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CAPTAIN 
 
 WILLIAM R, SAYLES. Jr 
 
 U. S. N. 
 
 COMMANDING OFFICER, 
 
 AUGUST. 19 18, 
 
 TO [PRESENT DATE 
 
 CAPTAIN 
 
 WILLIAM H. SHEA, 
 U.S.C.G. 
 
 EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
 FEBRUARY, 1919, 
 TO PRESENT DATE 
 
CAPTAIN 
 
 GEORGE W. STEELE. 
 
 U.S.N. 
 
 COMMANDING OFFICER, 
 
 JUNE, 1917, 
 
 TO AUGUST, 1918 
 
 LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER 
 
 W. C. BARKER, 
 
 U.S.N. 
 
 EXECUTIVE OFFICER, 
 
 AUGUST, 1917, 
 
 TO FEBRUARY, 1919 
 
Photograph bj Central \'evjs Service, Sew York City 
 
WITH 'THE FIRST TO FRANCE" 
 
 The U. S. S. Henderson was with "The First to 
 France. " Tremendous difficulties were overcome that she 
 might carry the first American fighters "over there, " It 
 was a tense hour when she steamed down the Narrow^s to 
 join the formation, June 14, 1917, as her first load of 
 marines w^aved farewell to the Statue of Liberty. Those 
 ships went to meet the initial test in transporting the 
 American army over three thousand miles of submarine 
 infested water. 
 
 But four days previously, she, a newly built ship, 
 traversed her first mile of water. She made her first run 
 from Philadelphia, where she was built, to New^ York, to 
 report for overseas duty. Sailing down the Delaware River 
 she experienced engine trouble. That run to New^ York, 
 with her mainmast not aboard, with mechanics from the 
 Philadelphia Navy Yard still working up to the last mo- 
 ment, with her decks and holds littered with the debris 
 of speedy completion — that run was counted as her trial 
 trip. 
 
 Just six days before leaving for France her boilers for 
 the first time felt the pressure of steam. The first power 
 ever developed aboard the U. S. S. Henderson was on 
 June 8, 1917. She left with the convoy June 14th. 
 
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 But three weeks before sailing she was commissioned 
 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Her completion was 
 feverishly hastened by the declaration of war. Day and 
 night, w^ithout ceasing, her decks rang w^ith the sounds 
 of many workmen. Her crew^ w^as messed aboard 
 neighboring ships, and her light and heat came from the 
 Yard until just before the lines w^ere cast off. 
 
 When on the evening of June I 2th she proceeded up 
 the North River and anchored off ninety-sixth street she 
 was ready for a maiden voyage to Europe w^ith "The 
 First to France." 
 
 Only by the urgent insistance of her Commanding 
 Officer, Captain Steele, was she permitted to go at all. 
 Her machinery, and especially her turbo-generators, were 
 in an untested and uncertain condition. It was problem- 
 atical how^ far she could run on her fuel and it was 
 reported that no fuel oil could then be obtained in France. 
 It w^as a venture demanding the maximum of courage and 
 resourcefulness to take an untried vessel through sub- 
 marine haunted w^aters w^ith almost tw^o thousand souls 
 aboard. The urgent need of getting men to the other side 
 w^as a strong argument supporting the Captain's plea to 
 the Admiral that the Henderson be allow^ed to go. 
 
 That first trip tested the metal of officers and crew. 
 It was only by indomitable w^ill that she held her position 
 in the convoy as she did. The fifth day out she tw^ice 
 dropped from formation for repairs, first having difficul- 
 ties w^ith the electric steering gear which necessitated 
 hand steering, and then having trouble with the port en- 
 gine throttle. The day follow^ing, the feed pumps failed, 
 the steering gear again w^ent wrong, the starboard engine 
 stopped altogether and the port engine had to be cut down 
 
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 to one third normal revolutions. This required the entire 
 convoy to drop its speed to five knots for several hours 
 during the afternoon, but by nightfall the troubles had 
 been solved and the ships vv^ere once more making normal 
 progress. There w^ere other times during the trip she 
 w^ithdrev^ temporarily from the convoy. Each day brought 
 its new problems. 
 
 Those hours w^ere grim enough, but at the time there 
 was little realization of the calibre of the undertaking. 
 It was a new^ and untested vessel, in the hands of officers 
 and a crew^ who scarcely knew each other's names, solving 
 the problems of the first over-seas convoy, meeting engine 
 room and stearing gear difficulties day after day, steering 
 by hand in the exacting zig-zagging convoy formation. 
 The Henderson is proud of her entire record, but if one 
 achievement stands out above the others as the high light 
 of that record, it is her first trans-Atlantic voyage. 
 
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 A SUBMARINE ATTACK 
 
 On the second voyage to France, when the French 
 coast was but a day's journey distant, a British convoy 
 passed to the westward. One of the destroyers signaled: 
 "My convoy w^as attacked by a submarine ten miles from 
 the present position." On receiving this warning the 
 Henderson and her sister ships began a rapid zig-zagging. 
 
 The next morning, August 20th, at 8:32, just as the 
 Point de Kerdonis lighthouse on Belle Isle w^as sighted, 
 a destroyer on the left of the fleet dropped a depth bomb. 
 Almost instantly the Antilles fired three shots and the 
 Finland fired five rounds at the submarine. The Hender- 
 son immediately sounded general quarters. Occasionally 
 the guns of the other ships were heard. Five minutes 
 after nine the Henderson sighted the wake of the sub- 
 marine and opened fire with the starboard battery firing 
 six shots before the periscope disappeared. Two French 
 aeroplanes were maneuvering over the zig-zagging fleet, 
 dropping depth bombs. Again the Antilles fired three 
 times; the Finland fired five more shells, and the battle 
 was over except for shots from the Lenape and the San 
 Jacinto. At ten o'clock the formation was proceeding at 
 standard speed for the mouth of the Loire River. The 
 attack had failed. 
 
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 THE ILL-FATED ANTILLES 
 
 On the third homeward-bound trip the Henderson 
 was but eight hundred yards distant when a German 
 torpedo struck the Antilles. From the Henderson's decks, 
 strained eyes watched her go down in six and a half 
 minutes. 
 
 It w^as at dawn — the submarine's best hour for 
 striking — Wednesday morning, October 17, 1917. But 
 an hour before, thick weather had set in and there was a 
 choppy, w^hite-cap sea. The convoy was steaming west- 
 w^ard w^ith the Henderson in the lead as guide. Eight 
 hundred yards behind her followed the Antilles and the 
 same distance astern of her steamed the Willehad. The 
 converted yacht Corsair was two hundred and fifty yards 
 off the port bow and the yacht Alcedo bore a hundred and 
 fifty yards off the starboard bow. 
 
 On the log is entered this terse non-committal record 
 of the tragedy: "At 6:47, just before sunrise, in latitude 
 48^ 07 N. longitude 1 1 " 2.V W, by astronomical obser- 
 vations, w^hile on course 266 (psc), 30° to the left of 
 base course, an explosion was observed on the port side 
 of the Antilles due to a torpedo." 
 
 With the explosion she immediately took a list to 
 port. This was followed by an internal explosion thirty 
 seconds later and she began to sink rapidly stern first, 
 listing over to an angle of 30° in four minutes. A minute 
 more and her stern was deep in the sea, her bow^ out 
 of the water. Another minute and a half and she took 
 her final plunge. 
 
 Through the mists of early dawn men were seen 
 swarming down the lines attempting to reach the small 
 boats, only three of which appeared to be afloat. Her 
 
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crew had just three hundred and ninety seconds in which 
 to abandon ship. 
 
 According to orders, the convoying yachts rushed to 
 the rescue of the doomed ship while the Henderson, 
 sounding her w^histle and siren, belching forth a smoke 
 screen, steering a constantly shifting course, left the 
 vicinity of the disaster full speed ahead. As the Willehad 
 cleared the scene she sighted the submarine and fired 
 several shots. 
 
 A ship's log is not a romance novel, but occasionally 
 its entries give "human interest " touches. The log of 
 that fateful watch closes w^ith this notation: "The follow^- 
 ing books belonging to this vessel v^^ere lost v/hen the 
 Antilles went down, having been loaned to Lieutenant- 
 Commander D. T. Ghent, U. S. Navy, Senior Naval 
 Officer aboard the Antilles: "The Knight on Wheels, " 
 "A Point of Honor," "The Northerner," "The Debtor." 
 
 The closing incident of that day occurred at three 
 o'clock, an incident that w^as a transition from the sub- 
 marine to the ridiculous. Number eight gun fired at 
 w^hat appeared to be a submarine; the course was 
 changed; general quarters w^as sounded; full speed ahead 
 was ordered; and then it w^as discovered to have been the 
 blovv^ of a whale! 
 
/i^M<j^ K^insfio ^jnance 
 
 STORMS AND FUEL 
 
 The return journey of the fourth trip was against 
 an unusually rough sea and in the teeth of prevailing, 
 stormy February weather. The Henderson was delayed 
 and faced a shortage of fuel-oil. On the last day of Feb- 
 ruary, when thirteen days out from St. Nazaire and still 
 several days from home the generators were shut down 
 to save fuel and the ship w^as lighted where necessary by 
 oil lanterns and steered by hand. A little later the oil in 
 the tanks became so low that the circulation pumps had 
 trouble in picking up the suction to carry the fuel to the 
 fire rooms. With buckets the oil was bailed out of the 
 various tanks and concentrated in one tank so that the 
 suction might be established and the fires fed. 
 
 At one time is seemed imperative to put into Halifax 
 for oil. Later it looked as though there w^as enough fuel 
 with which to make Boston. Indeed, it w^as then thought 
 that she could make New York, but necessity compelled 
 turning into Mellville, Narragansett Bay, w^here she re- 
 ceived the oil w^ith which to complete the trip. 
 
 WAR ZONE DAYS 
 
 Cycles five, six and seven passed w^ith the usual 
 round of w^ar strain — guns constantly manned, look- 
 outs alw^ays alert, abandon ship drills sounded at all 
 hours of day or night, the constantly shifting zig-zag 
 course of ships totally darkened, ploughing ahead through 
 the night, the occasional firing at suspected objects, the 
 constant reminder of life preservers aWays worn, of sleep- 
 
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 ing fully dressed ready for the alarm, the rush of the few 
 days in port, and again the sea with its strain and mon- 
 otony. 
 
 The following orders, issued at various dates by 
 Captain Steele, when passing through the w^ar zone, are 
 a vivid description of the conditions aboard ship during 
 those days: 
 
 While we are not yet in the "war zone," the ship has 
 arrived at the western limit of the area in which enemy 
 submarines have been reported as operating, and w^e may 
 therefore expect to encounter submarines at any time, the 
 probability increasing with our progress. The S. O. S. call 
 of a steamer was heard last night. 
 
 A warning has been received that an enemy raider 
 is at sea. It may be either a steamer or a sailing vessel 
 with auxiliary pow^er. 
 
 With the five inch guns of the Henderson handled as 
 well as they "were yesterday, w^e need not fear an ordinary 
 raider, or even a submarine, provided we are not taken 
 unaware. 
 
 The best defense against a submarine is flight, but 
 this method is practicable only in case the submarine is seen 
 far enough away to allow the ship to turn, otherwise the 
 first indication of the presence of the submarine will likely 
 be the wake of its torpedo coming toward the ship. It is 
 therefore highly important to discover the submarine while 
 it is yet outside the torpedo range. 
 
 Lookouts! The safety of the ship and perhaps of the 
 whole convoy, depends almost entirely upon your ceaseless 
 vigilance. The difficulty of discovering the periscope of a 
 submarine can scarcely be exaggerated ; it is next to im- 
 possible. It will appear for but a moment and then sink 
 beneath the water. That moment is your chance! And 
 you will probably be unable to distinguish the periscope 
 with your eye alone, because its color is almost exactly the 
 
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 same as the color of the sea. Use your field glasses con- 
 tinually during your watch, sweeping back and forth across 
 your sector. And make your report in a voice than can be 
 heard a mile! 
 
 The business of a transport is to reach its destination 
 safely, and we will therefore avoid the enemy if we can, 
 but we will also fight if it comes to close quarters! The 
 ship is well armed both with guns and with bombs, and 
 
 one lucky shot is enough to settle the fate of an ordinary 
 "sub." 
 
 Every lookout do your utmost! Get the habit of re- 
 porting. Every man on the ship should report everything 
 he sees. Often the casual eye is caught by an object which 
 escapes those who are looking for it. 
 
 It used to be that at general quarters and other general 
 drills, men were required to "move on the double." That 
 is out of date. It is too slow. In order to meet the modern 
 situation successfully, all hands must move on the run. 
 Try to get there first. The safety of the ship may depend 
 upon you. 
 
 Gun Crews! Get in that shot! To do it you must 
 have your guns trained in time to fire. To have them 
 trained you must keep trained on every suspicious object. 
 To keep trained you must practice. Do not wait for an 
 order to train; go ahead and do it. And fire if the object 
 as seen through your sights resembles a submarine. 
 
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 We have reached the danger line and the danger in- 
 creases as we advance, but let us face it with our heads up 
 and v^ith our eyes steadily upon our opponents. 
 
 We are approaching a vicinity in which a submarine 
 was reported on June I st. On the same date another sub- 
 marine was reported farther to the eastward. This is ex- 
 ceptional to encounter "subs" so far westw^ard, and it is 
 reasonable to suppose that they are scouting for convoys, 
 to intercept them before the destroyers join up. 
 
 It is of the utmost importance that no effort be spared 
 to discover the presence of a submarine as far away as 
 possible, and to plant a shot near it. This ship is in the 
 position of an escorting vessel, and the whole convoy is 
 largely dependent upon our efficiency. We are, at the 
 same time, in an exposed position. 
 
 In the submarine zone the dispositions of extra gun 
 crews and lookouts will be placed in effect. From now 
 until port is reached every officer and man on board ship 
 will have his life preserver within reach at all times; those 
 on w^atch will wear their life preservers. 
 
 From now until we reach port all persons on board 
 shall remain fully dressed, day and night. 
 
 This ship will be darkened at night so that no ray of 
 light will show outboard between sunset and sunrise. A 
 single gleam of light may cause the loss of the ship! 
 
 There will be no smoking below or on exposed decks 
 on the ship between 8:00 P.M. and sunrise. The glow of 
 a cigarette is visible a half mile. 
 
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 WITH THE TROOPS 
 
Warning! While going through the "war zone" 
 it will be too dangerous to the ship to stop. TTierefore it 
 w^ill be impossible to pick up any person who has fallen 
 overboard. Persons having no business near the ship's 
 side will keep away from it. 
 
 At one hour before daylight every morning, reveille 
 will be sounded, and the low^er decks will be cleared. In- 
 stead of reveille, the call to stations for abandon ship may 
 be sounded at the same time. This should be known to be 
 a drill and all hands will repair quickly to their stations. 
 
 It is likely that this ship w^ith her water-tight sub- 
 divisions w^ould not sink for a long time after being tor- 
 pedoed, and it is possible that she would remain afloat. 
 In the case of the Finland, which had a hole thirty-four feet 
 by fourteen feet blown in her side, she returned to port at 
 a speed of thirteen knots. The only casualties were amon'^ 
 men w^ho became panic stricken. The lesson is: Keep 
 cool. 
 
 The best defense against a submarine attack is an 
 efficient lookout. This can be called efficient only when 
 the w^hole circle of the horizon is constantly covered with 
 well-focussed binoculars. After the destroyers join the con- 
 voy it must be remembered that the lookout they keep, for 
 various reasons, cannot be as efficient as that which we can 
 keep. Therefore it is our duty to sight the submarine and 
 signal its bearing to the destroyers in time for them to go 
 and force it to submerge. 
 
 Remember, this is not a picnic! Eternal vigilance is 
 the price of safety. 
 
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^^)i^t/i<^hG i^msfio <^nnce 
 
 THE FIRE 
 
 June 30, 1918, the Henderson put to sea with the 
 convoy, beginning her eighth trip, a trip that was not ^^Mu _ 
 completed on schedule time. 
 
 At five o'clock on the evening of July 2nd, the fire 
 alarms were sounded from the bridge. Smoke poured 
 forth from one of the forward cargo holds and so filled' 
 the nearby compartments that it was impossible to see 
 more than three or four feet. The hatch was opened 
 over the hold; great quantities of heated smoke rose from 
 the spaces below^. Fire fighters, equipped with smoke- 
 helmets, dragged the fire hose down, but nothing could be 
 done at this point. As the men retreated the hatches 
 w^ere battened dow^n in an attempt to smother the blaze. 
 The bulkheads heated to a dull red and were constantly 
 drenched to check the spread of the conflagration. In the 
 neighboring compartments the paint chipped off and 
 caused a stifling smoke. 
 
 A gang of men attempted to cut a hole in one of the 
 bulkheads through which a hose might be played but the 
 work was abandoned because of the heat. Two rivets in 
 the plating, however, were cut out and through the holes 
 appeared a roaring furnace. 
 
 The thermostats connected with the forward maga- 
 zines were reported dropping one after the other, and to 
 avoid the danger of explosion the magazines were flooded. 
 Seven hundred barrels of oil were in a nearby hold, a part 
 of the cargo that fortunately was saved from the flames. 
 
 The ship began to list to starboard as an increasing 
 amount of water was pumped into her holds. Men were 
 lowered over the sides in boatswain's chairs and the lenses 
 in several of the air ports were knocked out and fire hoses 
 
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directed through the openings, but to no avail, as the 
 paint, waste, and dry inflammable stores were burning 
 fiercely. 
 
 The rubber gaskets had been burnt away from the 
 ports which soon reached sea level as the ship kept listing 
 
 to starboard and the water came pouring in. The pumps 
 were w^orking at full speed. Additional compartments 
 had to be battened down and abandoned. New compart- 
 ments took fire. The thermostats continued to drop. The 
 list to starboard grew. 
 
 Meanwhile the ship continued at standard speed in 
 the formation, bearing her zig-zagging course while fight- 
 ing the fire. One of the convoying cruisers stood by to 
 render assistance if needed. 
 
 As the fire spread, the passenger compartments be- 
 came endangered. Then the engines w^ere stopped and 
 the decks blazed w^ith the emergency lights. All that night 
 the Henderson lay in the trough of the rolling sea while 
 the destroyers Mayrant and Paul Jones made six trips 
 transferring the seventeen hundred sailor and marine pas- 
 
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 sengers from the burning ship to the already overcrowded 
 Von Steuben. Every man had on his life preserver. 
 Meanwhile the crew fought the fire and slowly the list 
 increased. The rest of the convoy steamed on toward 
 France. 
 
 A little before dawn she turned her bow and made 
 for the States six hundred miles distant, the Paul Jones 
 and Mayrant standing by. The fire continued to rage; 
 the ship's bow sank deeper. There were but two feet 
 of freeboard and each sea flooded through the ports. Had 
 the weather been rough it would have meant a swamped 
 ship and disaster. 
 
 All that day, as the night before, the crew fought the 
 fire. The forward part of the ship was battened down. 
 The water vainly used to stem the blaze kept increasing 
 the ships list and the situation became hourly more dan- 
 gerous. The plan of action was changed to keep the 
 wrater out, not to pump it in. Men w^ent dovs^n into the hot, 
 smoky, water-filled compartments and swam to the ports 
 to dog them down only to find that the rubber gaskets 
 had been burned away and the lenses broken by the 
 heat so that the sea could not be kept out. Then they 
 w^ent over the side vv^ith mattresses to fasten over the 
 ports to keep out the inrushing water. 
 
 As she proceeded and continued to draw more water 
 forward, the magazines which had been flooded, were 
 partially pumped to lighten her; the heavy crane was 
 swung to port and the fuel oil transferred from starboard 
 to port tanks to neutralize the dangerous list. 
 
 The pumps were kept going at full capacity to keep 
 down the water. Three handy billy pumps were rigged 
 up and suction maintained. The men kept them going 
 
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continuously and shifted them to various points, working 
 while dressed in life-preservers. Bucket lines were formed 
 and everything possible was done to fight the water as 
 well as the fire. 
 
 When the Henderson had reached a list of fifteen 
 degrees the danger of capsizing became evident. The de- 
 stroyer Mayrant was ordered alongside and as many men 
 of the crew as possible w^ere transferred to her, together 
 with valuable papers, leaving aboard only the very mini- 
 mum needed to run the vessel in her struggle to make 
 port. 
 
 That morning quarters was held and Captain Steele 
 published the following order: 
 
 U. S. S. HENDERSON 
 July 3. 1919 
 
 ORDER 
 
 1 . In case of conditions developing which look 
 dangerous enough to make abandon ship likely, the officer 
 of the deck will stop the engines, sound the general alarm, 
 and ring three long rings on the call bells to the engine 
 room, dynamo room, steering gear room and fire room, 
 (smoke indicator bells). 
 
 2. Upon receiving this signal the men on duty in 
 those places will proceed to their abandon ship stations. 
 Firemen w^ill extinguish fires unless a heavy listing of the 
 ship warns them to proceed without delay. 
 
 3. This order is for the purpose of assuring the men 
 below that they will not be forgotten. The captain has no 
 doubt but that we will bring the Henderson safely to port. 
 
 GEORGE W. STEELE, 
 
 Commander, U. S. Navy, 
 
 Commanding 
 
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 THE FIRE 
 
That night thick fog set in and the Henderson lost 
 sight of the accompanying destroyers and only their dis- 
 tant fog whistles assured her of their desperately needed 
 presence. 
 
 All night the fight continued and the pumps labored. 
 All aboard were alive to their danger. Suddenly, at 
 4:40, on the morning of July 4th, the weather freshened. 
 The ship, w^ithout vs^arning, rose to an even keel, and as 
 the body of w^ater in her holds rushed to the port side, 
 she keeled over to port to a list of tw^enty-tw^o degrees 
 w^here she fetched up. All thought at that instant that she 
 could not recover, that she w^as going to capsize, that the 
 w^arning of the captain's order had been all too well timed. 
 Captain Steele w^as on the bridge and by suddenly giving 
 the rudder hard left as the ship sw^ung over he helped to 
 neutralize the sudden list. 
 
