The Washington times., 1920-02-01
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wesi1 se with the ~ii.Hies-" TAe
~Gr-vy NAVY" would ss pretty ssfs.
skey said.
Mixed VITA british
IL Battles Rsysl
II an American officer spoke his
nInd too freely he knew he would
10 lacked up by Sims from London.
hut the enlisted men never worried
much about London. They were en-
couraged TO mix with the Britishers.
but about the only time they ever
mixed was In a battle royal; and
then. no matter who started it-as
our gobs put tive finished It." In
Queenstown, as our gobs began to
come in increasing numbers. nights
became less frequent; but In English
ports. where our fellows were always
mucn In the minority. there was a lot
doing. Sims ought to put q chapter
In his book about some of those
lights. From what our fellows told
me, ! could write q whole volume
myself.
our fsIiows were pretty open In
their sympathy for most everything
Irish. They waved Sim Fein nags at
they were with the Sinn Fein cause;
also TO show that they had no use for
the '1iinie."
Hritish Took Cssvsys
When Near Ls.A.
A good percentage OF these were OF
Irish blood of course, but that held
too. for many who were not OF irish
blood as they camo to know more of
real conditions over there. And they
know what Bayly was, too.
IL was nne t. - seven or eight
hundred miles to sea to pick mp . con-
voy and then when yoa get In sight
of land have to turn Ii over to .
Urttish escort. Sims probably padded
hi. British percentage with British
deeds Of that kind. They were
brought In by British ships-sureIy.
Scores OF our fellows married Irish
girls in Queenstown and Cork, and
every iIisn girl in Queenstown and
Cork was a Sim Feiner: and they
were constantly visiting old country
relations Of their home folks in Ire
land. They were raising the devil
generally with Bayly's notions of
what was proper and befitting. The
wounded soldiers of the Royal Irish
Guards, q solidly Sin Fein body.
could be found most any night In
our bluejackets' mems club at Queens.
town; you could visit for weeks with
out seeing a British bluejacket there.
That Cork Riot Was
Not Even Good Fight.
Now Bayly wasn't going to stand
that forever; he had to do something.
The city of Cork was a short half
hours ride from Queenstown. 1t
was q great place for visiting for our
gobs on leave; it was also great
Sim Fein city. One Sunday after
noon. q bunch of young Corkonians
moved down the street and cleaned
out q few British institutions, among
others the recruiting headquarters. 1t
was not a real fight. not half as
warm as hurling match between
two country teams: but few people
got black eyes and bloody noses out
of II, three or four Of our gobs among
them.
The story Is that a bunch Of our
gobs helped out the Sim Feiners.
kow one of ours who got split lip In
il, and he was indignant with the
husky young guy VINO gave 1t to him:
Il was with your crowd. what differ
slam me for?' our COB demanded.
The young IrishmAn answered: "Ex-
cuse me, but for a second I had me
doubts, and 1t was no time to have
q doubt"
with Sims O. X. II
became Attack on Gobs.
That row In Cork WINS tso Gsod
n chance, so out goes the story from
Bayiy's headqusrterx-Sinn Felners
,sssauIt American blueJackets. I wns
sent on to London and o. KID by
Sims, and cabled over here. And
much indignation resulted. What!
The Irish against the United Statesf
An amenable American correspond
ent took Bsyly's account Of 1t and
sent Il on In an article which was
published in q magazine of large cir
culstion and strong English tenden-
cies here.
That was the beginning. They had
to follow their hand. Tho next move
was to prohibit our Unlisted men from
going to Cork on leave. the reason
given to the press being that there
was too much bad blood between The
natives of Cork and our gobs; which
incidentally did not keep many Of our
Fellows from getting into civilian