The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-05-08
With a Few Bold Strokes
Daniel Corrigan Paints a
Graphic Picture of Life
On a U-Boat.
PATROLED The AZORES
Interesting Visitor to Kenosha Tells
What 1t Means to Live Under
seas and Watch for German
ssea-serpents.

LOU just SIT OI tI6 pOStOn ~ Vh0
ocean and wait for something to turn
UP or come down.
With this epigrammatic sentence
First Glass Petty Officer Daniel CORR
gan of the United States Navy de-
scribed life on a Submarine patroing
the seas that wash the lordly Azores.
The young seaman--he is young de-
spite his high rating and his many
experience s-hails from Los Angeles,
Seattle, Boston, and the Seven Seas,
but be is now a. guest at the home Of
DIR. Helen Harbert of 266 West Main
street, Kenosha.
tsI've sailed on both K-Boats and
M Boats, be added, and it s all the
same d funny forgetful sort of life
with danger everywhere and loads Of
fascination y
"K-Boats and M-Boats- what's the
Edistinctiong'' he was asked by the land
lubber who didn't understand
Well, II he answered with q boyish
laugh, there = about the same distinc
tion that there is between a Ford and
a Packard or any other kind of car.
They re just different types Of subs.
When you re cruising though it doesn t
make much difference whether you're
I in q K-Boat or an M-Boat. If you
strike a storm you feel like you're in
a peanut shell with giant fingers around
I it just waiting to break it open. \"
How many cruises have yon taxi
emf was the next question put by the
inquisitive interviewer
How many9'' he answered. |'Why
I lost count Of the number long time
ago. I've been patroling the Atlantic
Ocean over around the Azores for
|eighteen months and we just went to
sea whenever the orders came. -
Apparently that was rather frequent
". Anyway First Petty Officer Cor
rigan has known what it means to live
within the narrow confines of a u
Boat for twenty nine weary days at
a stretch, with sixteen hours Of each
Of them spent down among the coral
and the seaweed that make the ocean
Ia trackless wilderness.
.sWhat was it like down thereto
came the query of the man who had
been swimming once or twice and knew
how deep the sea can be in spots.
1T was all green darkness, 7 the
COB replied, stmurky, oozy, and for
bidding. There was a last flash Of blue
light as the periscope dropped .below
the surface and after that a strange
twilight gradually become darkness,
green darkness. y
For those who wonder at the pic
tJrresque dictfon Daniel Corrigan was
an interior decorator before he went
down to the sea in ships.
His life has been most unusual. AZ
the age Of eleven he was left alone Ia
the world. Since that time he has
never gone to school day, but has
schooled himself in the lore Of libraries,
art-galleriea, and the stories of sailors
gathered at twilight along shadowy
wharFes and piers. He decided one
day he wanted to be an interior decor
ator. He learned the game from life,
made good in the shops of Boston and
Cambridge, and left his work to man
submarines in the world war
tits long way, he admitted,
from the drawing room Of mansion
to the cabin Of a U-boat, but it's all
in a lifetime. Where do we go from
heregn
ITO the nearest thirst-emporinm, "
the interviewer answered.
And in a surprisingly few minutes
they were toasting the army and
navy forever" over schooners Of
coca-cola and cherry phosphate.