The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-24
FROM SOUTH SEA
Arthur Phillips on His Way to
Manila.
WRITES FROM HONOLULU
Scenes and Incidents on the
Voyage.

many people in Wichita and Sedgwick
county know Arthur Philips. a son Of
E. w. Philips. OF aIuivane He lived in
wichita for several years. He graduated
from the Lewis academy after which ne
went to the State University. When the
war with Spain broke out ne sailed TO
Manila with the Tenth Pennsylvania
volunteers from San Francisco. He
writes the following letter to his parents
| from Honolulu:
On Board the Zealandia, About Seven
hundred Miles from Honolulu, June H.-
| MY Dear Parents:-Well as we are quietly
sailing over the billowy waves of the
racine and may possibly meet another
snip before we reach Honolulu that will
take on mail, I will write few lines to-
Day wrote you a short letter yester-
day and mailed it on the Peru, a vessel
| winch we met that was from Hong Kong
ana was On her way to San Francisco.
VIII tell you now about our trip since
we left San Francisco. We received or
oerS on Monday evening a. o'clock to
De ready to take down tents and move
by O'Clock a. m, on Tuesday, conse-
quently everything was asttr in camp by
4:3o Tuesday and by all had reakfasted.
Then we packed our knapsacks and stack
ed our guns in front of the tents, after
this was done we waited orders to take
down tents, which came about $50 a
m In fifteen minutes not a tent was
standing. Wagons were then waiting and
a detail of men from each company was
q 10 fn +ha
ordered to fall in and in q few moments
we were on the way TO the wharf which
was about four miles We reached the
wharf about 1915, very tired and nun
cry, but TO our deli eat the Red Cross
Society was there as Usual to serve the
boys with a dinner. The generosity and
kindness shown to the boys in blue by
this society connot help but be stamped
upon their minds forever After we were
given our dinner We were marched by
companies on to the boat to the quarters
assigned to the different companies Our
company being the last company OF the
Second battalion We we're the last to 60
upon the boat. In about thirty minutes
after our company had embarked the
ship moved out into the bay and cast
anchor where she remained until about
p. m Wednesday. The other three boats
were loaded and anchored in the bay in
the same manner as ours and set sail at
the same hour the next day. There were
many sad hearts when we sailed out of
the Golden Gate for trip of 1000 miles.
what destiny is awaiting him. Wednes-
day was cloudy day and we were soon
out of sight of land, sailing IN a south
west direction. Everybody was we'll and
was feeling good. except that one could
not help but think of the vast distance
between him and home every moment
we were sailing onward. In about three
or four hours you could see crowded down
in hooks and corners of the deck boys
who had begun to suffer from sea sick
ness, but luckily 1 did not happen to be
one of these. although at times 1 felt
dizzy and light-headed. In a short time
you could see these boys rising from
their hooks and corners of the deck and
making straight shoot for the railing |
OF the deck where they emptied their |
stomachs and continued to attempt to |
throw up their whole abdominal region. /
By the way some Of them looked and I
acted they did not seem to care whether /
they lived or not Thursday being a
windy, cloudy day, the boys who were |
sick did not fare much better than they |
had the previous day. 1t was quite an !
experience to some of US to see great !
waves come dashing upon the deck of the /
boat and soaking any one who was fool |
ish enough TO attempt to stand on deck. |
Friday was a beautiful day and it SEEM
ed as though the bright sun and calm
ocean was a great remedy to those who |
were sick, because all began to feel bet !
ter appetites were increasing and every
one seemed to begin life anew. From |
then until the present time, Tuesday,
11:45 a. m, everything went smoo chly and
nicely. On Sunday our chaplain held ser
vices which were attended willingly by
all the boys. There is one thing very
noticeable among soldiers. no matter how
sinful they may be they viii reverence
and hold in high respect any Christian
meeting or any one who attempts to do
right. They look upon sly one with scorn
who tries to make hgt Of any meeting
of this kind. On Monday morning one
OF the ships, the China. went on ahead,
in order 20 inform Honolulu that we were
safe and that they need not send out any
ships in search Of us The China will
4
We are supposed 10 reach there some
time Thursday, p. m, or Friday, a m
How long we VIII remain in Honolulu
IS not known. but few days at least
as all the ships have 10 be coaled there.
There was a general cleaning up yester-
day (Moniay) owing to the fact that one
OF the boys discovered he had visitors
with him in the shape Of gray-bs tNand
when We came to investigate there were
two companies very badly infested with
them. but as luck would nave it neither
one was ours; but I suppose 1t is only
a question OF time with Us until they
pay US their respects. AL this suppose
goes into help make a soldier life pleas
ant or unpleasant as the case may be
Along with these many incidents there
are found 70 come Up. some OF which a.
most cause tears % come % the most
aard-hear;ed man that ever lived. Such
: scene was Witnessed mis- morning from
the Senator. When this snip sailed from
san Francisco IL had on board young
nan who was very sick and he grad
lalIy grew worse untIl las night re pass
I'd quietly % his other home OF course
ne could not be sent home OF taken 10
Honolulu. uevert1e.ess *e Sas given
xatery grave. I; vas d sad scene, the
Tags OF al the ships were a. ha]f-aaS,
and after he was lei down into the ocean
. salute C three sounds were fred. i
VII De L sad scene a; this young u9z1.
2o-ne waea -the news reaches o;s parents
Nothing more 81 importance s2s E2Ppen-
= today. !, hss ;ust been re25r-ed tEas
xe ara about 60 miles yet from Ha-olu-
J. We can; gst there any too soon q