The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-08-12
FRIDAY
HAWAII TO MANILA
Lieut.. Phillips Log Book.
ON Board the Cltv Of sydney

, On Board the City Of Sydney.
y June 4th, at 9 O'Clock we left the Bay
, OF Honolulu, amid cheers and steam
/ whistles blowing. for Manila, five thous-
, and and thirty miles away not expecting
, to Ere land again for twenty days. After
we went TO sea about twenty ont OF the
eight hundred were sick again. Among
these were Verick and Worrell.
Oar positions as we are going is the
Charleston in the lead, about mile, the
City Of Peking on the ileft, Australia in
the center and the City OF Sydney on the
right. At some time the distance is
dius al . mile. Messages are sent back
and forth every day from the ships.
. The L. S. Navy always go to sea with
sealed orders. and this is no exception 70
the rule. On Sunday morning Capt.
Glass, of the Charleston. opened the
sealed orders, and the instructions we're
10 go TO the I~airone Islands, whieh are
located about fifteen hundred miles from
Manila, aud aboBt one hundred miles |
from our regular course (sou,h). With
the instructions that a gun-boat or two
belonging TO the Spanish. tha; he was
TO take in on his way over, just Tor the |
fun Of il.
There vas little incideat that hap
pened on beard the ship the last night |
at Honolulu. the sailors and deck hands |
came on boari drunk and began 10 raise
4 racket, and fight among themselves
The officer Of theday tried % make them |
- to bed but they were in Tor q fight. |
He drew his revolver aud told them the
first man that opened his mouth ne |
Noni5 shoot II finally quieted down /
10y pniting them IN the lock up on board /
u ship. The next morning they xerc /
al right but the fireman and coal hezv-
erS sent on 4 strike and all had 10 be /
Locked up. they Tclusez! 20 80 10 work /
which - Tnntlny On trip Of this kind,
and punishable is death only. After
they had bcea Locked up awhile COM
gnantier Phelps went TO see them and
told them they would all lie ooars-fnar-
tailed At Manila and every last che Of
them Shot there are q on this bat.
i lie weBS away aud left them. and in |
ahoai atssen minutes they sent for him
and said they we're ready 30 20 To work
Since sheH Nc have had no irouh5e.
There IS VERY lsgGsc sickness on board. Il
tao cases ot measles.
ANY one who has not been on ste sea
woald b. interested IA knowing hox
/ everything - liked ~ IL aliI noi slide .
around The tables and stands and all
s4se chairs are fastened IN the tiusog. the !
dishes are keps on fhe iAbss by means OF !
ladder. tao ladders length vss. along :
The side, and OF top os she table MI.is i.
elastic and between each rnng yoar :
paAle Is ses and ali dishes zs 4 general !
thing have 20 he where they will not slip | I
around fou can io<gn sssaie idea how !
the bczi rolls whsn tell yol there are / /
times that j, Is impossible to walk AcFc.Ss =
the tioor, dishes ard everything would Z
slade OK is4e table on ACCOUNT ul the slant /.
Of ihe vessel. czuuos explain IL. j, has i
so av seen 10 lss appreciated There Is a i.
;eFr1tsse tauseness one day Asis- another /:
and nothing o. Interest has happened up =
10 ;his date. June 9. Thursday Il.
Tn tomorrow morning n I o'clock &c :,
will Tass the iss1 Iuagistsdc which puts =
IS on ihe eastern hemisphere. or in !,
other words we have gained 4 day, as a
THURSDAY - the 9Th ot June and io-mog- a
ToN - the IlIh Saturday 50 We have lost .
Friday Al. Catholics can eat meat all 4
this week. a
SandAy. June lash. We are now !.
farther south than Manila, which - :,
longitude seventeen. We ara noS sixteen !,
00 2s-leo. The reason ~e are farther b
sosith u that We are ening 80 the La 4
drone islands which are about enc hund- =
red miles farther south. and about fit !,
teen hundred miles this side OF Manila. :.
The weather Is not 90 very warm most =
OF us are Wearing car regular saIis yet,
With lightweight underwear. About I
such weather as We would have in Ore 7
suu this month. .
Since leaving Honolulu the boys are .
ell getting bread 10 eat once per dAv. aud :
the general quality oi the rations Is bet y
ter, and a ii,Ile better system about it. i
We are moving according 30 orders, a +
little over sis miles an hour. We ex-
peci 10 reach Ladronc islAnsis abou; one r
week from today, and there will be about i
seven days run after that, SO without !
9uy stops we would reach Manila about !
June a5sh, but We may lay over at the
islands awhile.
Flying fish AZ first were quite curios- j
iiy. but are 50 plentiful now that we .
hardly take any notice Of them. They ,
are very pretty fish, generally small. the !
largest have seen were about 10 inches ,
long and about inches iron tip to tip
oi wing Tor iins} they look like wings, ;
and are very delicate and gauzv looking.
Some fly Tor distance OF nearly half a .
mile and flap their wings like meadow
larks, that II flap their wings and sail
away whore they want TO.
The knackers at Honolulu are diff
ierent class of people than any seen in
Ihc U. ). They are much better and
more intelligent than the Negroes or In
cians. They are round faced. good
nagured, are always laus ushing and want
| 10 be very friendly. They are little in
clincd to he childish. and with the right
| kind of government would he easily gov
erned.
| The Charleston has been having tar
get practice two or three times on this
trip but today the Eth we all stopped
for one hour and floating target was
put out, somei very good shooting was
done.
Our fire drill that takes place twice
week while only fire drill does not
amount to much, but one is brought to
realization of the fact that we have beats
and RATS that would carry about 2oO |
safely on smooth sea, and in case OF a |
fire there would be a great rush for the ,
boats. The officers in charge would |
probably have TO shoot them TO get them /
under control rs all would rush for the |
boats and none would be saved. So the |
thought OF fire is not pleasant by any
means.
1t has been fourteen days since we saw
land. nothing but continual waste OF
, water which is monotonous to say the
least. The weather has been remark
ably good. We had number of show
ers, but no wind, no barring storms, fire
or Spanish gun-boat. We may reach
> Manila July 4th or sooner.
, On the 10th OF June, DIR. Cardwell
/ assisted by Drs. McVeigh and Littleiield
performed an operation on q man from
Woodhurn, Hutchinson by name, for
appendicitis. He stood the operation
, very well and at this date stands good
: chance to recover. We all take gem
q eral interest in him as he is the only one
/, who is dangerously sick, and most of
the men who have always lived on land
have q horror OF burial at sea. l am
told that the way it is done, that they
: ). are taken to the stern OF the ship and
! laid so they will balance on the rail and
= the rocking of the ship rolls him over