Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-03

A-Armor plate drops, placing Gin. guns.
B-Forecastle peak.
C-Ammunition hold.
D-Torpedo tube rails.
E-Torpedo tubes.
Poop deck. |
GAIT wheelhouse.
H-Deck house
Holds.
K-Disappearing guns aft. mounted on
elevator.
L~Sea gates.
underwear and telling each other that
Whosis Unions-the Roomy Kind
were just what they wanted from
Sanity. Only we did not have any
Christmas tree to sit around. We must
have looked funny, though. and would
have had good laugh if I had not
been SO cold.
We could not go to sleep because
the decks were wet, nor could we sit
down with any comfort for the same
reason. Besides, we thought we might
buck up against q British or a French
cruiser at any minute and most of us
thought we would stay up and get an
eye full before we started for Davy's
well-known locker.
About two bells the following morn
ing the Moewe's engines began to
groan and shake her up bit and we
could hear the blades jump out of the
water every once in while and tear
away. She went ahead in this way for
some time and we were hoping she
was trying to get away from cruiser
and some of us were pulling for the
cruiser to win and others hoping the
Moewe would get her heels clear and
keep us from getting ours
The Huns were running up and down
the deck yelling like wild men and
one of our men began to yell too. He
was delirious and after he yelled a
bit he jumped up and made pass at
the sentry, who shot at him but
missed. The shot missed me too. but
not very much. Then they dragged
the delirious man up on deck and Lord
knows what they did with him, because
we never saw him again. But we die
not hear any sound that they might
have made in shooting him.
Then the Huns began Smelling ant
l they kept it up for some time
! Then they ordered us up on decl
to see the ship they had been firing a
and when we came up the companion
way they were just bringing the othe
ships skipper aboard. 1t was thu
q French collier st. Theodore, hove t,
n off the starboard side with priz
IS crew from the Moewe aboard and wig
q wagging to the raider.
: Then the Huns began shouting an
5 they rousted us below deck again. TIL
y place where we had been was file
with smoke, from what or why I d
e not know, but it was almost impos
a. sible to breathe in it, When tn
or smoke cleared up a bit the Maratho
III started again, for we were still in gu
no underwear only. One Of the boys ha
"a asked Fritz for clothing and Fritz sal
al the English had tough enough skin
and they did not need clothing. The
10 he said: "Wait until you see what OF
l German winters are like"
nd The following morning the engine
'e- began to tear away again and tt
OF guns started firing. After a while tt
a firing stopped and the engines too, ar
'e- after an hour they had the old ma
'lg of the Yarrowdale aboard. She was
X British ship chartered by the Frent
lie and bound for Brest and Liverpo
NV with very valuable cargo aboard
to airplanes, ammunition, food and aut
oh mobiles.
Oh When they rousted us on deck aga
on the st. Theodore was still in sight, b
en- she had the Yarrowdale for compan
he Both were trailing behind us and kee
lat ing pretty close on. While we we
m on deck we saw the German sailors
E>ch cork on the main decl making abo