 That which had all but spelled catastrophy brought 
 relief, for the w^ater thrown into the burning parts of the 
 vessel, smothered the fire and from that hour its control 
 was assured. The day was devoted to the pumps and 
 gradually the list subsided until by noon the danger w^as 
 over. 
 
 The Mayrant left for Philadelphia at dawn with the 
 major part of the Henderson's crew aboard, while the 
 Paul Jones continued to stand by. During that day thick 
 fog again settled dow^n and the w^ind increased but the 
 crisis was past. It w^as a glorious Fourth of July. 
 
 In the afternoon of the next day when the States 
 were sighted, the Paul Jones, w^hose plucky presence had 
 meant so much to the struggling Henderson, left for he: 
 assigned duty, and the Henderson made port at Phila- 
 delphia. 
 
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 THE U-139 
 
 After the fire's damages had been repaired at Phila- 
 delphia, the Henderson left that port on August 1 3th, 
 for New York under the command of Captain W. R. 
 Sayles, U. S. Navy, who had relieved Captain G. W. 
 Steele, U. S. Navy. 
 
 During the first hours of June 1 4th, the Henderson 
 was off the Jersey coast, proceeding unescorted, for 
 although a submarine chaser had left Philadelphia with 
 her she w^as unable to make the required speed and 
 dropped behind. 
 
 All lookouts were in position: four in the eyes of 
 the ship, four in the foretop, four in the lower lookout 
 house on the foremast, two in each bridgedeck lookout 
 house, tw^o on each searchlight platform, four in the after 
 lookout house, four in the maintop, one officer lookout in 
 each top, tw^o talkers on the bridge, and two on the after 
 boat deck. All the five-inch guns were manned with half 
 crew^s and loaded with pointed projectiles. 
 
 To quote the log: "At 1 :33 sighted an object thought 
 to be a submarine 33 on starboard bow; put rudder hard 
 right for about three minutes; then hard left for about 
 three minutes; sounded general quarters. The object dis- 
 appeared at I :35. " 
 
 What happened was this — The lookout in the foretop 
 hailed the bridge announcing a suspicious looking object 
 five hundred yards off the starboard bow. Captain Sayles 
 was on the bridge at the time. The Junior Officer of the 
 Deck exclaimed: "It's a submarine." The Captain 
 ordered the rudder hard right attempting to run the enemy 
 down, and then after several minutes swung the ship to 
 
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 port toward the Jersey coast. Meanwhile the crew went 
 to general quarters. 
 
 A little later the Henderson passed through floating 
 oil which was from the tanker, Frank W. Kellogg, a vessel 
 which the submarine had sunk but two hours previously. 
 
 The next link in the argument came when the Hen- 
 derson w^as docked two months later, when it was found 
 that the starboard bilge keel was badly bent. No reason 
 could be given to explain the fact and it did not assume 
 significance until the following December. 
 
 It was in December, 1918, during the Henderson's 
 eleventh trip, that she visited Brest. While there, through 
 a purely accidental conversation with French officers, 
 Captain Sayles learned that the German U- 1 39 was 
 then lying at Brest, one of the trophies of the German 
 naval surrender. He further discovered that the previous 
 August, while on the American coast, she encountered 
 an American transport which rammed her and succeeded 
 in breaking off both periscopes, rendering her unable to 
 make further under-w^ater attacks. 
 
 Captain Sayles visited the U- 1 39 and found aboard 
 her an Alsacian who verified the facts he had heard. With 
 his own eyes he saw the ruined periscopes and noticed that 
 the forward side of the conning tow^er w^as bent. He 
 also learned that the U- 1 39 had made but one cruise, 
 and that to American waters during August and Sep- 
 tember, 1918, and that after about the middle of August — 
 the time of the Henderson's probable encounter — she vv^as 
 unable to make further submerged attacks, but occupied 
 herself in attacking barges, and small fishing and sailing 
 vessels, with guns and bombs off Cape Cod. It will be 
 recalled with what hot indignation the American press 
 
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viewed these strange actions of one of Germany's largest 
 submersibles attacking such small and helpless game, with 
 apparently no reason. 
 
 Captain Sayles has requested the Office of Naval 
 Intelligence to investigate and verify the facts involved, 
 and it is expected that the subject can be definitely cleared 
 up. The Captain of the U-1 39 is still living and may give 
 the needed information. Another source of proof is the 
 British Naval Intelligence Office which has the papers and 
 records taken from the captured submarines at the time of 
 the armistice. 
 
 If it can be proved that it was the Henderson which 
 thus rammed the U-1 39, it will determine the fact that the 
 U. S. Naval Forces actually had contact with the enemy 
 off the American coast during the war. This would inci- 
 dentally be another feather in the cap of the Henderson's 
 war record. 
 
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c^& ^rS.<S.^^/enc/erson 
 
 THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC 
 
 The Henderson's ninth cycle is marked by an 
 epidemic and a serious collision. On September 1 6th, 
 1918, she sailed with one thousand two hundred and 
 thirty-one marines of the Thirteenth Regiment, Third 
 Battalion, and this, w^ith her complement, made a total of 
 sixteen hundred and eighteen souls aboard. 
 
 The marines arrived tw^o nights before sailing and at 
 once six show^ed symptoms of influenza and were isolated. 
 But day after day the number of victims increased, until 
 the second day at sea there were a hundred and seven new 
 cases reported. All but one of the medical officers were 
 ill. During the trip three hundred and thirty out of 
 the sixteen hundred and eighteen aboard contracted the 
 disease. Tw^enty died aboard and fourteen were trans- 
 ferred to the hospital at Brest in serious condition. Two 
 hundred and six men were on the sick list at one time, as 
 the epidemic raged intense and virulent for nine days and 
 was only brought under control just before reaching 
 France. 
 
 THE COLLISION WITH THE FINLAND 
 
 While decks w^ere loaded w^ith convalescent patients 
 a collision with the Finland occurred. Shortly after mid- 
 night on the morning of September 27th, the convoy 
 was steaming through the war-zone, but a day from 
 Brest. Not a light gleamed. The sky was overclouded 
 obscuring the moon, but the visibility was sufficient for 
 
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^)i^t/iMe ^insffo d/rance 
 
 the Officer of the Deck to make out the entire convoy 
 traveling through the darkness toward France, the ships 
 but eight hundred yards apart. 
 
 At ten minutes after one the Finland, which was 
 ahead on the Henderson's port bow, suddenly and without 
 warning, began bearing hard to starboard and across the 
 Henderson's path, which swung her rudder hard right. 
 The Finland flashed breakdown lights, as her steering 
 gear had jammed, throw^ing her out of her course. As the 
 Henderson veered to the right to avoid the approaching 
 ship she had to consider what her change of course might 
 mean to the ship on her starboard. Captain Sayles w^as 
 called and came on the bridge. He ordered one blast of 
 the whistle and the side lights turned on, to show the 
 Finland and the other ships the Henderson's changing 
 course. But realizing that the effort to clear her by keep- 
 ing to starboard w^as useless, and seeing the rapidly 
 decreasing distance between the approaching vessels, 
 he realized that a collision w^as inevitable. The only 
 possible way to avoid ramming her with a direct blow, 
 w^hich would probably have been fatal to both ships 
 as both were going at full speed, w^as to w^ait till the last 
 moment just before the collision, then stop the port 
 engine, give the rudder hard left and thus twist around 
 her approaching bow^ and receive but a glancing blow^. 
 The distance narrowed. Her huge bulk rapidly approached. 
 The moment came. The port engine was stopped. The 
 rudder sw^ung left and the Henderson veered about the 
 Finland's bow, and received the shock amidships, a crash- 
 ing blow, but not a direct collision. The force of the 
 compact made both ships quiver from stem to stern and 
 
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separated them for a moment, but again they struck as 
 the Henderson forged ahead and yet a third time. 
 
 / 
 / 
 / 
 / 
 
 THE FINLAND 
 
 THE HENDERSON 
 
 The Henderson's decks, just where the Finland 
 struck, were filled with influenza patients, for scores of 
 men were still prostrate from the disease, but fortunately 
 none were hurt. A general alarm was sounded. Though 
 the ship was badly buckled and life boats were carried 
 away, water leakage was but slight and fortunately the 
 sea w^as calm. Had either ship been disabled in the war- 
 zone, just off the French shore, the story would not have 
 ended so happily. 
 
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THE WAR RECORD 
 
 The story of the U. S. S, Henderson is as eventful 
 as any that can be found among American transports. She 
 has experienced all that a vessel can experience in war 
 time, with the exception of being torpedoed. She made 
 her maiden voyage to France under unusual difficulties, 
 she fought off submarine attacks, sister ships went down 
 w^ithin sight of her decks, she ran short of fuel at sea, 
 a fire almost ended her career, the impotence of the U-l 39 
 may be due to her quickness, she experienced the miseries 
 of the influenza epidemic, she felt the shock of a collision 
 at sea, and she knows the pathos of bringing shiploads 
 of wounded home. 
 
 Together with the Leviathan, Agamemnon, Great 
 Northern and Northern Pacific she heads the list for the 
 greatest number of round trips made to France during the 
 war, having completed ten w^hen the armistice was signed. 
 She stands sixth among transports for the best record 
 of days needed to make the cycle, having completed her 
 best round trip in twenty-five days, and being outspeeded 
 only by the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern, the 
 Mount Vernon, the Orizaba, and the Leviathan. 
 
 The U. S. S. Henderson shares a proud record with 
 all w^ho fought for freedom. 
 
 THE HENDERSON'S EQUIPMENT 
 
 The U. S. S. Henderson is Naval Transport Number 
 One. She w^as built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and was 
 designed as an advance floating marine base with accom- 
 modations for a crew of about two hundred and space for 
 
 31 
 
c^/ri^ HwcjpcJwJI&Tli 
 
 approximately fifteen hundred marines, together with 
 stable space for thirty-six horses and complete fighting 
 equipment. The Henderson's use in the war necessitated 
 some minor changes as abolishing the space for the horses, 
 increasing the number of the crew^, and installing standee 
 bunks. 
 
 The Henderson has a length of 483 feet, a beam 
 of 63 feet and her displacement is 1 0,000 tons. She 
 carries eight five-inch fifty-calibre guns and tw^o three-inch 
 fifty-calibre anti-aircraft guns in addition to a depth charge 
 launching device. 
 
 She is equipped w^ith three oil-burning boilers and 
 two reciprocating engines, developing 4000 horse-power, 
 designed to make I 4 knots on 90 revolutions. She carries 
 1 400 tons of oil, which at a speed of 1 2 knots gives her a 
 steaming radius of 8000 miles. 
 
 YOU CF\HJ 
 STAY here! 
 
 HAVE f\ 
 
 HEART, 
 ^WEDE ! 
 
 DOWN 
 BELOW 
 FOR 
 ME : 
 
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 PRETTY SOFT 
 FOR YOU PECK 
 HANDS,NOTHIN 
 TO DO SUT SCRUB 
 .DECKS ALL 0/irf 
 
 FROMTHE 
 tVlRO BOILED 
 
 HEY!! 
 
 LAV OF FEN 
 THAT SAUSAGE 
 HOUN ! ! 
 
 Tdont novE, 
 ;BL^k &ang^ 
 
 DONT roOVE ! 
 
 IM GONNA 
 SHIP (MTHE 
 BLACK Qf\HC 
 NEXT CRUfSE! 
 
 UP YCU 
 5^!L0RSf 
 
 - FIELD DAY •- 
 
 SID-LIGHTS, Trip. 13, No. 6. 
 
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Photograph of Nantes by Underwood and Underwood. 
 
 THE HENDERSON'S FRENCH PORTS 
 .3 
 
THE WAR RECORD OF 
 
 Cycle 
 
 Port of Departure 
 
 Date of Departure 
 
 Port of Arrival 
 
 Date of Arrival 
 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 June 10, 1917 
 
 New York 
 
 June 12, 1917 
 
 1 
 
 New York 
 
 June 14, 1917 
 
 St. Nazaire 
 
 June 27, 1917 
 
 St. Nazaire 
 
 July 5, 1917 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 July 17, 1917 
 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 August 5, 1917 
 
 New York 
 
 August 6, 1917 
 
 2 
 
 New York 
 
 August 7, 1917 
 
 St. Nazaire 
 
 August 20,1917 
 
 
 St. Nazaire 
 
 August 26, 1917 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 September 9, 1917 
 
 
 i"hiladelphia 
 
 September 17, 1917 
 
 New York 
 
 September 18, 1917 
 
 3 
 
 New York 
 
 September 23, 1917 
 
 St. Nazaire 
 
 October 5, 1917 
 
 
 St. Nazaire 
 
 October 15, 1917 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 October 27, 1917 
 
 Sperry Stabilizer installed October 27, 1917, to January 20, 1918 
 
 235 
 3,448 
 
 3,550 
 
 235 
 3.448 
 3,550 
 
 3,448 
 3,550 
 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 January 20, 1918 
 
 New York 
 
 January 21, 1918 
 
 235 
 
 4 
 
 New York 
 
 January 24, 1918 
 
 .St. Nazaire 
 
 February 5, 1918 
 
 3,500 
 
 
 St. Nazaire 
 
 Nantes 
 
 St. Nazaire 
 
 February 9, 1918 
 February 14, 1918 
 February 16, 1918 
 
 Nantes 
 St. Nazaire 
 Hoboken 
 
 February 9. 1918 
 February 14, 1918 
 March 2. 1918 
 
 45 
 
 45 
 
 3,448 
 
 
 Hoboken 
 
 March 3, 1918 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 March 4, 1918 
 
 235 
 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 March 14, 1918 
 
 Brest 
 
 March 26, 1918 
 
 3.550 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Brest 
 
 April 3, 1918 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 April 14, 1918 
 
 3,550 
 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 April 23, 1918 
 
 Brest 
 
 May 6, 1918 
 
 3,550 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Brest 
 
 May 11, 1918 
 
 Brooklyn 
 
 May 22, 1918 
 
 3,448 
 
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THE U. S. S. HENDERSON 
 
 lames of Troopships 
 
 Names of Escort 
 
 Through American 
 
 Zone 
 
 Names of Escort 
 
 Through French 
 
 Zone 
 
 The U. S. Marine 
 Un ts Carried 
 
 Important Events 
 
 
 
 Sth Reg. Hdqts., Co. 
 and Band, Co; 47, 
 
 51, 55 
 
 
 [enderson, Momus, 
 ntilles, Lenape 
 
 Birmingham, Fanning, 
 Smith, Lamson, Bur- 
 rows, Aphrodite, Cor- 
 air 
 
 Wadsworth, Nichol- 
 son, Cummings, Tuck- 
 er, Benham 
 
 Engine difficulties in- 
 cident to ship's maid- 
 en voyage 
 
 eKalb, Pastores. 
 'enadores, Henderson 
 
 
 ^everal French de- 
 stroyers 
 
 
 
 
 5th Reg. Base Detach- 
 ment, Co. Hdqts.. Sup- 
 ply, 7, 17, 18, 20, 30 
 
 A submarine attack 
 August 20, 1917 
 
 inland, Antilles, Len- 
 pe, San Jacinto, 
 lenderson 
 
 Montana, Jouett, Mo- 
 naghan 
 
 Jacob Jones, Ericsson, 
 1 rippe, W'ainwright, 
 Shaw, Rowan 
 
 
 an Jacinto, Finland, 
 intilles, Lenape, Hen- 
 
 erson 
 
 Noma, Kanawha IL 
 Aphrodite 
 
 
 
 
 6th Reg. 1st Battal- 
 ion, Co. 74, 75, 76, 
 95 
 
 The .Antilles torpe- 
 doed but 800 yards 
 d'stant, October 17, 
 
 inland, Antilles, Hen- 
 erson, Lenape, Ka- 
 awha 
 
 Roe. Monaghan, San 
 Diego 
 
 Five American de 
 stroyers 
 
 1917 
 
 lenderson, Antilles, 
 V illehad 
 
 
 Corsair, Alcedo, Ka 
 nawha II 
 
 
 
 
 
 5th Reg. 2d Battal- 
 ion, Co. 78, 79, 80, 
 96 
 
 Fuel shortage due to 
 delays caused by 
 
 Henderson, Huron, 
 'enadores. Mallorv 
 
 ■>Iorth Carolina and 
 two destroyers 
 
 rive American de- 
 stroyers 
 
 storms 
 
 
 
 
 
 Drayton, Jarvis 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1st Replacement Bat 
 talion. Co. 134, 137, 
 138, 139 
 
 
 VlatKonia, Aeolus, fo 
 :ahontas, Mai lory, 
 Henderson 
 
 
 Kocnester, Fanning, 
 Cushing, Rowan, Win 
 slow, Wilkes. Tucker. 
 Wainwright, C u m ■ 
 mings, Davis, Wads- 
 worth, Caldwell, Nich 
 olson 
 
 
 Henderson, Matsonia. 
 Aeolus, Worden 
 
 Monaghan, Roe, Lam- 
 son 
 
 
 Aeolus, Huron, Sib- 
 oney, Mallory, Tena- 
 dores. Mercury, Hen- 
 derson 
 
 
 North Carolina, .\m- 
 men, M c D o u g al , 
 Wilkes, Parker, Allen, 
 Terry, Beale, Win- 
 slow 
 
 3rd Replacement D*" 
 tachment, Cu. 140 
 144, 145. 146 
 
 
 jreat Northern, Hen-j 
 der=on i 
 
 Warrington, Drayton, 
 and a third American 
 destroyer 
 
 
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THE WAR RECORD OI 
 
 Cycle 
 
 Port of Departure 
 
 Date of Departure 
 
 Port of Arrival 
 
 Date of Arrival 
 
 Mileagf 
 
 7 
 
 r>rooklyn 
 Brest 
 
 May 21. 1918 
 June 14, 1918 
 
 Brest 
 Brooklyn 
 
 June 8. 1918 
 June 25, 1918 
 
 3,448 
 3,448 
 
 
 Brooklyn 
 
 June 30, 1918 
 
 The third day at sea a serious fire oc- 
 curred, requiring the ship to turn back 
 to Philadelphia, where she arrived July 
 6, 1918. 
 
 1.400 
 
 
 Repairs due to fire 
 
 made July 7. 1918, to 
 
 August 13, 1918 
 
 
 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 August 13, 1918 
 
 Brest 
 
 August 25, 1918 
 
 3,448 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Brest 
 
 August 29, 1918 
 
 Brooklyn 
 
 September 10. 1918 
 
 3,448 
 
 
 Brooklyn 
 
 September 15, 1918 
 
 Brest 
 
 September 28, 1918 
 
 3,448 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Brest 
 
 October 8, 1918 
 
 Brooklyn 
 
 October 21, 1918 
 
 3,448 
 
 
 Brooklyn 
 
 October 28, 1918 
 
 Brest 
 
 November 9, 1918 
 
 3,448 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ARMISTICE 
 
 
 Brest 
 
 November 12, 1918 
 
 Brooklyn 
 
 November 25, 1918 
 
 3,448 
 
 11 
 
 Brooklyn 
 > Brest 
 
 December 6. 1918 
 December 24, 1918 
 
 Brest 
 Hoboken 
 
 December 17, 1918 
 January 5, 1919 
 
 3,448 
 3,448 
 
 12 
 
 Hoboken 
 
 Brest 
 
 Bordeaux 
 
 January 16, 1919 
 January 27, 1919 
 February 3, 1919 
 
 Brest 
 
 Bordeaux 
 
 Hoboken 
 
 January 26, 1919 
 Tanuarv 30, 1919 
 February 23, 1919 
 
 3,448 
 
 350 
 
 3,766 
 
 13 
 
 Hoboken 
 Bordeaux 
 
 March 3, 1919 
 March 19, 1919 
 
 Bordeaux 
 Hoboken 
 
 March 16, 1919 
 April 2, 1919 
 
 3,900 
 3.766 
 
 
 94,415 
 
 
 Engines overhauled 
 
 at Morse Dry Docks, 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., Apr 
 
 il 7, 1919, to May 19 
 
 1919. 
 
 36 
 
HE U. S. S. HENDERSON 
 
 limes of Troopships 
 
 Names of Escort 
 
 Through American 
 Zone 
 
 ^n Steuben. Siboney, 
 
 iron. Mercury, Mal- 
 
 y, Teiiadores, Mon- 
 
 fia, LTlua. Amerika, 
 
 inbau 
 
 iron, Henderson. 
 
 lerrv Leaf 
 
 Sigourney 
 
 Names of Escort 
 
 Through French 
 
 Zone 
 
 Morth Carohna and 
 five American destroy- 
 -rs 
 
 Gushing, Little, Loe, 
 J'Brien; Burrows 
 
 The U. S. Marine 
 Units Carried 
 
 1st MG Replacement 
 Battalion. 4th Re- 
 placement Battalion 
 
 inderson, Mongolia, | At time of fire Paul Jones and Mayrant 
 Steuben, Cala- turned back to Philadelphia with the Hen- 
 
 .res, Siboney, D'Ab- 
 rz\, Amerika, Pres- 
 ent Grant, Huron, 
 lUory, M e r c u r y, 
 nadores, Zealandia, 
 irsk, Madowska 
 
 derson, while the Frederick, Calhoun and 
 Seattle went on with tlie formation 
 
 2nd Casual Battalion, 
 Co. A, B, C 
 Transferred to Von 
 Steuben at time ot 
 fire 
 
 ;nchuria, Matsonia, 
 mderson, Huron, 
 irtha Washington. 
 olus, Nederlander, 
 tria 
 
 irtha Washington, 
 derlander, Aeolus, 
 tria, Henderson 
 
 iland, Martha 
 ishington, U 1 u a, 
 ;derlander, Pocahon- 
 Aeolus. Kursk, 
 whatan. Calamares, 
 ;nderson 
 
 occasin. West 
 :onk, Nederlander. 
 enderson 
 
 esident Grant, Pow- 
 i t a n, Pocahontas, 
 enderson, H u r o n, 
 ilhelmina. N e d e i- 
 nder, Ulua, Anti- 
 nne, Mongolia. Cal 
 aares, Pastores, Prin- 
 ss Matoika 
 
 Stringham, Seattle. 
 P?rkins, Patterson and 
 six SC boats 
 
 Stringham, P u e b 1 o. 
 New H a m p s h i r e, 
 Stribling 
 
 Nicholson, Cushing, 
 O'Brien, Warrington, 
 McDougal. Wick s. 
 Tucker, Drayton, Er- 
 icsson. 
 
