Show BATTLE SHIPS SHIMS BAKER arz TELLS L LS OP IN JUTLAND JUT 1460 stuck to his ig al the hor w bors of tho the great acile pd nd ul tt ti bided batham Bat haf 0 o f i dough an on hand 1 4 bread athe ig the sti staff aff ot life I 1 and men must have it oven even it if they li 6 od on the very brink and boundary boun daiy of 0 death the baker of a british it battleship en gagelin edged in the battle ot jutland rote home to the all mistier and pupils of oa his old school in tho the little town 0 n account of what lie he did and dav in ille cicat fight and ills his letter was reprinted in th london dail dally y mall J I 1 I 1 when tho the action opened he had pounds 01 of adough dough rising la in tho tins tin and his bakehouse chica was vas atu me abed on deck as in anzi a very exposed position imson his orders were to leave it and go 9 0 below uner cover c ovar as a soon us s affairs looked threatening h but did not wish to waste wasef all that good dough and so eo he vent to tha 0 vo commander and begged permission to remain shtil the very deiy last moni moment ent when his bla ship should fire ifor farst gun while I 1 my dough was wag pj oyang rising in th the 0 tins he wrote 1 I went nent out on t the P te quarter deck and wit witnessed nesse d a most spectacles one nev nev c to je forgotten the whole visible corlyon ho which was as not noi moro moreA than llau four fd u r mile ii nag one long blaa blaze of flame fla ille we the lills of the ships iccie not visible ta t the naked nake deye ese but could aseen bo seen dida dimly y through gli the haze with alie the telescope and abid fabe only means ate we had bad of knowing that tho the enemy were t there h ere was by y the spurts cf flame from their auni awas I 1 as so 0 o intensely interested that I 1 could not realize rei alize the risk ilsk until I 1 observed it a cruiser near by on gre fire I 1 1 I went back to the bakehouse end nd endear ored to save my mv batch of broad bread my ay staff which consists of three men had gone dowden doan under cov cover er the fire party b by this alil time h had dd 1 orders sto to extinguish ting my fired fire the dou dough gh required at least twenty minuses wore more proof pi bof being ve very ry loath to was waste the material and labor jabor I 1 put the tins into anio the oven and chanced to luck ahle vie the gallant fukei tried to concentrate his mind on reading 11 the T lie meditations of marcus aurelius rel lusi but he ha did didiot not succeed very ely well ell ho could ignore the thunder of the ibo guns but when reports came cama in first ot of one british ship blown up and then of another and then ot of LL a abird third and aad lastly that the cruiser n neb at them in the battled battle line was on fire he be gave it uj up the time was too clearly insulted to meditation after about two louis hours came a lull then tho the main armament arra ament of his ship opened fire oa 04 the deringer 1 I discovered just before going to my action station that my batch of broad bicad had actually baked without any fire cia and had turned out fairly good and alt although bough I 1 did not know how long th the abak bakehouse ehouse would remain intact I 1 was anxious 0 to o save it knowing full fu 11 well we might be glad of it it anything happened 1 I went to my action station firing had commenced commence d again but I 1 requested the fint fiet surgeon to allow mo me to go and draw my oven he w was as very reluctant but eventually consented ons entea that I 1 should go itt at my own risk I 1 asked tor two ol out of our staff and without any hesitation two men camel came forward so the bread baked in hot bt but five less ovens during duang actual battle was saved but the faithful bakers task was not I 1 yet ended there was the morrow to provide for there ThereN vas aa not much sleep in tile the afi ehte that night he recorded and added simply 1 amade I made a b batch it of d dough ul i gh at midi midnight light and then lay down an n jb tho lockers with ray my lite saving b belt elt on 1 gallant bakers are not unknown th in our own filst history ory remarks tha youths companion joi anlon there was war I 1 no quainter mor more f picturesque and more useful personage or of the Amer american icah revolution thoV tho 1 soldierly old ola gerr german nan born bora christophi christopher w general gendral Washing washington tan often ln in 4 tad to his mess whom bo be called always my honest friend arlend 11 and u upon poll whon whom wa was conferred atliss dation the proud title ditl e of superintend ent of bakers balte rs and director or 0 of bickill Bit baking kill in bi the t fr army amy of the united states |