THE GERMAN AUXILIARY CRUISER, RAIDER AND MINE LAYER "WOLF" LEAVING KIEL ON HER FIFTEEN-MONTH CRUISE, NOVEMBER 21ST, 1916] In a short while we received instructions from the _Wolf_ to proceed due east for sixty miles and wait there for them. The _Wolf_ then left us, going off at right angles. I learned from some of the German sailors that there was a large steamer approaching and that the _Wolf_ would probably run along parallel with her during the night and capture her in the morning. About nine-thirty that night this steamer passed us about a mile and a half off, heading to the southward and westward. She was apparently a large steamer of about seven or eight thousand tons, heavily loaded. She resembled in appearance the type of vessel used on the Pacific Coast as an oil tanker, having the high forecastle head, long bunk deck amidships, and her engines and stack away aft; she was probably a freighter of this description belonging to New Zealand, bound from San Francisco to Australia. When she came abreast of us she signalled by Morse Code, asking what vessel we were; but the German prize crew took good care that none of us could answer or make any signals of any kind. I can use both Continental and Morse and had a signal lamp on board, so that if I had had an opportunity I could have warned this steamer that there was a raider about. One of the first official acts by Lieutenant Zelasko after taking charge of my vessel was to call the cook up on the quarterdeck where he was standing and give him instructions to cook a good large meal for his men, and not to forget to have plenty of white bread. To assist him in preparing this meal for the unwelcome addition to our family, he assigned one of his men as an assistant in the kitchen. In the meantime the balance of his crew were searching the vessel and making an itemized list of everything that they thought would be worth transferring to the _Wolf_. I had a chance to look over this list later on and was surprised to find how complete and businesslike it was. It gave the name of the article, the amount, where located, and a remark as to how best to remove it, whether in the original package, to be repacked, or carried in bulk in large canvas sacks, furnished by the _Wolf_ for that purpose. This is only one incident showing the method and thoroughness with which even the minor details of their business were carried out.