 Several American de- 
 stroyers 
 
 Several American de 
 strovers 
 
 3rd Battalion, Co. A, 
 B. C. 4th Battalion, 
 Co. A, B, C 
 
 Important Events 
 
 The fire Julv 2, 1915 
 to July 5, 1918 
 
 Louisiana and four 
 .American destroyers 
 
 Tarvis, Conners, Nich- 
 olson, Ericsson, War- 
 rington 
 
 Seven American de- 
 stroyers 
 
 13th Reg., 3rd Battal- 
 
 on. Co. 
 L, M 
 
 MG, 1, K, 
 
 The influenza epi- 
 demic 
 
 The collision with the 
 Finland, Sept. 27, 1918 
 
 ^fG Battalion. Co. A. 
 
 B. C. D. 9th Sep 
 Battalion, Co. A, B, 
 
 C, D 
 
 Since the armistice 
 the Henderson ha' 
 carried home casuals 
 only, the majority of 
 whom have been 
 wounded soldiers 
 
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 "CARRYING ON' 
 
THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE U. S. S. HENDERSON 
 
tlf)t m. ^. ^. ^enbcrson 
 
 May Eighteenth, 1918 
 
 NOTICE. 
 
 1. The Captain takes pleasure in commun- 
 icating to the officers and crew the impressions 
 of Brigadier-General Doyen after accompanying the 
 Captain on the weekly inspection. 
 
 2. At the conclusion of the inspection the 
 General remarked: "I cannot tell you my high 
 opinion of the good order in which I found the 
 ship. I have been told more than once, by 
 officers arriving at the front, about the clean- 
 liness of the Henderson, but it must be seen to be 
 appreciated. I was also struck by the fact that 
 during the inspection of the crew every man kept 
 his head and eyes to the front except one Filipino 
 whose curiosity got the better of him." 
 
 3. These words from an officer of the rank 
 and experience of General Doyen are indeed praise. 
 The Captain takes pride in commanding such a ship 
 and crew. 
 
 GEORGE W. STEELE, 
 
 Commander, U.S. Navy. 
 
 Commanding. 
 
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 THE OFFICERS 
 
 Captain 
 Captain William R. Savles, Jr., U.S.N. 
 
 Executive and Gunnery Officer 
 Captain William H. Shea, U.S.C.G. 
 
 First Lieutenant 
 Lieutenant Frank Schultz, U.S.N. 
 
 Engineer Officer 
 Lieutenant John L. Barn.swell, U.S.N. 
 
 Navigator 
 Lieutenant Q. R. Thomson, U.S.N. 
 
 Cunununication Officer 
 Lieutenant [j.g.) George F. Pushavv. U.S.N.R.P\ 
 
 Medical Officer 
 Lieutenant T. O. Summers. M.C. U.S.N. 
 
 Dental Officer 
 Lieutenant George S. Maynakd, D.C, U.S.N.R.F. 
 
 Supply Officer 
 Lieutenant Casper T. Fredrickson. P.C. U.S.N. 
 
 Chaplain 
 Lieutenant (j.g) Henry J. Fry. Ch.C, U.S.N. 
 
 43 
 
LINE OFFICERS 
 
 Lieutenant (j.g.) H. L. Carlson, U.S.N.R.F. 
 Lieutenant (j.g.) R. L. Young, U.S.N.R.F. 
 Ensign John J. Dem, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Clay B. Eddy, U.S.N. 
 Ensign W. J. F. Forward, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Arthur S. Elzey, U.S.N.R.F. 
 Ensign M. C. Doolittle, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Daniel T. Duncan, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Harry R. Eaton, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Joseph B. Benedict, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Walter A. Donop, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Frank S. MacGregor, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Chester A. Murray, U.S.N.R.F. 
 Ensign Charles K. Smith, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Milo Hazard, U.S.N.R.F. 
 Ensign Robert W. Grubb, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Arthur E. Pierce, U.S.N. 
 Boatswain Albert F. Jeffrey, U.S.N. 
 Machinist Henry S. Goucher, U.S.N. 
 Machinist Victor LaCount, Jr., U.S.N. 
 Gunner (E.) William H. Frizzle, U.S.N. 
 
 The date of this roster is April 1, 1919. 
 STAFF OFFICERS 
 
 Lieutenant Leonard H. Denny, M.C, U.S.N. 
 Lieutenant (j. g.) W. A. Cassidy, M.C, U.S.N.R.F. 
 Ensign George W. Davis, P.C, U.S.N. 
 Ensign Jesse S. Baer, P.C, U.S.N. 
 Pharmacist R. H. Stanley, U.S.N. 
 Carpenter August Steiner, U.S.N. 
 
 44 
 
/// the stress of zvar duties, with the eounnissioning of new ships, 
 and the reassignment of men to nezv positions, many zvho served 
 aboard "The Henderson" during the zvar are not on the roster of 
 the present date. "The Henderson's" zvar record includes the fol- 
 lozi'itig names and dates of service : 
 
 Captain George W. Steele, U.S.N. 
 Commanding Officer, June, 1917, to August, 1918. 
 
 Lieutenant-Commander W. C. Barker, U.S.N. 
 Executive Officer, August, 1917, to February, 1919. 
 
 Lieutenant S. W. Wallace May. 1917, to June 
 
 Lieutenant-Commander F. R. King May, 1917, to April 
 
 Lieutenant V. Wood May, 1917, to March 
 
 Lieutenant (j. g.) W. A. Hall May, 1917, to December 
 
 Lieutenant G. K. Arwin June, 1917, to January 
 
 Lieutenant F. T. Stevenson May, 1917, to October 
 
 Lieutenant R. F. Jones, M.C May, 1917, to December 
 
 Lieutenant-Commander S. Hempstone, P.C June, 1917, to August 
 
 Lieutenant H. D. Dougherty May, 1917 to June 
 
 Lieutenant E. J. McCluen May, 1917, to November 
 
 Lieutenant J. Feaster, C.C May, 1917, to September 
 
 Asst. Pay Clerk W. C. Wood June 1917 to December 
 
 Lieutenant (j. g.) L. S. Hill, P.C November. 1917, to May 
 
 Lieutenant (j.g.) E. A. Green December, 1917. to January 
 
 Lieutenant S. A. Folsom, M.C December, 1917, to October 
 
 Ensign C. J. Lamb December, 1917, to October, 
 
 Gunner (R.) G. D. Gaffney February, 1918, to April 
 
 Lieutenant G. Bannerman April. 1918, to January- 
 Lieutenant J. R. McKean June. 1918. to November 
 
 Ensign C. E. Eaton June, 1918, to October 
 
 Lieutenant Earl T. Brown June. 1918. to August 
 
 Ensign F. H. Flagg June, 1918. to January 
 
 Lieutenant (j. g.) R. Rush June, 1918, to August 
 
 Lieutenant (j. g.) W. D. Sample June, 1918. to August 
 
 1917 
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Ensign B. Ellison June, 1918. to September, 1918 
 
 Ensign T. H. Enright June, 1918, to October, 1918 
 
 Lieutenant K. D. Legge July, 1918, to January, 1919 
 
 Ensign C. J. Shull June, 1918, to December, 1918 
 
 Ensign B. J. Eastman June, 1918, to October, 1918 
 
 Ensign N. W. Emery June, 1918, to October, 1918 
 
 Gunner (O.) W. S. Durkee June, 1918, to April, 1919 
 
 Lieutenant H. A. Horax June. 1918. to July, 1918 
 
 Lieutenant (j. g. ) C. J. Hambe June, 1918, to July, 1918 
 
 Lieutenant (j. g. ) A. Swendsen June, 1918, to July, 1918 
 
 Ensign A. S. Garrison October, 1918, to April. 1919 
 
 Lieutenant W. P. Herbst, M.C October. 1918, to April, 1919 
 
 Boatswain W. H. Pate. October, 1918, to April, 1919 
 
 Ensign W. H. Hamilton October, 1918, to April, 1919 
 
 Ensign N. J. Elmes November, 1918, to March. 1919 
 
 Lieutenant (j. g.) E. L. Dow. Jr.. D. C December, 1918. to April, 1919 
 
 Ensign E. C. Bonnevier. P. C January, 1919, to February, 1919 
 
 Lieutenant (j. g.) C. Steinhauser, M. C January, 1919, to March. 1919 
 
 MORALE UNIT 
 
 Lieutenant William Veit. Chaphun, U. S. Army 
 
 Mr. Harold H. Shaw. Major, American Red Cross 
 
 Mr. John Acheson, Y. M. C. A. Secretary 
 
 Mr. William C. Owens, A', of C. Secretary 
 
 46 
 
FOR ITS ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER WHEN GOOD FELLOWS GET TOGETHER' 
 
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 THE "GANGS- 
 
THE CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS 
 
 F. J. FiNLEY, C.M.M. 
 
 James Carr, C.C.M. 
 
 M. E. Wallace, C.C.Std. 
 
 J. L. ZuiKis, C.M.M. 
 
 J. Waite, C.B.M. 
 
 C. W. Weber, C.Q.M. 
 
 W. H. Reichenbach, C.W.T. 
 
 E. W. Wennerlind, C.P.M. 
 
 C. Hartman, C.B.M. 
 
 W. A. Truitt, Jr., C.Y. 
 
 J. L. Myers, 
 
 C. H. Hemerley, C.Y. 
 H. T. Potter, C.S.K. 
 M. Dill, C.M.M. 
 
 E. M. Hagaman, C.C.M. 
 G. SiNGEL, C.G.M. 
 
 A. T. Connolly, C.Y. 
 L. C. Elmendorf, C.Y. 
 
 F. C. McHenry, C.S.K. 
 
 W. F. Palmer, Bandmaster. 
 
 H. Gill, C.Y. 
 
 C.E.(G.) 
 
 promS^d Vol CURSES! 
 
 MEET THAT 
 JHNE SURE, 
 TONIGHT T! 
 
 FlTZGER/lLD-E/^STM/lN — 5LEDODM1CK— HUTCHINSON — H0/<0 
 
 '^v*/.rF 111 
 
 '/^ HOLD-UP IN THE FOURTH DIV. L/SEI^TY*' 
 
 ?rom S1D3jIGHTS, Trip 12, tlo. 15. 
 
 49 
 
-WJPF-I'?' 
 
 THE CREW 
 
 Adams, Jr., Frank C. 
 Albert!, Ralph 
 Alderson, Frank H. 
 Allen, William H. 
 Alley, Maurice A. 
 Alston, Rutledge B. 
 Anders, Albert W. 
 Anderson, Edwin C. 
 Anderson, Fred E. 
 Anderson, Oelwein P. 
 Anderson, Reinholt V. 
 Anding, Rea E. 
 An^oscico, Joseph 
 Arabian, Sam 
 Armour, James E. 
 Armstrong, William J. 
 Arnstein, Louis 
 Asinas, Macario 
 Asprer, Roman 
 Astorga, Doratio 
 Auker, William S. 
 Avery, Benjamin F. 
 Azucenas, Monico 
 
 Bailey, William H. 
 Bainbridge, Samuel R. 
 Baldwin, Glen O. 
 Banica, Antonio 
 Barbour, Bayliss L. 
 Bateman, Frank L. 
 Beachum, Rupert H. 
 Beatty, Thomas A. 
 Beaver, Clyde A. 
 Beck, Leo E. 
 Bednar, Robert J. 
 Bell, John E. 
 Benbow, Charles L. 
 Bennett, Harry M. 
 Bird, Jr., Clarence 
 Blackwell, Clyde E. 
 Blackwell, James J. 
 Blumenthal, Myron S. 
 Boehm, Norman L. 
 Bolte, Arthur B. 
 Borromeo, Modesto 
 Bowers, William C. 
 Boyd, Paul C. 
 Brady, Alichael J. 
 Branstetter, Dewey 
 Brewer, Forrest A. 
 Brians, Hugh L. 
 Brightwell, Ewing M. 
 
 Brothers, Stanley 
 Brown, George L. 
 Brown, James M. 
 Brownrigg, Harold C. 
 Brunner, Herbert J. 
 Bryan, Walter G. 
 Bulakha, Jose 
 Burgess, Archibald 
 Burke, Richard F. 
 Burke, William V. 
 Burkhalter, Joshua 
 Bursch, Charles F. 
 Butler, Basil P. 
 
 Cabrera, Eugenio 
 Cade, Roy 
 Cagley. Kenneth B. 
 Calvert, Napoleon B. 
 Campbell, George F. 
 Carleton, Donald D. 
 Carroll, John J. 
 Carter, Reuben R. 
 Ceska, Albert 
 Chamberlain, Elias D. 
 Charles, John 
 Cheek, John M. 
 Chesterson, Warren G. 
 Christensen, Homer W. 
 Christenson, Raymond P. 
 Clark, Jr., Arthur Albert 
 Clark, Alfred O. 
 Clemente, Ramon 
 Colby, Jr., Frank C. 
 Collins, Mark L. 
 Comer, Evan M. 
 Comer, Floyd J. 
 Cosick, Stephen J. 
 Cooke, Stephen B. 
 Coulter, Clarence S. 
 Coupe, Lawrence E. 
 Courtney, William S. 
 Cox, Charles 
 Crispin, Charles B. 
 Crookshank, Burgie C. 
 Cummings, Eulus L. 
 
 Davis, Carl P. 
 Davis, Robin W. 
 Dayton, Wayne 
 DeGroot, Leon 
 Deliz, Peter Jose 
 Dettling, Anthony 
 
 50 
 
-WUFfi-l*?' 
 
 THE CREW— Continued 
 
 Devine, Michael G. 
 Dillinger, Alphons M. 
 Donnelly, John M. 
 Duncan, William R. 
 Dupree, Robert S. 
 Dwyer, Herbert L. 
 
 Eastburn, Earl 
 Eastman, Herbert G. 
 Ellingwood. John R. 
 Ellis, James C. 
 Engebrigtson, Leonard J. 
 
 Faricy, James J. 
 Ferrier, Leonard S. 
 Fields. Dall 
 Fisher, Iman J. 
 Fitch. Earl Fredrick 
 Fitzgerald, George W. 
 Florio. Anton 
 Forney, Robert L. 
 Foster, Robert B. 
 Friedman, George W. 
 Fry, Glen H. 
 
 Gallagher, Harold F. 
 Garbarino, Joseph V. 
 Gates, Frank B. 
 Ginsberg, Harold W. 
 Glenn. Harry 
 Godsey, Richard M. 
 Goldstein, Nathan 
 Graham, Grant Howe 
 Gray, John Thomas 
 Grebe, Frederick H. 
 Greeley, James P. 
 Griffin, Alexander W. 
 Guerra, Michael 
 
 Haag, Walter E. 
 Hackman. William J. 
 Hafifner. Carl F. 
 Hallam, Willard V. 
 Hamilton. William J. 
 Hammel. Henry M. 
 Harmon. Curtis P. 
 Hayes. Frank L. 
 Heilman. Harry L. 
 Hetherton, William H. 
 Hobson. Jr.. Johnny 
 Hoch. Wilbur A. 
 Holstein, Clarence E. 
 Holtman, Eddy E. 
 
 Hoppe, Frederick 
 Howe, Alfred C. 
 Howell, Eugene A. 
 Hren, Frank J. 
 Hussey, Irvin Rutledge 
 Hutchinson, Ross R. 
 Hutchinson. Walter J. 
 
 James. Wilbur O. 
 Johnson, Harold S. 
 Johnson, John M. 
 Johnson, Stephen 
 Jones, Glen 
 Judd, Leonard E. 
 
 Kadan, Oscar 
 Kaminetsky. Louis 
 Kaplan. William 
 Keating, William J. 
 Kelly, Budd 
 Kelly. Desmond R. 
 Kenney, John P. 
 Kenny, Marvin C. 
 Kerwien. Julius 
 Kiley, Michael A. 
 Killgore, Curtis M. 
 Kipp, Wilford E. 
 Koehler, Roy C. 
 Koket, Louis 
 Koko. Lewis 
 Kreig, Valentine T. 
 Knest, George E. 
 
 Lang, Jacob J. 
 Leible, Harry J. 
 Liberty. George W. 
 Lind. Clarence C. 
 Loebs, Arthur E. 
 
 McCarthy, Charles D. 
 McCallick, James F. 
 McDonald, John W. 
 McKiernan. Thomas P. 
 Mackiewicz. Jacob 
 Mangrum, Lewis 
 Marcoski. Joseph 
 Matany. Andrew J. 
 Meier. Ferdinand 
 Middleton, George 
 Miller. Edgar M. 
 Miller, Swan 
 Mitchell, James William 
 Money, Jr., James C. 
 
 51 
 
-MfSUSt 
 
 THE CREW— Continued 
 
 Moren, Mauritz N. 
 Mozley, Karl 
 Mullaney, John M. 
 Mumford, John W. 
 Murphy, Clyde W. 
 Myers, William C. J. 
 
 Nahrwold, Edward A. 
 Nettleton, John James 
 Norris, Warren D. 
 
 O'Connor, John G. J. 
 O'Malley, Thomas J. 
 Odell, Joseph L. 
 Ofifutt, Andrew I. 
 Oliver, Tom G. 
 Overberg, Harry J. 
 Owens, William V. 
 
 Pajardo, Ceriaco M. 
 Parker, Frank 
 Pate, William J. H. 
 Paynter, Roy H. 
 Peters, Claude S. 
 Peterson, Clement S. 
 Pickard, Aaron 
 Pilger, Martin Francis 
 Poor, William 
 Potter, Harold T. 
 Price, Troy E. 
 Paisley, James P. 
 
 Queen, Clifford A. 
 Quitzau, Harry A. 
 
 Raeside, John 
 Ressler, Harry B. 
 Reynolds, Arch G. 
 Richards, Stanley Ellsworth 
 Rinehart, Frank 
 Rodgers, Coleman 
 Rogers, Otis W. 
 Rohlfs, Frederick F. 
 Rohrman, Charles L. 
 Roth, George 
 Royky, Leon S. 
 Russell, Charles J. 
 
 Sangalang, Vincente 
 Sauerheber, Russell J. 
 Schauble, Harry C. 
 Schmidt, Irwin A. 
 Schnur, Edmund B. 
 
 Searles. Claude P. 
 Segal, Samuel 
 Selbe, Carl L. 
 Selman, John R. 
 Shaffer, Clifford T. 
 Shaw, Carl E. 
 Shymire, Joseph W. 
 Singer, Oscar A. 
 Slay, Earl E. 
 Slebodnick, John 
 Smith, Charles H. 
 Smith, Harry H. 
 Snelling, Sam L. 
 Snyder, Luther A. 
 Spencer, Eber Allen 
 Steacker, Joseph H. 
 Stone, Sangster S. 
 Sukel, Stephen J. 
 Sullivan, Frank J. 
 Svatos, Joe L. 
 Swanson, Edward F. R. 
 Szczepanski, Max F. 
 Szpakowski, Michael H. 
 Strickland, William W. 
 Streck, Max A. 
 
 Tagarao, Genaro 
 Telke, Henry W. 
 Telke, Howard 
 Tennant. Earnest E. 
 Thelen, Herman A. 
 Tomes, Edward F. 
 Troth, Hobart L 
 Trummell, Henry D. 
 
 Vanker, John L. 
 Vargo, John 
 Voit, George W. 
 Volk, Wallace T. 
 Vrastil, Frank J. 
 
 Waak, Henry C. J. 
 Wade, Charles O. 
 Wade, Robert M. 
 Ward. Harold L. 
 Washington, Isaac E. 
 Watkins, Wallace U. 
 Webber, Randall B. 
 Wentzel, Alfred H. 
 Westcoatt. William H. 
 White, William H. 
 Whitehead, Clyde E. 
 Williams, Clifton 
 
 52 
 
FROM BRIDGE TO GALLEY 
 
DDE TD RflGS 
 
 !^^ 5 
 
 
 TTT^, 
 
 To thee, small hound of gentlsr 
 sex, 
 
 Reomited from the city streets, 
 Spending thy days upon the main. 
 The mascot of th« Henderson, 
 Wondering aimlessly aboard. 
 Now teas6d but loved by' one and 
 
 all. 
 To thee I dedicate an ode. 
 I've watched thy growth through 
 
 budding youth. 
 Thy days in puppy pleasures spent, 
 And now though thou hast more of 
 
 years 
 Art still on canine mischief bent. 
 It seems that poise and calm 
 
 intent 
 And placid judgement's surer ways 
 Will never find their place in 
 
 thee. 
 Rags, wilt thy spirit ne'er 
 
 mature? 
 Thy speeding after far flung 
 
 balls. 
 Thy leaps into the air, they show 
 An aspect seeking baubles still - 
 Pood and petting, naught beside. 
 Unless it be the hour of sleep 
 Upon some soft and downy bunk. 
 Ah Rags, how canst thou find a 
 
 way 
 Of growth, 
 Of betterment. 
 Of regeneration, 
 Of reaching after self's full 
 
 powers. 
 Of casting off thy idle ways. 
 Of turning from the paths that 
 
 lead 
 To aimless gains. 
 To empty spheres of being. 
 To bitter fruits of carelessness 
 And selfishness. 
 And a characterless maze 
 Of fruitless hours 
 And unproductive days? 
 May it not be that motherhood, 
 A boom that now may come to thee. 
 May temper yet thy foolish mood 
 And bring thee sober gravity. 
 \Gcept I urge the canine mate. 
 The princely hound of lengthened 
 
 jaw 
 Who doth begrace the Captain's 
 
 cabin, 
 NIP?ER HATH COME. 
 And if art blest with brood of 
 
 tender pups. 
 Mayhap the finer urgings of thy 
 
 soul, 
 '.'Vhich now lie dormant, 
 Will blossom into full fruition. 
 And 'call-ed" forth from thy past 
 
 aimless days. 
 Wilt know the joys of better ways. 
 
