The herald., 1898-07-10
MoNTEREY sIGNALNG "PREPARE TO TAKE TOW"

some excerpts from his letter. mailed when
he reached Honolulu after the trip with the
Monterey from San Diego, the last stopping
place of the monitor.
He describes his daily life as follows:
'.Our daily routine existence is about as
follows: wake up at six and take coffee
and read magazines with which we are
well supplied, until $50. when am called
and relieve the deck. At 1880 I take time
sight and work 1t out, and at o'clock
have breakfast; at o'clock we have drill,
and at II o'clock take the meridian alti-
tude for navigation, and the afternoon is
spent in experimenting the work on deck.
so that at night I am ready to sleep on
board.
1.-THE people here Honolulu) are all eager
for annexation and the place looks very
American in all details. We expect to stop
at two places for coal, one Of which will
probably be the Caloline islands.
1--WE have towed the Monterey eight
hundred miles, and as we can make six
knots an hour we will take all Of July
probably to reach Manila. The Monterey's
extra weight is 5000 tons, and the towing
strain is equal to that of a freight train a
mile long.
1T was a great disappointment when we
came to, off San Diego, that the enterpris-
ing people of that city did not send off
some small boats and sell us fresh vege-
tables. We expected that they would do
this, but they did not which was their loss
and ours"
1t will be remembered that after starting
from San Francisco the Monterey lost
large quantity of coal from her deck load
during some rough weather, and put into
San Diego for a fresh supply, while the
Brutus hove to, outside the bay waiting
for It; 1t is to this that Mr.. Miner alludes
These excerpts from Mr.. Miners letter are
necessarily fragmentary as they were in
terspersed with personal matters.
Referring to the commencement of the
voyage, he says: II am executive officer
and navigator and have as navigator's as
slstant Cadet White. The weather has
been perfect, SO that have had the ships
air ports open all of the time, and between
here and San Diego the sea was such that
frequently we exchanged calls with the
officers Of the Monterey. We compared
sight daily by signal and never found a
minutes difference.
Williamson Dunn, who is also from Los
Angeles, where he was with the Southern
Pacific company, Is well and enjoying the
trip very much. He is one of the most
popular men on the ship. Mr.. Dunn, the
doctor, and went ashore to Emma park
and heard the music and the fascinating
Hawaiian singing. The people here show
great interest and wonder in the Monterey,
as she Is the first ship of that type they
have ever seen. We had a call from Presi-
dent Dole this morning, and are treated
with every consideration. Neither officers
nor men are allowed to pay for anything;
everything down to drinks Is free, as no
one will be induced to take any money for
anything.
1T will be some time before you hear
from us again, though there is just pos
sibility that we may be able to send some
mail from some of the islands we may
touch at, to Yokohama.
'Young Dandy of Los Angeles, who is on
the Monterey. called on us today, and I
am going to try and have him transferred
to the Brutus.
I'VE steamed into the harbor at $50
o'clock this morning and had the trumpet
The Monterey had preceded us little, and
we passed the Mohican and several trans
ports under the command of General
Green. The sight was very impressive as
we passed close to all of the ships. The
transports had on board the Iowa, Nebras-
ka and Colorado regiments We found
Honolulu In blaze Of enthusiasm and
nothing In the city was too good for us.
Il have been in command twice, once in
the Santa Barbara channel and again al
sea. and I enjoyed 1t exceedingly"
Under the date of June 20 he writes: eve
have been towing the Monterey for ter