, but went down with
the ship.

"About fifteen or twenty minutes after the ship sank, the submarine
appeared on the surface about two or three miles to the westward of the
raft, and gradually approached until about eight hundred or one thousand
yards from the ship, where it stopped and was seen to pick up one
unidentified man from the water. The submarine then submerged and was
not seen again.

BY MOTOR DORY TO THE SCILLY ISLANDS.

"I was picked up by the motor dory and at once began to make
arrangements to reach the Scillys in that boat in order to get
assistance to those on the rafts. All the survivors then in sight were
collected and I gave orders to one of the officers to keep them
together. The navigating officer had fixed the position a few minutes
before the explosion and both he and I knew accurately the course to be
steered. I kept one of the officers with me and four men who were in
good condition to man the oars, the engine being out of commission. With
the exception of some emergency rations and a half bucket of water, all
provisions, including medical kit, were taken from the dory and left on
the rafts. There was no apparatus of any kind which could be used for
night signalling.

"After a very trying trip, during which it was necessary to steer by
stars and by direction of the wind, the dory was picked up about 1 P.M.
by a small patrol vessel about six miles south of St. Mary's. The
commander informing me that the rest of the survivors had been picked
up. I deeply regret to state that out of a total of several officers and
one hundred and six enlisted men on board at the time of the torpedoing,
two officers and sixty-four enlisted men were killed in the performance
of duty. The behavior of the men under the most exceptional and trying
conditions is worthy of praise, and the following cases are a sample of
the spirit of the men under these conditions.

INSTANCE OF RARE SELF-DENIAL.

"One man removed parts of his clothing (when all realized that their
lives depended upon keeping warm), to try to keep alive men who were
more thinly clad than himself. Another man at the risk of almost certain
death, remained in the motor sailor and endeavored to get it clear for
floating from the ship. While he did not succeed in accomplishing this
act (which would have undoubtedly saved twenty or thirty lives) he stuck
to his duty until the very last. He was drawn under the water with the
boat, but later came to th