HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-12-26, Page 3:ENGAGING AN
ENDO' SUBMARINE
OVERCOMING A MENACE NOW
, HAPPILY OI' THE PAST
A Flas14114h4 Revelations of the Way
the Britisll, Navy Does Tillage In
Time of War,
From Commodore T. to H.M. Des -
lie troyor, Sprint:
"Submarine reported of Rocky
Lighthouse, Proceed and destroy it.
Seaplane in attendance,"
The signal is received by the skip-
per with a deep "Umph!" while a
faint glimmer of delight passes
across his hardy features. , After a
' 'few seconds of hustle and bustle the
ship is ready for sea.
"Let go for'ard! Let go aft'"
shouts the captain through a mega-
phone""fronn the compact forebridge.
Immediately the dockers on the -quay
slip the heavy steel wires, which
splash into the cloudy writers of the
harbor,
"All clear aft!" bawls the sea -sea-
soned bosun, who holds up a little
'blue flag denoting nothing to foul the
propellers. The skipper strides
across to the other side of the bridge,
glances aft, then orders: "Hard a -
starboard! Slow astern both!"
The ' Search.
A little vibration comes as the des-
troyer comes under the strain of her
powerful turbines, and she coinmences
to glide slowly astern into the more
open space of the harbor, ' Once clear
of all obstacles the engines are re -
evened, anti we head past the boom
defence, then put into the open sea.
The officer of tl'e watch adjusts
the ship's position on the chart, dons
his heavy waterproof garb in sutiei-
'patioi of rough weather, then takes
hie' place alongside the captfrin, who,
already attired in such a fashion that
only his deep, penetrating eye.!, are
visible, stands leisurely scanning the
horizon. Look -outs are now placed
in conspicuous perches round the ship
to report any signs of their prey,
while torpedo -men are getting' ready
their various devices to deal the
calf -de -grace.
rt comes the
highly -strung tune from the wireless -
house. The "sparker" is in commtni-
cation with seaplane ZY-04, who has
just been spotted flying about 2,000
feet up, executing all manner of tac-
tics in order to discover this lurking
Min that perchance may be lying on
the sea bottom.
Course is altered at varyying inter-
vals to conform with the movement's
of our overhead scout. We are now
nearing, our rendezvous, and speed is
decreased a little to.allow both sweeps
to be got out.
What the "Bird" Saw.
A sharp order to the s
helm man and
the ship takes a heavy list as we
swing round as though on apivot. The
engine -room telegraphs are jerked to
"Full speed ahead both engines."
Dense columns of black smoke pour
from the stumpy fuels as extra fires
are started down below in the boiler -
rooms. Large, white foams of water
stream 'out on both sides of the ship
as she gathers full speed. The sweep-
ing wires tremble and stretch with
t2ieintense strain. Guns and torpedo-
tittes are manned in readiness to deal
the first blot,.
Meanwhile, the seaplane has been
#lying to and fro vainly searching the
ocean bed. The submarine had evi-
dently made good her escape before
our arrival; but, no matter how long
our efforts at capture would take, her
final doom was certainly sealed: -After
an hour's futile patrolling over this
particular aea, we received startling
and inspiring news from our "bird."
She reports .that, 'thirty miles to
seaward, a submarine ie busy engag-
ing one of our defenceless merchant
stealnore by gunfire. We watch the
seaplane turn fn the direction stated,
envying her the first opportunity,
A Deposit of "Eggs."
Special word is -then sent down to
the engine room, requesting every
possible ounce of steam to be got up.
We then,,ftiUsr'u ErAer ole• scout.
"' Further n:formation fo11fws that
the submarine is again diving; but
the seaplane will hover over the terra
fled Hun as a guide to us of her
position. We arrive over' the spot,
and there deposittwo large -size
"eggs," each filled with very high ex-
plosive. At the same time the cap-
tain presses the firing -key and ex-
plodes the sweep.
Instantly a mighty report thunders
ant, followed by a tremendous column
of water; oil fuel, and wreckage, Ani
other pirate has disappeared for.
Overs•
The destroyer steams {round the
spot, with dismal hopes of ever find-
ing an'y survivors; At last the capi
tails. rings fortha waveless operator,
,
w;ho sonde the following signal;:
"Enemy submarine sighted thirty
miles from Rocky Lighthouse. En-
gaged and destroyed it. No .survi-
vors. Ain returning to base." .
It is estimated that the value of
-:,th.g t ages -flax crop ennounts to 12 mil-
cion pounds, of which seven million
pounds will go to the: 'growers as
net profit.
