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33 THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 9, IC17, FIREMEN RUSH ON DECK, ENGINES STOPPED, AS U-BOAT IS SIGHTED; GUN DRIVES MEN BACK Difficulties of Naval Gun Crew Aboard Merchantman Described Writer Relates History of Campaign, Gleaned From Government Records. - - -. ' I, .il fen " U t'L-'ii --fr f tfM , " hi . v . -v - - r n r tirH , BT RALPH D. PAINE. PART ONE. First to Sleet the Foe. (Compiled' from records of Navy De partment.) For the most part, the United States Is still preparing: to launch its attack, vast in men and resources, as-ainst tha German Empire. Armies that will be counted by millions, money rolling: up Into the billions, and the industrial nerg-ies of the Nation are mobilizing to smash a battle front overseas. Getting- ready is grimly earnest business which lacks the thrill and pageantry of other American wars when, almost as fast as they could be mustered into the service, the regiments went marching off to engage the enemy. In the pres ent crisis the first martial note was truck when Pershing's forces van ished in a nig-ht and reappeared-somewhere in France, but even there it was the same arduous programme of train ing, waiting- and preparing for the word. ' Meanwhile, for more than - half a year, there has been briskf ighting- on blue water, single ship actions waged with the dash and courage of the best Tankee naval traditions, and episodes to recall the fame of those privateers men of the Revolution and 1812 who fought for glory as well as for cargoes. To and fro across the Atlantic, defying the German submarines, the merchant steamers under the Stars and Stripes have made hundreds of voyages with Navy guns and gunners aboard, and as one of these fine lads might tell you. "We are giving the country the first run for its money." Armed merchantmen! The phrase is eloquent of a brUliant era of maritime history which this generation has al most forgotten, when Columbia, not jsntannia, ruled the wave,- and New England skippers fought with pike and carronade to defend the freedom of the seas. A century ago, when their stout East Indiamen explored new trade routes on the other side of the globe and sailed in quest of ports mysterious and unknown, there were always rows of guns behind the bulwarks and crews trained to man them.- 'A peaceful voy age was a novel experience. These tall merchantmen were harried by pirates and privateers of a dozen races, and they expected to swap broadsides or pile on canvas in a stern chase all the way from the Bahama Banks to the ports of China, Sumatra and the Indies. These American mariners were the ons of the earlier race of Colonial sea men who had sailed and traded amid dangers so. manifold as to make their hardihood astounding.' In vessels not much larger and far less seaworthy than the lifeboats which hang from a liner's davits, they had dared distant voyages and the swarming freebooters of a bloody, lawless age upon salt water. . And yet, through two centuries.' of maritime conflict, there was never an -American merchantman sunk with her crew and passengers by privateer or laivci-ll-lliaiUQ Blllj,, liu II1M.ILC WUilL colors she flew French, Spanish, Dutch or English. Such barbaritv was practiced only, by the outlawed pirate -with the black flag at his mizzen, and far less often than is. commonly sup posed. In fact, most real pirates -were mere thieves who preferred plunder to cutting throats, and fought no more than they had to. It was reserved for the imperial Ger man government, exponent of a 20th century civilization so superior to all others that it had Its own distinctive name-of Kultur, to. achieve an infamy unique In all the history of the sea, flthe wholesale slaughter and drowning "of merchant crews and the people In trusted to their care. " The drunken "pri'vateersman and his crew, of gallows ecrapings, or the red-handed buccaneer crimes as abhorrent and incredible. The great war in Europe has turned military science upside down and ' tossed most of its precepts Into the rubbish heap. - Invention has resolved "it into a struggle of three dimensions in i the air. on the land, beneath the eea a clash of new factors ' hitherto undreamed of. Battleship fleets which were to decide the mastery afloat ride idly at their moorings. Nothing re mains that can so vividly remind us of .other days, as this story of the armed merchant ships which in 1917 are steering out to win their way to port 'in order that precious merchandise may be conveyed to those that sorely need it. They are armed not as privateers, but solely to defend themseives against unlawful attack, precisely as were those old American merchant fleets of a vanished era. - During the long debate in the Senate over the armed neutrality bill the issue was befogged by the "little group of willful men." The President asked nothing more than was "Justified by American history and precedent. Hun dreds of vessels used to sail heavily armed out of Salem and Boston , and Portsmouth in times of nominal peace, nor did any foreign government con sider it a hostile act. They were hon est merchantmen in duty bound to protect themselves against lawless ag gression. And it was these same armed merchant ships which " were swiftly commissioned as privateers at the outbreak of the Revolution and swooped the sea like hawks. -They captured 800 British ships, audaciously hovering in the English Channel and the Irish Sea, and dealt the enemy's prestige a deadlier blow than' did Washington's armies by land. 