The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-16

acquired a French bulldog, Bum" as
a mascot, and the crew says that Bum
can lick anything in the navy. They
also have a flock of ~canaries. picked
up by the skipper in the Azores.
The Little was commissioned April
s, 1918, after launching at the Fore
River yards. Her first convoy was
from Norfolk, Va. The ship also con.
voyed the Covington when that shin.
formerly the Cincinnati, was sunk
The destroyer dropped a few depth
bombs on that occasion, and although
some of the crew say they saw oil
come to the surface, most of them
believe they only succeeded in driy-
ing off the U-boat.
On another occasion, the Little went
out on a call that U-boats had at
tackled merchant ships so miles out
of Brest, When the craft reached the
point of attack her engines broke
down and she drifted helplessly, at
the mercy of any old torpedo, for four
hours. The Little was in the convoy
which took the George Washington.
with President Wilson and the peace
party, from the Azores to Brest."
L. S. S. Little, q Postmaster, n. Y.
New York City, n. Y.-Europe, Dec.
Is, 191S.-My Dear Mother: We ar
rived Friday with President Wilson.
The destroyers Fairfax, Bell, Sigour-
nay ard Little met the transport
George Washington outside of st.
Michael island. She was being con
yoyed by the superdreadnaught Penn
sylvania and fourteen other destroy
ers. We fell in on the George Wash
ineton's starboard side and began con
voying. We passed Ponta Del Gada,
the largest city on st. Michael island.
which is one OF the five islands named
the Azores and belongs to Portugal.
a Portuguese man-o-war fired a salute
and was answered by the George
Washington. We were then under way
headed for Brest, France. 1t was-a
glorious sight, everything quiet and
all lights burning on the evening Of
the eleventh, and all ships signaling
TO each other with their powerful
searchlights.
The next day the weather was fair
ard we were steaming steady at TWEEN
ty.two knots. l am helmsman and
on with the masthead
watches during this trip.
on the 18th at dawn We met ten
American superdreaGnaughts and all
their salutes in order as the men
manning the rail. There were
also ten more destroyers that met US
and it was quite an interesting fete'
TO see all the men-o-war forming their
positions TO convoy the George Wash
on her great mission.
II was about noon when we reached
the breakwater in Brest and reviewed
between two long lines of American
battleships, destroyers and French
cruisers. When all ships were nloorod
it was about dusk and the ySesident
was on his way to Paris.
Well / will end this letter and write
before we head to sea again.
love, Lloyd.
December 81, 191S.-My Dear Moth
er: This is New Years V and | am
wishing you a Happy New Year. We
steamed out of Brest, France, the Goth,
flying our homeward bound pennant
while the bands played. They sure
us a send off. W. are now in
Ponta Del Gada, st. Michael, n of
the Azore islands. We are taking on
oil and continue our trip to Bermuda
and then the destroyers are to race
TO New York. And then we expect to
be in Boston on the twelfth Of jan
uary. Lloyd.
Hurrah, | am in America now.