The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-22
COMPANION OF THE PARA.
Incidents of the Trip OF the Morgan
City to Honolulu.

Incidents of the Trip OF the Morgan
City to Honolulu.
Lieut.. George ,s:eunenberg, Of Company A,
First Idaho whose regiment forms part of
the Third Manila expedition, and is ON the
Morgan City, writes from Honolulu, under
date Of July 6, giving an interesting account
of the first part of the voyage:
- "The second day out, however, brought
smoother water, and as the men appeared On
lower decks were scrubbed, and all was Sc
rene and happy. The remarks made regard
Ing their late experience were humorous, to
say the least, and one lanky Individual from
the Sage Brush state was irreverent enough
to say that 1t. was no wonder Christ walked
we left Frisco as a squadron, but the
the flagship, with the result that the Morgan
City, with the Idaho regiment speedily found
herself astern Of the whole feet. Day after
day dragged by without a sail in sight. but
by card paying, sparring, singing and dan
cling. Each evening the guitars and vio.ins
were brought out and glee clubs were speed
surprised at the amount of water in the
world, and wondered why some of 1t couldn't
have been put up In Idaho, where it is needed
SO bad They also declared that we were
continually travelling uphill.
On Sunday morning the chaplain held
service in the main saloon and all raised
their n1en voices y In singing HYMNS. It sounded
Waters Rolf a rather nauseating sensa ion
swept over the congregation
Our Fourth of July was celebrated on a
smooth sea. without sail in sight and
was much better celebration than some we
rive seen ashore. At sunrise we dressed
ship and fired a salute Of twenty-one volleys
At 10 a. m all hands gathered forward, and
after invocation by the chaplain, We listened
to the speeches, singing, determinations and
music which were frequently interrupted by
applause. Col. Jones, who, by the way, halls
L., lyNf3 nha
at Gettysburg delivered an address that al
most moved the men to tears. Our colonel
is the 1dol OF the regiment and any man in
the ranks would fight for him at the drop
OF the hat. Another prominent feature was
the recitation. The Patriots Dream by q
man who spends most of his time In the
guard house. and when he had finished the
cheers made the ship tremble
AT noon we fired another salute Of forty
five volleys.. There was some talk Of firing
n -four more for our our new states the Philip
p. m, came the sack races, three-leggsd
races, high kicking, sparring, tug Of war,
etc, eacn winner being presented with bot
tie OF beer. which came as welcome as the
mamma to the Israelites. But the browning
act OF the day was the pie-eating contest
when a man from each company was laid
on deck with his hands tied behind his back
and half pie under his nose. At the word
go they went at It, amid much shouts
81 laughter that must have startled King
Neptune. After dark some one was lament
Ing the lack Of fireworks when the mate
brought a dozen rockets on the bridge and
sent them skyward one after another, each
one l1ghtlng up the sea and the hundreds Of
soldiers grouped on d. OK
The next day was the last one Of mono ony,
for early this morning land was sighted, and,
as the mems gaze rested on the rugged cloud
capped hills, SO much like their own dear
Idaho, they sent ringing cheer across the
water. AS we neared Honolulu we sighted
been a rather uneventful voyage, but we
had seen a few flying fish, whales. dophins
petrels and bos'n birds, and the men bad
learned lea more about life on the ocean wave
than they ever would have known in Idaho
I'VE came into the barber about noon a,Sd
found that the other transports had beaten
side the dock our boys didn't wat for q
gang plank, but leaped down from the rail
and snshn vent a sSsasm7peTing FL like deer Some
eminent nine, explorer some goo years age
ment were banqueted and it will be our turn
tomorrow, I walked out to the government
building this afternoon, and gould not help
serving. aboard the Boston, I had marched
along this same street with the Yankee tars
and seen the Stars and Stripes raised over
"There are two American men-od-war here
now, the Monodnock and ,Mohhoan. bound for
Manila Ma a. The little harbor L. crowded with
but in very few days we Will ali be gone.
The men see great many strange and in
month they would always find something new.
We have time to take TN the sights In this
immediate vicinity. the Pail. Punchbowl,
Waikiki, Diamond Head, etc., but what
amused the men as much as anything else is
to throw nickels to the Kanaka boys swim
ming around the ship and zee them dive and
bring them up every time.
The Americans here are waiting news Of
annexation just as anxiously as we did in the
stormy. days of 49, with possibly better
show Of getting 1t this time. Having no cable,
their only communication is by mail steamer.
and the islands may be annexed long before
the residents are aware of It.
1--WE have had no news regarding the war
since June q, and as we leave here in about
three days, We will learn nothing until We
arrive In Manila about Aug. l.
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