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NOME, ALASKA. APRIL 0 ,1018.
AMERICAN GUNNERS ON MER
CHANT SHIPS GIVE “SUB"
PIRATES THEIR HUES
At 5,000-yard range navy men on
cargo boat end career of one Ger
man underseas menace; told by
official records.
r By Ralph I>. Paine.
(From the Records of the Navy De
partment.)
Are American ormed ships really
sinking any German submarines? If
you care to believe the waterside rum
ors and fo'casle yarns one of these
devilish murauders is ramimed or
blown up on every voyage across the
Atlantic. In saloons, where merchant
seamen seek haven and pound tho
bar with hairy fists strong under
liquors magnify the tales and one con
cludes that the Kaiser's under sea fleet
must be wiped out by now. The
Navy’s records are less fanciful,
strictly adhering to the motto of tho
man from Missouri, ^
Here is the account of an action
fought by a cargo steamer, which
leaves no room for doubt that one
very busy l -boat was suddenly re
moved from the active list of the Im
perial (human Navy. It is advisable
to omit the name of the chief boat
swains mate who commanded the gun
crews. He was promoted to warrant
rank as a reward for the feat and is
now stationed ashore, but he may go
to sea again in charge of another lot
of gunners, and if he should be taken
prisoner the enemy would not love
him for what he did to a missing
submarine. In his official report he
states:
"Weather hazy. Saw a submarine
firing on a topsail schooner, which
shortly blew up.
Changed course to bring the subma
rine on our starboard beam about
5,000 yards distance and lost sight of
tier in haze. Continued on this
course for two hours and Ihcn resumed
original course. At 2.55 p. m. the
submarine appeared out of the haze
about 2,500 yards on our starboard
beam. She immediately opened fire.
We changed course to bring her three
points on the starboard quarter and
returned fire. DOWN GOBS l'-ROAT.
The engagement lusted thirty five
minutes, during which time the sub
marine fired about forty shots, scor
ing one hit under our port counter a
foot from tlie water, and causing a
leak. We fired twenty-seven shots.
The twenty sixth shot was seen to
hit her just forward of the forward
gun, and it cloud of flame and dark
grey smoke was seen to burst from
tiie hatches. The crew of the subma
rine left the gun and ran aft. Almost
instantly the submarine sank, how
first, the stern lifting high out of the
water so that the propellers could be
seen revolving. The steamer was leak
ing and temporary repairs were made
by the crew.
When the ship reached her foreign
port of destination and reported the
victory an official inquiry was ordered
by the French Government. A naval
lieutenant conducted it with great care
and confirmed the verdict of the
American gunners. The steamer
fought with the American flag flying,
be stated in his written opinion, fir
ing twenty seven shots in half an
hour. The distance increased about
J0U meters for each shot. The twenty
sixth shot exploded producing a thick
black smoke, which, was vtsable to all
on shipboard. Such an explosion must
have been produced In the submarine
itself. He said, in summing up the
c vidence.
“The result of the inquiry Is that
the tight has been very well conducted
and that the men have shown a very
f'ne spirit, doing honor to the Ameri
can Navy. The conclusion may he
drawn that the submarine was lilt and
probably sunk.”
This was first class shooting, the
nuinhnrine steadily drawing away un
til when struck she was 5,000 yards
and more, or three land miles from the
steamer. Binoculars and telescope
sights enabled the gunners to distin
guish her with clearness and to note
the effect of the shell which ended
her wreclied career. It was her com
manders Intention to move beyond
range and continue the action on the
chance that he had the bigger guns,
but he miscalculated and paid the
price.
Very sin.lla’ to ti is successful en
counter was the adventure of the
steamer Siver Shell. In this Instance
also hte French Ministry of Marine
added its opinion that the submarine
had probably been hit and sunk. The
chief gunner won promotion shortly
after this statement was issued by
Secretary Daniels.
MERITS PROMOTION
•‘William J. Clark of New York,
chief turret captain and commander
of the naval gun crew of the Sliver
Shell, is deserving of promotion, which
we tire now considering. All the other
members of the crew, as well, and what
they have done, deserve great credit
and distinction. The chief turret cap
tain is a very capable man. He is an
enlisted man who has seen nearly
twelve years service in the navy and
has won successive promotions by
proven capacity. For his work he
deserves the very best that can be
done for him."
Here was a man fit and ready for
his job, and lie knew how to put his
own spirit and experience into the
team play of his gunners. An Ameri
can Naval officer of high rank detailed
on special duty at a French post con
ducted on inquiry and found pleasure
in writing to Washington that "the
master of the Silver Shell was partic
ularly enthusiastic over the splendid
work of the turret captain and the
entire naval crew; be also states that
his whole crew displayed a most com
mendable spirit during the battle.”