 C.C. 
 From SIDELIGHTS 
 Trip, 13, No. 8 
 
[<AGS 
 The Mascot of the Henderson 
 
GF?EAT STUFF 5HirMATE , 
 JU5T HOLD THAT EAPRE^^ION 
 FOR f\ FEW MINUTES ? 
 
 WJFF-R 
 
 CARTOONIST FORWARD GETTING EXPRESSIONS. 
 
 56 
 
rs , 
 
 THE SflLTT DRILY PRPEH 
 
 PUBLISHED OH THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD TEE U.S.S.HEHDERSON 
 "To Brighten the Ship and Lighten the Trip" 
 
 Editor: Chaplain Henry J. Fry. Associate Editors: The Crew, 
 
 Cartoonist: Rnsign W. J. P. Forward. 
 
 TEE FOLLOWING PAGES AEE RR?HO- 
 mCTIOHS FROM SOJ-ffi OP THE 
 ORIGINAL MIMEOGRAPHED SffRETS. 
 THEY WILL INTEREST YOU, SINCE- 
 
 S[DELiGHTS,f DB THE DRM, 
 
 Announces the moving pictures, the 
 "sings", "stunt nights" , band 
 programs, librafy hours, meet- 
 ings of crew's organizations, 
 lectures by returning officers, 
 and the Sunday sortrices. 
 
 Promotes and arranges the boxing 
 bouts, orgmlzation of basket- 
 ball, baseball and other sports. 
 
 ■prints the daily world news re- 
 oeived by radio and is the med- 
 Ijim of general ship notices. 
 
 Innovates and promotes improve- 
 ments for the crew's welfare, 
 such as improving the reception 
 room, getting better movies, 
 securing new boote and maga- 
 zines, an3 similar things. 
 
 Is a center of daily interest in 
 the routine of ship life; is 
 an open forum for general dis- 
 cuss ion; devel 
 opes an esprit 
 de corps ;gives 
 many a laugh 
 by its cartoons 
 jokes, boosts, 
 aa3 bangs. 
 
 Relates local ship's 
 happ enings , gives 
 data on the troops 
 oarried. Has 
 special articles, 
 and drops a ser- 
 ious thought or 
 two. 
 
 Is a memento of 
 the cruise for 
 after years, 
 and copies 
 sent home, and 
 parts printed 
 in local papers 
 gives publicity 
 to the ship, as 
 has been the case 
 in the Hew York 
 Tribune, and Phila 
 delphla Ledger. 
 
 S[DELiBHT3.F0RTHE: TfiDFS, 
 
 A.t once introduces them, to all the 
 various ship's activities for 
 crew, in which they are includ- 
 ed. 
 
 Announces the daily welfare pro- 
 gram of the "Y", Red Cross, and 
 "K of C" for their Issues of 
 fruit, candy, chocolate, gum, 
 "smokes", books, writing paper, 
 magazines, athletic goods, 
 games, and other things to maKe 
 the voyage comfortable. 
 
 Introduces the troops organiza- 
 tions and personnel to each 
 other, makes clear the ship's 
 routine and the various act- 
 itities for the homeiA'ard trip. 
 
 Is the medium for 'lost and found' 
 information concerning Red Cross 
 Home Service work, etc 
 
 ,Is a renemberance of the westbouna 
 trip from France. 
 
 SLDELISHTS, 
 
 FDR FDLKSHr 
 
 Gives a picture of 
 navy life, through 
 tbe cartoons, the 
 notices, write- 
 ups and personals. 
 
 Is almost as good 
 as a letter, and 
 is an addition 
 to any letter 
 
 Gives a glimpse of 
 the hapoier hours 
 at sea, and the 
 efforts put forth 
 to mate the life 
 normal under ab- 
 normal conditions 
 through books, 
 mnsic, entertainment 
 lectures, religious - 
 services and other 
 activities. '' 
 
THE HENLSRSON HEWS. 
 December. 11, ,1918" - TutllahecT on 'tlie High Seas - Tol. I - "iTo. 1. 
 
 Here's to The Henderson News! Will she die yoixng or 
 AHNOUNCEHENT grow to a good old age? It all depends on ALL of us. 
 
 We hope she may someday leave behind her mimeograph 
 swaddling-clothes and blossom Into a linotype metropolitan daily. 
 The Hews can injeot a new spirit and a new esptit de corps into the 
 crew If we ALL get together andpush. 
 
 The Henderson News will annotmce our movie programs, 
 our evening "sings", the Sunday services, evening classes, special 
 features of all tlnds, and eventually the band concert programs, 
 when that long -hoped-for aggregation arrives. It will let you know 
 when' the new library will be open for drawing boofcs. It will baclcup 
 and discuss all possible improvements for the welfare of the crew, 
 for The Henderson Hews is first and foremost for the CREW. It will 
 be an open forum for contributions of all kinds. It may be used as 
 a medium for announcing executive orders, as the Issues will reach 
 everyone aboard. It will give us Information about the troops we 
 carry home - where' they fought, what they did, who their commanding 
 officer is. It will have a Knocker's Kolom for slaps and bangs. It 
 will retail the toughest Ladle's Home Journal Jokes as fillers. There 
 will be editorials, cartoons, sporting write-ups of the athletic 
 events, bits of poetry, and a proverb or two in the lower left hand 
 corner. And we will print the daily news which will come as special 
 correapondance to The Henderson Bewa, copyrighted, .1918, etc. 
 
 An editorial staff of men and officers will be form- 
 ed for getting 'copy'. We are counting on YOU to make the Hews go. 
 
 SCORES OP MAGAZINES 0? CURREHT ISSUES 
 HAVE BBEH PUT INTO QIRCULATJEOH DUEIRG 
 THE PAST THREE DAYS, 
 
 BRI NG BACK YOITR COPY 
 FOR THE SAE2 05" TSE MK'i MAR. ■•TAKE IT 
 TO THE RECEPTIOH R60M.KEEP THEM MOVING. 
 
 PLAJJS FOR TEE PDTURE 
 
 More space Tor reading, writing, and 
 listening to the phonograph. 
 
 Movies for the crew on th^ HOMEWARD- 
 BOUND trip in the carpenter shop. 
 
 Window seats and pictures in the 
 reception room. 
 
 A Glee Club, A Bible Study Class. 
 
 TO-NIGHT 
 
 6,45 A "SING", featuring The: 
 Harmony Qaartet,te. : 
 
 7.00 "THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY": 
 Five reels featuring"* 
 Dorothy Bernard. 
 
 8.30 "LAWYER'S COURTSHIP" 
 
 9.00 "PAPA'S BABY". Comedies. 
 
 How about a Ship's 
 Ball? 
 
 W« have the stuff aboard for 
 a Christmas Party that will 
 make Christmas seem like 
 Christmas. 
 
 We are gplng to run prize contests for a salty name for this paper, as 
 wall as a motto. Announcement later. 
 
 BACK UP TEE HENDERSON HEWS 
 
 HER PURPOSE IS TO ' HELP THE CREW 
 
 THE EIHST ISSUE DP THE SHIP'S FBPER. 
 
 o 
 C - M 
 
 R - A 
 
 E - Y 
 
 W of T 1 
 
 5 u.s.s.ro rosRsoN i 
 
 WAS ^ITH the first TO ?^S!ifcE~IH JUNE 1917 AND) 
 
 EAS been OH THS JOB EVER SINCE. CARRYING ) 
 
 MARINES AND SAILORS OVER AND WOUNDED BACK~) 
 
;!-L-ll__!:^_:. Thursday, Pe'^ruary, 6, 
 
 :E919. 
 
 sAtmLm^s..^^^^u}omKimms 
 
 The especial honor has been bostov/ed upon me to address a fit- 
 ting word of welcome to you - the ftrave we carry home - but 
 verily I can do you but insufficient honor. Kay, in sooth, it 
 is ourselves v;e honor in the honoring of you. But I were un- 
 faithful to my trust and it wore indeed most unseemly did I nox 
 attempt to speak in my voice, the voice of all officers and men 
 of our g6ode ship - the voice which announces in uneniraity - 
 "Welcome". We do intend to provide you with a most pleasuraole 
 journey to our dear l?,nd and. we do cherish the hope that ycu 
 will never let fado from your memories our good ship which 
 carries her precious load of heroes from historic yesterdays to 
 sweet morrows shared in peace with those beloved. 
 
 T-niT Tr~J Are v6u ready'' SING! Uliether it's an oldtime 
 .VlMriioon Sngfor the^iatest Broadway hit or ^ Parody 
 OUMLlon last year's war song, or whethc-r ij's a well 
 known h^-mn tune; v/hether-ifs just listening to the man who can 
 put it over solo fashion, or humming along with -/°3-^^^|r 
 harmony quartette, or all joining in together on a song sii^J 
 
 thyorm on the screen - if it's singing. ^^.^llU'^'tha hrold. to- 
 eiway the blues, and whiles away the time and gets^the^crovm^-co 
 
 e«^^^^' So, . "^^ line"oi"t>lly' or if you 
 
 can do eny sort of 
 entertainment stunt, 
 whether it b© musical, 
 or clogg d?.ncing, or 
 reciting,, or whatever i^ 
 may be. Wq can use sep- 
 erate numbers between 
 the movie reels, end 
 v/hat ia more we oen 
 work up an all-fita^ 
 vaudoville ^^^"^ij^f^.^ 
 the orew haa tglent for 
 a starter end all two 
 need is several npnbsts 
 from the passengers. 
 
 30 wl-its your name, 
 and stunt, and the num- 
 ber of your oCmpartment 
 on a bit of paper and 
 drop it in Sidelights 
 box in the barber shop, 
 or see the ship's chap- 
 lain. Don't think tliat 
 your stunt is not good 
 cncuj^ii. Tallc it over. 
 
 Are you ready? 
 SIUG!! 
 
 Some of 
 bur passenger 
 can give us 
 songs between 
 the movie reels. Vie 
 have the materials^^ 
 for making song slidas 
 so the vfhole crowd can 
 jToin in- on the chorous, 
 Perhaps the na^cings of 
 a quartette has already 
 p]?ut in its appear- 
 ance. Quartette music 
 is aboard ready for 
 uge. If there is 
 a, piano player a- 
 board who needs the' 
 scorej, or a violin 
 artisr, all he has to 
 do to get music is to 
 ask the Chaplain. 
 
 You will help 
 the spirit of the 
 crowd if you can 
 
 
SIDELICH(E 
 
 ^^ ^ ^MstAi. 
 
 BRIEF PERSONAL MENTION 
 
 Captain Robert W. Daniel, U.S.A. is a passenger aboard the Hen- 
 derson, carrying with him to 
 
 France two million dollara in currency weighing about ten tons I 
 The two chief reasons for sending United Gtates currency *nd 
 coin to Franco, fet this time, are the protection of our returning 
 troops and the aiding of French exchange. Heretofore, many of our 
 boys have landed in America with' French rfroney which they have 
 had to eicchange -at a severe loss, which has also depreciated the 
 value of the franc, which is already low. To remedy these con- 
 ditions the V/ar Department is now shipping United States money 
 to Trance where the returning troops can exchange their mofiey 
 before they sail giving them a benefit of a fair rate and putting 
 their countries money in their .pockets for'use aboard ship and 
 upon debarking at home. General H. M. Lord," Director of Finance, 
 has designated Captain Daniel to inaugurate this plan in France, 
 hence ho ia aboard with much filthy lucre. 
 
 Chaplain ¥/illiam Veit, U.S.A. is aboard the Henderson in accord- 
 ance 'vith the plan of the I7ar De- 
 partment to do all possible for the returning troops. IVhile his 
 v/ork viTill have to do chiefly with the returning* boys he is anic- 
 ious to be of service to the men of our crew in an3'' possible'^^^and 
 is cooperating 'with Chaplain Fry and Secretary Atchison* Chap- , 
 lain "ii'Qit ie a priest frorn Sioux City, lon&» He had his training 
 6S a Chaplain at the Cba,plain's School at Camp Taylor and is now 
 fulfilling his first appointment as Army- Chaplain assigned to 
 The U.S. S.Henderson. 
 
 lieutenant D.M. Fleming, U.S.A. has also been assigned tfl the 
 
 Henderson for duty. In order 
 that the debarkation and distribution of home-coming troops 
 v/ill proceed with the least possible delay, the V/ar Department, 
 in conjunction with the Navy authorities arranged a course of 
 instruction for about a hundred and f iftj^' Army officer^- td 
 train t^iem to facilitate the movement ot troops. Each officer 
 upon completing the course was tl>en assigned to a U. fl.-Navy 
 Transport as Transport Personel Adjunt, his duties being those 
 of Liaison officer bet-v/een the authorities of the p(yrts of 
 debarkation ?.nd embarkation; Co-ordinating Offltfer betv/een the 
 Navy and Army Officers aboard ship* and assistant to the Com- 
 manding Officer of the returning troops. 
 
 FATO.IERS - DIARYMEH - MIIKI.IAIDo •>- ATTENTIOtn. 
 
 A discussion of t^st eoientlfid import v/as held at the Senior 
 Officer's Mess last nights The subject possesses more comple::ity 
 than the priority of the hen or the egg, and 1-9 as readily solved 
 as the consequenoe of oontaot between an Immovable body and an ir- 
 risistable fores* An erudite battle rago^ between the redoubtable 
 gladiator of roason, lieutenant Thomson, anc|. that potential lan- 
 cer of logic, .Chaplain Fry, The stupendous subject ia none other 
 than the proper geographical," position from whloh t<5, take up that 
 maidenly task of inducing laotlo ilu'id' from tli9- bovine speoies, 
 or as it Is tritely put by ,the- practiced artifioer 'oX thei^ftsk: 
 "From whicli side do you milk a cow?" ^ ^ -a 
 
 In several of the premises the two scholarly ppponenta find 
 themselves .in agreement. These premises briefly are: F^rat^ that 
 all oowB not manifesting carnivorous impulses may -be approached 
 from forvi/ard. Second, the operator proceeds on a m-ain lina.to 
 the woll-deolc meanwhile keeping a weather eye on the g t era snoots.- 
 The point of contention is: SHOULD THE' COW BE KIIKED FROM (CHE 
 PORT OR STARBOARD SIDE? The Bureau for the Fecilitatloa of OOW 
 Milking has offered the prize of one Havanna- filled olgax for the 
 winner of the debate. The Chaplain holds that the starboard Is 
 the prcper side, while lieutenant Thomson maintains that It ia 
 the port, side*' Bo agreement ia in sight and a reward of 17,000,000 
 pesos in Villa money or «15 in American money will be awarded to 
 the person helping in th© solution, iQt us have a lette^frpmYOU* 
 
PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH\SEAS ABOAHI* THE U;3.S .HENDBRSOB 
 Trip 12 - IIo. 10. Friday, J'ebruery, 7, 1919. 
 
 Boxing- 
 
 c^ 
 
 .OL 
 
 passengers how many mitt art- 
 ists r'.rc there cnong you? If 
 you produce the goods v;e can 
 arrange a boxing 'tcuraament 
 for tno crev/ has the rj;cn to 
 meet all weights. How about 
 putting on an afternccn's pei>- 
 fcrT.ancc of siX'Or seven 
 bcut3. Drop your iname,v/eisht, 
 and compartment uurnber iu 
 SidolifJits' box, or se-e the 
 Chaplain. V / 
 
 •'V^^DVI EI S 
 
 There will be no movies to- 
 day for .-pacsengcrs or crev/ 
 because of keeping conpart- 
 irents clean for to-morrow's 
 inspection after to-day's 
 field day. pield day 'in A505 
 yesterday unexpectedly pre- 
 vented performcnce of announc- 
 ed movies . 
 
 Movies To-Fight- 
 PAS5Ef^(3ER OFFICER'S I^CSS 
 . 7.30 . 
 
 CurreTit Elvents Club X-Nlgkt 
 
 A meeting of the Ci-ew's Current 
 Stents Club will be held this 
 evening in the C.P.O. Hess, 
 port side of main declc, at 6 
 o'clock thiQ evening. All reg- 
 lar membea-s vnill be present 
 and new members are vjelcome. 
 The magazines 'of tho crew's re- 
 ception room give us all the 
 material. we nee'd for working 
 up the papers read at the 
 meetings and for taking part 
 in the, general discussions 
 which follov. Here is a way of 
 keeping in touch with the 
 world's events while we are 
 isolated at sea. Will YOU join? 
 
 Oh, you politicians 
 
 Like yoemen and ijLUsicians. 
 
 You've got the sofest billet 
 
 And you don't work hardto fill it. 
 
 Oh, you politiclai*is. 
 
 You've got it soft, that's "true,. 
 
 But some fine day 
 
 I'll find a way 
 
 To get a drag and make it pay. 
 
 Then I'll be corkin' off with you. 
 
 That's true. P.CiA. 
 
 I iiiiii«if< 
 
 FOOD WILL WIN THE 
 WAf?;POMT waste: IT 
 
 Officer to sea-8ic» negro soldier: "Is yo;^.^'^*?f °^jSn" 
 8ea-3ick negro soldier to officer: «No, Suh, Vs aiyi 
 J eat RB far aa the rest of them, Suiu 
 
 Up yuh come, sailorsi Snap out of the hopi We want news as 
 lively as misquitoes in Jersey. You fellows with a strangle 
 hold on the scuttlebut, don't act as If you had writers cramp 
 Keep your ear glued to the conversational buzz ana build up 
 a connection with Sidelights. We want dope enough to keep the 
 editors as busy as a one-armed floor layer with the hives. 
 Don't pass the buck when you get an earful. Wear out the 
 Sidelights' boxes. Come across. Up yuh come! 
 
SIT). "2 LIGHTS 
 
 ^uLu fib our Cows 
 
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 'If 
 
 >,v 
 
 
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 ."014 Besa aljein' 
 mllliced from the 
 
 
 Dere Editor: Well I'll be 30I durred 
 ef ever I beam tell of seoh oonflab- 
 , „„, ,j.^^g^g(j fooli3hiiess> 
 
 Amillcin' a cow on the 
 
 left side! Why gosh 
 
 my ew&buokles, my son 
 
 In lav;, Sixes - v/ell, 
 
 his v;iffe, Anemia - 
 
 you see, she's from 
 
 the city and don*t 
 
 know nothin' Better '- 
 
 she est out ono day, 
 
 it was only last 
 
 month ef I recolleot 
 
 rishtly, to milk our 
 
 old Bess and gosh al- 
 mighty ef she dld'nt 
 
 Bet her stool on the 
 
 left side of that ' 
 
 i yignt slde.'^ J mully. I did presumw likely, Bess would kinder 
 
 '^'^"'"'*' "*• resent sech tomfool treatment, hut durted my 
 
 quid, dld'nt Bess, our gentle old mully, let go with her hind leg 
 and Amenia is Jest now ahout s."6le to, do light chores around the 
 
 ^^-.«.-»- -"—^ house - Bess mairled her so. Ho oow, nohow-.kin 
 
 I etand for left handed mllkin* . It's aginst 
 •Usture. It's agingt' all common slnse, why 'even 
 • Tom Carlton, v/hat aint quite right In his head, 
 J would Irnow that much. Enybody'd know that much. 
 
 "I ain't no city swell, 
 kin see." 
 
 ye 
 
 
 
 . Bet 
 
 I ivell, iQBt to show you that i knows wh^t'I 
 I know I enclose my picture, "— — -^..-a< -- 
 
 "oia ]^S3 - thfe 
 
 earns cow - a'bein^ 
 mllJcad iyom the 
 left side." 
 
 - _ ^ ^ You can print' et you 
 
 I want. I aint got no objections. You kin kinder 
 I slz» me up, that I aint no city sv/ell, but I 
 » know what I !mow about oows you kin bet. My. 
 J Bon Jim, what'8 bin to college, he's a xegnlar 
 I picture taker with his oamexa. He has all kinds 
 I Of views from the old place. iVell he was azaak- 
 * In' scenes v/hen Amenia v;as a tryin* to milk 
 014 Bo*Q an?l by heok dld'nt he jest catch that mully' s durned ex- 
 expresBion jest before she kicked. And I'm sending you another 
 picture of Bess as she Iboka natural abein' milked fr6m the right 
 side, Plottures don't lie, Me,. Editor, as Solomon said, ycu can't 
 arg agin them. So here's my proof and I'lx be lookin' fur them 
 lifteen jslllion pesos - or whatever they're called. 
 Tory respgotfUlly, 
 
 ■Ezra Perkins, 
 
 Ma Deah rdit«re \ 
 
 Believe me, old top, was thoroughly distressed to learn of 
 your BASfltly dllema. May it not be solved by referring to algebra. 
 "Z** wonld equal the nnknovga side of the noble quadroped; "Y", the 
 placid fluid; »na "2" the gentle animal herself. Hence s-y-z, 6.t<w 
 Citn't <jult© v7ork it out myself , old fellow. Figures are auoh a 
 box*, you, toaow. Ofoooxse the worthy oow presents the gaestion 
 01 the eftemai fetalnine atlieswlae I should say it v/aa all bull; 
 If the oontroVerey is from which side the oow should b© milked, 
 It eeeras bally well certain thAt it is from the outside ♦ Ha.Ife. 
 IJow having solved your problem, may I ask your assistance in solv- 
 ing mina? where should J punch a oan of milk to open it.- pro- 
 vided I obtain in some ralraculoua manner - the -can? 
 ByeMthe-bye ; CHOLL:^ » 
 
 "tn rare oesfes, on left hanflea faras, tiy force of habit, and 
 to avoid diBsstea?, euoh dallssat^ ojie^-^tians as milking a cow oan 
 only be ocsiduoted on the^ port sid0«'* 
 
 •'I ^•llerv* the ald» for lalliiiBg all depends upon the cow. Never 
 the-less a oow should .not be tallkQil froen the wrong side, or you 
 vrf.ll reoeive nothing but buttermilK." 
 
