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news or bad treatment the Germans might give them. The Wolf of course picked up wireless news every day, printed it, and circulated it throughout the ship in German and English. We did not, however, hear all the news that was picked up, but felt that what we did hear kept us at least a little in touch with the outside world; and we have since been able to verify that, and also to discover that we missed a great deal too.

The accommodation provided for the married couples on the Wolf was situated on the port-side upper deck. The "cabins" had been improvised when the first women and civilian prisoners were captured, and other cabins had been carved out 88 the number of of these prisoners increased. The cabins were of course small-there was very little room to spare on the Wolf-and, at the best, makeshift contrivances; but it must be admitted that our German captors did all they could to make us 88 comfortable 88 possible under the conditions prevailing. The married couples, the Australian military officers, and a few elderly oivilians, messed together in the officers' wardroom, quite a tiny saloon, which was placed at

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The deck. we were only allowed the port side. W88 about six feet wide, and part of this was occupied by spare spars. Sailors and officers and prisoners, to fetch their food, were passing along this deck incessantly all day, so it can easily be imagined there was not much room for sitting about on deck chairs. We were, however, allowed to go down to the well-deck to see our friends during the daytime. They had their meals in the 'tween decks at different times to us, but the food provided was usually just the same. The evenings were the deadliest hours of all on the Wolf. At dusk, the order disposal after the officers had "Schiff abblenden!" refinished their meals. The food sounded all through the ship; on the Wolf was better cooked sailors came round to put tin than it had been on the plates over all the portholes, Hitachi, but there was of and from thence onward course no fresh food of any throughout the night comkind. Even the potatoes plete darkness prevailed on

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deck, not a glint of light showing anywhere.

When the Wolf considered herself in dangerous waters, and when laying mines, even smoking was forbidden on deck. All the cabins had a device by which, directly the door was open, the light went out, only to be relit when the door closed. So it was impossible for any one to leave his cabin with the door open and the light on. There was nothing to do in the evenings after the last meal, which was over before eight o'clock. There was nowhere to sit, except on the dark deck or in the dark cabins, for it was so hot that the cabin doors had to be kept open; and the evenings spent on the Wolf were certainly very dreary. Most of us felt we would rather be in jail on shore, for then we should be in no risk of being killed at any moment by our own people, our cells would have been larger than our cabins, and our our food possibly not much worse; and our jail would at least have been stationary and not rolling about, though, it though, it must be confessed, the Wolf was a good sea boat.

She had been one of the Hansa Line before the war, was about 6000 tons, with a speed of about ten knots at the outside. She had been thoroughly adapted for her work as a raider: had four torpedo tubes and six guns (said to be 4.7), not to mention machine and smaller guns, none of which could be

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seen by a passing ship, to which the Wolf looked, as she was intended to look, exactly like an innocent tramp. When in action her bulwarks dropped, giving free play to her guns and torpedoes. There was telephone communication between her bridge and every gun and every part of the ship; she carried a huge searchlight; her masts and funnel were telescopic, and she could rig an extra funnel. She carried large supplies of bombs, hand grenades, rifles, and small arms, had hospitals with two doctors on board; among her crew of more than three hundred were representatives of every trade; she was thoroughly well equipped in every way; the officers had the best and most powerful binoculars, and absolutely nothing seemed to have been forgotten. There were, it was said, only three of the officers who were Imperial Navy men- the Commander, the artillery officer, and the lieutenant in charge of the prisoners. All the other officers and a great many of the crew were from the German mercantile marine, who had travelled with, mixed with, and lived with Englishmen in many parts of the world. To this fact we undoubtedly owed the kindly treatment we received on board-treatment which was infinitely better than we expeoted to receive. The majority of the officers and men were certainly kindly disposed towards us. There is no doubt, however, the fear that we might be taken by a British cruiser

news or bad treatment the Germans might give them. The Wolf of course picked up wireless news every day, printed it, and circulated it throughout the ship in German and English. We did not, however, hear all the news that was picked up, but felt that what we did hear kept us at least a little in touch with the outside world; and we have since been able to verify that, and also to discover that we missed a great deal too.

