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50 Journal of the American Societ)• for Psychical Research.
dream the previous night. This is only one of many similar incidents
disclosing in advance coming events in connection with the
life of this lad.
Last ] uly my son, now an officer in the Signal Corps of the
U. S. Army, sailed for Eur.ope.. Twelve days after he left an
Atlantic port, and we felt satisfied that he had landed safely, I was
in my study when, suddenly, in the midst of my work, I was compelled
to stop. I became greatly agitated; at first I was at a loss to
account for this intense mental excitement, I leaned back in my
chair and closed my eyes for a few moments in order to regain my
composure. Instantly a sea scene was before me; I saw clearly a
jarge convoy of ships. In the midst of them I saw the dark form
of a submarine come up out of the water and prepare to launch a
torpedo. It was so close to the one transport that I saw most
clearly that our gunners could not fire on it. From somewhere
beyond the range of my vision came a shell sinking the submarine.
The sinking was the only thing that was perfectly clear. I was so
impressed by this vision that I put down the date and the hour and
minute; I went downstairs immediately and told the family, that
our son had been in danger and that the submarine had been sunk
without doing any damage.
Six weeks later we received the following letter from my son
Corporal Clement S. Fox, acting Sergeant A. E. F.
"We were quite well protected as we left the American coast.
for a short time; then most of our convoy left us and returned, as
there is small danger on the high seas. We numbered better than
twenty ships. transports and freighters. It certainly made a beautiful
array with all those ships pushing quietly through the water.
"We were required to wear our life preservers at all times. In
addition to this, we had boat drill twice a day. ·I was put in
charge of a raft and seventeen men. In case of disaster we were
to wait with the raft until the deck was almost awash, then throw
it into the sea, and jump after it into the sea. This would have
been quite an exciting experience in an icy sea, such as that in
which the Tuscania was torpedoed.
"About two days before reaching port, we were met by a large
number of destroyers, and submarine chasers. How our boys did
cheer the Stars and Stripes! The little chasers ride very low in
the water, and have a very high speed. They dart back and forth
four or five times as fast as the big transports, and give one a
feeling of considerable safety.
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