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Show NAVY DOCTOR TAKES COMMAND OF VESSEL WHEN CAPTAIN PAILS Disrates Skipper Temporarily Because of Physical Condition of Commander After the U-Boat Attack. I : ; "THE FIGHTING FLEETS." By RALPH D. PAINE. : (Copyright, 1913, by Ralph D. Paine.) j (By special arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Co.) . INSTALMENT 7. A Pill Roller Who Was a Hero. J HE destroyer commander promptl; I sent his surgeon; on board to at' I tend the wounded men. Here be-J. be-J. gan the second chapter of the ad- ventures of the J. I. luckenbac! in the war zone, and the hero was this expert ex-pert in pills and bandages, officially rated as Assistant Surgeon E. L. Rice, U. S. N. better known to the wardroom as 'Toc.' The destroyer left him on the steamer lr order that he might look after hii wounded patients for the remainder o: the voyage to France. A quartermaster t Shay by name, went with him from hti own ship. There was never a good yarr . of action without a Kelly or Burke oi Shay in it. This competent, versatile, young sur-h sur-h geon wTOte a report which is a model o e reticence. Far be it from him to dwel on th fact that he took command of th Luckenbach and brought her safely intc 5- Havre. A destroyer man is presumed t( e be able to turn his hand i to anything .t Why brag about it? The navy quartermaster, quarter-master, "who acted as first assistant, was not surprised, of course. It was all in th e day's work. The Surgeon's Report. There are glimpses of the situation iti the surgeon's bald report, such paragraphs para-graphs as: t "The eight injured men were dressed - and the shrapnel extracted. - When getting under way to resume voy-a voy-a age, the captain of the Luckenbach ap--t peared dazed and incompetent to hand! his ship. By my direction the signals re- - ceived by the navy quartermaster were explained to the ship and she was handled han-dled accordingly. The quartermaster and myself stood watch on the bridge until midnight and took charge of th ship when a tramp steamer bore down on our port bow at about 11 p. m. "After talking with various members of the ship's company and the armed guard, I am of th opinion that the captain of the Luckenbach wished to haul down his colors and abandon the ship during the engagement with the submarine, and was prevented from doing so by th chief petty officer in command of tho navy gun crew, who dictated the radio, saying that the ship would never surrender. "I was on the Luckenbach four days, and "believe that the chief boatswain's mate, Bulger, who stood in the most exposed ex-posed places on the 'ship during the entire en-tire action, deserves special mention, as does also V. E. Louther, seaman, who did r?ot leave his gun after he had been injured three times. " Doctor in Command. Having taken stock of the situation, the doctor decided to disrate the merchant skipper for the time and rule the ship , as the only commissioned officer of the i United States navy on board. The navy had saved her from the submarine and It seemed to be distinctly up to the nary to finish the job and carry her into port. Otherwise the elderly skipper might con-i con-i elude to desert the Luckenbach and order ; the crew into the boats. He was in a j panicky state of mind about the bulkheads, bulk-heads, which he thought might give way 1 at arty moment. Even after the destroyer had been sighted he had insisted on send- i (Continued on Page Four.) IM DOCTOR TAKES CBMMH DF VESSEL (Continued from Page One.) inp out hysterical signals. "Wo are disabled!" dis-abled!" "We are on fire!" "We have wounded men!" This low-spirited mariner was adviser to rest antl compose his mint) while the doctor paced the brldKe. the faithful quartermaster at his elbow. They knew precious Utile navigation between them, but they filmed for the coast of France ami unexpectedly hit It, pulling the ship ashore and floating off on the next tide with no damape. And so the Luckenbaoh steamed Into Havre, with the doctor in command and a quartermaster with a twinkle in his eye who hummed a snatch of the sonir which proclaims that "Admiral "Ad-miral Slnis's tlotilla 1h the terror of the tea." How fares the American na-y man ashore while on thlH foreign service.? He has frlcnrls and folks at home who are anxious to