The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-30

in motor boats, hoping to get shot at the invader. The shore artillery continued to rain shells around. Some of the shells menaced the neutral shipping much more seriously than they did the British enemy They came so near the Scorpion" said Lieut.. Com. Stewart F. Bryant, one of it's officers that the men had to be ordered below decks. The Scorpion, in the midst of the excitement, beat all its previous records for getting up steam and shifting position"
 Nothing more was seen of the sub marine, which made its escape with out suffering any damage. While the British had not done any very serious harm-there had been no loss of life they had succeeded in producing a pro- found effect. The Turks did not dare venture out with their transports. All the troops were disembarked and the sea expedition to the Dardanelles abandoned. The endorsements pro- ceeded to the trenches either by rail or on foot.
 The Fourth of July was celebrated on the Scorpion in 1916, and one of the interesting features of the celebration was the reading of the Declaration of Independence by an Englishman who was a guest.
 Soon thereafter it was assigned a berth in the Golden Horn, between the two bridges which connect Stamboul, the old Turkish quarter, with Pera, the European section. The new posi- ton gave the crew an opportunity to watch daily panorama of ceaseless change and interest. At some hour in the "A a sample of practically every race and tribe on the face of the earth passes over one or other of those bridges. Nowhere can be seen a more amazing array of costumes, bizarre, colorful, oriental
 SEE STRANGE SIGHTS
 Officers and men of the Scorpion saw the Turkish troops, commanded by German officers, going away to war: they saw the Turkish wounded re- turning; they saw the British prisoners captured at Gallipoli, marching to the Turk prison camps. Enver Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, attended by his Teuton advisors, was a daily spectacle, speeding over the bridges in his big touring car.
 Near by lay the yacht of the fugitive khedive of Egypt. beautiful vessel. Not far away was the steamship Gen eral, the headquarters of the German admiralty staff, which, in reality d- rected Turkish operations. Toward the Bosporous was pontoon bridge, over which. occasionally the Sultan and his harem could be seen passing in pomp and magnificience. s
 German submarines were frequently seen. They would go gliding by the Scorpion on their way to the arsenal quays and dry docks. One, it was said, had made the trip from Kiel, sinking two British warships in the Dardanel- les en route. An interesting story, which our officers could never verify, was told in Constantinople about the French submarine Turquoise, which was captured by the Turks.
 The Moslems could not understand the machinery, so they ordered the French engineers to start the engines. The Frenchmen started the submerg- ing apparatus and the sub dived, carrying French and Turks along with it. never to return
 The first American battles with the Germans were fought, l think, beyond all question by the crew of the Scor- pion.
 One night two men from the Scor- pion were sitting near a large group of sailors from the Breslau and tn Goeben. one of the Germans walked Internationally past our men. remark ing in audible. if broken. English
 hC oci hdu navy can HcK the American navy any time 1t wants to come out.'
 Come out"' shouted one of the Scorpion boys. 'Whadayamean come out'?' And what are you doing here? Why aren't you tied up in the Kiel canal with the rest of the schooner sinkers? Take that!"
 SHED FIRST GERMAN BLOOD
 Riff! So the battle began At it's height" according to neutral accounts. "17 Germans were being smashed by four American fists. Then the Ger mans threw beer bottles, and the Americans went down."
 But the Scorpions crew drew the first German blood.
 The Scorpion is still at Constan- tlnople, under the command of Admiral and United States High Commissioner Mark l.. Bristol, but according to this. artlcle-received and published since the first writing of the Scorpions story there is For Sale" sign hanging on it.
 Whoever may buy it, or wherever if may go, 1t leaves an honorable tradi- tion in the navy
 oAnother article by former Secretary