Show t IU t I is S. S WIEN HELD 45 DAYS IN u US ui i f i iT S TELL THIS TALE T 4 i 5 Lieutenants Taken Off Ticonderoga Ti Ti- I I a After It Sunk L in Battle Battles r f. f i- i s I BV nr JOHN T. T In the tho Chicago o Tribune I London Lordon Dec 21 ln In In tho the London U of the Unit United cd States navy I h heard beard today tho the stor story of or two Amer- Amer fetn naval officers who spent forty- forty nT fhe B days dars on tho the U which sank panic their ship the Ticonderoga on Sop Sep tenter r 30 0 of at this year ear They had Just ed In London from Harwich whore where the lie U with twenty seven other othern n had come como In to surrender The They wore the same sarno uniforms In Mch they fought when their ship was rank but Jut their captors had supplied hem em with underwear and anel shoes Tho The officers were First Lieutenant Muller fuller and Second Lieutenant Fulcher their experience lence has been a most one in that the they were able to observe the tho of ot a I rite In ln ruthless warfare and also in inthe inv the v period teat began Oct October ber 20 when I the e U-boat U warfare against merchants merchant I II I 1 Its s was stopped by orders from Kiel I i Lifeboats b Were cre Although the attention of or the tho world I Is h i now M centered In the tho problems of ot tho ho thoP Peace P tac i conference It may still bo be of ot Merest Interest to tell something of or tho the life Ute ot of f these two Americans on a l. l German I 1 i Th The Ticonderoga was sunk on the horning Burning of or September CO 20 O A number of or I l to s officers and antI crew were killed b by I tell fire faro from the Iho two five point 1 tint guns of ot tho the U U-lS Lifeboats I berg ero riddled with shrapnel and antI was as wounded In three places b flying fragments ts and nine nino others launched launch d a awit f oat boat wit that had hael boon been be on riddled but It soon lank ank and they were left In the water w For forty ho he s swam am until h he ho as s utterly exhausted and was waa picked I by bp by b ay th the tho a submarine submarino He lie was taken lelor Off ln In the belief belie that he might bee bo be Cle e captain of ot the Ticonderoga En- En Viii Woodard and a seaman were wore also v up but were vero not taken belo below Let Lot Gott Caro for You Fulcher covered co with blood from hH his Bounds Rounds lounds and sixteen others mana managed ti 0 tet onto onto nto a raft that oat d as ns tho the thoMm a ca wont went down doun own and the tho U-boat U Mm an and drew them alongside Lin r lo Was as some somo difficulty In talking h the me G Germans an and one of ot the tho Amert Amor- Amor t seamen a a. man name named who 41 Vl been born In Germany German but who bad d been eighteen ears years In the United I nav navy volunteered to Interpret 13 s asked to come on board boar tho the boat li Re And n utter after climbing on board boar e t U told them he born horn In I l le was Germany German f CHI had i for eighteen years In tho the tilted ted 1 f States na nav navy fl I An And now you you- youa ou a 3 German born are aro your fatherland the theca boat l.-boat at officer said You vill Ill go o back io ca tho h rift and lot let Gott take tako carp care or r rI taa I Ordered Marl on oa Raft b lat bat as ord back ck on the raft at r t tat form FUlcher 1 who u ho wore an officers officers' uniform uni- uni fog And t Was wounded Bounded v- v was taken befog betOW be- be 1 tOW In In the tho boat U-boat where a 1 doctor octor atto at- at nd d to his w wounds r and Fulcher were taken c to a v board board- The Tho rest reat were loft left on tho the thol tt raft and tho l u boat U-boat b at resumed Its cour course e. e Didn't the boat U-boat men show enow an any sorrow at nt leaving men out In the tho oc ocean m In that con condition l 7 Muller duller was asked b by ono one of or the navy examiners 1000 Mlles From Land Lund LandO O 0 yes CS the they said they were sorry Borry but tho they had hael no room on the tho submarine submarino submarino rino rine for them I asked them the tho question TIow low I far tar Is the nearest land Its about 1000 miles to Newfound Newfound- Newfoundland land they told me Fulcher the Junior of or the two officers of or- leers was taken forward to tho sleeping sleepInG sleeping sleep sleep- ing of ot the tho sailors and was given a stationary bunk where each ench day ay h his Is wounds were dressed Muller was taken taleen to tho the officers quarters and for tor three days did not know that an any other othor Americans had hael been saved tsa Plent Plenty of ot Food rood and Smokes There Thero wore two eighty men in the crew of ot U which was under command command command com com- mand of or Captain Kranz Lieutenant VIllo Wille was second In command and tho the doctors doctor's name by a n. strange chance was Filcher FlIcher almost tho rho sarno as that of ot tho the Junior American officer When hen tho the submarine was cruising on the surface both Muller and Fulcher were allowed on deck but during all engagements ts they thoy were kept below There seemed to bo be plenty of ot food tood of or a simple sort on board White broad bread and