■■■»■ « 
 
 3 
 
 HTSto 
 
 PUJLISH3]) ON THE HIGH SEAS ABGAEB THE U.StS-.HENEERSON 
 Trip 12 - Ko. 11. Saturday, February, 0,1919. 
 
 The memorial aervioe A^hich 
 will be held oh the welldeok to 
 morrow raomin,'^ by Chaplain Fry 
 Is in memory of one of the ship';: 
 oorapany, Harry Albert Vemet. 
 He was on a liberty party last 
 Sunday morning making his way 
 from the American docks to Bor- 
 deaux, and was attempting to g:et 
 a ride on an army truck, mount- 
 ing it while in motion, when he 
 was swung under the heavy wheels 
 He died that afternoon, a young 
 man ,1ust facing life, unexpected- 
 ly out down. 
 
 Look up and -not d6v;A» 
 Look out end nqt in J' 
 Look forward and not beck, 
 And lend e hand. 
 
 WJf F 
 
 THE HENDERSON PEPYS J - " "" 
 
 Arose betimes. A most thorough 
 field day attempted In spite of 
 the anger of the Sea Gods, whose 
 full fury we' were maie to feel this 
 day end whose augsr was. not to be 
 appeased. Our. populax aong composer 
 continues to enliven us vTlth his 
 music. Good Cha^laitt Veit and Johu 
 Aoheson, Esquire, engaged in plans 
 for show, and more talent eagerly 
 solicited. Ho cinema held forth' 
 at eve but plans for better 
 production expedited-* And so tobed 
 et an earlier hour. 
 
 ,1 : * 
 
 At chow, three hours after being 
 Jabbed fcr typhoid, Micky ti^rned pale. 
 Slats, at the end of the table, was 
 watching him closely and 'sang outj- 
 
 "Say Micky, if you faint, kin I 
 have your pie?" 
 
 CREW'S LIBRARY OPEN TONIGHT. This line is Just to fill theSpaae 
 
 click; V V 
 
 Crowded conditions in the carpenter shop have prevented a num., 
 ber of the crew from enjoying the raoviea -on -t-he -hofnewrd 30urn«y/ 
 .This" is now being changed and the ship's gang can have about the same 
 ■sort of evening's entertainment going west as thev enjoy on the trap 
 to Prance. Prom tO'-^day on, our passenger troops will have their 
 movies daily in A 505 so they will be expected not to enter 'the 
 
 crew's regions duriilg the 
 evenings in order that th« 
 shi-o's compliment may hs^v^ 
 the carpenter shop to then- 
 selves. The moving picture 
 m£.chine has been elCivated 
 giving greatly' increased 
 seating capacity as" ttae done 
 in A 505-, The plana *ill be 
 kept out of the "Cvaj? lashed 
 to the hav;ser re'&ls and need 
 not be moved, and the screen 
 will be moved back, against 
 the bulkhead. 
 
 ■There vrLll lie e Rood 
 show to-night end another 
 to-morrow night. See the 
 uLiinwiiMPiimwi fwogram for the features. 
 
 ETTCf? rt0V.ES FOf? THE CRfW lS!„?Stf S Su/f ° ''"" 
 
SIDELIGHTS 
 
 the: fflE 
 
 It 10 evidently President 
 Wil««i«8 intention not to with- 
 draw hl0 Interest frcaa the Peace 
 Conference upon the ratification 
 of a Society of Nations,- in view 
 of the fact that he plans to re- 
 turn to Europe, March, fifteenth, 
 having remained in Washington only 
 long encoigh to sign necessary 
 bills during the last days of Con- 
 great 
 
 ,««4.=?^®'®v'^?^ fighting in Berlin 
 yesterday between the Spatacidee 
 and government troops, a mob near 
 the Alexandria Plaza disarmed sol- 
 diers end tore off their uniforms 
 and overturned machine gun trucks 
 resultinc in Q riot costing many 
 lives. 
 
 The United States will 
 ijiaintain an array of 'not less 
 than half a million, which 
 can be used wherever necessary, 
 upon authorizaticai. 
 
 The demobolization of 
 Germany's army is almost com- 
 plete, and the British staff 
 does n6t think it is jiossible 
 for Gerraajay nev./ to ciake a mil- 
 itary effort. 
 
 The Senate confirmed the 
 nominatior of Crov/der s.4 Judge 
 Advocate General of the army 
 for another four year teim. 
 
 A six millioa dollar rev- 
 enue bill approved by the House 
 last week was adopted late yes- 
 terday by the Senate. 
 
 SCUTTLEHfTTB DEIMUK TREMENS 
 
 You who vAine about the ship's slow, toiling struggle to 
 reach a western port, bah, it woxad fit you better to rake your 
 brains for the prayor^'o^all babble in the deleriuii that creeps 
 upon you unseen. You vrho dribble no:;, v.-ait - \yait, I say, till 
 in your stark msdness you sink anid the hissing swirl of swishing 
 v/ater. You laugh"? Ah, but our fuel is almost gene! The wind lises. 
 Th« Hvet heads snap off like rifle bullets. The bulkheads bend. 
 They give} You laugh? Wait. Cold and ioe and a wind of daemonic 
 tury lie but a league ahead. Damp and chill in a fuel-less hull 
 will you stand shivering, the marrow turning to ice in your bones. 
 Your uncooked food will choke you. You will, desperately cling 
 ^2 yS!i^ hnnk. in the ship, rolli3ag and pitching, without power, 
 at tne mercy of Hurculean seae. You try to standi on a treacher- 
 ous deck, you a gyrating gesticulating madman, shou-ting to your 
 miserable fellows above the howl of the rising tornaflo, trembling 
 as the helpless bulk under your aching feet trembles an-d quivers 
 under the merciless pounding of mountainous seas. Your curses ere 
 drovraed in the thick flying spray. For every dai-k blue sea that 
 crashes its v/eight over her v;eakening structure, there are a 
 million more lying in wait, ip that driving fog. The seams 
 weaken - a bulkhead gives av/ay - you rush to the deck, one of 
 many crushing out each other's lives in a hellish race for 
 safety. The cold pumps stand dumbly Idle, mocking you. She 
 li5ts-you scream. You are wild eyed. You Jump". You struggle 
 ■end still you struggle' - you grow weaker - exhausted, you 
 fight on - you, go dovm - a clutch - a rope - a life raft! Good 
 God, you hope - you cling stiff and numb - an hour passes. You 
 dream. You laugh and well you may if laughing you can sink thru 
 the cold dark depth to your grave. A sea crashes over - you 
 lose your grip. With a gasping purgle you give in. -You dotib ? 
 
 *■ 
 
 v.hen eight bells tolls the knell 
 
 of parting day, 
 And restless surfs run madly 
 
 o'er the sea? 
 Th- He-iiny homeward plods her 
 
 weary v/ay 
 And nj£kes us all as sore as we 
 
 can be. 
 L"*envoi - 
 Her feeble thread across old. 
 
 Hep tune's plain 
 Doth give us all on board much 
 
 cause for pain. 
 
 LOST 
 
 A sense of humor listening 
 to scuttlebut; reading the ' 
 stuff that is being passed 
 cut" our speed. Hearing the 
 darnphool questions about 
 how mauay laiots v;e are not 
 making-, how much oil we 
 have'nt got, how many turns 
 we've dropped, hov; many 
 miles we did'nt cover. Gosh, 
 hovj I suffer. 
 
 MDYIES 
 
 FOR THE grey: IN A-505 
 
 FOR OFFICERS AND PASSENGERS 'IN P.O.lffiSS 
 at 7.30 
 
SIDELIGHTS to 
 
 PUBLISHED ON THE BIGH SEiS ABOARD THE U.3,S,HENDERS0B 
 Trip 12 - Bo. 12. Monday, Pebraary 10,1919. 
 
 T>^ MpvyywJa%M The Henderson" carries baclc to Araerioa the 
 UlLIQmJliaJlL re,mains of Richard Norton, organizer and 
 leader of the famous Norton^HarJes Amhulanoe Unit, the famous 
 American Ambulance Service w/hioh he made possible. He called It 
 into being during the early days of the war and it grew to num- 
 ber eight hujadred cars. During the years when th© American flag 
 v/as not seen on French soil, it was one of the few outposta of 
 Americanism, representing the Stars and Stripeg to thousands of 
 French soldiers whom it served, vd.th marked efficiency and un- 
 tiring energy. Richard Norton, one of the first Americans to 
 throw his energies into the struggle is fittingly returning to 
 I'is native shores aboard the Henderson, the "first to Pranoo • 
 
 Frk¥ TUo P«i/«i The people of the States through their 
 iyJl ilVQ LjOvS. chosen welfare organizations are doing all 
 In their power to make the return journey of their fighters as 
 enjoyable as possible. The Red Cross has placed aboard , comf art 
 
 kits, underwear and some candy. 
 
 has also given 
 
 , ..^.„^„^ „.v* ww.u^ ^v^wv.^ . The K. of C* nas aj.su ^xv^n 
 
 some candy, smokes and athletic goods , The "Y" has placed' aboard 
 tne lion's share of materials, including many movie films, 
 oranges. and lomons; cigarettes, candy, magazines, writing-pap»r 
 athletic neterials, song materials, and other things. Chaplain 
 '^elt is coopferating with Secretary Atchison in distributing 
 these things, and each day will see the men receiving some 
 '■eminder of America's regard for l)er fighting men, 
 
 TKo TJuiVy^^mAwt The crew is responding to the coning boxing 
 iXlO iOUlfiamefll tournament and we ".expect the passengers to 
 come across in the same style. Harmon,' Walton, Dettling and Put- 
 «arae have already turned in their nanee, and many others are on 
 the way. A hundred passengers are aboard who ere in physically 
 lit condition end we are counting on several of them' stepping 
 forward. The fight cannot have the interest possible, if the 
 troops do not come across. The bouts will run but three rounds. 
 It will not be a professional melee for blood, but all for gooa 
 sport and an afternoon's entertainment for everybody, Come on. 
 
 uKf^J^^JA^'lJ^ ^U'^P OV^ER THESIOE ANO 
 
 ^WIMONIN TO LCT THEf^ KNOW tV6t?£ COM) W 
 
 OO YOUME/^N TO 
 
 TtLLne -THMT IS 
 
 LA<=,T SIX DAYS/ 
 
 fTHERES WHef^E 1 
 loFFTHE AZORES 
 
 [MYOLO^fiVE HB.fl>F(0 
 
 GZey. OLDCHRISTOPHCR 
 C0LQMBU5 f^MOE. (T tN THREE 
 
 VfllLY COnriENT ON SHIPS PROGRESS. 
 
S I'D E L I G H T S 
 
 fflUffiSRiMa: 
 
 "I'm encleiug a plioto of my first 
 Igoon in baking." 
 
 ■^eer Edytor: 
 
 I lowed as haow glad 
 you'ns ud be to heam tell 
 ine aboard this here ship. 
 I aint eboastin that Iraa 
 artist cause I'm just a 
 ccnLTrion doughboy. They got me 
 onto a detail down here in 
 the'bakry fer quite a spell 
 now, not as Ima baker but 
 when we kum on yer ship, a 
 fell.er what stutters and 
 wears his sgts stripes up- 
 side dovm he lined us up 
 and said as how he wanted 
 some bakers. Hone on us is 
 bakers in the line so he 
 lights onto a couple likly 
 lobkin ones and sez you'll 
 do. One of thm was me, so 
 I was brought iAto the 
 
 baiary. Ima ©lolosing & photo of my first lecon in balclng, but I aint 
 akickin -as I'm a willing to do my bit so as how to get back to the 
 plow. Them thejr frenoh gals and vin blancjie and csnyak is swell but 
 give me the old USA and if miss Liberty ever sees me again after we 
 Teach New York,, she'll hev to twrh and.lock the other way, Qauso "^'m 
 headin' v;est. Joshua L. Dupps. 
 
 P.S. - I hev a .hard time astandlng right'te-ide up on yer ship un 
 account of these here hobnail boots of mine. 
 
 ft PH^TflHJSLOVS 
 
 Dear Ed- 
 T^is is an 
 Open letter 
 to Eebel Pate 
 Rebels I 
 Understand 
 That ypu are 
 The boilermsker," 
 If this is^tjrue, 
 v.rtiat does a 
 Boilermaker 
 Do in the N&vy? 
 It strikes me 
 That you are 
 About as busy 
 As a policemen 
 In Heaven. 
 Hon&st,Reb, 
 I wish you would 
 Lend me a book 
 ■Which -.0 on tain 3 
 The dope • on 
 How to do it, 
 Or rather, 
 How to avoid 
 Doing. .it_. 
 
 Oh, would that I, my Mary, ware an aoid, 
 
 A living acid; thou &n alkali 
 Endov/'d with human sense, that, brought tog-etner 
 
 We both might coalesce into one salt, 
 One homogeneous crystal.- Oh» that thou 
 
 -V/ert carbon, and myself were hydrogen; 
 V/e would unite to form olefisnt gas, 
 
 Or common coal, or naphthn. Would to heaven 
 That I were posph»rous , and thou xvert lime I 
 
 And we. of lime, composed & phosphuret. 
 I'd be content to be sulphurio acid, 
 
 So that thou might be- soda. In that case 
 Ws shoula be Glauber's Salt. Wert thou Hagnesia 
 
 Instead v;e'd form the salt knovm aS Epsom. 
 Goulds »t thou potassa be,I,aqua-fortis, 
 
 Our happy union should that compound form, 
 Nitrate of Potash-otherwise saltpetre. 
 
 And thus our several natures sweetly blent. 
 We'd live and love together until death 
 
 Should decompose the fleshly tertium quid 
 ieaving our souls to all eternity^. 
 
 Amalgamated. Sweet, thy nan© is Brlggs, 
 And mine is Johnson. Wherefore should not ■v;e 
 
 Agree to form a Johnsonate of Briggs. 
 
 Request from yesterday's "Pepys": 
 
 "Mayhaps a soft word from Sidelights may turn ll<^tune's mighty 
 wrath, " 
 
 To Sam Pepys, Esq. 
 
 Sir: At your request the following was dispatched to ETeptuDO 
 »'Mep, ord Boy, V.'hatthehelldoyouraean?" ^^^ 
 
 Gob to O.p.: "I met a young lady ashore last night, sir. and I 
 guess she's comin' aboard to-day. If she asks for the Ca)tain 
 you'll know she means rae." v^jy voj.u 
 
fciL U L LlburT i oB^ 
 
 ~ r- — i 
 
 PUBLISHED on THE EI6H SEAS ABOARD THE U.S.3.HENDERS0B 
 "To Lighten the Ship eiid Brighten the Trip" 
 Trip 12 - Ho. 18 VJodnesday, Petruary, 19,1919. 
 
 2.00 - BOXIHG 
 
 T?OtJSHAJteUt and BANL OTCEinr 
 
 on well deck. 
 
 If wea.ther"oompeis cancelation, the troopa will have moving 
 
 pictures In A-505 -"THE COOK 0? CAWYON CAMP" 
 5»30 » Crew's Libxary open. 
 
 Red Crosa Comfort Kits will be Issued to the crew at supper. 
 7.30 - Crew's Moving Pictures -"THE SHELL G/KB''vvith Emma V/heler. 
 7.30 - Officer's Moving Pictures in P.O. Mess -"HBRBDITY"- Madge Bvens. 
 Confession preparatory to to-morrow's mass will be heard by Chaplain 
 
 Veit in his stateroom, llo. 3, on starboard side of superdecK, 
 
 from 4. 00 to 6.00 and_from 6.30 to 7 .50. 
 
 9.00 - Mass by Chaplairr Veit in f-505 for passengers and crew. 
 10.00 - Protestant Service for crew by Chaplain Fry in carpenter shop. 
 
 The band will render special music. , ^ , -.^ 
 10.00 - Protestant service for passengers by Mr. Acheson in A-ooo. 
 
 Officers are invited to all services. If the v;eather permits 
 they will be held on well deck- 
 2,00 - Troops' s moving pictures -"DAVID GARRICK*'v/ith Justin Parnum. 
 3.30 - Sunday afternoon bend concert on well dock, weather permitting, 
 .30 - Meeting- of Crew's Current Events CI 
 
 Club. 
 
 7.30 
 7 
 
 .30 - Crew's Moving pictures -'HEMEDITyWith Mad^e Evens 
 
 .30 - Oftlcar'a. mov~ijn,g pictures -"THE SHELL GAME, Emma Whelor. 
 
 ,ri ill If the roll increases 
 ox rain set In, the 
 fight will "be post- 
 
 3€r 
 
 BOTD vo BALLVriN 
 DAYTON vs JOHNSON 
 HARMOK vs AZUCEHAS 
 Pvt.WJ»SEBURIl vs HOI.LINGSWORTH 
 S&rgt. SHJK V3 COllIKS 
 Pvt. WELDOK* vs BLAOKBiELL 
 Other boute are being arranged. 
 
 Referee: ESaslgn Bonivere.USN. 
 
 Judges- Lieutenant Hughes, USA. 
 Lieutenant Collins, USA 
 Ensign Duncan, USN. 
 
 poned but as this goes to ps&ss 
 it has been decided to hold the 
 tournament thljj afternooja. 
 
 We are short of fitting glovpo 
 so membsrs of the crew bring these 
 you have been scrapping with. 
 
 Each man is to tend to his 
 uniform and select his second. Makp 
 arrangement as to disposition of 
 prize money before entering ring. 
 
 hoWoyvhuke: 
 to be me, re o, 
 
 ONIfV TEN miS 
 
 YUH SUPPOSE 
 THfS l/tL PASS 
 
 gee!'. "I 5URE.1 
 WISH I WAS A 
 
 SHORT TIMER* 
 
 Gosh? thev 
 forgot to^ , 
 Tew-MeAeou7 
 
 THIS/^T THE' 
 ReCRu«TlM6 
 STATION V. 
 
 SCRUBBING BAGS'*- H/^MnOCKS 
 
S 1 D ?. L 1 G H T S 
 
 SEEIETS mumi) THETBEHEBSIM 
 
 Troops 
 A-505 2.00 
 PADDY O'HAEA 
 vvith.Vifilliam Desmond 
 
 Crow 
 Carpenter Shop 7.30 
 i-ADDY 1 KARA 
 with Willlan Desmond 
 
 Officers 
 P.0,M6ss 7*45 
 
 iiH. goode; the good 
 
 SA1.IARITAN 
 with Ilargarette .Marsh 
 
 tm-' 
 
 ING 
 
 ncT- 
 
 URES 
 
 SSON& 
 
 Again poBt- 
 poned 00 
 a,ccount of 
 the weather* 
 
 Two ptOgELTrtS 
 
 below, daily, 
 at noon and ■ 
 after supper, 
 both fore 
 end aft. 
 
 HDMEWilHD BOUND 
 
 llie tJ.S» S.Henderson * 
 
 Dear Snip: 
 
 BEII!i5 Cl'HAT yon afO 
 
 A SHI? and 
 
 TRA.T ON.Hi aoes'nt 
 
 USUALLY TALK to 
 
 SHIPS, Ana alao 
 
 SINCii! YOU are 
 
 FET^ININE, I don't know 
 
 JUST V-fHAT to say 
 
 TO YOU. But 
 
 THIS IS what I am 
 
 THINICING OP' now - 
 
 THAT ALL things end, 
 
 EVT^N THE worst of wars, 
 
 AND NOW that our journey 
 
 ACEOSS TKE biff pOnd 
 
 WITH YOU 
 
 IS ABOUT to fend, 
 
 1 HAVE a little lump 
 
 IN MY throat 
 
 AND I won't get rid 
 
 OP IT Tintil 1 let you 
 
 KNOW THAT there will 
 
 BE SOIIE recollections 
 
 THAT SHALL not end 
 
 •TILL LIFE itself 
 
 IS EHDBD. 
 
 YOU ARE the 
 
 KINDLY HAND 
 
 WHICH LEADS us fron 
 
 STRIPE AND hatred 
 
 AND BLOOD to quiet 
 
 AND PEACE; 
 
 THE BRIDGE frOM ruin 
 
 AND DESOLATION. and blight 
 
 TO HOT.CE and rest; 
 
 THE BLESSED transition 
 
 PROM IIALICE and feud 
 
 AND.TfURDER 
 
 TO 'THE haupier ways 
 
 OP CONSTRUCTIVli) life 
 
 AND BROTHERHOOD. 
 
 AND IP that is'nt enough 
 
 FOR CAST-IRON plates 
 
 AND RITOTS to do 
 
 I'D LIKE to know 
 
 WHAT IS? 
 
 I'D- LIKE to know 
 
 WHAT GREATER serric© 
 
 TO PATRIOTISM 
 
 OR HUMANITY 
 
 COULD BE rendered, 
 
 THAT IS why 
 
 I MUST 
 
 THAHZ YOU 
 
 Juet a Bnok Prirate, 
 
SIDELIGHTS 
 
 PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE U.S .S. HENDERSON 
 "To Brishtsn the Ship and Lighten th^ Trip"" 
 Trip 13 - No. 1. - Eastward Bound - Tuesday, torch, 3, 1919. 
 
 SIDELIGHTS giveg expression to 
 thehttarty word "Weloome" from 
 all the officers and prew of the 
 Henderson to our a«w executive 
 officer: 
 CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. SHEA. 
 
 "Here comes the exeo". Wd hope he 
 is a^slad to come aboard aa we 
 are to have him aboard. SIDELIGHTS 
 snaps to attention and salutes., 
 promising more than obedience, 
 proniisins. active voluntary cc- 
 c^cration. 
 
 80 
 
 EVERYBODY - UP ! 
 