"It is a good and safe rule to so-
journ in every place as if you meant
to spend your life there, never Met -
ting an opportunity d doing a kind'
tees, or speaking' a true word, at
making ri friend "--bujriese It1D, 7�:
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WHAT. 'SOLDIER
Wi NT4
liiggestlon Id Iliad'.
'hien :are sending' 'gifts lo,
noldicrs, oversea, conies
from I.t,-Col. (Catlett)
Frederick corga Scott;
Senior .Chapleln of Om
First Division,, In a 'Able
received by Mende ' 111
MontreeL Mc, says "The
men' want .playing ear4c
and chewing tobacco."
;4e;44 -80a, sleet
t#k g1 fr;,dap a'. Ir,
FIRTH OF FORTH A
FINE NAVAL HARBOR
WHERE THE SURRENDERED
HUN SHIPS ARE INTERNED
La'hdlocked Waters Studded With
'Beautiful Islands Where Miles of
Ships Can Lie at Author.
No more beautiful setting/dor the
mighty Grand Fleet could be imag-
ined than the -great estuary of the
Firth of Forth, where, under the pro-
tection of the big gaps of the fort-
ress of the "defended •port" as the
numerous fortified points are called,
mile alter mile :of ships can lie" at
anchor. The beautiful "Links of
Forth," declared to surpass in value
"an earldom of the north," are ro-
mantically as well as practically the
setting of the greatest naval review
in all time.
Tho sharp outline of the Castle
Rock of Edinburgh, The Pentland
Hills, Arthur's Seat and the Colton
hill to the south, and the great range
of mountains known as the Highland
Barrier beyond the Fifeshire hills to
the north, surround the landlociced
waters which are themselves studded
with beautiful islands: To the west-
ward of the fleet towers the huge
cantilevers of the. Forth Bridge, the
largest cantilever bridge in the world,
and to the eastward the open North
Sea:
Mile after nide of ships, the night
of the. empire displayed, an armada,
the greatest the world hap .ever seen,
is gathered in Scottish waters. Once
re Great Britain' gathered, to-
befo
h r the colossal units of her
gete
ntj-ies in these northern seas, and
under the Baine northern skies the
fleet was gathered before the'1ime of
trial which is now safely and glen
iously over. Then, as now, there
was peace on the seven seas, and
then, as now, merriment was the or-
der of the day.
The old inn, known as the Haws"
Inn, of the old borough of Soutle
Queensferry, the southern end of the
great Forth Bridge, is the headquar-
ters of the fleet, officers and busy
little steam pinnaces under the com-
mand of alert midshipmen, throng
the old granite pier of the borough.
When the Grand Fleet holds inflater
there is much visiting from ship to
ship, and the little launches, bright
with brasswork, are continually
steaming 'About, swarming over the
landlocked waters with their small
size snaking them look like flies
against the great bulk of the battle -
shin;__
A Pear -Shaped Estuary.
The Firth of Forth is a pear-shaped
estuary, some eight miles long and
ome people
learn of the
harmful effects
of tea and cof-
, fee by readirtt.
Others fired our
.throu4h experi-
ence.ln either
case its a good
idea to adopt
5T NT
STM
A delicious
drink made
from the finest
cereals harm.
Less and nour-
lghing.. iMad4 in
the cup,ins'antr
ly. Saves sugar ,
and fuel.
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ISSUjA.4S--'fig.
seven at its widest part, and the
defended zone commences at a line
(Mewl, from the part of Leish to the
Island of Metkeith to Kinghorn,
aboral; eight miles below the Forth
Bridge, which is itself a mile or so
east of the naval base,„atRosyth.
Surrounded by hills, the basin of
the Forth is studded with islets, many
of them fortified, which command
the deep water channels of the water-
way, - The tide race Ts swift, and the
great ships are anchored with a
single cable, on which ,,they swing
with the tide, heading eastward as
the tide comes in, and westward as
it groes out. There is good anchorage
everywhere in the estuary, the waters
of which are deep, enough for the
heaviest ships of the line. `
The place par excellence for a
view of the fleet is the floor of the
Forth Bridge, which is seine 200 feet
above the sea level, and from this
oantage point the entire fleet can be
viewed.
Sy day and by night the g'reat
ships can be seen talking to each
other by flag signals, bridge Serra-
phores and mast lights, and the
inter -fleet communications go on
endlessly. The dei ex machine of this
1 silent news service are the yeomen of
,the signals, and in spite of the wire-
less this visual signalling is appar-
1 entry made use of by choice.
