Evening sentinel, Tuesday, October 8, 1918 · page 8

 

 

—“this destroyer gang is

'(From a sailor's letter)

Dear Brother—

lmust crash through the censor to
tell you a’little incident that happened
here yesterday.

l was on submarine watch covering
a sector of 30 degrees when, l0 de-
stroyers came up over the horizon to
convoy us into port.

Suddenly I heard a gun go off on
one. of the destroyers and then seven
whistles blew; we went lull speed

 

 

One One-Hundred Dollar Bond and
one Fifty Dollar Bond will equip an
enlisted man in the Navy, or it will
feed one enlisted man for. a year.

 

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Depth Bombs. the result of which‘ i
is ‘3 couple of oil blotches and ‘ _‘
few pieces of wreckage."sroa¢oo ‘-.,
investment for you at $800 mini

ahead and that brought the action right
under my nose: in less time than l
could wink 'an eye‘ there were four
destroyers on the job.

l just got a glimpse of two periscope
wakes and they looked just about
like a screen of machine gun bullets
sprinkled along in a straight searching
fire. In a second the destroyers were
on them like dogs, and they began
maneuvering in concentric circles,
dropping these new depth bombs off

their stems as they tore along. This
bomb is about as big as a gasoline
drum and is loaded with T N T. They
are timed to go off at a certain depth,
and when they explode they extend
their force downward in the line of
greatest resistance.

well. these bombs began to drop
like flies. and the result was a couple of.
oil blotches and a few pieces of wreck-
age and two Fritzies pretty well Hat-
tened out on the bottom of the ocean.

This is YOUR fight, too

Make your dollars fight!

You are a partner in the most glorious

enterprise in the world's history. A vast
American army is fighting and winning
your battles in France ---, an invincible

naVy guards your rights at sea.

It is

your privilege to supply the guns, the
shells, the fighting gear that help our

men win battles.

.J

' ‘ They cannot keep fighting on to Victory ,
.unless you keep supplying their needs.

 

Buy bonds to your utrnost!‘

 

there”—

Let me state right here and now,

 

this destroyer gang is there strong.
and the F ritzies are getting about all
they can handle.

The destroyers don't fool 'round
playing for a chance; they simply dive
right into them and either run them
down or flatten them out. l wouldn't

take ten thousand dollars for what I saw
yesterday, even if it did look for a while
as if we might take a swim. . . .

\Your brother, JACK.

 

The average cost of a-destroyer is
$1,500,000. Your bond will help to
“flatten out the Fritzies on the bot-
tom of the ocean."

 

~ The 6" gun is the usual armament
of merchant vessels and transports.
They cost on an average of “0,000 i
each, and a 6" shell cost: on m ,1
Dollar liberty Bond. v‘

' . This space contributed by Paris Chili and Suit Store’and James Donnelly.