This is precisely as it should be,
blue jackets and merchant seamen
standing together, lighting the enemy
as one intrepid American crew and
the Stars and Stripes hoisted as the
first shot by order of the skipper.
Chief Gunned Clark had the honor to
report to the Navy Department.
“As the submarine displayed no
flag anil was coming nearer, we fired
it shot. The submarine, which was
then about seven thousand yards away,
replied immediately with what seem
ed to me, on account of the range
a 0 inch gun. Her first shot fell amid
ships about 100 yards short. We
changed our course 'djje West, in
n-easing speed. The submarine fol
lowed us, keeping up fire. The li.ght
lasted from 6 o’clock until 7.30 p. m.
We fired 35 shots. The submarine
fired over 30, including some shrapnel
toward the end, which exploded astern
of our ship to high to do any damage.
Our last two shells seemed to have
hit the submarine in the forward part.
A few seconds later her bow jumped
up, and then she went down stern up
wurd at an angle of about 4o degrees.
Tile submarine did not come up again,
mil I believe it was sunk then and
there. No damage was done to our
ship, and there was no casualties."
Extracts from the Navy Depart
ment’s reports of these steamers may
he chosen almost at random as in
teresting reading with a thrill in it.
These are fair samples of what it
moans to make the Atlantic voyage,
which is no longer a common-place,
soothing “ocean ferry."
BETRAYED BY OIL
“The lookout in the lower crows
nest, a coxswain ot the naval guard,
picked up an oil slick ahead, which
veered off to port right angles to the
ship’s course. Following the slick,
which was about the width of a ship,
he suddenly saw the periscope of a
submarine uppear at he end of it,
about one fool out of the water. He
instantly sung out ’periscope’, and the
next moment ’Torpedo’, for the sub
marine h;ul been exposed not more
than a second when she fired a tor
pedo. The enemy was then about 900
yarls from the ship and three fourths
point forward of the beam.
"The torpedo was running straight
but apparently having trouble in
maintaining its depth, for when about
200 yards off I saw a streak then at a
depth of about 5 feet. It uived and
passed under the ship about 30 feet
from the stern. Soon after heading
away from the submarine we picked
| up an abandoned life-boat two points
I off the starboard bow. The submarine
[ had been lying near the lifeboat, and
on seeing us approaching had headed
off to assume a position for attack
on our port side probably expecting
us to pick up the lifeboat and thus
miss seeing him. Fortunately, however
the oil slick was sighted first.
“The old hands among the gunners
paid no attention to the torpedo,
but made every effort to get the guns
on the target, which was the subma
rine’s periscope.”
A voyage of another steamer of this
same service veried the program by
a lively exchange of shell fire after
the following fashion:
"The first report that a submarine
was in sight came from the after gun
one of the crew shouting, 'submarine
broad on. the starboard quarter, about
3 miles off.' The lookout and the
bridge sighted it at almost the same
moment. The captain put his glasses
on the craft and looked at it for four
or five seconds. Before he could feel
certain that it was a submarine two
flashes showed at either end and fire
was opened on the ship.
"Fifteen or twenty seconds later the
shells dropped, one just short of the
ship on the starboard beam and the
other just astern.
“A third shot passed by forward the
funnel, under the radio ariels. The
captain’s theory as to why the subma
rine held the range so perfect was
like this: She was observing the ship
and saw it pass about two miles off.
As the ship was zigzaging the Ger
man commander thought he could get
in a better position to fire his torpedo,
and so he ran submerged to reach, the
chosen point. On coming to the sur
face again he discovered that the ship
was not where he expected it to be.
It was too far away to fire his torpedo,
so lie let go with his guns.
“The ships battery got into aetior
at once and evidently discouraged the
submarine, which fired between thirty
and forty shots without a hit, and
then vanished.. She was near enough
while fighting to enable us to distin
guish the men grouped about her
guns."
(To be concluded tomorrow.)
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To M. D. McCumher, your heirs,
executors,, assigns or personal
represen tr.tr ve*:
You are hereby notified that
I have expended in laber and im
provements, the sum of one
hundred dollars enca year for the
years of 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911,
191?, 1913 and 1914 on the Protec
tion Association Placer mining claim
situated on Coffee creek in the Koug
arok Recording Precinct, Alaska,
note of location of which is re
corded in Vol. 63, page 197 ot
said precinct Records.
The above amount has been ex
pended in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of the law con
cerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required
to hold said claim.
And you are further notified that
if within ninety days after the last
publication of this notice you nave
failed to contribute your portion
of said expenditure, your interest
in said claim will become the pro
perty of tne undersigned , your
co-owner, under section 2324 Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
ADOLPH J. MUELLER.
F Co-owner.
Date of first publ., March 22, 1918.
Date of last publ., Ju^e 21, 1918.
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