The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1919-01-03
HEARING EEON THE LOyS.



Edgar, sOh 81 Mi. az" mIi. If""l
IuiIth, soon amer inls CO. hitE en-
tered the war enlisted "a tnc navy
and has been ON the q. ). Arkansas.
a recent letter from him to his par
ents, Is dated on boa'd ship "a, fntH,
scotland, Nov. u.
"Sincc the armislicc has been sign.
cd We can write more freely. the c,u.
sor not being 40 tight, anu We are
not held down 30 tight in many WAYS,
and IN this ! will Thy TO tell you q.
my tri power here.
"Wc Ior, N,,soik ,,yv y,,d t,t,
a. and mn, Ia sen. knoying in our
mini ,h,, ,yo v.,c oniny ac,oss b,,.
M ro,,ysc Ind no i,Icn n, an, ,o',inul
finn. We had scvoYai Conyrcssn,.,
ahonrJ ,ybo ,,.rc yo;,g ,n Goo ihc
from, 10 io,rn son,,,hn, nbou, ,hc
con,l,,c, of tho war, They wcrr nrou,.
incnt mon and sc,,,cd Ia Lo mia,
friendly. md NO had The sbin In =,
highly nresentnble shane far tbcm.
.Tb.ro ,vcrc M o,hc, hin. u,,h N.
and az. kcn, Iooku,,. /, In. mns,. N,
nil ,im,s md ihc v,,n ,r,xys ,scrc nI.
WAYS N, ,hci, s,o,,nn. ,,nnv in, IN,
Huns. every minute in The "a hour.
4 LaJ ,o s;,nJ v.,ch In Tho ,ur,o,s
bcinv n trainer no,v and assivncJ to
turrct No. 1. Tho trnin.r's hoo,h il
n very small plnce on,y large enough
for Two nen,onc trains the gun The
other sets the sights, A rs not large
enough 10 stand I'm in. and. of cou,s".
IL bccomcs very tircsomc. We stand
watch fmu, hu,,rs an and I'm, ho,I,.
Off nil the WAY across
"W, d,d nut keen N direct. straight
course. varying n few minutes. one
way or another, drrinp IN. entire nm.
Whom not ON watch In In, turr,t. 1
some times would b, sent 10 the.
wheel, which hcIpcd me considerable
ns a hclmsn,an, 4 liked il very much
us Il becomes very interesting.
"Our rours. WINS nearly due enst
until We wer, within about sDO miles
of the Azores Islands. ~. then chang.
I'd our co,rac 10 Inc north. and Ne
soon learned our destinntion-.,h, Ork.
ney Islands. north of Scotland.
"Our Journey across was made Ia
IL DAYS and Tor the fest nine DAYS.
the sea, the weather and all conditions
were ns fin, ms one could wish for
NJ. spent many hours On deck nj
night Watching the stars. and study.
isg the mysteries of The heavens;
how fascinating the study of astrono.
my must be. The Congressman came
IN on the for,castle and would spend
a part of the evening time with US,
and made themselves very agreeable. I
1--WE we're constantly on the look
out for undcrsea pirates. Sometimes
we would run into n drove of nor
poises, which at first sight might be
taken for submarine, as they 70 un-
der water most of the time, ana seem
10 20 BY iumps, and in Jumping col
clear I'M out oil The water: their back
is SHARP, and in someways looks like
n subs pcrscope ms they dive
through the water. They move ran
idly and can keep up with the ship.
"Our speed WAS about IL knots orl
20 miles an hour. We were to be met
by three British destroyers and con.
yoyed into mort, and fell in with the.a
in the morning OF our 10th day at sea.
I had the 4 to q watch ut the wheel.
During the night a storm came up
and the seas were very rough, and ii
had a hard time keeping on the
course.
1--WE sighted land about 200 a. M,
July 18th, and at 800 a. M, we an.
chored at Scapa- Flow, Orkney Is
lands, q very tired bunch of sailors,
and u great many very sick with sea
sickness, but I was one of the lucky
ones, and was only little sick.
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