Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-14

A-Armor plate drops, placing Gin. guns.
B-Forecastle peak.
Examination hold.
D-Torpedo tube rails.
E-Torpedo tubes.
Poop deck.
GAIT wheelhouse.
H-Deck house.
J-Holds.
K-Disappearing guns aft. mounted on
elevator.
L-Sea gates.
underwear and telling each other that
Whosis Unions-the Roomy Kind
were just what they wanted from
Sanity. Only we did not have any
Christmas tree to sit around. We must
have looked funny, though. and would
have had good laugh If had not
been SO cold.
We could not go to sleep because
the decks were wet, nor could we sit
down with any comfort for the same
reason. Besides, we thought we might
buck up against q British or French
cruiser at any minute and most of us
thought we would stay up and get an
eye full before we started for Davy's
well-known locker.
About two bells the following morn
| ing the Moewe's engines began to
groan and shake her up bit and we
could hear the blades jump out of the
water every once in while and tear
away. She went ahead In this way for
some time and we were hoping she
was trying to get away from a cruiser
and some of US were pulling for the
cruiser to win and others hoping the
Moewe would get her heels clear and
keep us from getting ours.
The Huns were running up and down
the deck yelling like wild men and
one of our men began to yell too. He
was delirious and after he yelled
bit he jumped up and made a pass at
the sentry, who shot at him but
missed. The shot missed me too, but
not very much. Then they dragged
the delirious man up on dec, I'D Lord
knows what they did with HIN, because
we never saw him again. But we did
not hear any sound that they might
have made in shooting him.
Then the Huns began Smelling and
they kept it up for some time.
4 Then they ordered US up on deck
to see the ship they had been firing at
and when we came up the companion
way they were just bringing the other
ships skipper aboard. 1t was the
French collier st. Theodore, hove to
or the starboard side with a prize
crew from the Moewe aboard and wig
wagging to the raider.
Then the Huns began shouting and
they rousted us below deck again. The
place where we had been was filled
with smoke. from what or why do
not know. but it was almost impos.
: sible to breathe In 1t. When the
smoke cleared up bit the Marathon
started again, for we were still in our
underwear only. One of the boys had
asked Fritz for clothing and Fritz said
the English had tough enough skins
and they did not need clothing. Their
he said: "Wait until you see what oul
German winters are like"
The following morning the enginss
began to tear away again and the
t guns started firing. After while ths
firing stopped and the engines too. ani
after an hour they had the old mar
: of the Yarrowdale aboard. She was {
British ship chartered by the French
. and bound for Brest and Liverpool
? with q very valuable cargo aboard
airplanes, ammunition. food and auto
! mobiles.
Al When they rousted us on deck dgaiI
! the st. Theodore was still in sight. bu
!, she had the Yarrowdale for company
. Both were trailing behind US and keep
ing pretty close on. While we wcrt
: on deck we saw the German sailors q
! work on the main deck making abouI