The Diary of all-Boat Commander
(Copyright, 1917, by tho New York Herald Co.—All Rights Reserved)
(Copyright Canada by New York Herald Company)
(Translated from the Original German by Irving R. Bacon)
1015—20 July
A big steamship from America I
essfd within less than a thousand j
ards of us at half-past five o'clock j
lis morning, sixty miles south ot
te Irish coast. Evidently our peri
;ope was not seen by her, as she
ept cn the even tenor of her way
ithout any apparent excitement
sb:ird. She presented a fine ap-,
earnnce. T wondered whether she
arrieo rnvfhing which would have;
igalized the sinking of her.
The torpedoes lay ready in the I
ihes. A slight pressure upon an |
lectric button and this grand, ma- j
•stic looking steamship would have j
een .lunk at the bottom of thej
cean. My Angers glided playfully i
cross the fateful button. A whim. I
ciprice, a passing, fitful twinge of |
yspeptic pain, almost any trifling I
ntoward accident might have im- j
piled mo If rress the button; and |
uother L>us!tanla horror would have
laken the world and sent execra
or.s against us Prussians a-shouting
own the corridors of time to the
itcst generations.
I thought of that Greek youth who
cn an everlasting name —albeit an
ifamous one —by firing the Temple
' Diana. "A slightly heavier pres
ire upon this button than I am ex
•llng row." T thought, "and your
ime. Hans von Tuebinger, \%ill on
,ire through all the ages. Half the
>nt\nent of Europe will treasure
>ur name as a precious heirloom to
? handed down with gratitude from
■neration to generation; but the!
her half of Europe and the rest of
0 w6rld will be filled, with loathiijg
you are mentioned." *
T thought also of the women and
lildren aboard that beautiful
eamship, and away went every ves- 1
?e of that awful instinct of am
tion which is so prone, selfishly to 1
crlfiee half a world for no other
irpose than to see one's own name
nfolazoned in the temple of fame
hich for the most part, as far as
irriors are concerned, should be
lied the temple of infamy
Less than an hour after the ves
-1 had passed out of our sight an!
iglisli patrol boat came along. She I
as beyond the rang of our tor
idoes and was taking a course
hich would carry her still further!
fay unless we sheered oft in her 1
rection. To do this would have
en too dangerous, as the part of
e Channel toward which the pa
al was headed literally
;th war ships, and besides was
wn with mines.
I have learned f- respect Fritz
lunig's advice to ruch an extent
at I never take any decisive step
importance to the U-boat without
nsulting him. I sent for him and
Id the situation before him.
"By all means let us rise to the 1
rface and give the Britisher a 1
ste of our B-inch gun," said Fritz.
I'e can submerge within less than
If a minute and, after changing
r position, rise again, and if we
.ve not done sufficient execution by 1
e first shot, we can give them an- i
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[ other shell and dive again before
j they can get our range."
Scarcely had our conning tower
: appeared above the surface than tho
i patrol banged at us with her G-inch
fifles. In this respect the Britishers
had the advantage over us, for wo
could not begin to operate our rifle
until we were awash with the deck.
Besides, they had the longer range.
Still, we were sufficiently close to
! them—about five thousand yards—
[ to make our shot as affective as if
i fired at point blank. And, more
| over, we had a gunner aboard Jul
j ius Halbert, who boasted that he had
1 never yet missed Ills mark and who
j was, so to speak, a genius in re
; gard to marksmanship.
The shells of the enemy were fall-
I ing within from two hundred to as
; near as fifty yards of us, when our
} gun roared back her reply. The
J shell landed amidships and must
j have raised the.devil in the patrol's
engine room. We did not wait to
watch developments. After sub
merging the imagery on the perl
scope disk disclosed the result of
Halbert's aim. A gap larger than
a porthole had been torn in the side
of the vessel, and the havoc pro
duced inside had thrown even the
well flisciplined crew into no little
confusion. Evidences of this could
be seen on deck, where men were
running hither and thither, as if
great excitement was prevailing
aboard.
Owing to the damage to the pa
trol's machinery we managed in a
short while by dead reckoning, as
we dared not show our periscope
-above water, to get from her star
board to her port side, at about the
same distance as before. Then,
rising again, we landed another shell
on her water line, and once more
dived before the gunners could get
our range although they did plant
some of their shells confoundedly
clone to us.
"Now," said Fritz, "I suppose
Hans, you are going to give them
the torpedo cure?"
Again working by dead reckon
ing, we got to within two thousand
yards, although the effective range
of our torpedoes was more than
three thousand yards, and came to
the surface close enough to barely
project the top of the periscope.
