Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1911 — MIDSHIPMAN BRENNER WRITES OF IRELAND. [ARTICLE]

MIDSHIPMAN BRENNER WRITES OF IRELAND.

(Continued from Page One.) 13th, “At Sea, enroute to Bergen, Norway.” He says: ‘‘l am afraid it is going to be difficult to write much of a letter this time as there is not much news and I am so nearly tired out that 1 am half asleep all the time. I guess if we were to visit another place like Berlin and Germany I would not be able to get back at all. I certainly had a great time, although I got all the liberty I cared for, for once. “ "At Kell there is a great deal to see although there is a similarity that becomes monotonous. The navy, and they surely have a fine one, and apparently took particular palps to display it before us. All their ships were in the harbor while we were there. They have two more ships than we have, but I believe our ships are better and much more ably manned. When they go out to battle practice their maximum range is 6,000 yards, while ours is nearly 15,000 yards. They have about 20 battleships and cruisers in the harbor and it sounded like a young battle when they fired a salute on the 4th of 21 guns each.

“We will probably get into Bergen tomorrow as We only have a nttle farther to go and from there it will be homeward bound. 1 don’t know what there will be of interest to see over here, but will probably find something. I am beginning to feel like getting home again, although the time has not been so long as it was on my first visit and the cruise has been far better but I am getting tired and with it comes that desire to be at home again. “It seems rather strange in these parts not to have more than three or four hours darkness and that only twilight One can go to sleep any time almost, for it is not necessary to wait for it to get dark. 1 will close now and write again and te:l you about Bergen after I get ashore ”