Show UNCLE SAMS SAMIS CARGO SHIPS many many days daya ahadi since nele ted said bald farewell to hla his two ittle chums chum thy could hardly reala that he was waa going so oo far away ron om them when ho he started for entend on such hort notice it was lie he first time since the war that th at un lemed le ted bad mado made such an extended rip P 1 I wonder where he is right naw aid id lack jack as they were coming down 0 breakfast one morning about two beeks or more before uncle ted had tied ailed from new york unless he stays longer than he lai planned wild said ruth he ought a be starting home now breakfast was about over when n came mother with the morning nail all and a big fat envelope addressed ruth and jack postmarked arced ondon don and had a stamp with a pice of king george up in the right and aad corner oh h its a letter from uncle ted ald id ruth hurry up jack and read t to me it long before jack had he e letter opened and began to read 11 he first word from uncle ted my dearest the ustler igan 1 1 I wonder it you have sd your unc uncle le as much aa he has ailed you ilow how I 1 have longed to aye you both close cloge to me and have de e 01 0 our goodnight stories but I 1 ill 11 be home before long and then 6 will have a great old time just jt now low I 1 want to tell you somes hing ot of the still ship I 1 am on and what that hat ship stands for As you know ie sam la IS very that the Ine rican farmer manufacturer and ader ader ship their heir goodla to europe in AM erlean ships today it is possible for br goods to be shipp ed to europe ope in ill american cargo ships as aa fine ne as aa any afloat these ships are not only as fine as ar those of other nations ons but they have the feilest finest roe me anical equipment known A As you know I 1 left new york on ab 6 0 Alne rican banker one of five aps OPer operated atea by the U S shipping I 1 mard ard front m new york to loudon lo addon d all civo of them built alike except or orae minor details of interior tuntg CB YOU u can call imagine my sur flur ate we after wo had passed the stafe of herte and dropped our pilot 0 o toan an who the hip chip out of 0 the harbor to look 1001 around ns as we headed into the open sea aud and find that the wheels with which every ship Is IF steered was moving by itself near it I 1 and no man anywhere believe my edw tor for I 1 have but it was the ships been on many first timo kiino I 1 had over ever seen anything like that so as soon as possible 1 I introduced myself to the captain and told hiro him of my surprise ile ho kindly explained the whole thing to me in this way the american marl banker and tile other four 9 ships with the latest like her are all fitted 1 a navigation steering equipment metal mike known as the an automatic steering device and tho by electricity gyrocompass gyro compass operated this Is the most modern ship equipment known and t there here are only about fifty Z sapa 1 in the entire 0 world devla devices s to date having thoc up this metal mike ilke la Is a tal funny tiny looking thing that is huilt built next to the steer ln in etheel ew heel it la is set for the course the continued on last page tl HAMS SHIPS s continued from pago page I 1 ashly la to take and then the motor turned on aud and the ship goes on its lt I 1 keeping true to the way not only course but keeping to tho the course letter better than tt it could be done by human hand this la Is because no matter how good a sailor lie he may be a man at the wheel is 19 bound to lot let her got a little littie oft off the courso course at times and then ho he must bring her back this means that with the tha metal anike the ship la Is kept true to course and in addition to the saving in labor it saves a great amount of fuel file because bee rause tho the course la Is kept straight then there la tho the gyro compas 4 consisting of a big master compass back of the wheel house with its intricate electrical equipment la a steering compass two repeaters one on each end of the he bridge andi another in the captains cabin so that in the night he can look up tip from his bunk and toll tell his position there are three big searchlights charts flag rockets etc in fact everything you can think of to make a ship perfect the five ships all burn oil so that they ere kept clean and neat as a pin and all ol of this simply for the purpose of carrying american goods to europe on this ship we are carrying a big cargo of hay and in the two r smaller holds aft there Is a great quantity of bacon we left new york at noon on thursday and this Is IF now friday of the following week captain tells tella me that wa we will start into the mouth of the english channel in the morning and it if all goes well we will dok dock in the thames river sometime sunday night I 1 am mighty proud as I 1 travel on oil this ship to know that we have somo some real vill ships pa in the transatlantic trans atlantic trade capable of carrying the finest of perls perishable habl a products and I 1 think that every american who ships produce or manufactured goods of any hind should make ovary every effort to ship in these ships this Is the second tr east baet for this ship on the first voyage she was waa loaded to capacity this trip she la Is not quite filled when I 1 tell you that the ship ts Is 4 4 8 feet in length and has a displace ment tonnage of you can get some idea of her size these five ships were built at hog island in fix 1920 as army transports and they did carry some troops back after the war early this year from january shipyard when I 1 can I 1 will write you some more but I 1 do hope you will got get into your mind that we need no longer feel that we are not gathered together a merchant marine of which we can well be proud 1 I send lots of love to you both and hope that you are well and are minding manding your mother goodbye good bye for this his time |