'It was in merchant ships authorized as priva teers that Captain Jonathan Haraden. a figure to stand beside John Paul Jones, captured 1000 cannon upon the high seas and he took them all in the smoke and flame of gunpowder. Just why this stanch American doc trine was revived against Germany is easily understood by recalling certain events of the last two years. It was postponed because the Imperial gov ernment gave promises which .were in tended to be broken. The United States was reluctant to believe that the statesmanship of a' great nation could be built wholly upon perfidy, dishonor, and brutality. The pledges, of decent behavior wrung from Germany after the tragedies of the Lusttania and the Sussex were wantonly violated-in the sinking of the Cunard liner Laconla. The German announcement that all merchant ships would be sunk without warning inside a barred zone -was the conclusive proof that. all international law was regarded as a scrap of paper. This unrestricted submarine war fare" was misnamed. .It was piracy, pure and simple and of a kind so base that Captain Kidd would have" blushed for It. The President of the United States, by means of the power which be has the right to use without any special authority granted by 'Congress, notified all nations through the - De partment of State on March 13 that "in view of the announcement of the Im perial German government on January 31. 1917, that all ships, those of neutrals' Included, met within certain zones of the high seas, would be sunk without any precaution taken for the safety of the persons - on board and without the exercise of visit and search. the Government of the United States has determined to place- upon '. all American merchant ' vessels sailing through the barred areas an armed guard for the protection of the vessels and. the lives of the persons on board.' Now. the distinction was very care fully made, that these we're not armed ships, but merchant ships carrying armed- guards. This was ibecause the guns and gunners were to be furnished by the United States Navy as a part of tne Government. In order to re tain 'their status as merchant ships, their skippers were to continue in command and the gun crews were to attend strictly to their . own business of trying to sink as a pirate any sub marine which Bhould fall to observe the laws of boarding, and searching for contraband. It was perfectly clear that arming a ship for defense was a right and not a belligerent act, and that the presence of defensive gun crews did not make vessels either auxiliary cruisers or ships of vwar. The old-fashioned mariner had no such technicalities aa these to bother his head about. His own crew fought his ship as well as sailed her, and he could find plenty of men trained to the trade. - In these days, howeevr, the Navy Is .the only resource for arming a ship. What seems like splitting hairs in the matter of the "armed guard" was therefore a legal device -to let the Navy do the work and yet avoid any confusion as to the character of the vessel. No matter how many guns she might mount, she was etill e merchant man controlled by her captain, crew. and owners. It was new business for the Navy to undertake and the demand came at short notice, in the midst of a rush of routine preparations for war, when every ..officer was fairly working hi head off. To key the fighting fleet to the highest possible notch of efficiency was the one thought in mind. Here was the armed guard, to be organized overnight as a separate department of the service, liners ad cargo steamers tied up at the docks and clamoring for their guns and gun crews, the country very impatient and unfairly accusing the Government of going to sleep on the Job. To lay hands on scores of guns of the smaller sizes required was one phase of the problem put up to the Navy. They were not piled up In stor age, like the. old 12-pounders in the East .India warehouses of Salem a hundred years ago. War was impend ing, and it was shown that a great number of these secondary battery pieces would be required to arm trans ports, the larger patrol vessels and the rest of, the auxiliary Navy list. Arm ing' merchantmen was an additional task and a very large one. The guns were found, however, and excellent gouns they were, nor were the ships kept waiting any longer than was nec essary to build the platforms and mount the long weapons in position. When It came to getting guns crews there were complications. The si men who put a four or five-inch gun through its paces are trained to work together in highly perfected team play. The word