The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-04-17
OFFICER OFMADAWASKA
PRISONER ON 4 U-BOA7'
Lieut.. Frank L. Muller, of the Ticonderoga, Sunk
Bya German Submarine, Tells of His Ex-
perience While in Hands of the Enemy.

to dive from unQoT the craft, DIS ue
had a lifebelt strapped tightly about
him and very soon he lost conscious
ness after having been in the water
about an hour.
Found by Potato Hunters.
One hour later, as he was told af-
terward, he was picked up by the
crew of the Submarine who were
hunting for the potatoes. For three
days he was put through mental
third degree in an effort to extract
information concerning the move
ments of vessels and about the prep
arations of America as we'll. Then he
was told that he would be heard
aboard. The fourth day after being
captured he was informed that Lieut.
F. J. Fulcher, another officer of the
Ticonderoga, was prisoner aboard
the submarine and that the craft was
bound for the American coast.
Lieut.. Muller says that when he
awoke from his stupor, after having
been captured, all doubt as to where
he was was removed when he saw on
the opposite side of che cabin pic
lures of Frederick the Great and Won
Hindenburg.
The submarine proceeded toward
the American coast for eleven days
and was then 400 miles off New
York city. October II an order came
from the German admiralty to aband-
on the expedition to America and to
cease operations. The captain of ne
submarine told Lieut. Muller ttat he
believed that the orders meant that
negotiations for peace would be
started by the German government.
October 20 the submarine was order
ed back to Kiel and also ordered to
discontinue all warfare on merchant
ships. In these nine days there had
been an engagement with a vessel
every day and on the seventeenth
three merchantmen had been attack
ed. Lieut.. Muller says that it was
far from a nice feeling to be kept
confined in the submarine while the
attacks were proceeding when he
could hear the shells whizzing by
overhead. On the thirteenth a Nor
wegian ship, the Steifnder, neutral
vessel, was sunk by the Germans
after they had looted her of every
thing of value. On the fifteenth the
submarine was depthbombed by two
destroyers, nine bombs being drop
ped. On this day the u-boat also
sank a ship.
Joyous Over Armistice.
After the order to proceed to Kiel
was received submarine warfare was
given up entirely. From November
1 to November 9 the craft lodged
cruisers off the coast of Ireland. On
the ninth it was bombed by a sea-
plane in the North Sea. November
II, the day the armistice was signed,
the great barrage of 100000 mines
laid by the allies in the North Sea
was crossed.
The joy Of the Germans upon hear
ing of the armistice knew no bounds.
They were heartily sick of war and
demonstrated the fact: Lieuts. Muller
and Fulcher were released as prison
ers of war on this day. In passing
through the Kattegat mine field the
u-boat 1856, returning from America,
was blown up, but the 152 escaped.
The craft, arrived in Kiel on the 18th
of November and Lieut.. Muller says
that red flags were everywhere,
while the Soldiers and Sailors Coun-
Gil took charge of the submarine at
once. The chief of
the German navy under this new gov
eminent was FORMER seaman. The
two lieutenants were treated well In
asmuch as the Reds were down on the
German officers and in fact told the
Americans that if they were insulted
by any one to report it and the Of
fender would be dealt with. Lieut..
Muller says that he believes the OBJ
ject of this was to make a good i'm
preston.
The two officers remained in Kiel
aboard the Kronprinz Heinrich,
mother ships of the submarines, un-
til November 20, when they were
given permission by the Red govern
ment to travel aboard the submarine
which had captured them to Harwich,
England, where it was to be surren-
dered to the allies. They saw the
surrender of the German submarine
fleet and the flag of Great Britain
raised over that of Germany
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