Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-10
CHAPTER XVll-Continued.


Also by this time some of the men
mad lost their heads completely; in
rart. had gone violently crazy, and the |
cost of us were afraid of them. We |
rcro all thinking of the fight that |
might occur any moment between the |
yarrowdale and some other vessel and
we knew we were in the likeliest place
for the vessel to be struck Even
though we were not hit amidships, If
the ship were sinking we did not think
the Germans would give US chance to
escape. We figured from what they
had said that we would go down with
the ship. And going down on a ship in
which you are a prisoner is quite diff
terent from going down with one for
which you have been fighting. You
arrive mt the same place, but the feel
Ing is different.
Some of us thought of overpowering
the crew and taking the vessel into our
own hands, and we got the rest of
the sane or nearly sane men together
and tried TO get up scheme for doing
It. i was strong for the plan and so
we're several others, but the Limey Of
hCcrS who We're with US advised
against it. They said the Germans
were taking US to neutral country,
where we would be interned, which
was just what the Germans had told
U.s. but what few Of US believed.
Then some others said that if we
started anything the Germans would
fire the time bombs. We replied that
at least the Germans would go west
with US, but they could not see that
there was any glory in that. For my
self, though the Germans would not
fire the bombs until the last minute,
and that we would have a chance at
the boats before they got all of US
anyway. There were only thirteen
German sailors on board, besides their
commander. This last Hun was
named Badewitz.
SO the pacifists ruled, because we
could not do anything unless we were
ali together, and there was no mutiny
They said we were hotheads, the res
Of us, but 1 still think we could hav,
made a dash for it and overpoweret
our sentrieS, and either gone over tn
side with the lifeboatS, or taken owe
the whole ship. 1t would have beel
better for us if we had tried, and |
the pacifists had known what wa
the time bombs themselves rathe
than so on into that future. How
ever, that is split milk.
We were not allowed to open tn
portfolios while we were in the bunl
ers, under penalty of death, and ther
in the dark, in that sinking air, it
no wonder many of US went Graz.
Among US was a fellow named Ha
rington, about six feet tall and weigl
Ing $50 pounds. He seemed to be a
right mentally, but some of I
thought afterwards he was Graz
Anyway, l do not blame him for VIII;
he did. Harrington rushed up ii
fddley and opened the door. The
was q German sentry there, and Ha
tington made swing at him and tht
grabbed his bayonet. The sent
yelled and some others came dow
from the bridge and shot Harringt'
through the hand. After they n;
beaten Harrington pretty badly, t
bull of the bunch, Badewitz himse
came over and hammered Harringt
all around the deck. Then they p
him in irons and took him to the cha
room.
The next day we were sitting in
hddley getting warm when the dc
opened and there was Badewitz.
yelled "Heraus!" and began firing
US with revolver, SO we beat 1t pa
onto the coal. Pretty soon the dc
opened again. But it was only a U
man sentry. He threw down a nc
1t was written in English and re-
Pick out eight men for cooks
we picked out eight men from the
rious vessels and they went on d.
and rugged up a galley aft.
But we did not receive any kniv
forks, spoons or plates. The Il
meal we get was nothing but maca
nj, piled up on pieces of cardbO
boxes. Then we appointed four
TO serve the macaroni, and they
4 four pieces of wood, the cleanest
III
C' that, and they dug around in
1 macaroni and divided it up and
It in our hands. We had to eat
after that from our grimy fing
Il Those who were helped first had to
i farthest back on the coal to eat
i md those who were helped last
Il less, because the dividers got m
careful toward the end and 6
smaller portions.
But we did not get macaroni '
long. cook from the Voltaire
cleaning q copper dixie that the u
arohi had been cooked in, and he
holding it over the side when the
sci rolled heavily, and dropped
uaae into the briny. A sentry
saw hing drop it forced him up