excellent butter were ere always alwn's served Sausages es and potatoes formed a n. largo part of or tho the faro taro an and of cigarettes cigar cigar- cigarettes ettes there thero was no shortage Take Supplies Off ort Ship I At least once a day Muller said eald I think eVer every one on board offered me mea a l. l and at certain times 8 I 1 was allowed up In tho the navigating and anel operating operating oper oper- aUne- aUne room to smoke Hero Here I 1 could coul see seethe tho the gyroscope compass and could tell tellIn tellIn tellin In a n. general way the course courso wo we taking We Vo wont toward tho the American American Ameri Amen can coast for a a. while and later turned to Lo a southeasterly course Wo We had been on board only n a short time when a l. l Norwegian Norwegian- bark barlt th tho was stopped b by a 0 couple of oC shells across her bow lIow Tho The crew was aB given forty minutes to ta take o to tho the boat bOlt with what food tood nn and l supplies tho they thoy nee needed ed and then tho the submarine lay a to and for the tho next thirty six hours removed all the tho supplies they thoy needed The Tho ship had been out only about fifteen days 6 and still had hael an nn abundance of or fresh tresh foo food Including three live 11 pigs I Tho The Thorl bark barl rl was carrying a cargo of or oil but no engine oil Only ft l small quantity of or oil was taken falcon and then tho the bark was sunk Fl ht Long Lone DodA Duel Dod DuelA DuelA A little while later the U boat engaged en engaged en- en bage a n British cargo carso ship It was along a along along long distance duel with artillery and andI I 1 counted throe eighty shells fired b by bythe bytho the tho submarine The Tho carf cargo O ship fired tired probably as many and and ancl I J felt relt very or Uncomfortable uncomfortable un un- comfortable below as I heard hearel their shells passing passin overhead Tho The U-boat U hastily submerged atthe at tho the approach of ot a a. cruiser and a de do- do The Tho diving dial registered roc a a. depth of or 55 65 about meters meters about ISO feet teet It required full fully two minutes to reach I that depth Muller says there are Improved od types of or German submarines that can reach tho the depth within thirty seconds I i 1 Four l our Depth 11 0 Four depth bombs were dropped after them but they went wont wide wille of or the mark There were four tour shocks felt f lt on board and tho the lights flickered If It the tho bombs had hael been boen very ery close tho lights would have ha gone out Whenever hono the boat bont was as preparing for tor action tho the word t was passed by shouted commands Tal Take Talco o station and tho the decks wore were cleared except for tor tho gun Jun cre crews s. s Whenever the vessel submerged an nn tho the alarm W was waa S rung and Instantly hatches were wera closed and tho the boat dived down sometimes at an angle Ie of ot about IS 15 degrees Dime Uh e For TUII or Muller says as a's there ther are certain typos types that sink directly downward instead of or diving ll at nt an on an angle Je When hon diving orders are aro given for tor certain numbers of or men mon to rush forward for tor- forward the Iho direction direction direction ward or aft depending upon tion In which tho the dive Is being made mado A number of ot times tho they tho dovo dove forward for tor a a. certain distance and then ro- ro versed and slid gild down backward This maneuver or would naturally spoil tho the calculations of ot the pursuing destroyers or cruisers There Thero wore n a number of ot American newspapers and magazines on board and Invariably the officers and crows crews would ask resentfully Why do they thoy aiwa always tail call us Huns C u a Diplomat Muller did not feel teel himself in a strategic position to tell toll tho the roal real reason roa- roa son Ron so ho said with Greater creator diplomacy than titan truth that ho supposed It was wan because ono one of ot tho the Gorman allies wao was Hungary Hunan A picture in one ono magazine showed a German soldier Bodler bayoneting some somo helpless help help- helpless less wounded soldiers on tho the battlefield battle battle- field This the U boat men deeply re resented ro- ro Bon ted Our soldiers never nover do that they thy protested Muller did not feel teel like responding that th they thoy abandoned helpless helpless helpless help help- less men nien on rafts in mid Ordered to C Cease Attack After Atter eleven cleven days as a's of ot steaming to toward toward to to- ward the tho American coast at an average aver aver- ago age speed of or less than ten miles an hour thoy they changed their course courso to the southeast and on October 20 20 O a wireless order from Kiel Klel ordered them to cease all 1111 attacks on merchant ships Hereafter hereafter Here lIere after Iter attack only war warships Tho The U then mado made Its way back toward Kiel and on or about om No em ember ber 10 was met mot at the by U 63 which escorted them through thamine the tho thomine mine fields Tho The latter was the submarine submarine submarino sub sub- marine marino that camo came Into Newport