The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-07-23

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little money and they found other little
irregularities and they decided to throw
the three darkies that were cooking in |
the cook house, overheard, but some
one told the officers what was up and |
they made a rush with the guards ard |
finally rescued the three cooks but such |
a tumult you never saw. Major Fig |
gins finally got the crowd settled and |
he read the riot act to the cooks in fine |
style, he told them that the very least |
crockedness on their part in the future
would result in their being thaUwn in
the hold to be dealt with. He spoke
fine, he said the shoulder straps he
wore were nothing but an accident and
proposed to stay right with the men
aud he would see that they were prop
erly treated. He made friends of the
regiment, the Colonel was with him,
and the occasion was one that will long
be remembered. The result is that
Lieutenant Busby of company f and
Sergeant Watson was put in charge of
the kitchen and given full power, This
morning the breakfast is all right and
the boys are happy. The deck is a
sight this morning for painter. The
men are all up on deck each following
his own inclination, some are stretched
out full length on the deck, others are
reading, some are writing, others play
ing cards some at checkers, three bar
bers are at work shaving and cutting
hair. The guards are walking their
beat, the officers OF the boat moving
about their duties. and so on. The
band is playing on the upper deck and
we haye miniture world on this little
boat, even to the sick lying in their
hammocks with the doctor and nurses
bending over them, and the guard
house in the extreme bow of the boat
with prisoners who are debarred from
the society of their friends. / will
never forget the scene. The sea is
beautiful, the sky is cloudy but the
breeze is just right to make everything
balmy. We have gone considerably
south, and it will soon be getting
warmer. We are making about ten
knots an hour, "a knot is about "a mile
and a SIXTH so we are about l,OOU
miles from San Francisco, and 1,20C
miles from Honolulu, quite a distance
from any where. Our companion YES
} sells are out of sight and have been
since the second day out. The order
J was given for each one to get to Hon
olula as soon as they could and coal uI
for the long trip. 1t will take about
J two days to coal up vessel so If We
got into port all together it would delay
us. We think our vessel is second il
the race, but we have seen nothing Of
any vessel coming or going for two
days. We have four Sea Gulls tina
r left San Francisco with US. They fl!
around the ship and keep us company
} otherwise we are alone. The men arr
t taking bath today, a sea water shove
( bath. The water is cold and there il
| lots of kicking but it does no good Il
kick, military order always goes,
t and it is best to submit gracefully.
1 July 2-Another pleasant night o
t Journey and another day entered upon
: [ did not sleep well last night, got t.
r thinking and couldn't stop, did not &c
8 to sleep until about 1 o'clock, had
a good visit with myself but it was no
!. altogether satisfactory, thought muc
!, on the future hope it will result il
d good. Last night about o'clock, W
d saw smoke off to the south west and
= was the general opinion that it was tn
y Indiana as she left us going south thre
l DAYS ago. On account of the roug
9 weather she decided to run with tn
Q wind. We have kept steady south
n west course all the time, not varryin
9 as much as one degree. In the last
d hours we have made just 240 knot
,, The ocean is smoothe and the sailing
+ fine, This is the most pleasuIable wa
q of travelling ever experienced.
g think the contrast of today, with til
Il first 48 hours helps to make the jou
s new more pleasant. The crew and a
y the men keep well. Only one bad cas-
d on board and that is case of hea
1t trouble, almost died yesterday, is bett'
}. this morning, just had talk with hi
d and the boy with the measles. The
is one of the boys that is crazy, gor
It daft over his girl. They say it is ba
d time to think about girls now, out
AZ the Pacific, with four weeks of II