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Submarines Hav< I ;> mr_ .... n i a. navy rroieci: A DETAILED STORY, FULL OF THRILLS AND FASCI NATION, DESCRIBING THE SAFE PASSAGE OF A VESSEL LADEN WITH THOUSANDS OF KHAKICLAD MEN THROUGH THE- "ALLEGED BARRED ZONE." There Is not a man In the thirtytwo cantonments who has not spec? ulated at some time or other on what the trio through Germany's alleged "barred ton?" on the Atlantic wonld be like while going "Oyer There" on'a troop transport. And it is quite natural that the American soldiers, vthousands of whom have never crossed the ocean, even in times of peace, should draw upon their imagination to figure out the experiences and sensations possible while on the ocean with submarines lurking about to send the h - transport to Davy Jones' Locker if possible. One of the most interesting, , J* thrilling and informative articles thus far written on the voyage of an > ' * American troopship through the "barred zone" was penned by Raymond O. Carroll, whose fascinating detailed narrative has been copyrighted by the Philadelphia Public Ledger and is published in Trench and Camp by special permission. It v- follows: j -. . Entering the "barred zone"^ upon 11?- a troopship loaded witn Yankee j H] fighters, the emotions are kindred 1,5*5?.. _ those experienced in an initial crossing oP the equator'; one almost . expected to see a visible line of deici marcation rise out of the water. I \ was on the bridge when we went in. In fact, for several nights back I had slept, in a hammock loaned me by the ship's master?God bless him ?slung up on the boat deck just rear of the bridge. My pillow wgs a life preserver. Not even a pouring North Atlantic rain succeeded in driving me from that hammock. t Courage, "red badge" or any . " other brand of that much sought after headline article did not tug very hard toward the occupancy of the warm, soft bed in the stateroom to the exclusion of an opportunity to be where the panorama of events on a major scale was bound to unfold. Some of the youhg army officers, doubtless in a spirit of bravado during the concluding nights of the voyage sought their stateroom beds, but I observed that the t&'v 1 chances. The. older men banked . within a stone's' throw of their sleeping men, picking the spot >j- ' " where^hey would be able to grapple with iny situation that might arise g " and keep it in hand. I fc&V ' * "I am Bleeping in my berth every . Hp-.' night," boasted a young lieutenant, li "How lucky a double sense of responsibility has not reached you ) ' yet," replied one of the majors. . With the compactness of sardines i in a tin where we were passing . <Mr- through the submarine zone both t officers and men were strewn about ? those decks of the ship located well above the water line. Orders had been issued for everybody to sleep in his clothing. The purpose of the commanding officers was to avoid the possibility of any surprise. The MSgfe"'- - result was that to pick one's way, after dark, from the bow to the stern required masterly footwork. .SL . Now and then, as you crept along, ' tEL* . you landed lightly upon an extend . ing leg or elbow, but the boys were . jwV good-natured and quickly dropped Bp ' back into slumber. Destroyers Bigntea I was seated In the skipper's ofAce shortly after 2 o'clock of the lav, day we began to traverse the muchadvertised danger zone when the senior naval commander opened the door leading from the bridge. He ijv'-. said: "Come quickly now, and you ?. will see a pretty sight." . Getting behind a large marine B; telescope I saw a sight that was 2*v-. thrilling in the highest degree; the fy?gallant approach of the fleet of agfov,:. American destroyers and other units which was to convoy Us to the aSfr?-.?' European mainland. They spanned , the eastern horizon and swept down >:'^ upon us In a '^search curve." The .... / newcomers were from that portion H - of the navy that has been for some ' ">-' > "time In European waters. They T were hunting for us along a certain K degree of-latitude. I would like to - TRENCH AND CA I1 1 i Little Chance To Sink i Transports Like Mothe That Rookie from the 13th Sc 1 v (WHAT$TH? USEA V 2 c)c [aioqqyin i t- " U , Pack all your V\ LyT/?OUBL&5 IN YOfR Courtesy of THE McCLURE NEWSPAPER SYNDICAT tell the details of their formation, passed through, but It 1b not In wisdom to do so. subject for a mai It is enough to say tha't they were We had connect* sufficient in number to cover in a der the folds of chain of easy visibility an advancing navy was right t front of considerable width. the "barred zon Not to have Been what next hax>- full of actual ex] pened?it ia the crowning incident submarines and awaiting the rialon of every Asner- est "dope" about lean soldier who goes to France? for the na+y! is not to-have lived in these stirring Right