The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-08-14

U.BOAT SAYS FAREWELL
German Sea Serpent, Now Dispossesed
Of It's Terror, Follows In Wake Of
American Sub Chaser Out Of Kenosha
Tuesday Evening For Waukegan

Tuesday Evening For Waukegan.
Pursued by a German submarine
right on Lake Michigan!
That was the exciting experience
which was really enjoyed by a Keno
sha land lubber'' on Tuesday even
ing. 1t must be admitted, however,
that he had to imagine most of the
thrills of being pursued by Hun sea-
serpent for at the mast Of the German
terror was flying the Stars and
Stripes and the land lubber' was
merely aboard the u. S. SC-4l9, the
sub-chaser which has been assigned the
duty of leading the way for the cap
tured German U-boat as it is displayed
in the port lakes.
Riding on submarine chaser at ten
knots an hour was not exactly an
everyday occurrence for the land
huber however, and he enjoyed it
even though the trip was devoid of the
thrills Of war which the opening
sentence might suggest. He let his
Imagination run riot and although he
was high and dry right in front of the
cabin of the commander Of the torpedo
boat, in his imagination he watched
the periscope Of the Hun terror, i'm
agined that black and red flag was
at the mast instead of "Old Glory,0
that German seamen manned the sea-
serpent instead Of the blue jackets OF
the u. S. A. and that the order had
gone out to "F'ire at WILL No won
der he had good time!
Leads Sub Out Of Harbor.
It was ten minutes of six Tuesday
evening when the trip started. 1t.
Commander Lockwood signalled from
the U-boat that he was ready to push
off. Aboard the sub-chaser Lieutenant
G. G. Laws lost no time. In less time
than it takes to tell it he. had his ship
under way, had tested out the course
for the German terror to take and was
halfway out of Kenosha river into the
harbor waiting for the rest of the
fleet" to come up.
Then the first German U-boat to visit
Kenosha began it's farewell to the city.
1t "crawled out Of the mooring near
the bridge over Main street where it
had been visited during the day by
thousands Of Kenoshans Hundreds
who had failed to get entrance into
the boat stood and waved farewell as
with the "Stars and Stripes at its
mast it glided out into the harbor.
Aboard the submarine was one Keno
shan, Charles G.. Schulze, who had sew
eral acquaintance among the crew Of
the sub and had accepted the invitation
to ride in it to the Waukegan harbor.
Behind the submarine, bringing up
the rear was the u. S. SC-411, which
waved the final farewell to the Keno
sha crowds as the third boat of the
trio rounded out Of the harbor into
the lake.
Land Lubber Gets Interested.
Aboard the submarine chaser, the
land lubber found everything and ev-
erybody interesting from the lieuten-
ant who commanded the boat with
"short, snappy commands to the two
little brown rabbits, Olaf and August
who were the mascots of the boat.
After the newness of making ten knots
an hour on real submarine chaser
wore off he gained the permission of
the lieutenant to listen to the yarns of
the sailors. What he heard illustrated
that "a life on the rolling main had
proven both interesting and profitable
to those boys who had been aboard
ships during the great war.
Starts With the Lieutenant.
The land lubber admitted that he
was after story and it did not take
him long to find it.
He asked about Lieutenant Laws and
the sailors fairly dubbed over with
praise for their superior officer. One
of them, who had just finished scrub
bing up the deck and had nothing to
do till tomorrow volunteered to be the
spokesman. He took the land lubber
back to the stern of the boat and
showed him a wrecked airplane engine
which they were carrying back to the
naval station
- can t tell you anything about the
years OF service the lieutenant had be
fore the war;, said the sailor. CT
can t even .reH about the scores of
times he went across the Atlantic dur
ing the war but | know what he did
about that airship engine there for I |