 (There-wore many requests for additional copies of the 
 History of the Henderson, published last trip. F\ir1tbier, 
 there are a' number of errors in that report. We are 
 therefore printing a corrected and more complete story 
 of. the ■ Henderkon' s war-time e::periences.} 
 
 THE HENDERSON'S REGDHD 
 
 The ^story of the U.S.S. Henderson rivals any that c^n bo, found 
 among Amfirican transports. Sho has «xjeri«nced everything that a 
 vessel caA erperience in time , of war, with the exception of being 
 torpsdoed. having survived sut^mrine attacks, a serious fire, and 
 three collisions. 
 
 Together wit)i the Leviatha)j,Agememnon, Gteat northern, and 
 Northern Pacific, she he&ds ths' list for number of round trips mado 
 to Prance during the war, having completed ten. And she stands, 
 sixth on tho ligt for tho fastest record cf days required to tn'^ko. 
 the cycle, having mad© it in twenty-five days. 
 
 The Hcndereon is Haval Transport; No. 1. 'She was built at 
 the Philadelphia Navy Yard and v/as designed as an advance marine 
 fefise 'With accomodations for $. orcr.« of almost two hundred, and 
 approximately two thousand marines- "together with horses and com- 
 plete Bquipmfinti, During hcr present war service sho carriet a crciv 
 of three hundred and fifty, land owing to her standee-bunk equippmont 
 is now practically j^ho'spital'. ship bringing home eaoh trip thirteen 
 hundred • v/ounded . 
 
 Tho Henderson's completion was hastened by th© declaration of 
 v/ar with Germany and she was commissioned May, 24, 1917 and ^^ft ^^ 
 
 THISriEANS YOU 
 
 SIDELIGHTS' IS WHATEVER YOU IWH^' IT 
 Nothing more or less. 
 Come on crevi/ 
 The east-bound trip is the tira« for the local 
 ' knocks and bangs, 
 AND HOW ABOUT SOME GARTOOHS? 
 There are new SII3SLIGET'S lioxes at the log room and in tho forward 
 pasEa'"-;9 way.- 
 AND YOU "Y" PAS3ESG5i<S, WS ARE COUNTING GH YOU, 
 SIDELIGHTS IS WHA'i'EVER YOU MAKE IT 
 Nothing more or less. 
 
S ID SLIGHTS^ „^ 
 
 „ ^_ — __., — ^._^ — ^-_.^ — ^ £§ea..2i„ 
 
 Editor :_Chaplain__H_.__J_. ]?ry .Assisteat Editors: The Crew 
 
 THE HENIERSOW'S RECORD, continued? 
 
 Philadelphia xmder tho command Of Captain George 7/. Steele. She 
 sailed for New York to get her first load of troops with yard v/ort- 
 mba still ahoard, and her mainmast not yet set up* She sailed for 
 France without a trail tripiheinr^ among the 'Tirst to Prance" 
 as a member of- the, first convoy of American soldiers and marines. 
 
 On her raaideh voyage one ox her two eenoi'ators blew up leaving 
 the total' work to one, and to rcleive this her steering gear was. 
 worked by haM v;hich was further complicated by steering gear 
 difficulties, a hazardous situation in zi'gzagging convoy formatioii. 
 
 luri^ the Henderson '^s second trip the convoy encountered a 
 submarine .'st.ttack off tho coast of Prance.. A hot battle ensued dur- 
 ing the 'e&riy morning hours throughout which the Handerson used 
 her starijp&rd battery of four five-inch, fifty- calibre guns. 
 
 She '-^3:8 with the Antilles when that ship was sunk watching 
 her lower *he life boats and then go down stern first within six 
 minutes affer the explosion, v/ith loss of life. The Henderson left 
 the vicinity full steam ahead together v/lth the Willehad which 
 fired several shots at the attacking submarine. At another time 
 she was twelve hours distant when the President Lincoln was sunk 
 and later passed through debris which wag thought to have belonged 
 to that'.illfated ship. 
 
 In the late fall of 1917 she rammed a freighter , at anchor, 
 while coming down the Loire out of Saint Nazzalre but no serious 
 damage ensued to tho •Henderson. 
 
 During'^ November, 1918, while in convoy formation the Finland's 
 ste&ring geat Jammed holding her rudder hard right swfinging her 
 into tho Henderson which was approaching abaft to starboard. The 
 Henderson tried to avoid the collision bilt too late and the Pin- 
 land's bow struck her directly" amidships, where- decks were filled 
 with wounded. She bounced back but struck again, and again a third 
 time. Several ihife- boats were- carried away and one of the- compart- 
 ments /spring a leak. Only a calm sea and favorable v/eather con- 
 ditions averted a serious di35,stQr. 
 
 On tho first day of July, 1918, smoke was observed forward. 
 Firs was discovered in Wo. 3 hold immediately over the forward mag- 
 azine which was at once flooded. Th© blaze had made such progress 
 that all efforts to stem it v/ere futile. The passengers numbering 
 fifteen hundred sailors and mariens were transferred to the already 
 crowded VonStueben by the Destroyers Paul Jones and Mayrant which 
 then turned hack with the Henderson tov/ard the states Six hundred 
 miles distant. Her situation became serious as the water which v/as 
 flooded in to put out the fire gave her a starboard list of twenty- 
 five degrees. Then her crew, except the minimum number necessary 
 to run the ship were put aboard the Mayrant which proceeded to 
 Philadelphia and the Paul Jones stood by the Henderson ivhilo she 
 made her struggle for port. A rising wind and sea caused her to 
 suddenly keel over from starboard to, port. The possible disastetous 
 consequences of this sudden rush of water in her holds from one side 
 .to the other was only avoided by the quick action of Captain Steele 
 in instantly, thro'ving the rudder hard right. Peg and bad weather 
 continued but on July, fifth, the Henderson steamed up the Deleware 
 River under her own power a journey further delayed by going aground 
 for .several hours in the harbor. 
 
 After the fire's damages were repaired she left Philadelphia 
 for New York, now under the command of Captain Willaim R. Sayles; 
 Off the Jersey Coast she sighted what appeared to be a submarine,' 
 turned her bow upon it and then made for shore. Almost immediately 
 she passed through the floating oil from the tatiker Prank V/. Kellogg 
 which the submarine sank two hours previously. Then some weeks later 
 it was distrovered that her bilge keel was damaged. These two facts 
 have 'been connected with data discovered concerning the German Sub- 
 marine U-139, She crusied American waters. the tim.e of the Henderson's 
 encounter and had her perls'copes broken and her conning tower bent 
 by a transport which r-ajtiBieUher. Ohese facts are being verified by 
 the Office of Naval latelligsncc and if this is verified it will 
 mean that tho U.S.Tci/al PcTces had contact with the enemy off the 
 American coast during the war, and will be another feather in the 
 cap of the Henderson's v/ar-time record. 
 
^ SIDE LIGHTS ta 
 
 I .- -■ 1,-1-, i^ii „| I ,_ , I I III, jMui ■!■ M ■ ■■ IIIIMII...I IMMW llllllWr< IIIBIIl- T" "• f 
 
 PUBLISHED ON TIIE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE U.S.S.HE.NDERSON 
 "To Brighten the Ship and lighten -the Trip"" 
 Trip 13 - No. 2, - Eastward Botmd - Wednesday, March, 6, 1919. 
 
 THE HEMDEIHSIIN IN BBIUT 
 
 The U.S. S.Henderson is getting into print and w© know she 
 deserves it. v;e are proud of our ship and of her war-service, 
 so when the reporters come aboard w© are ahle to give them 
 what they call "good copy". It is possible that by the time wc 
 reach home ajtain some of the material sent in may have already 
 been printed, but at all odds a number of readers of various 
 magasines and newspapers v;iir know more about the Henderson 
 than they did before, before many weeks have passed. 
 
 To THE CONVOY, a new magazine published in the interest of the 
 activiti&s of the Crusier and Transport Force, we sent "THE BDN- 
 DEHSON'S RECORD" as it appeared in yesterday's Sidelights, torf 
 gethor with one of the large new pictures of tho officers and 
 crew and also an enlargerasnt of the Hendexson herself. 
 
 To THE FLEET REVIEW we sent the- story of "THE HENDERSON 
 AND THE U-139", and they also received a picture of our personHftl 
 and another large print of the ship. 
 
 To OUR NAVY we forwarded a number of copies of SIDELIGHTS 
 and a description of the crew's welfare activities together with 
 the general history of the Henderson and several pictures. 
 
 Our Philadcltihia men will be interested to know that tht 
 New York representative of tho PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC LEDGER asked 
 for a complete file of Sidelights and also the historical data, 
 together with photographs, with tho purpose of making a full page 
 write-ilp concerning the Henderson in a Sunday* edition of The 
 Ledger, featuring somo of Mr. Forward's cartoons which will be 
 reproduced. 
 
 The BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE has also written for & history and 
 photographs with the purpose of making up a booklet, and ac- , 
 cording to reports, and several newspaper clippinss received, the 
 members of the crew have sent "Sidelights" to their home tovms 
 and parts of it have been printed in local newspapers. 
 
 So here is another reason for continuing to help make SIDE- 
 LIGHTS one of the best ship's papers printed on the Atlantic, 
 for SIDELIGHTS is whatever YOU make it. 
 
 mdVies 
 
 CREW -"The Circus and Life"&"The Live V/lre and LovdsSpar 
 I , . -( 
 
 OFFICERS -"The Captain of His Soul" & "whose Baby?" 
 
 FOR THE caavi- A SHORT "Smfl'<a^BA^fl> CONCERT 
 
 * « ■ i 5= 
 
 [ppA-w-w-L H/rriniCK-s? hf/^ve out /^HO i/iSHOPf 
 
 
 K/LL {T?!l lcHQKE ir?.'!| [LEM riE SLEE P?] 
 
 'WHV DID lEVtR \ 
 ^LEA l/£- HOME ?J 
 
 ^iZ. 
 
 -WJFF -I'R- 
 
 - ^A.n. REVEILLE - 
 
 lady to wounded soldier in hospital: "You must have come 
 
 through some pretty tight squeezes?" 
 Wounded soldier, g:ailtily: "Well, ma'am, the nurses were 
 
 pretty good to me". 
 
S IITBI IGHTS' 
 
 A WORD RBOUT TEE "Y" 
 
 Wo Judge the "Y" as. 'there with the goods' whori we think of the 
 bpl&ndid service Secretary Achsaofl renders our ship and his ivoxk for 
 the returnins wounded, or when w© jneet tu© thirty-nine "Y" passengers 
 now aboard, arid enjoy their- lectures and entertaiaiients end pote the 
 calibre of the personnel. Yet tho verdict of ' the wounded we carry 
 home is just the reverse. They hava little, that is' good to say for ths 
 T". The crow will therefore be interested in having .some straight 
 facts about tho situ- ♦ -^ ■ ' atioa'. 
 
 The "Y" .lilco f^e- \ . ' V / other welfare organiza- 
 tions drew up a fall W // program of service for 
 the soldiers, a service "^y^Pv /T|==r| ySrv that would bo rendered 
 in all its details en- \y fwl n fl==\ tirely free of charge. 
 It built over two. thou- « rJ^ ^^^^^^^ ** ^^^^ ^^^^ costing up 
 to eighteen thousand \\ // dollars apiSce; it ' 
 transported ^n array of \\ // secretaries, hundreds 
 of America's talented \\ / / theatrical stars, sing- 
 ers, and lecturers; it \^/ sent ship loads of mov- 
 ing picture 'supplies, \/ athletic gear, boolts, 
 v/riting paper to be used . V ^q the tune of half a 
 million sheets a day - anything aad everything to make the Hut a cen- 
 ter of v;hol&some relaxation. This program was entirely free "to every- 
 DOdy and always hes been and still is - a program of which General 
 Pershing said: " I would rather have nine hundred men with a "Y" than 
 a .thoasand men without"'. Then why the criticism? 
 
 The "Y" was asked by the government to take ov&r the' Amy Canteen 
 e purely business enterprise, doing over five million dollars v/orth of 
 business monthly. The very siae and efficiency cf the "Y" hrought it 
 this unwelcome responsibili-ty, end required SIXTY-FIVE percent of its 
 (secretaries. It stiJl maintained its original program but it now had 
 p. buy-and-sell proposition in its hut through no fault or desire of 
 jits ovrtJ. To eggrevate this, while the government iiad sold its stuff 
 jat ©riginal prices v/ithout costs of any transportation, the "Y'-", a 
 private enterprise, had to buy Piedmont cigarettes in Virginia and 
 ,then pay the heavy war transportation prices, standing losses of whole 
 shiploads of their supplies through submarine attacks. Though the "Y" 
 his consistently lost money on the canteen business, as shown by their 
 books regularly audited in v'/ashington, the prices . immediately scared, 
 end- the soldier naturally said: "Did'nt my folks give the "Y" money 
 to givft me stuff? And nov/ they're 'rooking'nie". The "Y" at that moment 
 pes giving him all its established program, but 'the canteen in one 
 porner of the hut,'"queered the rest of the game') the cost prices thero 
 tharged due to no fault of the "Y". 
 
 I.Ir. Sargraves, Hut secretary at BreSt, bought four hundred dozen 
 handkerchiefs which the men wanted badly, for .89 apiece. The French 
 charged them .40 for them; the "Y" then sold them for .20, losing .09 
 On each. But the newly arriving doughboy thought the "Y" was making 
 money on him at ,20 because he could get the handkerchief in the States 
 for a dime. Further, since September the government promised to 
 supply the "Y" with their smokes at cost, without transportation, or 
 insuraiice-, or viq,t tax charges, and the "Y" sells cigarettes at cost 
 prices, but the government can only give it thirty percent of what it 
 needs,* a"d the "Y^' buys the other sixty percent as a priv.ate firm, pay- 
 ing all the extra costs,, but. still selling it at a loss, toikeep its 
 prices low and uniform. 
 
 Anothar element in the situation lies in tlic fact that the gov- 
 ernr^ient has assigned certain welfare organizations to certain areas 
 with specif-lc duties. The "Y" and the "K of C" are to work only with 
 well end fit men', and only behind the lines where tho hut will bo 
 most effective end where eighty percent of the army are stationed. 
 The Red Cross is to care for the sick 'end wounded, and only that. 
 This Oi^olains why our returning wounded have had dealings with only 
 one Welfare organization' eixl that the Red Cross. The Salvation Army, 
 with its small force and absence of building organization is to work 
 at the froiit where it is allowed to give materials away. Since the 
 Salvation Army cannot take over the whole front the "Y" is to take 
 or/er the remainder. Here i-* is allo-.ved to give away smckes eind eats, 
 which is jxot permitted in the huts, and the "Y" has thus exipended 
 a million and a half dollars, 'and lost eight secretaries of whom two 
 were women and had thirty-one wounded. 
 
 The "Y" like any very largo cr6.;anization - like oven the Army 
 or Wavy - has made mistakes in pcrsounel and methods, but it has put 
 over a good program which 'has been underrated by the unfortunate c-an- 
 teen duties thrust upon it, and by assignment t,o positions chiefly 
 ^behini the lines « 
 
 Chaplain Henry J. Fry, 
 
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 PUBLISHED OK THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE U.S.S. HENDERSON 
 "To Brighten the Ship and Lighten the TripV;^ 
 Trip 13 - No. 7. - Eastv;ard Bound. - Wednesday, March, 12, 1919. 
 
 > 
 
 PRDBLEMB OF PEHCE 
 
 6.45 A LECTURE FOR THE CREW IN A-505 ILLUSTRATEI> WITH SLIDE^ 
 
 By Prof e£sor_Alf red C. Lane, SoD. 
 
 Ex-^tate GeologrsT of~MicKlgan 
 
 Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, Tufts Collego 
 
 Teacher in the S.A.T.C., etc. 
 
 Professor Lane discusses the problems that the Peace 
 Conference is facing along the lines of racial mixture, 
 economic problems, raw resources, etc. This, is a unique 
 opportunity to hear a trained specialist on the problems 
 now facing Europe. 
 
 7,15 Band Concert. 
 
 7,45 "SUSAN ROCKS THE BOAT"-Pive reels. 
 
 EPL 0ffi£er3__and__Pas£eng£r£. 
 
 7,45 "TIE ARGU?IENT",Five reels. "A BACHELOR'S PINISH",one reel. 
 8.00 Band Concert, 
 
 BBSHEr- BHLL 
 
 The U. S. S. Henderson basket-ball 
 aggregation vi/ith a small delegation 
 of boosters took a jaunt tb Jersey 
 City the evening before we sailed, where they lost a hotly contestea . 
 game to an Army quintet of that city, by the score of 35 to Zl* 
 
 Th8T5i7as exciting from start to finish and was featured by th$ 
 effective team work of the opposing team.. Maloney of their five, 
 thrilled the largo crowd of Spectators with his clever floor work 
 and accu'rate basket shooting, while "Speed" Beatty, the Henderson's 
 fast center broke into the hall of fame with his sensational 
 basket ball shooting making many of the cages. 
 
 Our defeat was due to' the loss of Sam Putnam, recently released 
 from the service, and by the absence of Collins who was txnable to 
 ■ appear the night of the 'battle. Further, 
 we are handicapped by lack of ■ team. work. 
 •We outplayed -out opponents the first ten 
 minutes of play," but lost pep toward the 
 conclusion of tho game due to lack of 
 training. The ball was in play near our 
 goal tho major part of the time but w& 
 failed. to manifest a good eye for the cage. 
 
 •We 6re planning several peilLods of 
 practice in France, if it is possible tO 
 secure a gymn. The daily passing-practice* 
 hours are developing speed and the promise 
 is .for a. good future for the Henderson 
 Basket Ball team. 
 
 "JA ZZ" 
 
 NEWS C0MA,MICH bids for miliard- 
 
 Demsey fight. Kicks in with offer of six 
 million. "Lio burg can outbid us'.whcn we have 
 our bidders on. If six aint enough read 
 telegram upside down and make it nJ.netRough- 
 est town in world. Even canaries 6ing base. 
 Ho competition to fight as sheriff's throe- 
 legged calf died last month. Two chink laund- 
 ries and free water traugh." N.Y.Eva Journ. 
 
 TCI nivfl/Cf ''Having l>een constant readers of •SIDELIGHTS we wish to at* 
 1 riA IM J\ u test our appreciation for its entertainment. And we thanh 
 tlie "Y" men for their evening entertairiments,- an4 the commiesary clepart- 
 ni'^nt for the r-oocl chow, eJid the officers &Bd crow for their courtesies, 
 Wa will Alv;av8 remenber with pleasure our trip on the Hene.erson. 
 e «*■" «** ^-y" THE TOKOPAn mAPT. 
 
SIDELIGHTS 
 
 Editor; Chaplain K.J. Pry 
 
 Assooiat? Sdjtorg; ?he Crovf. 
 
 THE PEDTGULUS CDRPIS 
 
 
 NOW 
 
 ^ 
 
 •' S^fllPATHIZIlIG \f;lTE SHBP" 
 
 "Dear Dad",-'he wrote, "I'm here in 
 
 Prance, 
 And sharing in each Yank advance, 
 'I' We 're drivins back the filthy Hun; 
 The Heinies no\v are on the rtm, 
 And I am well and strong to-night, 
 Except for little things that bite." 
 
 "Do you recall those happy days 
 We sat before the log-fire's Bla:^!, 
 V/ithin our little parlor snug; 
 With Shop asleep upon the rug, 
 And heard the clock tick on the shell 
 Except vhen Shep would scratch 
 himself?" 
 
 "And there- were times, wlth'SUiSden 
 
 zip. 
 He'd bice 'himself upon the liipV 
 Ihen turn himself in manner queer 
 To scratch himself behind the ear; 
 €hem like the whirling of a gale. 
 Get up and madly chase his. tail," 
 
 "\7ell Dad, I do noT; want to brag. 
 But since in Prance I serve the flag, 
 I '1-1 say, in running down a flea, 
 Shey never had a thing on ma , 
 In fact, I thinl: I've learned to do 
 Some twists our old dog never knew," 
 
 f AND LICK MY5L-LFNICI:/1^'D^F?V1 „,„ ,. '., ^ . . , 
 
 v2i_l±Lr_lll__! —"^ — ' "V/e u?ed to scold" and put him out, 
 
 VJe would not let him stay about, ' 
 ".hen he "began to thump the floor; 
 But, oh, when I get home once more 
 I'll let Shep scratch the evening 
 
 through,- 
 Because, you:, see,' I've Had "^eta too," 
 
 by Edgar A, Gues-t 
 
 Copyright,. 1918. f By permission) 
 
 •|| HAVE ANiCE BHTH!!"] 
 
 u£SS ScTl 
 
 TIC G;>T|e 
 
 iMrLicTiiviO coo 
 
 
 (GO^iTTTTEEOOTT E_N \ 
 
 ;GlRDLYr DIE FOR THE I 
 
 LISTEN! 
 
 SCiaiTIFIC WORLD ST/iRTLED BY 
 E3CBNT DTSCOVERY 
 Hackman's Karmless Self- Inflicting' 
 Cootie Exterminator 
 gurpasseff/ill expectations, 
 old in convenient sizes. Is fatal to 
 Pediculus pubis 
 Pedicuius corpls 
 
 pediculus capitas 
 Ilasca doraestlca 
 
 Anopheles maculipennis 
 Stegomia calppus 
 as well^as 
 Sold sorss ■ Headaches 
 
 Pimples- Falling Hair' 
 Eruptions ' Dizziness 
 A marvelous remedy for all human ills 
 from the lowly In-grown toe-nail to' 
 the glistening bead pate, 
 
 /iIL HUMAJSITY LAUDS THE N/iJIE 
 OP EAGKMA.M 
 He hath brought low the pride of ?ed«. 
 iculus, comr.ionly knov/n as the Cootie, 
 AT YOUR KCARE5T DRUG STaSE. \ 
 
PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH SEA? ABOARD THE U.S.S.HENDERSOU 
 "To Brighten the Ship and lishton the -Trip" " 
 Trip 13 - No. 9. - Boima. for Bol^d6alac - Friday, March, 14, 19GL9, 
 
 tdLJElLJLnLLA 
 
 Bound for Bordeauxli Again the-reXh&s boon fanoxia sinoo the fourth 
 cornea, the opportunity of visiting a 
 largo French city, an opportunity 
 that can be spent or mis-spent .Many 
 aro there at home who would give 
 much to walk the streets dovm whorse 
 pavements walked Gauls and Romaji 
 Soldiers, to visit the meraorialg of 
 mediaeval times, to enter churches 
 whoae- foundations saw the closing' 
 days of the middle egeS, the per- 
 iod of the renaiesence, the stress 
 of iho reformablon, the clanor of 
 tho revolution, end the birth of 
 modern times. 
 
