Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1919 — WHEN BEATTY PUT TO SEA [ARTICLE]

WHEN BEATTY PUT TO SEA

<Llke Drake of Old, Commander of British Fleet Left the Tenths Court for Battle. Scarcely had I arrived at Aberdour when 1 learned that some unusual report had come in from the sea, Lieutenant Hunter writes 'ln thy World’s Work. The admiral had arrived before me and continued to talk on his open wire for some moments. The fleet at once dropped from four to two and one-half hours’ notice for steam and shortly afterward was making preparation for departure at a moment's notice.. When Sir David cam® out to the tennis court he suggested that 1 need not answer the recall dgnal from my ship as expected, but •etukn with him, “I don’t believe they intend to shove off without me, he added. We- started our game, but over the wire the admiral had thrown the into the kennels and already the leaders ->f that great pack, so apparently listless a short hour before. were bristling and snarling on the new-found trail. With a pleasant smile Admiral Beatty Jerked Ids racket .toward the Firth. From the court which overlooks. th«> entrance Could be seen the first of Re screening groups as they slipped quietly- to s<-a. Division followed division.. aS «le*tFoyers, light cruisers and scouts passed on to Iheir appointed tasks. The grand fleet was in motion. In motion at the direction of Its great' commander In chief, who. while actually commanding his fleet by wire, was also my partner in a game of tennis. Messages came to him too often for his liking, as far as the game was concerned. Several he dispatched in reply, but it soon became too hot. forcing departure for a sterner game.