The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-11-11
LETTER FROM HONOLULU.


Oregonians, regulars and Calltor
mia battery men, and the llshes
have jubilee below.
We have guard mounting ON the
vessel and sixty men go on sentry
duty for the 2+ hours. There are
20 posts and three rsliefs, so that
the guard have hours Oh duty
and 4 off. Their chief duty is to
prevent the men drawing prcmat-
urely from the stores.
The first meal on board was not
very satisfactory, but all officer saw
that matters in the kitchen were
Strengthened out at once and | hear
that the fare is now good. But L
have not personally investigated
Some of US are fasting. Last Sat
urday Serg't Edwards, Serg't Don
Holgate, private Kelsay and l saw
a foot ball game between Berkeley
@. Y. of G. and Olympic Athletic
Cluo. The game was disappointing.
1t Was rough and unscientific, poor
team work on both sides, no inter
ference, constant tumbing and
coarse childish tricks. There Was
some good individual playing,nota-
bly, that of Berkeley left half back.
Code, who coached the o. A. G..
team one season, played quarter
for the Olympics.
Fer speed team work and all
round genuine foot ball playing,
., A. G. eleven of last season could
discount either OF the teams that
played on Recreation Park grid
iron last Saturday. But doub' less
the Berkeley team will developrap-
idly in the weeks that it has before
the Thanksgiving game.
We are having delightful trip;
the OCEAN has been like lake
nearly all the time and after the
, firSi day out there has been little
. sea-lckneSs. Unlike the members
of the early expeditions, We are
! served three meals day, with
5 biscuit for breakfast. The meals
are not bad, but the wire Develop
+ ed appetites of the men make the
| allowance at times seem scanty
From the cook of the officers mess
one can buy fine dinner for 2a
cents.
Tobacco is plentiful and the
smoking and chewing men are ap
parently we'll supplied. The day
before we left camp the American
Tobacco Company agent sent wag
e ons and presented each man Il S'.4
f erou> supply of Dukes Mixture
and Battle AK. Besides this wei
= come gift NEST OF the men had
e prepared themselves with Il stere
5 Some of the non commissioner!
S officers have state rooms on the
t upp.r deck, which facl ri cour>e
II makes the trip ran somewhat more
i pleasant for us than for those com
y PEELED to sleep below, but as al
y can stay on the upper decks dur
;. ing the day, and as the quarter
Y below are kept clean, and wei
e fitted UP as to hunks, electric lights
e electric fans, ETC., the difference i:
J. not great.
VI The Red Cross Society and oul
|. comissary sergcants provided ;
|. large amount of reading matter
t and nearly every knapsack beside
: contained one or more books
# There is no band on board bu
l. IA number of guitars, mandolins
S zilhers, baEjos and other instru
; menls make melody and othel
z sounds, every evening, and voices
J. more or less tuneiul, sing out ole
+ songs and popular ballads of the
e day.
: We are out of the usual track o
d vessels and have spoken no shil
e nor steamer on our trip. The
h Senator is not fat boat, but il
d making exceptionally good time
;. for her. We expect to reach Hon
e olulu Monday afternoon, October
J. Oath, and will probably stay there
e two days.
l. An Oregon man, Dennis Farrell
Y will be tried for striking corpora
s of the guard, regular. His &C
= ton was entirely unjuStifiable anc
:. as Farrell has several other
= escapades to his diseredit, he will
s probably be given a heavy sen
tence OF imprisonment and dis.
honorable discharge.
1t may interest the readers OF
the College Barometer to know
that its former editor, Lionel john
= sou, is one OF the very few who still
profess Il feeling of unwellness
, and the hardness of human nature
is shown in the fact that out ol
the $50 hearts on board there
flows for him not one grain ol
, sympathy. Here is a theme to
: inspire the muse of Denny Sto-
, vail.
l The mail of the Oregon Re-
cruits should be directed to their
: company, Second Reg't, Or. Vol
P. o. Of the Corvallis boys, Bur
| nett, Campbell, Edwards. Good
t win, Hannum, Rogers, Webber
and myself go to Company NJ.
, Don Holgate and Reeves, Com