about i times. the gauntlet thr Like a loving mother throwing Kaiser the curi her arms around her children the stream spread in destroyers on the north and south their warmth in wings of the curve closed about the Hidden somewfr transports and the navy units of rents were the O the transatlantic convoy. It was The average spe* our navy in a supreme moment of ja ten knots unde its trained intelligence standing by that on the surl our army. It was the warm em- the surface was brace we had been waiting for. range of an I People at home hugging their se- which they have eluded firesides can hardly appre- They can run und ciate it. That portion of the army Df sixty feet anc on my troopship cheered and the 200 feet. The hi. band stationed in the forward part with which the of the ship started to play "The have fought ther Stars and Stripes Forever." I wish in the water ol every slinking, faint-hearted Amer- more. These bo: lean citizen could have been aboard tive exploding ra to witness this event, for in the f^t. presence of brave men cowards are Inasmuch as 0 pu!?? 85amt-. , ,v , . jm written of the n The flagship of the torpedo flo- marine, I want tilla, a low, rakish destroyer, swung troopship aside f alongside the chief unit of the nary and their operit convoys, in whose care we had left deckfi M,de fTC the American mainland. They lt> 'of the naV] were UWW'OU opc.ius wuuu-."- weI| RB any oth) tially to each other. Nerer mind h ? ^ chl how. In the navy conyeraatlon llowa underses cra(t. In many antomaUc tongnes; flag lhe (orwar(i mas| signals, semaphore signals, radio .iphtv-flvo feet wireless, hllnltere and searchlight ? the human flashes. Hardly had the nasal com- area'0( 330 s<iui mander of the transatlantic convoy- a Bahmarlne em< ere exchanged conversation with At the 8ame alti the new arrivals when certiin units g a 8abmarine la of the navy which were scheduled f tweiTe squa to turn back, changed their course watchera combim and left us, soon dropping out of are ln tbemselv Bight in the westward. away wIth proTld Change of Convoy or fog around the We in the transports had been To enforce ord> passed over without hitch from one erty and -to denj set of floating forts to another. It portions of the s was the biggest moment I have ever port there is or American Troopships; r Guarding Her Children jj juad." P.L.Crosby. \ f IT NEVER WaT~1 Ii| % v" WORTH WHILE j-ja V^ l so-J Pi I II V /JrLE,5M,Le-'; K? jlfj PE, New York PJjiJS Here Is a great soldiers. There are a score of posts flu U 11 rine artist to paint. to be covered. Men have to be sta- g 1 lj f id with Europe un- tioned at the magazines, some at ft Bj ft| "Old Glory." Our the hatchways and others at the here on the rim of fire caps. The guard was divided e" with teeth set, into three shifts and required the jerience in fighting activities of sixty men. a sergeant possessing the lat- and three corporals All are under . the enemy. Cheer the direct control of the officer of the day, who saw to It that the sen- VJn vhere we took up tinels remain at their posts, making y Wftjn own down hv the I repeated inspections, at least one \ entB of the Gulf of which was made every iweniy- \ ^ ito a fan and carry (Continued on page 8) various directions. , erman submarines' HOW ABOUT IT? ed of a submarine That Cartoon or Drawto come into the ing for 1 he 1 rench ? / jU^x S'o'/a'S and Camp Wrist Jl er water at a depth Watch Contest.' rT Qf^ I pan submerge to . J 1 gh explosive bombs Some soldier is going to g English destroyers this wrist watch and it mi^ht as JRaf n burst at a depth well be you- f|I I r eighty feet and Every soldier believes he can II * I mbe hare an effeo- do three things?sing, write a I dlus of 200 square book and draw a picture. I Perhaps you may not be the I ? u v.- best artist in the world, but your I '[S ivermuch has been an(J exccutjon n^y be so I )Mj lenace of the sub- uniqne as to g;et the verdict at the H , JH to show that our. . jv . . IB wll torn the navy guns Draw g patriotic cartoon which , mg S? JLJittH would appeal to the soldiers in m m thirtr-two cantonments, or a )r"arm7~transport, ske,cb """ "? " " g '?From tKtr'o? "to"" ""*>** ,bibk "o""1 SOffl in the BhiD about h? 8Ultable for this contest and j3f<WPB 'oLr? th? nm^r mail it to Room 504 Pulitzer eye command? m Building before noon. November MLiO ,^??*w?c.h *re ind r,e 'our name I !l 1 111 tude the periscope end the name of your company | S^SXi SKKttSS'.S ed there is no hare meb,? may.""^ " nT c*r' I II .. toons or sketches as he desires. y U J p' The watch - winning cartoon or II er, to protect prop- drawing and as many others as M i HI II r access to certain possible will be printed in Trench tfxmwan hip on each trans- | and Camp. f^E fcJi ganizcd ;i guard of _________________________ J
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