History of the USSLeviathan, cruiser and transport forces, United States Atlantic fleet . at P. M. on December 24th, and wasdue back at noon on the 25th, which was Christmas, and itturned out to be a gloomy, cheerless Christmas, for most ofthe boys had never been away from home on that sacred daybefore. Their first impression of the city was a poor one—dimly-lighted streets, cold rain, dark alleys, and foggy , indeed, after leaving a land of sunshine and brightlights and coming to a land mostly of darkness and rain. Thesun did not rise during this time of the year until nearly
History of the USSLeviathan, cruiser and transport forces, United States Atlantic fleet . at P. M. on December 24th, and wasdue back at noon on the 25th, which was Christmas, and itturned out to be a gloomy, cheerless Christmas, for most ofthe boys had never been away from home on that sacred daybefore. Their first impression of the city was a poor one—dimly-lighted streets, cold rain, dark alleys, and foggy , indeed, after leaving a land of sunshine and brightlights and coming to a land mostly of darkness and rain. Thesun did not rise during this time of the year until nearly 9oclock, at least that was the time that it was supposed to rise,but it was seldom that we had the pleasure of seeing it evenfor a full hour. Sunset was at P. M., or in the vicinity,so it will be seen that the days were real short during thisseason. To think that we were to spend two months or morein this country! We certainly were sorry for the men whowere stationed there and we would not change places with themfor a Navy clothing contract. The city appeared remarkably [ 62 ]. Upper—A Storm. Center—War Paint. Lower—Disembarking Troops (Liverpool). THE U. S. S. LEVIATHAN true to type and character described by Conan Doyle in hisbooks. Without a doubt our impression would have been muchbelter if we had been there in time of peace. We did not realizethe trials that England had been through in the years beforewe entered the war. Her best men had gone to fight and herstreets had to be kept dark because of air raids. Then therewas a food problem. The German U-boats sunk everythingpossible that came within the range of a torpedo or a gun, so itmay be seen that England depended mostly on her ships tobring food to her brave people and armies. When our crewwent ashore it was with great dismay that they viewed the foodproblem—a meat card, a bread card, a tea card, a butter card,were all necessary for a fellow to get a meal, and what wasworst of all, there was no sugar for
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