Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24
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Todnv.e mail from san Francisco
brought interesting and ncwsy i'',ei'
from 'ho Utah volunteers IN inc "a
aiac. Among them were two rom
"Newa' correspondent TheY are
spicy and well worth reading Inc 'u''
text Vi them L. % follows
on the Icaylne Pacific. Fourteen
Hundred Alncs From Honolulu july
"soupy. soupy. soupywithoui single
bean.
Porkcy. porkcy. porEcN without
streak Of lean"
SO goes the mcss-cail three times
day. with every revolution Of the
screw we are going farther and farther
away from all we love on Garth and
setting nearer aud nearer to scenes OF
strife We have had no news since
leaving San Francisco over two weeks
ago, and though spain may have
given up her useless and scnselosa
struggle before this, and though Ma
nila may be In the hands % our army
aiready there. and tho war may be
practically over. we know nothing Of H.
and have no cause to think otherwise
than that we are going to battle
nold where many OF us will lay down
our lives for the cause we love. stu
60 look around on those noisy and
bolstcroua volunteers one would be
led 20 think the war had ended and
they were returning TO their homes
victorious. one would naturally sup
pose that under the circumstances
these men would be thouEhtful at
times, and that n anything would
make them mindful Of future state.
present conditions would. lBut no, this
10 not the case Tho most car.spllttinE
laughter and hlood-curdilng oatha and
ohHcenity are floating through the air
nj OH times. blood and thunder
novels, cards and boNing.gloyca are
the most popular means 81 killing
time. and hy far the majority of en-
listed men on this ship seem 10 have
never known anything more clcvntug.
For two thirds u those aboard, woman
h. at times the sole topic Of conyofHa-
tiOn. To one who ever knew a moth
er'H or sisters love and who Htill re-
tains a tcaapllnfui Of fcif-fcapcct,
nothing more ackcnlng thrl the con-
ditlnns medc manifest BY the CONVEX
nntlou ~ these men. Hut thank God
there are some noble souls aboard
here. solf-mcrlncinR men % hearts
have enlisted because they could love.
and II doesn't require a prophet 20 for
tcll that they viii prove the best and
hraveat soldiers ON the field. and that
n they return az all, II VIII be with
glory pcrchcd ON the banners they
carry.
ADAY HAPPILY LOST.
:. Los,-ons full grown day Of twenty.
four hours, here In the Pacific ocean,
The Under will be rewarded 10 the ex-
ten, ~ 0ne-htlf ~ my entire fortune,
pr0yiilng h. thraws u overheard again.
FOR have no use Tor u whatever.
The best feature NJ this voyage IL che
losing - AuEur' Nih; and I only wish
we could lose a cay very day We are
furfeitsi with day The creates, re-
fret We have In renilln 20 this trip II
ihe days We haven't lusi, n we had
all lost vs. many days a. most OF u
have Lost dinners, lie on che no de
Innelrl would be one grand hNasi
iream. Beans and bareback are more
~ be desired than all the days such AZ
W have iuit lost. that can De crowded
Into a thousand years, Aa FAR as 1 am
concerned that black son % ain who
burns The biscuits ana half cooks che
pctrlfed meat We arr OBLIGED o. cat
can have that lost day. ana an the rest
10 takes 90 complete this voyage. I
Wish CoAnel Frost had that last day
and couldn't get rid Of % until he
changed the unuccc ssarlly evil c0nll-
lions on this ship, Cor which l under
stand he l. responsible. l wish with
my whole heart that the man or men
whl had our Kitchen and water closet
placed alln by side, tho man or men
VINO think closets 90 accommodate
flurteen are ample for one thousand.
the man or men who make "a thousand
or ~ volunteers wash In fourteen tln
wnnh-haslns. ana In salt water. and
who compel Us 90 drink an the frtsh
water We get from one I'm Gun. and
wha have decrocd that from p.m. nm
next morning, che pump. an Invalid
arrangement that can be used only
about half the time, shall wear a lock
and chain, thereby making Il imp1s-
nble TOR a private, ~ matter now
thirsty h. u, 60 got a drink Of any
kind, and through lack N every m.
mane feeling have made the lives 81
one thousand American soldiers All Inn
uncomfortable. had that last day.
wish the unpatrloilc captain III this
ship had that lost day. for making
AmerieAua nuy the privilege N sleep.
lng on deck by working along win
allen, rai-eatlnE Cinnamon, who ara
pau Tor the work n Il We're not for
mat lost day, I would wish the forero,
mig enemies Of the private soldier In a
place a thousand fathoms deep. hui "A
Kind Providence has made d p1sslble !,
wish them slmethlng Infinitely w1rse
August which We have Jus, Nst I'M
the Pacific. ~
THE SHIP SHOWER BATHS.
Since beginning this letter An hopr
ago, We have crossed the iSOth ionril.
tude, and have skipped from August IN
20 August 9Th. n We hnd skipped two
or three hundred milcat OF ocean travel
Instead of the three meals we wouij
have eaten on the sth. had We moi losi
that day, and for which we are sDreiy
In need. there would be great reIololns
among Us. True, We are grateful for
the loss Of day, sr we are intensely
weary OF this voyage ana the treat.
ment We receive. SIN, the thought Of
the pork and hoamA We didn't get on
the day we lost and mars somewhat
the. but the hu>ss calls 10 battle. We
must strip, clean and nlthy together
diseased and healthy alike must strip
and together Ike so many swine rDvol
IN the delights Of "A shower bath, 10 the
disgust % many and amusement 0i
officers. Every private aboard n com
III" n ~ Mp ~ IA ~