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Show hEn submarine Capt. Evans Believes U-Boats Carrying Extra Men to Furnish Fur-nish Crews for Raiders. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Eight days spent as a prisoner on a German Ger-man submarine, which was so crowded crowd-ed with men that there was scarcely room to sleep, convinced Captain David Dav-id Evans of the British steamer Peni-stone, Peni-stone, sunk by the U-boat, that more exploits like tho arming of tho fishing fish-ing schooner Triumph are contemplated contemplat-ed by the Germans raiders. On his visit here where he reported his experience ex-perience to naval officers, Captain Evans explained that the. submarine carried seventy-seven men, more than twice the number of a normal crow. "The U-boat which sunk tho Peni-stono Peni-stono and which was my prison for eight days was about 200 feet ovor all, and carried two six-inch deck guns," Captain Evans said after telling of the circumstances which led to his capture. "These guns were not protected pro-tected from the water In any way when the U-boat submerged. The breech apparently was watertight, and the muzzles were securely plugged when tho guns were not in action-They action-They were kept well greased. "Tho officers and crew of the submarine sub-marine were young men determined and business-like. They talk very little lit-tle and adopted, more or less, the attitude at-titude of Ignoring men. The fact that they did not attempt to extract information infor-mation from me with regard to the movement of ships convinced me that they were well Informed in that direction. direc-tion. The food was ordinary seaman'oj fare. "The San Jose was sunk on August 19. Without explanation of any kind I was placed In one of its small boats and allowed to go. Evidently the U-boat U-boat Intended to make a stay on this sido and to keep as a prisoner 'would have been inconvenient. Had they been making direct for German w ters I feel sure they would have taken mo along. "The most disagreeable part of my experience was the absolute lack or sleeping quarters. Tho boat with her double complement of men was shamefully shame-fully overcrowded and. one had to ; sleep wherever there was room to stretch out. A lengthy cruise under the conditions would be terrible wear- : ing, oven on the hardiest. ( "During tho time I was on boara j the U-boat the deck guns were in ac- i i . I I I I II H im 1 ' " 1 - m- 'f.l' . 1 ti tion one time for two hours but with what results I do not know as I was kept below and not allowed to see what was going on." |