The state herald., 1919-05-16

ana coat ana clogs, and. believe me, II
was not case Of al dressed up and
no place to goi
Then I swan hard and caught up to
the Lmeys who had Jumped first. They
were asking each other II they were
downhearted and answering, "Not q
bit Of It. me lads" and trying to sing,
Pack up your troubles In your old kit
bag" only they could not do much
singing on account Of the waves that
slipped into their mouths every time
they opened them. That was Just like
Limeys, though.
Some Of the boys were Just climbing
up the Jacobs ladder ON the Moewe
when the old Georgic let out an awful
roar and up went the deck and the
matches high In the air In splinters.
One fellow let 20 his hold ON tho lad
der and went down and he never came
up. The Germans were making for the
Moewe In the lifeboat and we reached
It just before they did. Up the ladder
we went and over the side and the
first thing We caught sight Of was the
German revolvers In our faces drilling
NJ all Into line.
The nfeboat brought back the ships
papers from the Georgic and We had
roll call. They kept rs up ON deck In
our wet underwear and It was very
cold indeed. Then the 1rst mate and
the old man and one Of the German
offlcers called OF the names and We
found We had nfty missing.
The Boche commander had gall
enough to say that he was not there
to kill men but to sink all ships that
were supplying the alliesi He said
England was trying to starvs Germany.
but that they would never succeed and
that Germany would starvs the allies
very soon.
After roll call some Of ~ asked the
Germans for clotheA or at least q
place to dry ourselves In, but Fritz
could not see us f.. the dust on the
ocean and we Just had to stand there
and shiver till we shook the deck. al.
most Then I went and sat down on
the pipes that feed the deck winches.
They had quite q head Of steam In
them and I was beginning to feel more
comfortable when I got q good clout
alongside Of the head for sitting there
and trying to keep warm. Il was Q
German garby and he started calling
mo all the various kinds Of schwein-
hunde he could think Of and hs could
think Of Q lot.
Finally they mustered - ali On
another part Of the deck, then drilled
~ down Into the forecastls and read
the martial law Of Germany TO n.
Al least ! guels that = what Il was
II might have been the Help Wanted
I-poG Catcher" column from the Ber-
IN iotai TassabAls for ID most Of ~
knew Or eared Il shows what cards
the Germans ars-reading Ill those
four.to-the-pound words TO ~ shivss-
Ing garbies. who did not give Z dime
q dozen whether w heard them or not
Fritz u like some other hot sketchss-
be d funniest when hs does not mean
to be. Every German Il . vaudeville
skit when he acts natural.
There were hammocks there and ws
Jumped into them to get warm, but tho
Germans came down with their ~
volvers and bayonets and took the
hammocks away and poured water on
the decks and told ~ to sleep there.
They could not have done . worss
trick than that
Then they put locks On the portfolios
and told NJ that anyone caught nddling
with the locks would be shot at once.
This was because We might sight .
British or French mnn-of.war at any
time and as the Moewe was sailing un-
der the British flag and trying to keep
out Of trouble they did not want N
at the ports signaling our own wnr-
ships for help. II they had buckcd
any Of the allied ships and hnd q nght
We would have died down there like
rats.
The Moewe hnd already captured
the voltaire, Mount Temple. Cambrinn
Range and the King George and had
the crews Of these vessels between
decks with us. These men told US
how the Germans wcrc treating them
and II looked to me as though tho eve
ming would be spent In playing games
and 4 pleasant time would be had BY
all-not.
Tho crew Of the Mount Temple were
on deck working when tho raider sud.
denly opened IRE on them. Two or
three men Jumped Into the water and
the Germans turned q gun on them
while they were swimming and killed
them. That WINS Just simple Of whnt
had happened to thcm.
Tho men now began running up and
down IN q line 70 keep warm. but
took little run on my own hook and
treated myself to a. much Of 4 once
over Of the ship n I could. I do not
believe the Mocwe had moro than n
hrce-fourths-inch armor plate. but be-
hind TINT shc had three rows Of pig
iron. which made about foot In thick.
ness There was nothing but cable
strung along tho deck and when ! saw