Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-02-28

ming would be spent In playing games
and a pleasant time would be had by
all-noL.
The crew OF the Mount Temple were
on deck working when the raider sud-
denly opened FIRE on them. Two or
three men Jumped into the water and
while they were swimming and killed
them. That was just a sample Of what
had happened to them.
The men now began running up and
down in a line 10 keep warm, but l
took n little run on my W hook and
treated myself to III much Of a once
v 9 OF the ship as I could. l do not
believe the Moewe had more than a
three-fourths-lnch armor plate, but be-
hind that she had three rows of pig
iron. which made about u foot In Il. *
ness. There was nothing but cable
strung along the deck and when I saw
that / would have given anything to
have had a crack at her with n 14-lnch
naval. And ! sur wished hard enough
that one OF our ships would slip up on
us, whether we wero caught between
decks or not. I went aft as far us the
sentry would let me and I saw that
she had three spare slx-inch guns I'M
der the poop deck and two slx-lnch
pieces mounted nstern. The guns were
mounted on nm elevator and when the
time came they ran the elevator up
until the guns were on a level with the
poop deck, but otherwise they were
out Of sight from other ships.
For our FIRST meal they slung a big
feed bag half full OF ship biscuit
hardtack-to us and some dlxies OF
tea. After this festival we began
roaming up and down the deck again.
because It was the only way to keep
warm. ! guess we looked like some
Of the advertisements In magazines,
where they show a whole family sit
ting around a Christmas tree In their
underwear and telling each other that
Whosis Unions-the Roomy Kind
were Just what they wanted from
Sanity. Only we did net have amy
Christmas tree to sit around. We must
have looked funny. though. and / would
have had n good laugh II / had not
been so cold.
We could not 20 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 n British or n French
tbourht wo would stov nm and cot an
ave sn,i he,oro So s.or,aa Gov 6ayu's
w~ell-known locker.
Ahov. two ha,Is .ho to,,or,,nu ,oor
inc tho Moewe,s engines haonn 20
groon ana ehata nor mn : b,t ana NO
couId heor tha hiodas t,rn ont 80 ,ho
wo,er everv moo IN n while and ,ear
owav sho wont ahead in th,s ,yav for
some t,me nnd VOC ware hon,ng she
wns trvIng m get away from = crulser
and come ~ ns were nu,l,ng sor tha
~crulser m win md others honIng The
Moeve wouId get her haels clear ana
boon no from ~rett,ng orrs
Tho Huns were ru,,ning nm and dawn
tho dac, vail,ng lilo u,,ld mo, ord
one ~ orr man bognn , veil TOO ua
wns deIlr,ous and a,ter he velied a
hIt no tumned nm and moda n mass AZ
the sentry. who shot M him Inn,
missed The shot, mIssed mo too hu,
mot very mrch. Then ,hev drngged
the delIrioua mon nm an dacL and Lord
rnovs what ,hev al With him hocanse
we never snvv him agoln mn wa dld
not heor onv sound thnt thew might
have mode in shootinp him
Then the uuns hagon shsl,,rg and
tbev kent n nm FOR acme time.
Then nov ordered no nm nm aack
N see The shin thev had been airing NJ