went to the fleet that so many gun crews were to be drafted for the armed guard and detached at once. There were, lamentations and protests in wardroom and on quarter-deck un official, of course and rumblings among the chief petty officers. A good sight setter or pointer was worth his weight in gold to any ship. The de stroyers- could not bear to lose any of theirs, because they would be first into action when the war realy broke. The rivalry among the great gray citadels of battleships was too keen to sutler their being robbed of men who could put a hole through a target. It was a situation rather up to the. private con science of the commanding officer. If he had a Puritan ancestry he obeyed or ders to the letter and sent a picked lot of gunners. If he let his professional zeal stand In the way a bit. the draft he forwarded was well, not quite so well trained. Not such an easy matter to decide when there are never enough crack gunners to go round. However, there came to these first armed merchant vessels a wonderfully keen lot of youngsters, long enough in the service to know what was required of them, directly in charge of chUf gunners' mates and chief boatswain's mates with three or four "hash marks" or enlistment stripes on their sleeves, seasoned veterans who are to the Navy what the First Sergeants are to the regular Army. Their officers may have been reluctant to see these drafts leave the fleets but the spirit of the gunners was quite otherwise Instead of drill lg in harbor they were to put to sea and get the chance of action.' They were the -envy of the shipmates left behind. Shooting up submarines was the proper stuff. Sftne sport to that! That ships were sinking every day, with never an opportunity to flght back, . torpedoed from ambush, crews blown up In their bunks or engine rooms, or shelled in the boats, or freez ing and drowning hundreds of miles from land, failed to check the en thusiasm of these eager bluejackets. A gun properly trained on Fritz and his submarine would blow him to hades, where he belonged. - It was a sport they knew nothing whatever about, nor could their officers teach them the lessons of experience. A target so smalh elusive and momen tary as a submarine was bevond their conception. Some of them were natives of Inland states, who had been sent from the Great Lakes Training School to the fleet, where they had their first glimpse of salt water. Crossing the ocean was a great adventure in itself. Defensive action against submarine at tack required schooling of a special kind, but there was no time to or ganize preliminary instruction among these first gun crews so hastily drafted and sent aboard merchant ships. - In the fleet -they had been units of ififtiififf iriTiiiiiiriitiiiiiiitiiifiiiif iiuiiif ififiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiii iiiiii iiiiriitiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiTftiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiuiH iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.iiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii The Unsurpassable Gift IF THE IDEAL Christmas gift is that which best combines 11 the qualities of beauty, long usefulness and sentiment, then , - surely a musical instrument is IT. I : j, j ! ; ftp?' 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Then the curtain of secrecy was dropped, for the newspapers acted as their own censors at a word from Washington. The next news published was that the American liner St. Louis, with a battery manned by naval gun crews, had safely .made the passage to England. It was an event m thrilling interest to the Nation, me arable as an overt defiance of the German doc trines which made the freedom of the seas a ghastly farce. It was in keep ing with the maritime traditions of the United States which had sent Preble and Decatur to destroy the nests of Algerian pirates, who, with all the In solence of a Hohenzollern of today, had terrorized the merchant shipping of the world at the gateway of the Medi terranean. It seemed to accord with the spirit of a Farragut who had cried "Damn the torpedoes!" and then or dered full speed ahead. And it was. clean cut and decisive, the act which was shortly to m'an the declaration of a righteous war. There was a certain dramatic fitness In the fact that one of these American liners should have been first to accept the German challenge. Two of them were built In an. American yard, and for 20 yeans they had plied across the western ocean, leaving it for a time to serve as cruisers in the Spanish War. When launched" they . embodied high hopes of a restoration of a merchant marine which should break the monop oly English, French and German of the ocean trade In American porta. Such hopes were doomed to disappoint ment, because this world war was needed to convince the people of the United States that ships are as vital to their welfare as factorles.railroads and mines. At enormous cost they are again learning to think In terms of the sea. ' The first voyages ' of these armed liners were the