The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-03

(put up, and remedied this trouble. We
all turned in one blanket each, and al
the men emptied the straw from THEN
ticks, and turned them in. This will
make it cooler sleeping in the hold.
still hold my stateroom berth. The food
has been all right to-day, though we
had bacon for breakfast. I am trying
to learn to eat it, but it goes down like
medicine.
Have written charges against several
for attempting to sell blankets at Hon
olulu, and one for stealing fruit Of a
Chinaman. His papers read, from a
civilian, a Chinaman." A Chinaman is
not a civilian, and he can beat it if
he is wise, through the error in charge
Frank Skinner and I get together in
the stateroom (there is hardly room to
turn around on deck), and eat crackers
and jelly, and it is like the vacations
when we used to lie around half dress
ed all day. We all take it easier this
trip, and things in general run
smoother.
August 6th-Warm, cloudy and
sultry same old thing - life very
monotonous. The men are draw
ing tobacco from the Commissary.
they can draw canned goods, but of
course we cannot. We seem to run at
as high as fourteen knots for an hour
or two, and then suddenly slacken to
eight. Frank is doing five days IA
tigue, helping clean decks, with about
a hundred others, for absence at Homo
lulu. Men all reading or gambling, and
their favorite topic is their discharge.
= &c
large drops, not at all unpleasant;
much better than the hot sun. Am
doing nothing but read, as usual Most
Of my cigarettes were stolen, and I
sold the balance, and quit smoking en-
tirely, so drew no tobacco to-day. Am
still getting fat and awfully lazy The
boys are filing everything that will
hold water from the dripping awnings.
The fresh water tank on board is kept
/ lukewarmi from the furnaces. Some sit
around with long faces and think of
home. but 1 am among those who make
the best of it, and try to keep up my
| spirits.
Later-We were given bareback in
stead of fresh bread tonight, so the
food will grow poorer. now, 1 guess.
We lost the Puebla last night, but
she came I'D from behind after the
rainstorm this afternoon. They say
there is a man in the hold who can
not be awakened, affected by the heat
and stencil. He has been lying there
all day, while the necessary red tape
| is gone through to have doctor see
/ him.
The boys are all talking about storms
and typhoons to be encountered in the
China Sea. The ship seems to roll
worse during the night, and one can
only sleep we'll fat on the back, for
| to sleep on the side rolls you first one
way and then the other, and it is i'm
| possible to sleep that way.
! August 1th Raining heavily this
morning. Still issuing tobacco from
| Commissary charged to the men, for
which the officers stand good. The
! First Sergeants are also issuing salt
water soap to each man, a thing great
! ly needed and welcomed Puebla can
not be seen through the rain, but will
probably show up when it clears. The
men are huddled under the awnings
/ on the starboard, the rain beating in
/ from port side. 1t is warm, and does
not give one the miserable feeling that
/ cold rain does.
/ The men are greatly pleased with
! the tobacco, and those not smoking are
/ squirting juice over the side.
! Later-We are to have boiled sweet
/ potatoes once a day, and to-day our
/ troop We're issued a can Of peaches
/ to every three men, purchased from
! troops funds at Honolulu. 1t is rain
/ ing heavier than I have ever seen it,
and the men are sliding around on
/ the wet decks UP above. One can
I hardly see over a hundred yards from
/ the ship as the rain looks like fog.
August Sth-Splendid clear morning,
/ indicating a warm day. For break
/ fast We were given sliced ham, pur-
/ chased at Honolulu for S Troop. To
/ their credit, let it be said, they are
actually feeding US decently.
/ They say we have made nearly 1000
miles already, and are running at good
! speed all the time now The good
/ food keeps all in high spirits, and the
men are noisier and jolner this trip.
/ we had a game Of whist last night in
our stateroom, and spent very pleas
+ ant evening, indeed Just occurs to
me that it was Sunday Not one man
out of ten can swear to the day or
/ date, and Sunday is the same as any
on board
Later-We cross the eighteenth me-
ridian this afternoon, and tomorrow
will be Wednesday, the 10th, instead
Of Tuesday, the 9th. They also pre-
dict a typhoon for tomorrow or next
day. Perhaps we had better arrange
our tin pans. We had stewed prunes
/ for dessert Yes, they are doing very
/ we'll this trip. We saw several por-
( poise a couple Of hundred yards to
the south to-day. Been pretty busy
+ writing charges to-day. It seems the
men are getting a little unruly.
August 10th - Fair to-day; rained
! during the night. Sighted the Pennsyl-
vania and Rio about twenty miles to
I the southwest this morning, and are
rapidly gaining on them. Have seen
numerous flying fish this morning; saw
| one fly 100 yards. 1t Is a standing
/ joke that we skipped a day in order
to catch the other transports
Later-Passed the Rio and Pennsyl-
vania at a distance Of twenty five
yards; could hear the band play and
the men exchanged shouts of greet
ing. Think we are going to lead the
other three.
Later-Earned five pounds of sugar
writing a list for the Commissary De-
partment, so will have sugar in coffee
now. Men are all we'll fed this trip,
and can be heard whistling and laugh
ing everywhere. THE way to mans
heart. etc"
August 11th-Ffne, fair day; rather
cool The Puebla cannot be seen, and
she must be down the hill behind US