under command of ot Captain Rose nasa and later sank several ships in nearby waters Tho The Jacob Jones was waa ono of or her victims vic tims Urns and the tho captain of or the U 63 claimed to hn have vo recognized Eagley DaJley the Jacob among amons- tho the Americans Americana on Jones and also claimed to have sent out a wireless calling calling- help to tho de do- do Sank Bank louIt TonIt Ton lou It Is a 11 matter of or r record cord that a n. mysterious mysterious mysterious mys mys- wireless was sent out at that time and It may be truo true that the captain captain captain cap cap- tain of or the tho U 53 really sent scat it It also Is claimed by the Germans Germane that this submarine submarIno sank tons of ot ship ship- ping The Tile rhe men on the U 63 told tho the U 16 men that their boat had only recently sunk an nn American ship which in all likelihood was the Tampa Kiel Klel at nt this time was In complete control of ot tho ho revolutionists A few tow days before the tho fleet had hael planned el an attack but on tho the first ship that wont went out the tho engine room crew refused to work and the ship returned to port Officers had been removed and antl the naval naval na na- val al station was seized by noncommissioned noncommissioned officers and andl crews I. Tho The red flag was flying on all an the tho ships shillS Tho submarines were returning I In preparation for their surrender to tho the allies I On tho the U- U U 53 3 there was waa complete opposition op- op opposition opposition op op- position to surrendering an and by vote ote It was decided to go 0 to Sweden and face raco Internment rather than surrender It waa VI different on the U 16 When the tho matter of or surrendering was considered consid consid- ored ered a vote voto was ta taken on and o of oC the crow of eighty voted to return to Kiel and surrender tho the boat After ACter this decision tho the two submarines parted tho the U 53 for tor Sweden and the tho U 16 to toKle Kiel Kle On the 1 lath th of ot November r four tour days after ator the signing of or the tho armistice the U reached the port at nt the eastern end of ot tho the Kiel Klel canal Muller luller an and l Fulcher Fulcher Fulcher Ful Ful- cher were wore told the they no longer lonser were prisoners arid and were free froe to Jo o n as they wished Co Go Ashore You may iro go o ashore if lC you like bulIt but bul It would toul be better bettor to stay on board oar we are aro all brothers now They elected to go CO ashore ashor ln anel tho the erow crowds s that thronged throng tho the streets of ot tho the town thc they fraternized fraternised freely with Brit Brit- lab French Belgian and Italian sailors sailors sail tall ors and look looked eel eagerly c about for tor Americans Only one oue civilian Chilian American was found toun The rime captain of or the U U-li reported to tho the the the the revolutionary re commander commander com com- mander of the tho port port and and ll was told th that u utho tho boat was to be lie sent through tho the canal preparatory to being sent to England Eng Ens land Go to lo l England Kneland la in U boat Muller and Fulcher given their choice of or going to England land on a I. I transport transport trans trans- port or on ono of ot tho submarines submarine Ono One transport was nas us to accompany the tho fleet of ot surrendered ered U U bonts They The Thc elected th this transport and nd took up UI their thorn quarters quarters tel'S on It although still going back b to tho time U U-l U for tor their meals file Tho men on tho the U 15 made a special request that thoy they go back In their boat and anel tho two ho Americans decided to ac cc- accept copt this invitation Of or tho the crew of ot two eighty only about forty remained with their 1 boat The Tho others loft lot an and made their way a back toward their homes In Germany German Go to fa Surrender On the tho 1st tho they thoy wont went to where thoy they Joined by tho the transport trans trans- port and about twenty seven other U On tho the Uh the tho fleet of or submarines which for tor months had lead terrorized terror the tho theseas seas BoaM came camo meekly Into thu the English port of or Harwich and Muller lull r nn and Ful Ful- chor camo came ashore and as tJ as pod POH- POH appeared nt nl the tho navy y headquarters tors tel'S in London to lo toll their story of oC their Victory Victor Duo to io to U U. U S S. S Fulcher still carried with him th the fragments of or shrapnel which had hud been boon extracted from his hip and knoo Both I ho and Muller looked weather beaten In and tanned and were apparently good bood physical l condl condition It Id la interesting to record that th all tho the Germans with whom they thoy discussed die dis cussed tho the matter united In attributing lug Inc Germanys Germany's defeat to America Another tiling thins tho they noted In their talks with th the submarine crows was tho ho deep Indignation they thoy felt folt toward towar the tho sailors Bailors on the tho hl high h seas noan fleet who had remained quietly in port while the tho submarines submarine were we doing all nil the tho work outside J |