The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-06-09

Washington Bnri
liy mo time those lads IN bluo " our
whp Aro now morrly Houddlng over thr
sapphire rHolnc Philippine. ward nct lhrli
cprhl.duHl shoes IN American soil uEuiu
thcy aro all llkoly ~ bu doop.watcr and
hrlyys weather men NJ the silticnt lypo
with many u Hllyor.mUstlmburHu ana push,
pn.lh'.hkyH'l.hWyatda oHpiotiyo alunnRcd
In with tho clrrrumDaa nnd aantlra.mna
thoy are linblo l0 pick up while they
stroll juyuurly along Dewey street ln Mu.
MIA, to Bny nothing NJ tho alyhna aud
ppuH and other knunka phruHoa thry viii
probably gyt the hang NJ IN tho hnfbor ol
Honolulu whether tbey get lhsir tonguo-
around tho good things lu tho yoolDu.
huob uf tho kHuakaa. SsErDltoa ANA
half.bIcrdh ln tho beautiful palm-soNn
lands lhry aro 30 visit or not. thry arc
Aufu ~ got back 10 tho United BHloa
win lhu over ready demand upon lnr.r
Hips for junk. HrUuHu ana dun. to bg prD.
pared at any ana all imoa 10 "hoayo soup
ana bully uins' at each other. and 90
talk ~ "Hh'pplng green seas as wo Of iho
land talk uf occasionally oycr-noNug
bath tuEH.
II 10 uith,r O romantic expedition. this
American armluda aw,rpiug over ih'
wurld'a suDlimost srb. nnd noW. mlyDo.
,huHo soldiers Who have started fDr ihu
Philippines viii b,glH 20 enjoy Il nll n
lH moderately nufu tp say that not many
vf urm atO enjoying il 40 tho present
moment of ilmc~unly three days ont,
Thcfu IN probably an amount VI bunk
fatigue uni car pounding and longing
fpr any old hand. even desert land. sp ll
ls stable nt this writing. ip maka %
impossible fur many Df lhr lads io truth.
fully aay. ln their nrat lytiors home. that
they enjoyed thu voyage from tho mo-
mrut uf casting un at San Francisco Tho
farlnD. go everybody knows Nhu has ever
sailed over ifa indigo bosom DO hauIl-
capped uy 90 name "l'lD.ny H taken
uy tpl many people lu uu aynpuomuua
with mui.pund. This 10 dismal criYr
Tho la.lg. ia 900 moro often so rpst
than tHu Atlantic, and auy loaEu, 20 tho
voyage from hau Francisco To Manila ,hr
soldiers aro lkry Goo HnI out iho oA-
art meaning 1f ihc ola nklpp,rH aud
aNiaa Family l,au.uauuH a.luHuua go
mountainous HsaB. that ihyy have pIuI-
orcd over Duuounly, with the solid ,lrih
beneath tA,,r !,oi Even ou days when
lir raD.ug ak)a ate ul uubl,mbA,l tur.
quoihc There ia raanC nw,u couple
90 p.ugba iu l,uEtA that makes old tnrs.
at thu outset of "a voyage, sAap t1r A!I
lc lIr th,y can crowd lutD thDlr lungs.
American naval luy,a departing from
San fan,iarp fur tho China station. ur
fpg coast cruises. commonly become too
slick ior any uHr during ihr Nrst couple
10 daya uut. and thv writer knows Ui 80
rHcina mail skipper. Who hah made near
y ,hfrr hundred voyages Goo and 80 Doe
tween Iur,, and Panama. Who never
l4Ila iu pul lu iho nrHi day uf bis regular
voyage between those ports boa hl- bunk.
NuJaEvp departing from san FJHnuircp
Hfc NOT often permitted TO maintain thrlr
show ug bravery very long after tby
steamer lln,a ato east ou The swell ia
Wsded Into instantly tho ship bccumcu
aligned with tho heads pf the Golden Gate
and D, a a swell uf tho perpetual motion
uur, People who claim that tho ul-ci.lyd
choppy sva ip harder on the NAL dc mrr
afflicted than tho long. steady swell that
you wait for. ana time So thC fraction ot
second. and learn Go hate with incpn-
voiyahio bitterness. have not In all prob
ability yuyaEvd on tho murmursomy IA.
,inc Hy tho umr the soldiers on the
transport sh,p1 atc warp,d into tho in-
dcsvrhab.y beautiful hlrbur uf Homo
lulu. however. theyi probably bo making
facva over the side ut tho raclnca glpri-
ous phDsphuros,,ul sWcli.
Tho purut, philosophical lads who
have gone. ur who arc gulug with tho
philippine expedition Wln have an tho
fuu ana experience they can handle on
tho troop ships There ls sur'ly ali kinds
90 experience anyway tu bv had ON a
troop ship Drawing iota. Tor example
TO sec who's booked 10 stand up Rud sleep
and who's 90 have about uuv-third OF a
ruu of huwHrr lp sleep ON In position
complimentary called reclining ls an cN-
citing pastlmr ~ the daylight hours on
board "a troop transport There can bv
no use 10 denying that transports are al.
ways iammrd To the gun's. Fftcrn hun
fred troops cannot he put aboard even 20
Hpa,iouN q steamer ls tho Pckiug without
furnishing material for growls and prob
ably blows among the men so packed IN.
There VIII surely De nothing sincCurc in
the work of the regular guards aboard
those transports. II spatH. ami slugElngs
not lngrvlucnt, are part uf the expected
and discounted routine OF a practice camp
~ regiment ~ soldiers the incidents
NJ this sort In the stccragr OF troop
ship, whore men who sour on each other
over lriNallllvs can't get away from each
others sight, are surely common enough
70 keep a hlg forc-aud-uft guard incvs.
sanity busy, Not that tho soldiers un-
der way aboard "a troop ship make u
shamhlcs of their quarters between decks
and Hnd surceIso of sorrow only IN bang
Ink away at each others heads. but sea
travelling has the cIcct OF making a con-
siderable proportion Of a troop ships
pccvish, pugnatious and unman-
ngcahlc, and this ls the reason that troop
ships never depart from port SHY VI wrist
and ankle irons for the squclching OF the
unruly Never troop ship departed on
voyage, long or short, yet that somc OF
the soldiers did not put In their cruise IN
double irons up In the eyes OF her-not
necessarily bad soldiers, either, but men
too handy with their fists and too hair
triggcrlsh of temper, On the whole, sol
dlrrs who travel brggrd or In irons on
troop ship voyages can't be said to have
tho worst OF IT, They generally have
three times as much room as their COM
radcs who are at liberty, and unpostcd
Of tho guard have to bring them
their food, which saves the brggod vuy-
lgcrs from the necessity OF scramblmg
it tho mess tables for food that disap-
pcurs like sunset mragcs.
Tho military routine Is always kept up
aboard troop ship, just as II Is main
talncd at u military post, The guard Is
I'm the morning, and the men OF
The guard have their regular two-on and
tour-on tricks to worry through, sea-
sick or no se0-sick, on decks that leap
from beneath their feet like runaway ele-
vators, The mon stand revcllle and re-
treat as they do ashore In garrison, and
most OF the other garrison calls are
with tho exception OF fatigue
rall, on the Philippine expedition the
lnly fatigue to DO sounded VIII be at
llonaluln, and after the arrival at Ma
nila, when fatigue call will mean "All
hands coal ship" Tho soldiers will no
doubt be impressed to help In the coal