As darkness comes on, the ordin-
ary mast headlights commence, and
i the imagination of the beholden'' is
piqued in wondering what all the
i silent talk is about. Part of it is in-
telligible without actually reading
the messages. Orae great ship starts
winking, and the ship 'number two
down own the line
answers. Almost im-
mediately a boat is called away to
steam from One. ship to another,
The Might of Britain. -
The cl g house for signals Barin ' hon
i s
the flagwhich
ship, p, is easily reco -
g
tiized because of the admiral's -flag.
During the day endless strings of
Punting are floating from her signal
yards, and as a new string is flown,
the answering pennant is flown by
the ships to which the message is
sent.
Great, ugly steel fortresses are the
super dreadnaughts. There is little
of beauty, but much of strength in
their lines—bare of deck with the
mighty cannon bidding defiance in
all directions.
A. little apart from the main fleet,
probably just above the bridge, is a
large' ship, which is markedly differ-
ent from the others. This ship carries
the white ensign of the navy,
and is manned by bluejackets, but
carries in addition the red cross flag
of Geneva. This is the fleet hospital,
and with so many thousand sailors
gathered together, with such com-
plicated machinery as that of the
modern ship, there are always pa-
tients. The personnel of the hospital
ship differs from a shore hospital
in that the nurses are 'nen. The
night of the Empire is never more
apparent than when such a fleet is
gathering for a review._ The officers
of the British Navy, unlike those of
any other navy in the world, navi-
gate their ships into all ports them -
solves, without taking on board
pilots, and 'through tiro mazes of the
channels of the Firth of Forth the
ships wend their way.
Seamanship Required Here.
Some idea of the seamanship
which is required -is, understood when.
it is remembered that a line -of -battle
ship, even with reversed engines, re-
quires a mile to stop when steaming
ahead, and when corning to anchor,
must steam slowly away frost the
anchor after it has touched bottom,
for the mass of weight would snap
any cable ever constructed if any
sudden relaxation of tension were
permitted.
On approaching territorial waters,
British navigating officers board
ships belonging td -any other navies
and bring them into port.
At eight the wark waters of . the
whole estuary assume the appearance
of a great city. The ships seem to
completely fill up the water, and
their many li his, unshaded again,
now war is osr, light up the' swirl -
Mg waters, while overhead the great
searchlights light up the shores on
either code, turning night into day
for the whole grand estuary, Every
$slab lever beach and Itendnand
brains Out in picturesque detail, Ons
o£ tjio ilnost beautiful sights being
Smythegle Bay and Castle, and the
cj oontlal smuggler's haunts of Crasn-
yelond Tele and the mouth of the Al -
Mond Wed, On obs ]north aide of
the Forth, the Fifeshire coast with
its many wooded shores, is as beauti-
fulas the south. Donnybristh Boxy
Burliteisland, er erdour and the pic-
turesque old Kinghorn, 'drat home of
early shipbuilding, once lighted ' by
the searchlights, each fishing ;;flambe
and . village standing' out in strop
relief.
A sail throws.? the Grand, Fleet by
night Is an experience not to be for-
gotten. Eaeh of the floatingfortresses
appear to be a little town.. in itself
with music and dancing, good humor
and good cheer, more so than ever
now, when the' orderof the King
flashed out in August, 1914, "Capture
or destroy the enemy:" has been
obeyed and the enemy ships lie with
their stings drawn in British waters..
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lbe • Gallant Lada 9f C 'Baca,
The gallant bads of Cnnada, ..
Who bravely went to war,
Have writ' her mane on hIsi'ry's page
And spread her fame afar.
Fee ages past the world 'has ]snows
The wideness of our. land,
But now she knows tlantulitin men
And that for Right they stand.
Prom farm and village forth they
calve,
From city great or small,
The gallant sons of Canada
Answered to Freedom's call,
'Twas said :that peeee bail made tis
weak,
We'd sold our soul' for gold:
To that base lie make this reply,
And make it proud and bold:
At 'Ypres and famed St,, Julien,
At St. TPloi, at. Loos,
At Passchendaeie, at River Somme,
At Vimy Ridge, at Hoge,
The, gallant sons of ,Canada.
Thera met the' brutish •Flan---
" Histr'y's page' for many an age
Shall praise our vict'ries won.
