The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-17
SOLDIER LETTERS TO THE FOLKS At HOME.
Yesterday There Was a Big Bundle of Mail for Montana Towns Bringing Tdino
From the Members of the First Montana Regiment and
Livery Line of 1t Was Welcomed.

pleasant and the trip has been char
acterized by a fairly smooth sea and
favorable winds. The ship has mad,
good time under these conditions, aver.
aging about $50 miles every "a hours.
The time aboard ship has been mad,
pleasant for many OF the men by rea.
son of the fact that the generous peo-
pie Of San Francisco thoughtfully put
on board several hundred standard
magazines and periodicals. There has
been an abundance Of good reading and
the men have enjoyed many pleasant
and profitable hours. The regimental
band, under the able direction of Band
master Roberts. furnishes excellent mu-
sic every evening on the promenade
deck. There are some frst-rate sing
ers aboard. and every evening after
the band concert the boys sing songs
and tell stories and pass a pleasant
hour or so in good fellowship.
one of the most popular and most
useful men on the ship is Chaplain
George II. Stull. He is the idol of the
regiment. By necessarily laboring to
help the sick and by constantly COM
PORTING the distressed he has gained the
love n admiration of all, %independ-
ent of sect or creed. Rev. Mr.. Stull
never tires in well doing. Day or night.
his services are at the disposal of the
SICK. His prayers are short. but his
purse is long and his heart is big. He
looks after the mail with ndefatigable
energy. He sees that every letter or
paper is promptly delivered. II there
is a man aboard who wants to write
a letter home he goes to the haplai
Tor the necessary stamps; IL he is sick
can cat the army rations the
chaplain rustles him beef tea or orang-
es; If he is shy of smoking or chewing
tobacco the chaplain is appealed to,
and Is always equal to the occasion.
The chaplain is the good angel of the
expedition. He has a smile and a Joke
Tor everybody. and the boys have
learned to respect and admire him.
Last sunday morning Chaplain Stull
cohuucted ieHglous services IN The up
per deck. IT was an intensely imprsh-
slVe sight to see the deck crowded with
nronzed men in uniform sitting around
the listening to his reading of
.he scriptures M singing hymns they
hau not heard since childhood. Sunday
mornings sermon was brief but clio
quent ana touching. The chaplain
asked the soldiers to remember that
hN "ASt manu- lHdI ruled the plp-
ments guarded the deep, and that wind
n waves must obey His commands.
Many an eye was bedimmed with
tears as the speaker prayed for the
safety and comfort of the wives and
mothers and children who are thinking
of their absent soldier boys in homes
now far away.
1t is probable that Hercules Cha rette
who is i'll with typhoid fever viii he
left at Honolulu in care of his brother
Adolph, who is a member of Comnany
OF Great Falls. The physicians feel
sure that the patient will recover as
soon as he gets where he can receive
proper attention.
Since leaving San Francisco we have
sighted three boats. all coins in the
of the Golden Gate. They
were all sailing vessels and were seen
the hrst day out. None of them came
cioser than four miles. and therefore
signals were not exchanged.
IL is understood hat the course of
Inc pennsylvania has been out of the
track to Honolulu. This is proh-
In accordance with the plans of
he war department.
When we arrive at Hawaii the colo
lei commanding will make an effort
o get rid OF some of the troops now
IN board. 1t is thought that the Cali
ornia recruits will be left ANYWAY
daJor Adams, surgeon in charge. has
a strong letter to Colonel
calling attention TO the great
y overcrowded condition of the Penn
ylVania and urging that some of the
roops be put ashore at Honolulu. Ma
or Adams frankly expresses the opin-
On that 1t would mean disease and
eath to many to continue the Journey
the Philippines with the present
lumber of men aboard. In the British
rmy there is aid to be a regulation 4,
the shipment of more than
~ troops on one vessel. The Pennsyl- {
ANA is an experiment. She carries {
lore men tina any other ship which I
as left San Francisco for the Philip I
Ines, and she was sent out alone. IT $
truly awful to contemplate what ,
light happen should his ship attempt
cross the Pacific and meet with any =
Ind of a serious mishap in mid-ocean. I
certainly does not appear to be the
'urse of wisdom to send his transport .
18th all of these troops without a con- /,
oy OF some kind. ,
1t is possible that we NAV have conn :
my from Honolulu forward. The i'm .
prevails that the Rio de ia !,
erio will overtake us there. '
Colonel Kessler said to the Stand :
IDS correspondent last night: 1T is !,
yainst my wish to have so many men u
this ship. i protested in San Fran
SEQ against taking more than the
ontana regiment aboard, but my \
shes were not regarded. Now that
e trip over from San Francisco has G.
amonstrated the total in~adeauacy OF =
e accommodations for so many men. .
am going to try to get rid of some of :.
EN- at Honolulu. II General Otis Is q.
that point when we arrive I feel =
re he will sanction a change. II he =
not there I will take the RESPONSE !"
lily myself of leaving the Califor- "
4 men behind. / feel that l would 1
more subject to censure II "a