The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1898-08-12

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officers have gotten into the habit Of tax.
ing cup Of coffee and bread and butter
as roon as we get up.
We expect 10 arrive at Guam Island on
Monday morning and everything is in
doubt as 10 the outcome OF it, but are
trusting in the skill and Judgment OF the
officers Of the Charleston. At present
one OF Dewey's feet is in the distance.
Sunday, June 18th. There was a re-
ligious meeting held in the bow OF the
boat by members Of Co. /. Perry and
Schumacher for the Albany contingency
and Smith and Poindexter for the Oregon
City boys. We are told that we will DE
at the island Monday morning, and on
| Monday morning at 5 o'clock we were in
plain view OF the Guam Islands, and the
troop-ships we're kept out from shore
while the Charleston was well in toward
shore. looking for something TO devour,
| and at the main harbor went in and get
ting sight OF an old fort fired thirteen
shots, and hit tine fort twelve times.
They soon noticed small boat coming
out TO meet them from shore. One oil
the men, being an officer. apoligized for
not answering the salute, said they were
short OF powder at the fort, which was
unoccupied. About O'Clock in the al
ternoon the City Of Peking and Australia
went into the harbor, We on the City OF
Sydney had 10 lay outside all nigat
| In the morning the man who had been
| operated On for appendices, died, al d
o'clock. At ten the captain OF the ship,
and Major Eastgick went in a small
boat 10 get orders from the other ships.
They were caught in one Of the worst
storms we had yet experienced. The
boat weatherei the storm all right, at i
Io'clock they returned with our chaplain
Rev Gilbert. We knew AZ once We were
| 10 have burial az sea. The man was
buried with his uniform on, and q canvas
bag sewei around him, and then Iashe.d
20 hoard with heavy irons fastened 10
the board. Tie companies were all lined
up.and after short discourse and prayer
| he vas dropped over the side OF the boat,
we had witnessed burial At sea After
the burial had taken place we went into
the hArOoE, Il was after six before we got
| anchored Daring the day two coEnpan-
| les oi Oregon Volunteers and one-hun-
dred marines al the Charleston went
ashore and captured all the Spanish
troops On the island. We have nov on
board cur ship. the City ot Sydney, the
Governor General oi the island, i've Of
'ioeEz and fiity-sour prIyziez- We hold
them as prisoners and keep guard over
them night and day. 50 you see that
the glst Of June, 1895, as the first day
.ha. IL began 10 look like war. The is /
t4nd looks yery much like sle Hawaiian |
island. One can see the cgsaol1uts and
bananas. on board the ship.
The natives are very friendly and VERY /
religious The enlisted men. : f1y-four |
IN number, are small and young men and 1
are getting, or supposed 20 get, three dol
lars per meath. The ofilcers consist al /
governor and his secretary, ole doctor
and three CON pany officers- The doctor
can talk = liisle English, he said they all /
expected 10 be shot when shey were taken
pgisoEers. which would probably be
the case Il they had taken Is prisoners.
Instead ii being shot, the officers eat !
with Us. and have the fredon gsinoe We
lett the port OF the social hall and the
rear Esart OF she boat The enlisted men
Eprss3aerSl are kep, beloa exoeps ~ meal
sine, and osaoe day are hrolshE up on
deck foy an airing: hut always unieE
guard. and IL would not De well for them
20 make crooked move. Tor every officer
aud enlisted man, 20 armed for SF1n-
lzriS. ! zas officer o. the gsizri Well
nes3ay, in fact ! 20 on guard oaoe :
seek. when my time comes IElzg-
inei | looked very fierce with my sgOrd
and revolver bclted 20 me. and capable
of shooting SIX times without STOP. '-tg 20
get breath. Bat, without any p Dg.
there is good deal oi responsibility in
N officer OF the guard, a. he Is held rSe-
sponSsb!c ior every prisoner, who are
counted over 10 him, and he N time
counts them over 30 his successor !
have tired TO impress on oar company
boys, the necessity ot keeping awake
u lille duty, ,ior Just as SURE rs % them
's caugh; asieep at his pas, N an en-
emy's country. he will be sho., there Is
no other punishment Tor him.
Az three o'clock, Wednesday, June -,
We left the hzrbor Of Guam islands
This island is the most southern Of any
Of the I2drone group, south OF Il de-
grees. Il seems very warm while We are
moving. and ae are going with the trade
winds. When We stop there Is always 3
fine breeze. We had hard rain last
night
Thursday, 2Snl. This has been very
nice day. quite hot, but = smooth sea-
The natives AZ Guam island know moth
ing OF the value oi money, they sold the
men whole baskets OF lemons or 1--WE or
six cocoanuts, or = full bunch OF bananas
for five cents. The BOYS would ask them
how much for them and they would say
one dollar, and thought the five cent
piece WAS dollar. The Spanish doctor
SAYS that fifteen years ago the mail came
30 the island once in three years: i've
years ago il came twice year, but now
they get mail every two months. !,
June -. This makes another nice day 1
TO our credit, and unless We have storm
within the next i've days We will have |
what is known as a smooth trip. We /
expect to arrive a. Manila on or before /
July LIST. The last three days have past /
without anything happening OF import
ance. Ii is raining very hard to day, we /
expect some very rough weathe, as We
are now entering China Sea, which Is |
said TO be always rough. We willie be IN |
sight OF land tomorrow (TueSdayl north |
OF the Laxone islands. which Is the main |
island OF the Philippines where Manila |
is situated. After passing the northern |
part of the island we will so directly
south for about three hundred miles be-
fore reaching Manila. We have not met
any Spanish gunboats OF OF Dewey's fleet,
but expect one tomorrow, probably the
Baltimore.
Wednesday sath and until Thursday
10 n. m, we had the toughest sea OF our
trip. \ great many OF our boys and Of
ficcrs were sea-sick again. 1t was some
thing terrible the way the ship rolled and
pitched. In the night II did not seem as
! though the boat would live through the
night. At one o'clock, Thursday, S0th,
we entered Manila bay, and about .
O'Clock came to an anchor under the pro-
lection of Dewey's fleet, which now NUM-
bers all told twelve very fair ships. The
bay is very large, about thirty miles
wide. There are three or four battle
ships here in the interest OF their re-
spective countries. We are still on board
the ship, but expect to so ashore (Frlday
July lstlat Cavite. Last night we heard
heavy firing on shore, battle was being
fought between the insurgents and the
Spaniards.
Manila is quite n large city, about the
size of San Francisco.
The Review accuses Rosehurg oil
being affected by an acute case of stingt-
ness, which expresses good deal.
In the Vierick letter yesterday the
word money was used instead of Monte
rev. Perhaps Dewey needed money as
we'll as the Monterey.