Only for a moment, however, for
those fellows aboard the patrol boat
were certainly alert and began pop
ping at us the very instant the peri
scope was seen by them. They
missed by a close margin and af
forded me enough time to telescope
at the same instant that I fired the
torpedo.
When we had shifted our position
to an entirely new point of the com
pass I ventured up with the perl
scope again. This time there was no
attempt to fire at us. The guns of
the patrol were forever silent. She
had been hit squarely below the
water line almost amidships and
was listing over toward us at a peri
lous angle. The crew was getting
into the lifeboats, some of which
were already headed In tho direction
of land.
"Is It your pleasure to do away
with them?" asked Halbert, poking
his head In at the door of the con
ning tower. He had watched pro
ceedings through the second perl
scope and his gunner's Instinct
craved for play.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well." he replied with a strange
grin, "they are enemies."
"You mean that we should Are
Into the lifeboats?"
"Quite so. They surely would
not hesitate to treat us In that way
If our roles were exchanged."
"Halbert I shall report you to
the Admiralty. Many ignoble acts
have been imputed to us Germans,
but never yet lias it entered the
mind of any U-boat commander to
think of shooting down helpless men
merely because they wear a differ
ent uniform than ours. Your sug
gestion is as unpatriotic as it is in
human. You may remain in your
cabin during the rest of our trip un
less it becomes necessary for me to
employ your services again."
The man saluted, clicked his heels
together and went to his cabin.
I went about to set the air ap
paratus a-going to expel the water
ballast, in order to rise to tho
surface, when there appeared on the
disk a streak of black smoke low on
the horizon northeast. A wait of
several minutes was rewarded by
the sight of two destroyers and a
cruiser hurrying in our direction.
Tho wireless calls from the sinking
patrol were being answered. It
would have been worse than fool
hardy to try conclusions with so
many ships at one time. So we re
mained below, removing to a dis
tance where we could see without
danger of being seen. But it seems
that the glint of the sun must have
betrayed lis to the oncoming vessels,
for they all began firing simultane
puslj , and some of the shells struck
the water so uncomfortably near that
I lost every bit of curiosity to con
tinue the observation. Satisfied that
we had done a good day's work
and with practically the whole day
still before us, we left this too
precarious vicinity and traveled un
der water toward Heligoland. I was
desirous of reaching our base again.
In regard to the gunner, Fritz has
shr.ken my resolution. He gave me
ona of his characteristic talks, the
result of which is to have left me in
doubt just where my duty lies.
"Have you forgotten what I told
you about Eglau, the time Tiemann
was called into your conclave?"
said Fritz. "This young gunner is
ultra-patriotic not naturally fiend
ish. The chances are that in all
personal matters he is as kind and
good matured as Tiemann, but when
the Fatherland is concerned both of
them lose judgment altogether and
believe they are serving their coun
try, their Kaiser and their God by
reducing the number of their coun
try's enemies. Another thing—don't
forget that Halbert never misses
the object he aims at. If you lose
li'm you lose one of your chief as
sets. Even if he were murderously
inclined by nature he would be too
precious for U-boat purposes to
make the removal of him desir
able."
"But, Fritz you don't mean to
Justify the encouragement of mur
der on the ground that it may be
beneficial to the one who employs
the murderer?"
"Not the way you put It," replied
EARRISBITRG TELEGRAPH ,
Frliz. "No honest. Justice loving
person would ever think of hiring
u murderer to deal with an enemy.
But what I mean in regard to Hal
beri is that he is as useful to you
as Is the electricity which runs your
boat. If you gfve full, unbridled
scope to the electric current it will
scatter ruin all about; so if ycu
give reins to Halbert But both ore
fortunately susceptible of being
checked. He as well as ulectricity
is an extremely dangerous master,
but as servants where could you find
anything more'obedient or useful?"
(To be continued.)
Knights of Columbus Deny •
Report of Controversy
An ugly report has been given na
tion-wiclo circulation particularly
through newspapers which are
served by the International News
Service in which it is said that a
controversy exists between the
Knights of Columbus and the Ma-,
sonic fraternity, regarding work at
the Army camps. This has been
emphatically denied by Col. P. H.
Callahan, chairman of the Knlgiita
of Columbus Committee on War Ac
tivities.
"It Is a mistake that there is any
fight or controversy of any kind be
tween the Masons and the Knights
of Columbus," said Col. Callahan.
"The Knights of Columbus are work
ing in the Army camps not as a
lodge, but as the representatives of
the Catholic people of this country.