The accommodation provided for the married couples on the Wolf was situated on the port-side upper deck. The "cabins" had been improvised when the first women and civilian prisoners were captured, and other cabins had been carved out as the number of these prisoners inoreased. The cabins were of course small- there was very little room to spare on the Wolf-and, at the best, makeshift contrivances; but it must be admitted that our German captors did all they could to make us as comfortable as possible under the conditions prevailing. The married couples, the Australian military officers, and a few elderly civilians, messed together in the officers' wardroom, quite a tiny saloon, which was placed at our disposal after the officers had finished their meals. The food on the Wolf was better cooked than it had been on the Hitachi, but there was of course no fresh food of any kind. Even the potatoes

were dried, and had to be soaked many hours before being cooked, nor did they much resemble the original article: the same remark applies to the other vegetables. Occasionally our meals satisfied us as far as quantity went, but in the main we left the table feeling that we could with ease have disposed of a great deal more. This was especially the case after breakfast, which consisted of bread and jam only. Each. cabin had a German orderly to look after it and wait on the occupants, and a Japanese steward three cabins and clean.

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The deck we were only allowed the port side-was about six feet wide, and part of this was occupied by spare spars. Sailors and officers and prisoners, to fetch their food, were passing along this deck incessantly all day, so it can easily be imagined there was not much room for sitting about on deck chairs. We were, however, allowed to go down to the well-deck to see our friends during the daytime. They had their meals in the 'tween decks at different times to us, but the food provided was usually just the same. The evenings were the deadliest hours of all on the Wolf. At dusk, the order "Schiff abblenden !" sounded all through the ship; sailors came round to put tin plates over all the portholes, and from thence onward throughout the night complete darkness prevailed on

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deck, not a glint of light showing anywhere.

When the Wolf considered herself in dangerous waters, and when laying mines, even smoking was forbidden on deck. All the cabins had a device by which, directly the door was open, the light went out, only to be relit when the door closed. So it was impossible for any one to leave his cabin with the door open and the light on. There was nothing to do in the evenings after the last meal, which was over before eight o'clock. There was nowhere to sit, except on the dark deck or in the dark cabins, for it was so hot that the cabin doors had to be kept open; and the evenings spent on the Wolf were certainly very dreary. Most of us felt we would rather be in jail on shore, for then we should be in no risk of being killed at any moment by our own people, our cells would have been larger than our cabins, and our food possibly not much worse; and our jail would at least have been stationary and not rolling about, though, it must be confessed, the Wolf was a good sea boat.

She had been one of the Hansa Line before the war, was about 6000 tons, with a speed of about ten knots at the outside. She had been thoroughly adapted for her work as a raider: had four torpedo tubes and six guns (said to be 4.7), not to mention machine and smaller guns, none of which could be

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seen by a passing ship, to which the Wolf looked, as she was intended to look, exactly like an innocent tramp. When in action her bulwarks dropped, giving free play to her guns and torpedoes. There was telephone communication between her bridge and every gun and every part of the ship; she carried a huge searchlight; her masts and funnel were telescopie, and she could rig an extra funnel. She carried large supplies of bombs, hand grenades, rifles, and small arms, had hospitals with two doctors on board; among her crew of more than three hundred were representatives of every trade; she was thoroughly well equipped in every way; the officers had the best and most powerful binoculars, and absolutely nothing seemed to have been forgotten. There were, it was said, only three of the officers who were Imperial Navy men- the Commander, the artillery officer, and the lieutenant in charge of the prisoners. All the other officers and a great many of the crew were from the German mercantile marine, who had travelled with, mixed with, and lived with Englishmen in many parts of the world. To this fact we undoubtedly owed the kindly treatment we received on board-treatment which was infinitely better than we expeoted to receive. The majority of the officers and men were certainly kindly disposed towards us. There is no doubt, however, the fear that we might be taken by a British cruiser

THREE YEARS

From September 3, 1914 to September 3, 1917

By BARR FERREE

A chronological survey of the bombardment of Reims from September 3, 191 to September 3, 1917, giving the details of the bombardment day by day for th entire period of the siege. This is the first book in any language dealing with th bombardment of Reims in its entirety, and presents a remarkable picture of dail life at Reims under the shells.

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