spectacular features of the weeks before the war began, but no less important was the arming of the humble cargo boats. The liners had speed to protect them, their decks were specially built for mounting guns, living quarters for the gun crews were readily available and a body of highly intelligent and experienced merchant officers were prepared "to co-operate with the fighting force. These factors made the problem comparatively simple. It was more essential, in lact. w safeguard the freighters and oil tank era, which wallowed deep laden, at a much slower gait, to the ports tf Eng land. France and Italy. They were crammed to the hatches with supplies, with food and fuel and steel, with the resources which Europe required to New Houston Hotel Blxib and Everett Streets. s-enr blocks from Union DepaC Nsr business center. Fireproof nd Modern. Bates 75c to S2.00. Chaa. G. Hopkins. Manager. 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Some of them were email, with barely room enough for their own crews, and no quarters whatever for a naval guard. Temporary deckhouses had to be con structed, decks cleared of their gear to make way for the guns, a hundred de tails arranged to insure the health, comfort and efficiency of the gunners. There was one nervous skipper who commanded an ancient tub, which was held together only by her paint. To the chief boatswain's mate in charge of the bluejackets he came beseeching, as the steamer parsed out to sea. that they do without target ' practice and shoot at no submarines unless they positively had to. His ship was old. he explained, and she could never stand the shock . of those guns. They would shake the rivets out of her at the first blast and ehe would Just open up like a basket and head for Davy Jones. Now, the Navy is a wonderfully adaptable organization, by no means so fettered with red tape and precedent as many landlubbers suppose. The armed guard was rapidly evolving it self as a separate branch of the service. Shipowners found that they had to deal with a number of Lieutenants and Ensigns, keen, energetic, very much on the Job. who were ready to advise. Inspect and Issue commands if need be. Standing behind them were offi cers of higher rank. inoluding naval constructors, who received their gen eral instructions from Washington and say that they were enforced. Tact and diplomacy were prime requisites. The merchant skipper who had been an autocrat on his own bridge was apt to resent any interference with his authority. He suspected that these Navy gunners would clash with him, and he proposed to show them who waa boss. There were owners who objected to the extras outlay of GLYCERINE MIXTURE FOR APPENDICITIS Portland people can prevent appendi citis with simple buckthorn bark, glyc erine, etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka. 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Here and there was one who cared very little about carrying an armed guard so long as his ship and cargo were well insured. On the other hand, most owners and agents made the task easy by showing a spirit of cordial co-operation and an anxiety to take the best of care of the gunners. In- fairness to both sides it may be Interesting to quote from the records two contrasting Instances of how mat ters fared on shipboard. One chief petty officer writes at the end of the voyage: It is with great pleasure that I mention the captain and his officers as most courteous men who assisted and worked with me in every respect. I iiave the captain to thank for many kindnesses tendered "the armed guurd. As an example, he allowed my men the privileges of the ship's slop chest with out cost. Each man was given boots, gloves. woolen underclothing and socks, also oilskins, as it was unex pectedly cold for the season of the year when we got into- northern latitudes." 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Payment of tithes was required un- ' der the Law of Moses. Indeed the prominence given to this requirement in the Mosaic eode has led to the in correct assumption that tithe-paying had Its beginning In an Israelitish stat ute. Tithing is older than Israel. Abraham paid a tenth part of his gains to Melchlzedek. who was king of Salem and priest of the Most High God (Gen. 14:20 and Keb. 7:1-8); and Jacob made a covenant to devote to the Lord's service a tenth of all that would come into his hands (Gen. 28:22). Following the development of the children of Israel into a theocratic na tion, the practise of paying tithes in kind became one of the features by which they, the worshipers of Jehovah, were distinguished from all other peo ples. The requirement was explicit and its application general, to rich and poor alike. Thus we read: And all the tithe of the land, wheth er of the seed of the' land, or ef the fruit of the tree. Is the Lord's i It la holy tmto the Lord. ... And concern ing; the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of hntsoever panseth un der, the rod. the tenth shall be holy nnto the Lord." (Lev. 27:30.32). As long as the people faithfully