This was made necessary by reason
of the fact that Catholics are not
permitted to have any control or
representation or to hold any office
In the Y. M. C. A. Our work is
purely social, recreational and re
ligious ip character; it is for the
benefit of the soldiers regardless of
their church or lodge affiliations, and
no meetings are to be held within
our buildings to which all men in
uniform will not be welcome. We
do not oppose the entrance of the
Masons or any other fraternal so
ciety into the camps and we shall
be glad to extend to them any
courtesies or assistance within our
power."
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The American Camp in England
By GERTRUDE LYNCH of The Vigilantes
Special Correspondence of The Telcjfraph
London, Sept. 15.—1n one of the
most beautiful. If not the most beau
tiful upland in England, several miles
from London, is situated the Ameri
can Camp. There I found the van
guard of our tremendous army, soon
to be sent overseas.
Our party of Journalists, carefully
shepherded by an official from the
Foreign Office, was motored to the
edge of a plateau dotted with white
and brown specks. The white specks
slowly resolved themselves into rows
of tents and the brown specks Into
khaki-clad soldiers. Two magnifi
cent silk flags greeted us—one pre
sented by Governor Beekman of
Rhode Island. On another flag pole
the Stars and Stripes and the Union
Jack twined and twisted together.
The turf mads me think of the
American woman who asked a Brit
ish gardener how he made the grass
look like velvet. "You roll It, nnd
roll It, and roll it and keep on rolling
it for A thousand years," he told her.
Far away are low, undulating hills,
while the slopes and meadows are
covered with a mauve and magenta
carpet—Scotch and English heather
growing together.
Our men say that the round bell
tents of the British in which they
are housed are the finest over. Ono
of them told me more about them.
"When it blows you have to go out
and tighten the ropes," he said:
"when it rains you loosen them,
when it rains and blows you sit on
the floor In the middle of the tent
and hope for the worst."
Each tent houses eight men and
in one we are Invited to Inspect the
tenants —men who come from Cali
fornia, lowa, Illinois, Maine, Florida
Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Texas.
The kits, piled in the center of each
tent, weigh seventy-eight pounds.
There are no flies anywhere—and TIO
odor, except the pungent one of
cooking.
Wo reached the out-of-door culin
ary section Just in time to see the
queues form, each man holding an
aluminum outfit, cup and platter—
knife, fork and spoon. The platter
has both a handle and a cover. The
former Is handy when eggs and ba
con are cooked in the morning, and
the latter holds a "side" of vege
tables. We saw served a substan
tial dinner—soup, coffee, mutton and
two vegetables—squash and potatoes
After eating the men filed to kettles
of boiling water, washed the dishes
and rinsed them at pumps.
If a man wants a second slice of
bread they let him have It—but grad
ually the American soldier is being
trained out of the idea that "he
hasn't enough to eat unless there is
something to throw away."
Did you ever smell camp cooking
on an English upland In September,
cooking done In small, narrow tren
ches dug In the ground, zigzagged
with metal strips on which the ket
tles are placed, a woodflre uhder
neath? Believe me. It is good! The
ronsting is done in what our men
call 'Mexican Ovens' ovens that
have been used for a long time by
British campers. They are shell
shanert. se-mtovals of metal covered
with clay In which a hot fire is made
raked out, the articles to be cooked
placed therein, and the entrance
clayed up,—in reality a flreless cook
er on a large scale. Every one of
our regiments has brought the full
complement of army cooks. Be
sides these, there is a kitchen police
OCTOBER 19. 1917.
for which men are drafted to clear
away and do odd Jobs.
Of course the British Tommy oo*n
ments on the American accent, and
in the oft hours when the men fra
ternize our men admit that it Is
hard to "get onto the Atkins line of
talk." outside of this they are chary
of criticism.
Husky, healthy, firm-muscled
chaps are our regulars. They say
they have grown soft on board ship,
but are remedying this with dally
drills and long hikes. There la no
doubt but that Mr. Atkins is a trltle
smarter in his getup. Our men
have splendid teeth and are not
quite so blase ns Tommy, not so "fed
up" with everything, particularly the
war. One of the British soldiers who
was guiding us about pointed to a
man on the drill ground and said
"See that chap, he had lots of bits
chipped oft him at Mons." It's the
casual way in which Mr. Atkins says
this that makes the impression.
Our men are In splendid condition
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Include the civilization and freedom
for which their forefather fought.
"Why, this war Is the biggest||
stunt pulled oft in two thousande
years," one of the boys said to m<y
"I wouldn't have been a stay-ati*
home for two thousand dollars." ,j
CRITICISE CARDINAL
Montreal, Que. —Cardinal Begin H
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