 As an aid to the chief land- 
 marks they ere here briefly de- 
 scribed in connection with a map 
 shoviing their locations and ar- 
 ranged in e circular trip about tho 
 city. It will be a regret in later 
 years if Bordeaux' famous vintages 
 have been sampled and her d&msels 
 have been interrogated a9 to their 
 ability to speak English, \vhile the 
 privilege- of visiting and study- 
 ing her nistoric sites has been 
 ignored. 
 
 Bordeaux dates from Roman days 
 when the Caesars called it Burdigala 
 and made it one of the principitl 
 cities of Gaul after they had taken 
 it from a Celtic tribe who oallod 
 it Burs V/all« 
 
 Christianity was first preached 
 here during the third century. Its 
 early history v^as tumultuous and it 
 v/as repeatedly sacked. In 1152 when 
 Eonry II of England married the 
 French countess who reigned over 
 this portion of Frajjoe, It passed 
 tinder English rule and prospered 
 thus for throe hundred years. 
 Here the Black Prinee lived during 
 tho fourteenth century, and hero 
 Richard II - Richard, of Bordeaux-wos 
 born. In the fifteenth century , 
 France won the region bac-k, and unda? 
 Loui3 ZV and louis X7I it was raisea 
 to the position it has- since oocu- 
 fled as one of the chief cities of 
 
 It Is-now a city of 300,000 
 population, the capit61 of the 
 Department of Gironde, and third 
 port of Franoe in foreign a:id^coast- 
 ikse trade. It is ono of the" import- 
 ant French industrial cities, ex- 
 porting fruit, 8U3ar, elr^-ss and 
 
 Iswe.lrv etc/ in addition to its lienus, in the third centuiy of 
 i«^«^ «4r,nrT.n'of wines for which it lour era. 
 
 lorge exports 
 
 dentury. It is a port and coaling 
 station and has a Naval School and 
 observatory. It is advanced in the 
 cultivation of arts and sciences 
 and has many fine buildings. Its 
 museum, the Grand Theatre, ita 
 churchesj-are indicative of its 
 culture. There is a university 
 ••vhich in pre-W£r d^^ys numbered 
 20CO students. Some of the old 
 gates of t,he oity are still left 
 and the old mediaeval sections of 
 the city ate distinguished by the 
 narrow crooked streets; fh6 sub- 
 urban residentail sections, how- 
 ever, are beautiful and modern. 
 
 The approach from Bassans via 
 Lormont is either by ferry or by the 
 trolley which goes t-o the end of tVid 
 scventoen-arched bridge leading? Into 
 the city over the Girondo River 
 from la Bastide, 
 
 Having crossed the bridge a 
 turn to tho right, following the 
 quays along tho river leads to ^ 
 the Place dos Quinoonoes {a) whion 
 occupies tho forraOr cite of tho 
 Chateau Trompeile, one of tho 
 fortresses built to overawe the 
 city after the French retook it 
 from British hands at the end 
 tho three hundred years of 
 foreign- control. In tho Place 
 will bo seen'*-statue9 by Maggesi 
 fl858) of Konteigne, tho famous 
 French Essayist of the sixteenth 
 century, and another of Hontcs- 
 quieu, the philosophioal histor- 
 ian of ths eighteenth century. 
 
 To the right of the top of 
 the Place is the Jardin Public. 
 (2) and a few steps to the left 
 of this is the Y.M.G.A. (3) 
 a convenient center on the Place 
 de Tourny whioh thoroughfare 
 i3_qne of the centers of the city 
 Several blocks up the street in 
 back of the "Y" will bef ound 
 tho remains 61 a Romein amphi- 
 theatre, known as the Palais 
 Gallien (4) tho principal part of| 
 which serves as a gateway across 
 a street, exceedingly picturesque 
 In its bands of g^ey stone and 
 red brick. Glhe medals which have 
 been found here causa the oon- 
 straction of the monument to be 
 attTibtited to the Emperor Gal- ■ 
 
SIDELIGHTS 
 
 vN>: 
 
 
 
 
 Walking to the left sone blocks, crossing the Cours^de'l'Int.endflnce 
 end then to the right two blocks tov.-ard the Cours d* Albret, the beauti- 
 ful cathedral of S&lnt Andre (5) is sccri. It is now the seat of an Arch- 
 bisl^opric and was 4esigned end built by -English architects during* the 
 English occupation in the thriteenth to, fifteenth centuries. The 
 pribcipai facade at th© toorth trenscept v/as built by Pope Clenent 
 V when he wag archbishop <?f Bordeatix and his statu© occupies the central 
 plllfer' of the portal. The low nave of eeyen bays, v;ith arches of great 
 span, dates from the end of the twelfth century. Detached from the 
 cathedral rises the Tour Pey-B*rlancl taking its nar-ie from the archbishop 
 by whw> it was rebuilt in 1440. The modern spire supports an inege ofl.Tary 
 
 Near the cathedral is the Iluseum (6) containing a large collection 
 of pictures anoni? which is a portrait Jby Ilurillo. To the left of the 
 Museum is -the Hospital of Saint ;Vnt1r#/aounded 1390, and behind this is 
 the church of-Saint Eulalie (8)whlch was consecrated 1174. 
 
 Dorm near the river stands the interesting tv/elfth century church 
 of Saint 'Croix (9), Its rich facade bearing a representation of Saint 
 George and the Dragon. Further toward the cities center, near the river, 
 rises the great church of Saint Michel (10), founded 1160 and rebuilt 
 in the fifteenth century. In the fourth ohapel is a sculptured Descent 
 froa the Cross, The Isolated tower was built about 1480 and its guardia^i 
 v'tll admit vl^itorai td) "subterranean vaults full of dried corpses like 
 •those of the-itfapi)utfclrii at Rome, 
 
 " Again turning tdward the heart of the city the Porte de 1' Hotel de 
 VUl^Q fll) la reached which waa 'built by Henry III of England about 1850 
 and is now used as a alock torer. Walking back to the Place de Tourny 
 th6 Grand Theatre is passed,, opposite the Cafe Bordeaux, (12) which is 
 one of the finest in Europe and within whose walls many royal ceremonies 
 have beeii held with elaborate pomp and show. 
 
 It is an opportunity t.o visit Bordeaux. 
 —J — -, .. — ■ _4 
 
 Til T^TT nrrTPoi" ^"^^ Crew; Band Concert and moving pictures, 
 lU~iMi Utii Poj- Oiflcers, Band Concert and moving pictures. 
 
 fr. 
 
PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE U . S . S . HENDERSON 
 "To Brichten the Ship and Lighten tho Trip" 
 Trip 13 - No. 10 - Homeward Bound - Thursday, March, 20, 1919 < 
 
 stdelt'ehtb" 
 WHAT IS IT? 
 
 The Salty Shoot 
 
 Published Daily 
 
 For All Aboard 
 
 The USS Hendcrso 
 
 By the Chaplaln_ 
 
 And the Crew 
 
 /uid YOU 
 
 To Brighten 
 
 The Ship 
 
 And Lifihtcn 
 
 The Trip 
 
 For All 
 
 But especially 
 
 For You. 
 
 It is tho great 
 
 llorth Atlantic 
 
 Daily. 
 
 It prints your - 
 
 Favorite newe 
 
 '..Tiether you are 
 
 A financeer 
 
 An artist 
 
 A farmer 
 
 A boiler maker 
 
 Or like the rest 
 
 Of us 
 
 Looking for a 
 
 Rich Girl. 
 
 You will find in it 
 
 The Daily I'evs by radio 
 And announcements of 
 n The Movies 
 
 "EDDD 
 
 A/^dRK*' 
 
 The EKecutive Officer congrat 
 ulates tne Army officers and the 
 troopG aboard for the spirit of co- 
 operation thus far shovn, and he 
 hopes it will be progressive dur- 
 ing the voyage. Active cooperation 
 from all will add to the health 
 and happiness of all aboard and 
 v/ill tend to improve zdverse ccn- 
 ditions that ni&y arise. 
 
 .•jld the "Stunt lUghtS" 
 
 And the "Sin^s". 
 It will. tell you 
 v/hcn and V.Ticre to nali 
 The smokes 
 •And the candy 
 And tho fruit 
 And the comforts 
 Issued bjT 
 The "Y" 
 ;j-id tho Rea Cross 
 
 And the band concerts 
 And the jazz orchestra 
 And the boxing tournament 
 Vnd the Sunday services 
 
 And the "K of C", 
 
 It will print 
 
 The cartoons 
 
 YOU v;ill hand in,aY.'d. 
 
 The joke that 
 
 Tickles the 
 
 I'ifth rib, 
 
 YOU will-v/rite. 
 Perhaps you wrote for 
 The Union Hews 
 Or the High School Paper 
 Or tho Collece Weekly 
 Or perhaps you never 
 Tapped Latent Possibility). 
 You have made history, 
 vr.iy not write it? 
 Break into print. 
 
 (CDNTlMUED.PACir^) 
 
 SHlPi^ATES, BDRDEAUX-BnuND. 
 
S I DIX If S5 S 
 
 ^•-tJfc/WpiB 
 
 UMSHAm- 
 
 Thd follcs at 
 honWvhave helped to 
 
 trip of yours as 
 comfortable as pos- 
 sible by reaching 
 out to you throuA-h 
 the Red Cross, tna 
 Yj and the E ef . 
 These three orsaxi" 
 Izations hive load- 
 ed tho Houclcrson 
 vriijn. {jocd things 
 
 W E L F A R'2 !p' a G R A M 
 3'ot 2?o-Ilay 
 
 10 Z & RedOroSS lemons 
 icsued to seasick 
 
 10-12 EcdCross office hours 
 at v.'elfaro Office , 
 y orangies j.sgued with 
 0hip»s cLiarer 
 RedOrosa lemon ^Irops 
 issued at Office 
 y Office hour 
 
 CHOW 
 1.30 
 
 2 -3 
 
 3 ~4yfe of office hour 
 
 for your voyage. TTr, 
 Ache son of tho Y hs-s 
 aboard 4S oasos of 
 0r«GO2i apples, 44 
 oases of oriMiges, 
 some leraons, 4000 
 Chocolftte tars, 4000 
 oiearettee, in &ddit» 
 ion to tirixinc nateri 
 ials, athletic coodSj 
 and minor supplies. 
 Hr, Owens of the KofC 
 has sirtiilar supplies 
 aboard, though in a 
 lessor quantity, whil$ J^T $haw i>t ths Rod Cross has pa jams, sweaters, 
 handkerchief d , towels, uad6rwear, bathrobes, canes, toilet articles 
 of all kindBi copfort kits, and ecm crnady and smokes. 
 
 These welfare workers have a wrelfare office in the 'upper deck • 
 the one above the main deck - af$ on the starboso-d side, froro which 
 they will issue their materials at certain definate times each day 
 as announced in their daily welfare progran. Xocdc at what they have 
 for you to^-dayl 
 
 These materials will bo given out to one end all except the Red 
 Cross supplies which will be given to individuals as need' arises, If 
 is asked that an applicant for such articles as bathrobes, or tov/els, 
 etc, have a card or note frqi^ the officer in. charge of his compartr.cnt 
 authorizing- his request. 
 
 The Rea Cross rfepresentativo is'elso ready to give information 
 conoerning Insurance, Uaturelization, Com]>ensation and sii-ailar questions 
 and the K of C representative has information <;nd data relative to 
 s-Tployment. More will be said of th^sc matters in another issue. 
 
 These men ar«j here to serve yru - they are on the job and know 
 their job. They will do anythinc in their power for you. A Catholic 
 Arny Chaplain, Father Veit, is also aboard v/orhing' ertong the men, and 
 the Ship^s Chaplain, Chaplain Pry, can easily be reached through a 
 note dropped in a Sidelights' box. 
 
 To-morrow afternoon f rem tJ^o'. .to 
 three o'clock you can get your French 
 noney changed into good American cash 
 at the provisions issuing rooni, on 
 the port side of the main deck. THIS 
 MAY BE YOUR DULY OPPORTUIi'ITY ABO.IRD. 
 
 I 1 
 
 CREW»S IJBR-\RY V/IIL BE 
 OPEW TO-DAY 
 5.15 to 5»45. 
 
 To Show the troops raoviee 
 in A- 505, all r.ust be out of 
 the compartraen't below, A-406, 
 that the hatches may* bo closed, 
 A number are seasick:/ and vi;e 
 v.dll not ask them to move yet. 
 Troops v;ill haVe their novies 
 in a day or so, and are not al- 
 lowed forward during the hours 
 of the crew's movies, 
 
 /vinuiES 
 
 For Crew in Carpenter Shop at 7,30 - 'TRY WilLEY JOHUSOHI'-S reals. 
 
 For Officers in Passenger Officers Hess f 
 "PIGHTIUG ?0E LOVE "-5 reels, featuri 
 
 at 7.30 -. 
 
 inr; Ruth Stonehcuse. 
 
 HERE'S WH-\T WE IVBRE DBIVLm AT IN PAGE OlIE:- 
 
 How about YOUR contribution 
 
 To Sideli,:hts? 
 
 A short siiappy stcry 
 
 Or a poem, va~^,'« 
 
 Or a boost, boistrous or heroic. 
 
 Or a !aiock, sad or seasick. 
 
 Or a ;joke, jovial or painful 
 
 Or that cartoon. 
 
 Or a comjJient of any kind. 
 
 Write it now. 
 
 Drop it in s Sidelights' box 
 
 In the Passenger Officers Moss 
 
 Or the barber shop 
 
 Or the crov/'s compartment. 
 
 This is 
 
 Your last chance 
 
 To see your pen in print 
 
 Before you shed the khaki 
 
 And slip into 
 
 Drinlcing clothes. 
 
PUELISHEI) ON IHE-aiGH atAS ABOARD THE U.S .S.IIEilDSRSCN 
 
 ,"To Briehte>j, tho Ship end Lighten -the Trip"- 
 
 Ttip IS - No. 12 - Honevrard Eo\ina - Setuxday/^ftftrch, 22,1919. 
 
 PHDEHRM 
 
 SATlTPr&Y 
 
 chow - "Y" orang«3 vHll be issued with the ship's dinner. 
 
 2.00 - Troop's Movies in A-.505: "THB CASE OP BECKY" & "WHOSE BABY?" 
 
 "I ran out of A-406 a't 1.45 to close hatches.) 
 5,15 ~ Ci-ew's Library open. 
 7.30 - Crew's Movies: "FLAIffiS .Q? CH/JJCE" & "HAPPY HOOLIGAN" 
 
 ""^ snip's Orcheatra friLll play. (For crew only) 
 7.45 - Officer's irovie3:"THB SILEl-IT XADY" 
 
 Chaplain Veit will hear c.OnfesoiOn preparatory to to-aorrow's 
 services in his stateroom, No. 3, superstructyre deck,. starboard, 
 TO-DAY from 3.30 to 5.00 and 6,3Q t(? 7,30 
 
 SUI^DAY, 
 
 6.30 - Mass in C-501 conducted by Chaplain Veit.^Opf). barber shop). 
 9.00- Mass on wGlldeck, conducted bych&plain Veit, WEATHER PERMITTING. 
 10.00 - Protostant Service on welldeck, 'led by Chaplain Pry, assisted 
 
 by Sfecretary Acheson, with raupio by tho ship's 
 
 band, TOATHER PEK^aTTIKG: ' ^"' 
 
 If the weather ^is unfavorable, the 9 o'clock mass v.'ill be held in 
 A«5054*-Chaplain.7v/ill. conduct a" 10 o'clock protestant service for 
 the crew in tho carpenter shop, whilo Mr. Acheson will hold a 
 similar service for the troops at tho sarao hour in A-505. 
 
 Officers are Cordially invited to attend all services. 
 Church call will be sounded throughout the ehip five minutes before 
 the services* 
 
 1,30 "K of C^" will issue csndstit welfare office. 
 
 2.00 Troop's movies in A-505: "THE SHI? OP DOOM" & "THE BLIND PIG" 
 
 (All out of A-406 at 1.45 to olos6 hatches.) 
 •3.30 Special Sunday Afternoon Band Concert, v/elldeck. weather permittin© 
 5.15 Crew's library open. 
 7.30 Crew's Kovies: "HELL'S HINGES" featuring WILLIAM H-VRTE. 
 
 Jazz Orchestra will play. (For crew onl-"-) 
 7,45 'officer's ilovies: "BUP.NIITG DAYLIGHT" & "HAPPY HOOLIGAH" 
 
 Ship's Band will render concert. 
 
 H.f.R. 
 
 Welfare office open all 
 day. Red Cross and Y havo 
 for distribution, 'tooth 
 brushes and paste, 'germ- 
 icidal .soap, combs, etc. 
 tho K of C has boxing 
 gloves . 
 
 Daily from' 4 to 5 Rod 
 Cross .jaau iwill be glad 
 •bo discuss qilfestions 
 01 Insurance, Naturali- 
 sation, etc, 
 
 Jfeep this issue for 
 ref errence/' ' 
 
 Are you keeping a file 
 of SIDELIGHTS as a record 
 of your trip?' 
 
 Next issue will appear 
 Monday. How about the 
 dohtriTyutiou boxes? 
 
SIDBXlttETS 
 
 FROM SIDELIGHTS' BDXES= 
 
 ( 9 
 
 THE IHE7ITABIE MY WAGE 
 
 'Twao eroT so«. I bargaiiied with life 
 
 The cw.n who eeefce to rule In turn is rulfed; for a penny, 
 
 There wa3 a r.an, his title, rruaoie's King, And life would pay no 
 
 'The thought to conouer all the roalms of earths- more, 
 
 For iorty years his armies he preparsdj However I begged at 
 
 Until they lost all semblance of huinanity, evening 
 
 ind so lost fear. Th&y ceased to reason Wlien I counted my 
 
 A.S to right or vorong, and car^e to looTc upon scanty store. 
 Their King as God, and Kim 'to question rot. 
 
 He ruled 'vith hand of iron, nor any word For Life is a just 
 
 Of his mad drearii escaped his border line, employer. 
 
 Until at last his plans "."ere all cotr.plGte. Ho pays you what you 
 
 &nd then upon a trivial e-cuce ask; 
 
 Ke threw his challenge down to all the vorld, But once you have set 
 
 And scat his mighty amies to tho fray, the wages , 
 
 •find babes and womGn suffered at his hands, Then you must bear the 
 
 And homes \vere ruined and virgins v.'ere despoiled task. 
 To glut the venomous hatred of "Le Booh". 
 
 And every nation Save Air.erica I worked for a 
 
 Allied against this mighty war maChtno. menial's hire, 
 
 America not wishing "laT but peace, Only to learn, dis- 
 
 Took Insult after insult with a smile, maycd, 
 
 Until, aroused at last beyond control, That any wage I'had 
 
 She threw undreamed of power against th*? foe, asked of life. 
 
 And cleared the sea of all its lurking death, LIFE WOULD HAVE J'AID. 
 
 And forced this Eiiipdrcr to bend, the Imee. - - seL. 
 
 - - - j\merica fought for 
 
 The hosts of right have conquered in tho fray; Democracy. 
 
 A nation once oppressed has been set free; She got Victory. 
 
 A man «iithout a country is the King Germany fought for 
 
 vho thought to rule the world. Victory. 
 
 B.B.POSTBR. She got Democracy. 
 
 USS Henaersori. Selectea. 
 
 GH DEATH - WHERE IS THY STING? 
 
 '"HOMEWARD BOUND" 
 
 Death stalks In many forms . At the top of page one 
 
 Each snuff ed-out life has Its own tragio meaning. Are two words that mean 
 
 There are the sightless eyes of the doUghboy 
 turned toward the black sky overhead, seared 
 with passing rockets, in No Han's Lgnd. 
 
 The sting? It is the sacrifice of youth for war. 
 
 There is the little baby, silent, immovable. 
 
 The sting? A life of promise, vmfulfilled. 
 
 There is the father, cut down by an accident in 
 the prime of his manhood. 
 
 A lot to you and me - 
 "Homeward Bound". 
 V/hen we see 
 The statue of Liberty 
 Do you think that 
 We will cheer? 
 Many a throat will 
 Feel a lump. 
 
 *he sting? The family, struggling, left desolate. j-iany an eye will 
 
 There is the death of Charlie Noble 
 . Noble Charlie Noble • 
 • His end miserably linked with shooting 
 Charlie, a product of the navy. 
 The Sting? 
 
 A doctor (no names mentioned) racing, hatless 
 
 down the deck to give last medical aid. .. 
 
