was
possible that military necessity might prevent their being detached to
come to our rescue. At about 11 P.M. a white light flashing in the
blackness of the night,--it was very dark--was sighted, and very shortly
it was found that the destroyer _Warrington_ had arrived to our rescue
and about an hour afterwards the destroyer _Smith_ also arrived. The
transfer of the men from the boats and rafts to the destroyers was
effected as quickly as possible and the destroyers remained in the
vicinity until after daylight the following morning, when a further
search was made for survivors who might have drifted in a boat or on a
raft, but none were found, and at about 6 A.M., the return trip to
France was begun.

"Of the seven hundred and fifteen men present all told on board, it was
found after the muster that three officers and twenty-three men were
lost with the ship, and that one officer had been taken prisoner.

CONDUCT OF THE SUBMARINE COMMANDER.

"Although the German submarine commander made no offers of assistance of
any kind, yet otherwise his conduct for the ship's company in the boat
was all that could be expected. We naturally had some apprehension as to
whether or not he would open fire on the boats and rafts. I thought he
might probably do this, as an attempt to make me and other officers
disclose their identity. This possibility was evidently in the minds of
the men of the crew also, because at one time I noticed some one on the
submarine walk to the muzzle of one of the guns, apparently with the
intention of preparing it for action. This was evidently observed by
some of the men in my boat, and I heard the remark, 'Good night, here
comes the fireworks.' The spirit which actuated remarks of this kind,
under such circumstances, could be none other than that of cool courage
and bravery."

CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE, NAVAL OFFICER ESCAPES.

(Condensed from report by Lieutenant Edouard Victor M. Isaacs on his
capture and escape from a German prison camp.)

"The _President Lincoln_ went down about 9:30 in the morning, thirty
minutes after being struck by three torpedoes. In obedience to orders I
abandoned ship after seeing all hands aft safely off the vessel. The
boats had pulled away, but I stepped on a raft floating alongside, the
quarter deck being then awash. A few minutes later one of the boats
picked me up. The submarine U-90 returned and the commanding officer,
while searching for Captain Foote of the _Pre