Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-09-13
AcRoss THE PACIFIC.

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Harry w. Donovan Writes OF
His Journey to Manila onthe .
Steamship Indiana.
HEADQUARTERS THIRD Philippine
ISLAND EXPEDITION.
i 3. INDIANA, EN.RoUTE TO MANILA.
July ~, 1888.
EDITOR TRANSCRIPT, LITTLE FALLS,
MINNESOTA, U. s. A.
In my letter Of June 80 I e.id ]
would write you again after our ar
rival at Manila, but We ore az much
In the dark as to what will happen
when we xet there that will write
now and thus make sure thing OF
1T. You see we have had no news
from Manila since We left San Fran
cisco, more than two months ago.
and great changes may have taken
place in that time. hope the city
has not yet been taken possession OF
by the A mprican forces which have
preceded this expedition. for we
want to share in the glory Of raising
the stars and stripes over It.
III take up my narrative where /
left 1t. and the first thing Of import
ance to speak about Ia the Fourth Of
July. The spending 1t on the ocean
under the circumstances which we
did was extremely novel. " course
we observed the day appropriately
and entered into the spirit Of the
celebration more than we had ever
done before. In the early morning
the 23rd U. 8. Infantry. band added
their part to wha tever.noise was be-
ing made. and at about ten O'Clock
the exercises Of the day began.
Brig. General Macarthur. in COM
mand Of the Third expedition. made
few fitting Introductory remarks,
after which one of the staff officers,
Major Kellehcr, read the Declare zion
Of Independence. After the singing
Of "America" by a chorus, Major
Lord made a fine address which
ELECTED much applause. The BIRD
Infantry, band rendered Hail
Columbia" a chorus sang "Battle
Hymn of the Republic" and the
band closed the program with our
national air. In the evening we had
fine display OF fireworks. and the
day. which was one long to be re-
membered, was over.
Then came Honolulu, where we
arrived on the morning III July 6.
The city Is situated on the west siae
of the island Of Oahu. The island ia
very mountainous and Honolulu ia
built on strip Of level land between
the mountains and the sea. About
three miles from land all around the
island, the deep blue waters Of the
Pa cific turn to bright green color
which il b0rdered bv a line Of heauti-
full white surf next to the land. The
hArbor was filed with foreign ship
ping: the mnsts OS the vessels look
ing like Il forest OF poles. The ships
Of particular interest to W were two
U. 3. Men.Of- War, the monitor
''Monadnock, which We had seen In
San Francisco before 1t sailed, and
the gunl,oat "Mohican." At about
noon ON the 9Th the Hawaiian
government ieasted the troops
aboard the City of Para (Minnesota)
and the Ohio. They were fed on the
grounds of the Executive building
and had such repast as only q
tropic al country can afford. On the
7th the troops on the Indiana and
Morgan City enjoyed the same hos
pitality.
The expedition sailed for Manila
on the 9Th but had not been an hour
out of the harbor when a derange-
ment Of the machinery OF the Indiana
made 1t necessary for the Ohio to
tow her back to anchorage for re-
pairs. ny a little after noon of
Saturday, the 9th, the difficulty was
re medic and at 2 O'Clock p. m. the
fleet made another start. this, time
successful; and Honolulu, whose
beauty and hospitality had made
deep impression on US was. a thing
OF the past.
The different vessels Of the e2pedi-
ti0n, which up to this time had
travelled independently Of each
other. were now given definite
fleet arrangement. which has ..been
carefully observed during the thou
sands OF miles which We have gone.
The Indiana leads, with the Ohio on
our starboard side and astern, about
a mile distant, The Morgan CITY &C.
cupies a corresponding position to
our port. while the Valencia (which
carries the North Dakota troops)
and the City Of Para with Mime
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