com plied with the law of he tithe they prospered: and when they failed the land was no longer sanctified to their good. Hezekiutv (see 2 Chron: 31:5-10) and Nehemiah (Neh. 13:10-13) reproved the people for their negligence in the matter and awakened them to the jeopardy that threatened; and. later. Malachl voiced the word of Jehovah in stern rebuke, forceful admonition, and encouraging promise, relative to the payment of the Lord's tenth: "Will a man rob tisdf Yet ye have robbed me. Bet ye sny. W herein have we robbed yet In tithes and offertnsjs. Ye are caned with n carsei for ye have robbed me, even -this -whole nation. Bring ye all the tithes Into the store house, that there may be meat In mine house, and prove me now herewith, sallh the Lord of hosts. If I villi not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out m blessing, thnt there shall not be room enough to receive It." (Mai. 3:8-10). At the time of our Lord's personal ministry the law had been supplement ed by innumerable rules, comprising unauthorized exactions, often based upon mere trivialities. Christ approved the tithe, but made plain the fact that other duties were none the less imper ative. (See Matt. 23:23). During recent years great Interest has been manifest in the matter of the tithe, among theologians, ministers and intelligent laymen: and the re-establishment of tithe-paying as a religious duty has been strongly advocated. It is important to know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has observed this requirement from the early days of Its history not because it was operative in ancient Israel, nor because it was law and custom among the Jews in the days of Christ, but be cause It has been authoritatively estab lished through modern revelation In the Church. In 1838 the Lord systematized the practise upon which the people had voluntarily entered, and defined the tithe as a tenth of one's individual possessions: "And this," said He, "shall be the beginning of the tithing of my people. And nfter thnt. those who have thus been tithed, shall pay one-tenth of all their Interest annually! and this shall he a standing law unto them for ever, for my holy t'rlesthood, snlth the Lord." (Doxtrine & Covenants 119:3-4). The manner in which the tithes of the people are to be paid, and the channels through which the contributions are to be distributed and used in the work of the Church are specifically set forth. As of old. so in tne unurcn or jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints today, tith- inir is the divinely established revenue system by which the pecuniary needs of the ecclesiastical community are pro vided for. And as of old so today, tithe-paying must be a voluntary free will sacrifice, not to be exacted by secular power nor enforced by Infliction of fines or other material penalties. The obligation is self-assumed: never theless it is one to be observed with full purpose of heart by the earner who claims standing in the Church and who professes to abide by the revealed word given for the spiritual develop ment of Its members. It is essential that men learn to give. Without provision for this training the curriculum in the school of mortality would be seriously defective. Human wisdom has failed to devise a more equitable scheme of Individual con tribution for community needs than the simple plan of the tithe. Everyone is invited to give in amount propor tioned to his ability, and to so tglv regularly and systematically. The spirit of giving makes the tithe holy: and It is by means thus sanctified that the material activities of the Church are carried on. Blessings, specific and choice, are promised the honest tithe paver; and these blessings are' placed within the reach of all. In the Lord's work the widow's penny is as accept able as are the gold-pieces of the wealthy. Tithing is the rental we are asked to pay on the property committed to our keeping and use. We are but tempo rary holders, lessees of property the ultimate title of which is vested In Him who created all that Is. The Latter-Day Saints believe that the tithing system has been divinely appointed for their observance; and they esteem themselves blessed in thus being permitted to have part in the fur therance of God's purposes. Under this system the people have prospered sev erally and as an organized body. It Is the simple and effective revenue law of the Church; and Its operation has been a success- from the time of its establishment- Amongst us it obviates the necessity of taking up collections in religious assemblies, and makes pos sible the promulgation of the Church's message, through the printed and spok en word, the building and maintenance of Temples for the benefit of both liv ing and dead, to an extent that would be otherwise unattainable. For a more extended treatment of this subject send for pamphlet "The I.w of the Tithe." Address Bureau of Information. Salt Lake City, Utah, or Northwestern States Mission, elO East Madison St.. Portland, Ore. Adv. 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