THE RED FLAG
Once the Emblem of Royalty and of
the Church Militant,
The actual defenders of the red
flag de not know or have forgotten
that red was formerly the color of
the.ehureh militant, and also of roy-
alty until the epoch when Henry VL,
King of England, tpok the title of
King of France. Then red cane to
ba considered as an inimical color in
I France and was -replaced by white,
I which inits turn was' given up by
the English. The red flag was dis-
played by the Rornan Catholic troops
of :Charles- IX, and Henry 11I., while
. the flags; sof 'the Protestants were
' white. During the French Revolu-
tion the red flag was hoisted under
peculiar eircamstances• In cense-
quence of the disorders. that took.
place in Paris in 1789 and the re-
opening of 'the National Assembly in
I tine capital martial law was pro-
claimed on October 21, which, among
1 others, contained the following
articles:
I "Article IL—This declaration shall
be made while displaying a red -flag in
the principal window of the City
;Hall and carrying red flags through
•the streets,
I "Artiele III, -At the mere signal
7ne roc] flag all riotous assembli
I with or without awns, will become
criminal and .shall be dispersed by
force.
"Article XIL—After calm is re-
established the municipal officers will
by a decree abolish the martial law
and the red flag will be withdrawn
for a week and be replaced by
white flag,"
Thus the red flag, after being_ the
emblem of Roman CathoIicisrn and
royalty, became under the republic
the emblem of order, destined to safe-
guard the life and tranquility of the
citizens. Opinion changed, however;,
during the Second Republic, In a
circular of the French Government
to the prefects we read the follow-
ing: "The tri -colored flag and cock-
ade are the only national isignia
around 'which the citizens nanny;, the
republic doesnot recagnize any
others. The red flag is an appeal to
insurrection, recalling memories of
bloodshed and mourning. To hoist
this emblem means to excite to dis-
obedience of the law' and acts of
violence." From which follows that
according to the epoch opinion
changes with regard to the significa-
tion of one and the same color.
MONEY ORDERS.
Send a Dominion Express honey
Order. They are payable everywhere.
On the March-.
A writer calls attention So the
fact that although the war was large-
ly a war ofposition in which trenches
played a leading part, searching oc-
cupied much more of the soldiers'
time than combat. For that reason
it was of prime importance that the
soldier should be able to march well,
The general public hau
a mistaken
idea of the length of•a heavy march,
the tendency being to place the esti-
mate altogether too high. A fair,
day's march for any army is twelve
miles. Fifteen miles is a good day's
march, and twenty is a forced starch.
Quick time for the English armies
consists of about, ,glee hundred and
twenty three-1'1th steps a minute,
which gives one hundred yards a
minute. From tato and one half to
three miles an hour is good searching,
btlt'thesiref`.r the matchinK force the
Mere; slow It MOM. _?' brigade,
tales six hour's to march fifteen miles,
but a division needs eight hours for
the same distance.
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NEW TRAVELLING REGULATIONS.
Persons Embarking at U.S. Seaports
Must Procure Permission Before
Leaving Canada.
Under an order issued by the Secre-
tary of State, Washiugton, effective
November 11th, 1918, all persons going
from Canada to foreign destinations by
way of United States seaports must
prooure permission for embarkation
before Leaving Canada.
Such permission must be arranged
for either by executing declaration and
procuring vise on passport before one
of the American Consuls in Canada, or
by making fennel application before
any of the United States immigration
officers located in Canada upon forms
furnished by•the said officers.
In order' to allow sufiicieut time for
investigation, transuuissiou of papers
to Washington, etc„ applications should
be filed either with the Consul or the
Innmigration Officer at least 17 days
prior to the date of proposed depar-
tnre.
The State Department invites spe-
cial attention of prospective travellers
to the fact that unless they have ob-
tained vise by an American Consul, the
said Department must decide whether
or not departure from an American
port will be allowed, such decision be-
ing based upon the application sub-
mitted through the immigration of-
ficers, Passengers are accordingly
warned not to 'fleeced to the port of
embarkation until they are in posses -
sloe of either the Consular vise, or
proper certificate from the U.S, Inunt-
gretion . authorities showing that per-
mit for departure has beets granted,
The foregoisig applies to all persons
not citizens of the United States, and
it ise,offeetive regarding all destina-
tions, Including Mexico, U,5, Insular i
possesslolna,,, etc., but not including
Bermuda,
United States aitigens seeklnng to
proceed to foreign points are'regalred
to have passports issued by the State
Department, applioatons .•for sante
being obtainable from the various
American Consuls,
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