The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-23

, German than American. Her periscopeS
She has three counting the emergency
| scopeAare higher than those of the
| American undersea boats, but she does
not ride quite so high above the water
line when on the surface as our subs do.
When 1t came to discussing the U-111s
| remarkably good Diesel engines" the
ease with which she Is handled. her
! speed, agility in man9uvring, the habit
she has of keeping her bridge dry when
hitting IT up on the surface~-these fine
points OF the one time pride or the
Heinies were freely admitted by naval
officers at the yard yesterday. Her peri
scopes, said our navy men further. are
remarkably good. She is particularly
| well ventilated. She In comfortable to
| sail in. As to the effectiveness OF her
| big gyroscope compass the American
naval officer who spoke of the compass
patted 1t and talked about that compass
! in tones that mother uses when discuss
ing her favorite child.
THE Germans say themselves" one
! submarine expeN who saw much service
abroad said during the inspection yes
Iterday, that II they had only stuck to
U-boAts like this one 1900 tons, length
about 240 feet1 their undersea war would
have been much more effective. But they
got over ambitious, overbuilt their SUBJ
marines and lost tist so much in results
with every foot and ton they added to
boats Of this size"
Has Complicated Machinery.
GERS who have made a close study Of the
German submarines captured or sur
rendered. the American submarine puts
the German copy to shame when Il comes
to simplicity. The German submarine
has multiplicity OF valves, pipe leads.
gauges and similar mechanical doodads
to accomplish precisely the same ma
nGuvre that an American sub brings
about with fraction of the intricacies,
American seamen who brought her
from Plymouth to New York harbor say
that her general arrangement" IL poor
compared to our boata Comparatively
the U-11Is messing arrangements also
| are atrocious. AS for her 'Tkitchen'-
| kitchenette is of course the technically
| correct nautical term--the German sub
is 50 bad that a Harlem cook wouldn't
stay aboard her for a week. even with
every other afternoon "out" Just a
few pots were found in her tiny food
factory when American officers took her
! over indicating. as theNofficers said yes
! terday that the German officers and
crew had been living almost altogether
on a stew that lacked variety.
| But her deck guns are more powerful
| than could be found on any American
| undersea boat, our submarines not GO
/ ing in noticeably for outdoor offensive
| ness Besides her forward and aft
| 'four-pont-one" guns she has fouS- tor
| pedo tubes at the bow and two stern
| tubes. She has a cruising radius of
| 1000 miles II she runs at ten knots.
Rising backward from her bow at an
angle of about forty-fve degrees and
| looming above her forward where II will
do the most good Is a big toothed saw,
| which is found on no other national
| submarines but then the Germans were
| the only submariners who had to try TO
| duck under sunken nets. the saw being
| placed forward to cut the nets in pas
| sage, which often the saws did.
| Find Charts of Mine Fields.
| Aboard the U-111 after she had been
| surrendered was found number of
| charts. some of which proved to be ex-
| ceptionally accurate chartings of the
| English mine fields Also the mine field
1 charting proved unquestionably that the
| Germans had the DOPE as one Of our
men put it, on Just where the English
had placed their mines. and therefore the
best way of avoiding them. Also aboard
were many letters, some from families
% the German crew, some the crew had
| written to the homefolks. many of the
letters being written in excellent Eng
fish. Rummagirg also brought to light
a scrubbed poem in German, in which
a member OF the crew eNtolled the Won
ders of the U-54, which visited New
port in October, 1916.
| The U-111 was brought here from
Plymouth by four American officers
Lieutenant Commander Freeman A.
Daubin, who was in command: Navi-
| eating Officer Rulings, Senior Lieut..
w. S. Henry, gunner. and Ensign NJ. T.
Grubham. engineer officer. Owing to
heavy seas the officers and the crew OF
thirty-four American sailors brought the
eN-German across at an average speed
of ten knots. although at times they
sent her along at the equivalent OF six
teen knots.
When the Germans turned her over
to the victors the U-111 was In good
, shape except for her starboard engine,
the main bearings OF which had been
burnt out-not pu-posely but because OF
neglect and bad engineering" BY
working night and day for twelve days
Skipper Daubin and his men got her
in shape to send to sea.
Owing to their anxiety to get here in
time for the opening OF tho Victory
Loan they started with so little inner
man supplies that for the last three days
% the trip they had 10 live chiefly on
pickles and crackers. and on the last
day their drinking water gave out. The
starboard engine went bad of Nam
| tucket Light, whereupon they came the
rest Of the way on one engine.
Tomorrow the U-l11 will start for
Portland, Me-, and during the loan drive
will visit various New England ports,
where every one who buys bond will
be permitted to board her. Five other
submarines surrendered by the Germans
the U-1l7, U-14O, UC-97. UB-14s and
IUB-ss-are expected to arrive here
to-day. accompanied by the tender Bush
nell. One Of these will boost the loan
in the neighborhood of Newark Bay, an
other will Murray the loan at cities up
the Hudson and the rest will be sent to
ports TO the south. the great lakes and,
II possible, to the Pacific coast before
the loan drive ends-which. say naval
officers, can be accomplished before the
drive is over.