Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-30
CREW OF SCORPION
FIRST u. S. MEN WHO
SHED GERMAN BLOOD
Continued from page !

IN monotonous Ii had it's thrills ana
its opportunities FOR service. "heh
Turkey entered the war the crew "a
the Scorpion was invaluable 10 MT.
Morgcnthau in guarding embassies ana
helping TO get the retiring allied officials
and thousands of noncomhatants-meil
women and childrep-safcly out OF the
city. =,
The American flag was temporarily
hoiste-d over the British embassy ana
men Of the Scorpion stood on guard
about the building. because there were
rumors that an attack was to he made
upon il. and Mr.. Morgenthau had been
requested 10y the British government l"
take charge of British interests.
But the most thrilling episode in the
scorpion's long sojourn in the Bosporus
occurred on May %. 1916
Long lines OF transports, with 4U,-
coo or 10000 troops aboard, were a the
auays ready To sail for the re-entorce-
ment of the Ottoman armies at the
Dardanelles. An escort of desteoNerS
and patrol boats had been sent ahead
into the Sea of Marmora. and one or
two destroyers were racing about IN
the Bosporous.
The opportunity for sudden bloW ny
the allies was excellent ahSbouS
could get near enough to strike the
blow. Approach. however. meant run
niny ,he bh,ckade of mines and shore
guns and other dcfenses which, thus
far had made the DarNianelles inn
pregnabie.
So the Turks felt fairly safe.
warning from Submarine.
rurnor spread. however. on May -
that the skipper of submarine hao du-
hos Sos
reonostin, that all neutral ships, for
their own protection. should immediately
withdraw from the open harhor.
IL was said that the letter had been
given 10 the captain of Greek tug
h.,at. This assertion. however. mas
never been verified. nor has a copy 81
the letter ever been seen. 50 Tar aS Is
known il was never delivered. SuS-
picion exists that it fell into Turkish
hands. This suspicion is strcnEth'ntd
lv the fact that almost ConCidcnuy sc>
,ral tugboat captains of Hellenic race
disappeared.
II was with a sense Of ,>pectan'
olckcned by this rumor that the Se"r-
pion's lookout watched the early morn
ing preparations of the Turkish trans
ports 10 sail.
The moment for depart ~ had almost
trrived when a sudden shout from me
luartermaster Of the scorpion hrought
ILL hands scramhIing on deck
British submarine. rsnS oat The rN.
sure enough. head5n- at fun speed for
the troop ships. with "a, rifle q water
white around its T., riS one was 2 BritiSh
submarine
The Turks had made simultaneous
discovery of il. and thcIi artis!'r.. opcn-
"a FIRE The marksmauship wa* r"or
III
Blows Up Turkish Craft
The suhnoar,i. made Il fun swce ot
tac rathor ar. when on.y 100 Yards
IA ,t, Tu.A4.. acl3 gar. 4~o ts
- t...y
4 ,,..,i.. +. i..:.r ;he~e va. -.rr'ds
,..SioI.. X .rvri.i~. ,ntrr vanish +!
..,.l thc uatey. anG i,..- .tA tcl. ..se
..a.E in fragments \ A:E holo NtS
uwn III III slle Of a. c.n2I, ;rana-
l,ort.
rhc arst to-pe.io W sy..v,y.4 a;fa.s-
r,iu, iiately ~ S,o.}. Tbs 500
t,.s crr.A watched IDS .elita s,-a2k as Y
Il pas! th-ir s,uI. ,..s, el t.,c 'oc. s..is..
aided ~, ;hc i}osI.oreIs, Il Nenl uni 4
,..,. so-.t and asS. i on stream ~
-, N5boGt lo,nG tn" =, ny injury
Meantime !. Tur..~t tor edo hc..t
ultn ~ i4tt3c lutr,l- .lt...-. AZ a.-at,, +t
fnu speed tova 4 The ho-.u. isitos.
,,idently intent ui.ou val.r.iI..- Il. but
tne British was too cv.> :. ana when tae
lrks reached tie pl.- yvncre uhe sub
,rino had ben. il 49,. ~ !. n-er There
SuhIn,r-, nee iaC .1....a i, e. sI1e
pths.
AL ths hsrb6r police ana patrol boats
re runnlns .,r,..nd 4. kine for tae
sub" Turkish nava officers uf hIeh
TX grabbed raes and put out il mo-
cfl. j.
INVADER. The shore artillery continued
rain shells i .a..ad some - The shells
tIe enaced the neutral shipping much
Haore seriously tnan Jhes did the BRITISH
lem1 They came - nea- the ScaI-
on. said Lieutenant Command
tewart r Bryant. one Of its officers,
hat the men had To be ordered below
locks. The Scorpion. IL the midst Of the
,Ncitement. beat all rs previous se-
5rds FOR getting UP steam and shifting
position.
stops Turk Expedition.
Nothing more was seen of the subrna-
me. which made its escape without
.ufiering any damage. While the Brit
N had not done any very serious harm
there had been no loss OF lift-they
had succeeded al producing 4 profound
,.Tect. The Turks did not dare venture
with tnelT transports All Inc troops
ere diseInbarked and ne sea expedition
10 the Dardantlles abandoned. The
Inducements proceeded 10 the trench
- either by rail or on foot
The Fourth OF July was celebrated on
the Scorpion IN 1916. and one OF the ID
tercstinE features OF the celebration was
no reading OF the Decla-at ton OF Inde-
pendence by en- Engllshnlan who vas u
guest.
soon thereafter Z was assigned a
berth IN the Golden Horn. between the
TWO bridges which connect StambouI.
the old Turkish quarter, with Pera, the
European section. The new position
gave the crew an opportunity 10 watch
d daily panorama of ceaseless change
and interest. AT some hour in the
twenty-fOUr d 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 more
amazing array Of costumes, bizarre,
colorful, oriental.
See Strange Sights.
officers and men OF the Scorpion saw
the Turkish troops. commanded by Ger