireless and somt
Of the boats on the starbOard side.
heard the shrapnel whizzing around Us
just as l had many time before.
jumped in the galley, Chips and The
cook were shaking so hard they made
the pans rattle.
when the firing stopped went NJ
to the boat deck. The men and boys
were crazy, rushing around the deck
and knocking each other down. We
lowered our Jacobs ladders, but some
of them were already in the water.
There was an oiler on the Georgia
named Mallen and though he wore
/ =. 4. n. xt.l
ever saw. He had been almost stone
blind for year and half and could
hardly see at all without his glasses
which were thick and powerful. He
was on the boat deck when they be.
gan Smelling us, and was able to hid,
behind a funnel. When they qui
firing you could have worn that fun
mel for "a peek boo waist. but Nal
len was not scratched. l guess III
was SO tough the shrapnel was afrait
of him.
THE Mocwe lowered n lifeboat. ant
ii made for the Georgia, passing oul
men in the water as they came ant
crashing them on the head with boat
hooks when they could reach them
l noticed that there were red kegs II
the German boat.
when the lifehoat reached thu
jacobs ladder l went to the port sidt
of the Georgia and then the German:
came over the side and hoisted III
the kegs and down into No. hold
When the Germans came up to us they
had their revolvers out and waving
| them around and yelling, Then the frs
thing l knew l was kicked into tn,
| sea. l slipped off my trousers ant
| coat and clogs, and, believe me. 1t was
| not a case of all dressed up and M
place to go!
Then l swan hard and caught VI
| with those who had jumped first
They Were asking each other If the,
We're downhearted and answering
Not a bit of 1t. ME lads and tryin:
to sing Pack Up Your Troubles il
| Your Old Kit Bag
Some OF the boys We're just climb
| ing up the Jacobs ladder on tn,
Moewe when the old Georgia let GU
an awful roar and up went the decl
and matches in splinters. The Ger
mans were making for the Moewe /,
the lifeboat, and we reached it jus
before they did. Up the ladder W,
went and over the side, and the fins
thing we caught .eights pf w,s s1exfnal
Tevolvers In our face8, drinfRt US al
into line. The lifeboat brought bac
the ships papers from the Georgi
:. and Nc bad EQN call They. kept Us 81