know. When the drstrover cants off and leaves the harbor It It nil work and no P'ay, duty as exactlnar as a naval Inrce was ever called upon to perform. The sailors' letters are censored cen-sored by an officer of the ship, and he Is permitted to tell so little real news thnt he falls into the rut of "I am well and hope this will find you the s;une." Homesickness la his most serious complaint. com-plaint. He Ih of a different type of navy man from the traditional fla.t-foot of a (feneration or two ao, and almost extinct in the briny veteran of the Run deck whose service recalled the days of sails and tall spars and who was unashamed of his reputation as a touch customer when he had tucked a few drinks under his belt. Even In the hie ships these hardy relics are few and far between, while the destroyer de-stroyer fleet finds no use for them whatever. what-ever. Nowhere can you find a cleaner, smarter, more Kelf-respectlnR- and efficient class of men than the petty officers nnd chief petty officers o fthe modern American Amer-ican navy. They are the backbone of the service and they set the pace for the men who Hervc directly under them. Wholesome Youngsters. The sailors ate mostly wholesome youngsters, very boyish, in appearance, who were sent from the recrultlmr officers offi-cers to the naval Iralnlni; schools and thence to the battleship fleet or slralKht to the destroyer flotillas. Many nf them had never seen salt water until Ihelr first cruise. Thev conic, from (rood homes, from people who are proud of Ihein and Ihelr service. In the. old navy vou were much morn apt to find the rover whose dttmcsllc tics were tenuous and who was at home where ho sliniK Ins hammock, whether aboard a receiving "I'1!' "I Ihe lirooklyn yard or off for u three years' cruise on the China station. I hese thousands of fine bovs of ours wno aie afloat In the. war zone are not accustomed to exile, and It seems ,i Ion lone road io New York or 'hiraio or Kansas Oily, shorn liberty meant some-hini,- wln-n they were anionic Ihelr own kind and I here, was always Ihe Mlthe atilli Ipallon of a few days' leave and per-iiils: per-iiils: Ion to Journey home. Sending them back In. in Mix war zone Is difficult to jin-ancc ,.,,, ,hy mm;t ma)tH the ,j(nt v( Promo) ion Rapid. Ambllion and Ihe feel (lnl If l privilege lo be plsvlnx the Mr fr,m are the factors, which r-he.-k discontent 1'ro-l.iolloi, 1'ro-l.iolloi, Is rapid, and l,e youiiKsler aspires to be a p.dly officer with the hope of winning an eimlan's commission as u coal bv no m.ans beyond bin reach. Me discover that the coiniimnoer of his designer de-signer in ciulck lo discern the lad with Mic i-lirhi. etufr In In m and anxious to r,-lve bin, every chance of advancement 'I lies,, are some of the reimons why the coniilry feel pride and confide rice 111 the behavior .,r (he navy on forelRll service. The record hau been uxl.raor- dfnarlly good. Ther wns a crrtnln division divi-sion of American ship which HMit ushore six thousand mn for a day'n Hhrrt y. When thoy returned nhonnl thrro wrp thrr nrritB for dunk?nnohis nnd thnw for ovcrntaylng lwive. Compare thlM with an Amc ricin university town t h nlcht nflor a championship foot hp 11 mntHi un the balrnro la rather In favor of th-navy, th-navy, don't you think? "No Place to Go." When the destroyern cam to thir bae in Ireland they found a niv ;nnl people wht-h Jntnro.Med them until lh.-novelty lh.-novelty waned. Then thev dim ovt.hI thnt when they wrro allowed ashore Uure wn no plaro to no. tic It Ins: drunk wim not a populitr pusllniH. nlthnuuh every facility wh.h offereO. KiiKliind had Hvre-ly Hvre-ly restricted the, liquor truffle, nu a wnr measure, pormlt tliiff the n;i loons to remain re-main open only a few houiH In Die dwy. There wero no reMrlct long tn Ireland, however, and the public houses wen. I n full blHit, dirty, frowsy Utile places where the native lonferw connreK'aled. The H-veraue Wuejnckel pn forrod something some-thing more decent and conifortuhle than theme crowded buck roomp. Tho.ne who called themselves t ho "real Rohh," mid affected a lofty scorn for miy attempt to better their we f urn :i shore, mlKht i esteem It a muffed virtue to Ket pickled, but thla wan a rough mini to ImvH und there were other penalties besides :i headache u the morning. I (( 'ontinuud tomorrow. ) I |