 A Chaplain, white and tense, (no names mentione^as on]y a soldier can 
 seeking the death bed. In the army 
 
 A Red CroSiS worker (again,ettiquettical silence of civilian life, 
 as to name) digging into his stocking for the cash 
 wherewith to notify Charlie's fe^mily of the facts. K«G«0« 
 OH DEATH - WHERE IS THY STING? a»C» 
 
 Be xwt' 
 
 Vie who return, 
 
 Though we return 
 
 With the marks of battle, 
 
 Thank God 
 
 That we are allowed 
 
 To soldier 
 
PUBLISHED Oil THE HIGH SEAS ABOARD THE -U.S .S .HENDERSON 
 
 "To Brighten the Ship and Lighten the 1*ip" 
 
 Trip 13 - No, 14. - Horaeward Bound - Tuesday, March, 85, 1919 > 
 
 ^ 
 
 r^iEm 
 
 How about a six-bout program for next .Saturday rLftcrnoon? Every 
 trip" the Henderson stages a boxing carnival, and if the weather holds 
 good, despite- the fact that this is the thirteenth trip, wej.can 
 run off one .of the best tournanjents our topsides has witnessed for 
 many months. 'Therg &re about four hundred doughboys aboard in A-I 
 physical condition and 
 pany of them probably 
 wield the mitt. The 
 
 crew has weights from ^ ^— Cf<**] 
 
 a hundred and fifteen 
 to a hundred an4 eighty 
 pounds* 
 
 Weather permitting .^ ^ _,. 
 the event will bo held ^i:^^^=:;^::i!^\ L05CIT 
 next Saturday after- "^ 
 Doon at tv;o o'clock 
 ,on the forecastle if 
 there is no roll, 
 otherwise on the well 
 deck. "The band tjIII be there- with bells on^give us the music, and the 
 crowd will cover every available space. There will be a prize of ten 
 dollars put on every bout, which will run for three rounds ,*• three 
 minute grinds and two minute intcrnissionR-lhere' will- be thres judges - 
 
 two from the army' end- one 
 from the navy. 
 
 'This is not for blood, 
 but for an afternoon of 
 good g-Dort for all, and IT 
 IS D? TO OUR SOLDIER PA33E1I- 
 GERS TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS. 
 You don't. have to be q pro- 
 fessional, This is en amaturs 
 contest, so take a rhan»e 
 with the rest, 
 
 .Drop your narafi, weight, 
 and your compartment number 
 in SIDELIGHTS- bpx or see 
 Chaplain Pry. 
 
 In each boat we viant 
 a man in kahlci facBtng a 
 wearer of the blue - so 
 let's make thie fight the 
 best ypt*. 
 
 iV^piy to the Ziof c. 
 Secretary, Ilr. Owens ^ at the 
 welfare office for boxing 
 gloves for your tryouts. 
 Best quality gloves of all 
 weights are aboard for the 
 tournament . 
 
 Monday's SIDELIGHTS 
 will have a write-up of 
 your bout# 
 
 K.^P^.LJN"'^ 
 
 'r-JCINE-.-AIMOSTT AITY HENDERSOfl DECK. 
 PARTICIPANTS: -ALMOST AIIY SOLDIEH. 
 TI^E : - FREQUENTLY- RECmREENT . 
 
Editor,. Chaplam^H.J.Fry.. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ I = E T S ^^^ 
 
 sociato Editors ;Tho Ctovj. 
 
 THEDUESTJON:- 
 
 THE STRETCEERr-BEAEER 
 
 My stretcher is one scarlet etain; 
 And as I tries to scrape it clean, 
 I tell you wot— I'm sick with pain 
 For all I've 'eard, for all I've 
 
 soenj 
 Around me is the 'ellish night, 
 And as the war's red rim I trace, 
 I wonder if in 'eaven's height 
 Our God don't turn away 'Is Pace 
 I don't care'oose the crime may te; 
 I 'olds no brief fer Icin -or clan; 
 I 'yrins no 'ate: I only see 
 A3 niau destroys his. brother man- 
 I waves no flag; I only know. 
 As 'ere beside the dead I 'wajt , 
 
 A million 'earts is weighed witi* 
 
 woe, 
 A million 'omes is desolate, 
 •In drippin' darkness, far and near 
 All night I've sought them woeful 
 
 ones. 
 Davm shudders up and still I 'ear 
 fhe crimson chorus of the guns, 
 look I like a ball of blood thp sut: 
 'Angs o'er the scene of wrath end 
 
 wrong , 
 "Quick! Stretcher-bearers, on the 
 
 run .' '; 
 Prince of Pecicol 'Ow Ipng, 'OV? 
 
 long? 
 
 Prom "Rhymes of a Red Cross Itan." by H. W. Service. 
 
 THEANvSWER:- 
 
 .YE THAT HAVE FAITH. 
 
 Ye that have faith to look with 
 fearless eyes, 
 
 Beyond the tragedy of a world at 
 strife, 
 
 And know- that out of death and 
 night shall rise 
 
 The d-awn' of ampler life, 
 
 Rejoice — whatever anguish rend 
 the heart-- 
 
 That God hath given you a price- 
 less 4i?wer 
 
 To live in these great tims an3 
 
 have your pS'rt 
 In Freedom's crovrtiing hour, 
 That ye mav tell your 60a9, that 
 
 see the light 
 High in the Heavens, their h.eyit-. 
 
 age to take, 
 "I saw the Powerg of Parkness ^\i% 
 
 to flight, 
 I saw the morning break." 
 
 Written by a young Australian in the trenches of 
 Gollipoli. 
 
 The Editorial ^taff takes groat pride in offering the following article 
 
 nr PERSONAL RECOLBGTJ-aN 
 OF CHARLIE NO. 
 
 
 To the Editor of Sidelichta. """ 
 Sir: 
 
 I regret the necessity cf ny 
 terrupting your Current issue jusits 
 it goes to press, but the necessity 
 is imperative. First, naval etiquette 
 dGmaads the elimination of the article 
 Secondly, the cultivation of dignits. 
 Thirdly, the need of conserving dtp- 
 oipline and finally the desire oot 
 to of lend sensative natures. 
 Very truly yours 
 ROl. N. CENSOR, 
 
 Per Board of Censors. 
 
PUBLISHED ON THE HIGH Sfi-IS ABOAiO THE U . S . S . EEITlSPuSOM 
 "To Bl-ighten the Ship end Lighten the Ttip» 
 Trip 13 - No» 1% - HoihQwarA Eovind - Friday, MareK, £1, 1919' 
 
 THE CHEW'S HECEPTIDM RE3DM 
 
 v;e aro glad we have a Crew^e Room, even though it is a small on©/ 
 Hany ships have none at all» Because it is small every one of us must 
 do our part to make it serve tho largest number In the best way. 
 
 Window seats have been installed. It has been painted. The library 
 has been sorted and catalogued. New cuunions a-e in place. A raclc fox 
 the new'magazine covers will appear, as will one for tho phonograph 
 records, and pictures have been purchased. But you must do your part. 
 
 W© want to keep it open during the day, for those not on duty, and 
 v/e want it to aocomodate as many as possible. During the evening hours 
 the magazines will hereafter ba placed on the tables in the port side 
 of the forward compartment, to give their use to a greater number and 
 to relievo the bongestion in tho Crew's Room. Further, the following mias 
 n'lll be structly observed: 
 
 THERE OM] BE lIO'SltOKIUG lU THE CREIV'S EOOll. Not because there 
 is any objection to etnoTting but because a cigarette butt almost ignited 
 one of the new cushions, made of inflamable material, an^^had to be 
 slaaiiod open to prevent a fire. Further, in such small quarters the 
 dirt. from matches and stubs soon piles up. HO SMOKIIIGI 
 
 PEET SHi\LL BE KEPT OPP THE CUSHIOHS OP THE V;iH3X)r/ SEATS. Hot 
 that we care for ladylike manners, but the cushions are madd *f immita- 
 tion leather and will soon wear out. 
 
 THERE 5H;J:.L BE MO SLEEPING ON THE 'WINDOW SEATS. Not that we 
 Object to rejuvinating slumber, but space is at a premium. 
 
 How it's entirely up to YOU - and no one else. If these rules are 
 observed the room teill bo open all day. if they are not observed it 
 will only be open certain hours. How about it? It^s YOUR Room. 
 
 CHEW - fiTTEHTIDN 
 
 If you did not Gct a Red Cross 
 s*-eater or other knitted goods ycu 
 wanted, last Friday, speak to Itr. 
 Shaw, the Red Cross representative,, 
 and ho will have your order put 
 aboard whilo in port. 
 
 If you need any'STJOoinl or tooh- 
 liisal book for 'study, which is not in 
 the ship's library, glvo the Chaplain 
 its title, and it will bo put aboard. 
 
 V/e are putting baseball stiiff 
 aboard - cheap balls for use on tho 
 desks and better material for ^^t.c in 
 port. If wo get a layup at any tJine, 
 S. team will be formed. 
 
 Since Sidclichts is not pub- 
 lished in port, tho chaplain will 
 mal*:© anv announcements he- has for 
 tho cxew en a bulletin board which 
 will be hund near the log room; 
 Watch it for notices of donees, 
 anci socoial Sttractlons for the 
 men ihthe seiyice, in Hew York. 
 
 "Vi'hy aren't you in your hammock, Bud?" 
 "/w, I"^an't sleep in the dark." 
 "Can't sleea-in the darki yJhy not?" 
 "I fiunno. Guess I'm a light sleeper," 
 
 TURN IH'YOUR LIBRARY BOOK, 
 THIS EVEIIIKG . 5,15 to 6.00. The 
 end of tho quarter is hero and the 
 library must be checked up. A Isit 
 of outstanding chits will bo posted 
 at noon. If YOUR name is there, get 
 in your book to-night or make 
 special arrangements to hold it. 
 
 - \C0fiE5l! J 
 
 KROLLEn OUT, 
 ROLL Er.OU Tj 
 
 FOUR BUCKS 
 SPiYS I MAKE 
 
 V — — -~~" 
 
 W.w.F.F.-(» 
 
S ID BLIGHTS 
 
 E£LitQri-Siiaplaiu»H*_J-._Erjc-^ « AsaQciaie-Eaitarat-ibe-CiemL. 
 
 THE siwwQMmQEOu THE sguthe: butt, 
 
 It was on AVERY quiet evening a"bout one BEIL of the first watch 
 when the 3 teaming watch On the souttlo hutt went into session. Lulce' 
 McX-uIco, chief passeB8§r*s mate, and DEAN of sea lawyers took charge, 
 for he was alv/ays LEIELE to run the watch as he was enDOV/ed with the 
 gift of gab. He made a Salty figure in his GREY sv/eater and \ffiITE 
 trousers, with his BEAR feet, for he had to V/ADE across the ALLEY by 
 the B.IR30UR shop getting therfe. 
 
 •"I'm minded of the time", he said, fingering the LOEBS of his 
 ears, "when I was e YOUNG- fellow and tated a LIBERTY in Fev York. I 
 had a v;ad of MONEY but I headed for an old friend of mine, a BREVffiR 
 Vfiio always Invited me in for a meal end let r.e use his own GOLDSTEIIT 
 •which must have held a quart. Believe me, kid, them v/as the happy days! 
 But I^m OPPUTT all now. And say, talk about the EATOH; how his wife did 
 feed me." 
 
 "As I left his house t noticed it '.vae a bad night and the wind was 
 getting COULTER. After several minutes walking I passed several old 
 SARIN'S I'iELL what did I stumble upon but the body of a girl lying on the 
 sidewalk. I was right on her when I first saw her end had to HOFPE over 
 and then turn BECK. 'HOWE did she get there', thinlcs I to myself. «If 
 someone has made a KILL GORE shall be spilled 'in revenge*. She sure was 
 a s?;ell dresser and might have been a SIHGER. POOR girl she was lying 
 there on the cold STONE pavement all DENOP. I let out a HOV?EI.L and as 
 lucK would have it I heard someone yell, "I'm CUMvIINGS" and up come 
 another gob, a lad with an ARMSTRONG and sturdy and looked liked he 
 might have been a PAYHTER. "Take a HOITHUH an(i we'll PISBER out of the 
 puddle" says I. "Look's 'like she's got a swat on the EOKO" says he» 
 "WalTE a minute" says I, "TJhat can be BUU CAN you STEAKER with a pin 
 to see what she does?"." 
 
 "V;as she a QUEBi: or jtist a EUSSY or some old HAAG?"interrupted 
 Slim McGinnis, while Butch asked: 'H/'as sho shlendor oder fadt und 
 VEIT?", but Old Lulce just gave them a look that could SLAY anybody. 
 
 "Her hand FIELDS warm" says the gob. "iet's raise her pretty 
 VffllTEHEAD." "That's TRU ITT might help", says I. 
 
 "Aint this just DEVINS" interruptea Mushy Rivers, the yeo-kid 
 who was soft on every girl he met and that minute had several TOIIES 
 under his arm all about rose-BOWERS and mossy GATES and a shady GLEN 
 end the stream's rippling EDDY. "Did she FRIZZLE her hair and act like 
 a KOKET?" asked Mushy. 
 
 "Shut up", shouted Luke, "If 3?ou weren't one of my POSTER BROTHERS 
 I'd WAAK you over the PATE." 
 
 "Don't be ROTH with me" answered Ktishy, " and don't SCHNUR at me". 
 
 "AS I was saying" resumed L^tlcc, "This girl was of about eighteen 
 SWftlERS, with BROWN eyes and a CHEEK like a strawBERRY, and she was'nt 
 the FORWARD sort, either, \lhen she came to, maybe she was'nt chipper 
 and BRIGHT VfEIL she was a peach. "Where am I" she says. "You're there, 
 kid" says I, and being I had the price in my roll I asked the gob to 
 cell a CARR or e HACKMAN, but h3 had made ft BOLTE and left me alone." 
 
 "That Was a BIRD of a fix", says Slim, "Vfhat kind of en outfit 
 did you get, a COUPE?" 
 
 "No, an old outfit that looked like the one-hoss-SHEA I learned 
 about in sohool, hitched up to an old nare with a CROOKSHANK. And 
 say, maybs that driver was'nt BLACK V.'BLL he looked like the ace of spades. 
 
 "Go on" said Slim, "I'll bet you did'nt know ^That to dQ". 
 
 "Pipe down" yelled Luke, "I'm telling this. I don't want any SAGE 
 advice or butting in from you^. You need a new TENWEHT in your dome, you 
 BOEHM-head. You nui^t bo looking for my strong left to let out a PUSH AW 
 cut out your noise". 
 
 "Don't R0HR3IAM" said Slim, "I DCOLITTLE to interrupt you". 
 
 "I don't give a DEM" said Luke, "Don't let me hear another Y.*^? 
 from you." 
 
 "Oh SHAW" said Slim, "I don't need a CANNON to convince me. Have 
 a HEARTIIAN end go on. For the sake of HARMONy I'll shut up, for I'm 
 iveiting to hear how this chicken in the BROWNRIGGS and you plighted 
 your TROTH and you became a BENEDICT". 
 
 "You dirty PRYed, COOKed DILL pickle" shouted Luke, es he started 
 after Slim, "You'll need ARIvIOUH before I'm done with you". 
 
 But Slim was far away and the sveannng watch on the scuttle butt 
 was ovf-fi for that night. 
 
 Is there^a soldier aboard who will 
 offer to letter song slides, and 
 makes several signs for Chaplain 
 Fry-superstructure deck-port-forward 
 
^SIDELIGHT 
 
 PUBLISHED ON IHE HIGH' SEAS ABOARD 2HE U,S.3,IIENIGB30ir 
 "To Brighten the Ship ahd lighten the Trip" 
 Trip 13 - Ho, 18, - Home^jard Botmd - Saturday^ Uar<}li,fi9, 1919. 
 
 I lUrrl J. - Lj rarsL L-jtL. JL. tU UJ, and tosufflolen* nunbosr of bouts. 
 1,15 The Red Cross will iss\i« dkooQl8,t«9, aad the K» of 0. will give 
 
 out oandy at the welfare office. . 
 
 2.00 Troop* 8 Moviae: •'DRY , VAI-LEY J0HSSOB"(STOW AWAY ^L MESS BEJ3CHE3 DSgP) 
 5.15 Crew'e Library Open. All books nciBt -be in hoiote arHval a't_Ne\v_YotK 
 7.00 Liformal tall: before "Fhe no-7i'e8""by ila'Jor leyor,"tJS'A7 ^or crew/- 
 -The ship.'a QUARTETCT will sing.- 
 
 "THE HMERICBNS IN EERMBNT 
 
 7,45 Crow's Movies t "DOR QUIXOTE" Tha Jasa Orchestra will play. 
 8,00 Officer's Movies: "THE SAHiS LOOSSA" Ship's Band will play. 
 
 Chaplain Veit will hear c6nfe93i6n prcxiaratory to to-norrow's 
 Bcrviftos in his stp.tcroor.i', Ho.' !S,' 'on the supers truoture dock, star* 
 board, TO-Il"iY from 3,30 to 5.00 ^iid from 6,30 to 7,30 
 
 -SUNDRY 
 
 6,30 Mnsg in C-501, conducted by Chap. 7©it.(Opp63ito barber Shop) 
 9,00 Mass on welldeck conducted by Chapl&ln Veit, VfSATHER PSRHITTIHG. 
 10.00 Protestant Servio^ on welldeck, led by Chaplain Fry, assisted by 
 
 Seoretery Acheson, with nualo by the ship's bond, WEATHER PKPMITTM). 
 If the woather is unfavorable for welldeo\: servioes. Chaplain Veit 
 \7ill hold the 9 o'clocl: mass in A-505, and the 10 o*olock protestant 
 service will be devided into two sections i Chaplain Try *111 conduct 
 a ten o'clock service for the orew in the carpenter shop, while Mr. 
 Acheson will hold a similar service for the troops at the same hour 
 in A-505, 
 Chnroh Gall will be'aouaided throughout tho ship ^st proceeding eaah service. 
 Officers ere invited to sttondf 
 
 li30 the K, of C« will issue "chocolate at the welfare office, 
 
 2.00 Troop's Moviesj "DOB QUIXOTB" (Stow away mess benches used) 
 
 5,30 Special Sunday Afternoon Band Concert, welldock, woather perrdtting 
 
 5.15 Crew's Library Open - Remember^ all books i_n at £nd of quarter. 
 
 7,00 Infernal talk before tEe~inovTeB Dy"'C&p'iaTn 'S'annay, USl/for ar "aw: - 
 
 "AMDNE THE BLPS" 
 
 7,45 Crew's movieS: "THE SABLB LOCHRA". The Jazz Orchestra will play. 
 8,00 Officer's moviao: "BBY VAiLEY JOHHSOH". 
 
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 «r-}pTii*TTh6 Reft Cross will iesue i 
 \ A - \/\/sweateri5 to you to-day 
 UiiL yJiat 8.06. Limited Tiunber, 
 80 be on. hand for obe. 
 
 All "Y" books nast be ro- 
 
 Tnnnrr^"*- * dooks nasx oe ro» 
 -J UUturned by Monday evening. 
 
 -.iiUUI U^ y^^' P^^* ^^ this, that 
 there vTill be books for tho next trip" 
 
 IMPDHTanT 
 
 Bcfinnlng Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock all 
 SIcK TROOPS will assonble by companies on the 
 main d^olc and march throu-gh 0-501, tha barber 
 shop» This formation is for the purpose of 
 ©hacking e&oK.nan, and making sure that YOUR 
 Baa© is on tho paBsengfcr list, and to decide 
 whether you aro to be discharged iianediately 
 or go *o B hospital for further treatia»nt, 
 
 LT. D. M, FlEMMIUa, Traneporb Personnel, Adjf 
 
 Ensign Forward our cartoonist, would appreeiati 
 feceiving ideas for cartoons from ruanbers of 
 the crev. ifhich be .'Will work up. How about it? 
 
SID2t,I0HTS 
 
 EditQJi„Cliapl3iD.Hj.J*El-y„__, 
 
 .Asi!ini§t6^5di|ov3J^||^^fe\V 
 
 m DDE: TD THE STAQILISCH 
 
 They launched the good shit) 
 
 Henderson, 
 A sturdy craft was she, 
 :.3ut !cnown to pitch lilie a 
 
 bucliing mare 
 Upon the xolling coa. 
 
 Then Old Nan Sperry had a gane, 
 A stabilizer rare 
 
 To hold the Henny calm and poit^ed 
 Despite the raging mere, 
 
 'T\7a3 nade of gyroscopic wheels; 
 It weighed gome ninetjr tons; 
 It occupied a lot of space; 
 It called forth tcany puns. 
 
 But sad to say It dld'nt v.'orlc. 
 In fact, it made the Henny RQII, 
 ■■'hen target practice made demands 
 Per motion of her hull. 
 
 The junk wao canned. 
 But still grew hope 
 As o'or the Ucn.iy's gangv;ay wide 
 Appeared friend Mack viiih crafty 
 dope. 
 
 But Wack was helpless in his task: 
 The sea was calm; the Henny still. 
 And Mac> sat idly by to wait 
 Our expectations to fulfill. 
 
 Then ceme the storm. The sea grew 
 
 rough. 
 The Hcnny pitched. The- liennv 
 -lied. 
 
 The time "was ripe for Maok's new 
 
 trials, 
 But Mack v<^a3 seasick, be it tcldl 
 
 Yot on T'Q hoped, though In despair. 
 She Btab\Liso"r had our goat. 
 And wo were from Miesonri'e state 
 l.Tiore doubters grovj to size remote. 
 
 At Bordeaux, lo, another chance; 
 Young Sperry cornss aboard the ship. 
 And now the gyro's going to spin, 
 If his shrewd plans meet with no slip 
 
 "For he has hanmors, and buckles 
 and screrjs. 
 
 And all such things as geniuses 
 use; 
 
 Ti"J0 tops for pattern^, 
 Curious fellov.'s, 
 A charcfial pot and a pair of 
 bcllov.13, 
 
 A carriage Cover, and an odd 
 built trunk, 
 
 A piece of harness and straps 
 and junk," 
 
 A fcvj Smell tools and wa:: and 
 tv.'ino -— ■ 
 
 But above all else, a faith 
 sublime, 
 
 Itarch on bold spirits 
 
 With faith sublime. 
 
 Ignore our jest, ' 
 
 Attain your quest. 
 
 Stand with the rest 
 
 Who have conquered time. CC. ■, 
 
 'mmim^^^^^^'m^ 
 
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 ^^/AflnCH QN BOLD SPIRITS^ 
 
HASirEV^ERHAPPE/MtD TO K)U ? 
 
 BY VV.J.F.F 
 
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 PROAUNtNT 
 
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 From SIDELIGHTS. 
 
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