Evening star., 1898-10-05

Honolulu when We Leave that city! The
hurricane deck is covered each night with
men lying as thickly as possible. A blan-
Kat underneath, underShirt and drawers
the dress Indeed. undershrt and drawers
Is full dress at all times, even at drills
About one-falf of all The men on board
are regulated so that each gets his turn
gives delightful sleep to those above and
| makes tolerable the nights to those below.
Daily Routine.
Each day differs little from its predeces-
sor. Reveille at $50 am; twenty minutes
thereafter the different organizations fall
in line on the hurricane deck. and one by
enc each man Passes down IA ladder to the
kitchen Delcw, heldns mis- quart cup for
soup or coffee, his tin plates, dish shaped.
and ef ch tw-ce large as your hand. if
that be aot large. the two plates lockin,,
together when not in Eso. and kniie, fork
ard spoon Usually in breeches pockets. 4
portion or neat, fresh, once day when
rot tGo lar out potatoes, onions, bread or
hard tack. coffee or soup, as the case may
be; stew. These constitute the bill IF fare
ana we get. say. three of the articles at
es ch meal. The line scarcely stops at the
fee ding place as ch Nan gets his portion
and yet it takes two good hours for all
the men 10 pass.
Quickly distributing themselves On spar
decks in pascaEeways. along buwarks, tie
fcod is sooI eaten. At first it was done
with much waste and consequent filsh
Soon we learned better, because we needed
all we got, and. second, because of the
cleaning" that followed each mess. I'm
mediatety following each meal comes the
broom AMI sc1ub brigade which, with the
abundance of water drawn from the sea.
without fear CT a dearth, in twenty MN
utej makes all sweet and clean.
n m tipcr rlr-'b
n,ence; ca IN outfit for thirty minutes. drills
lasting until 70, when the dinner is serv-
cd. This, with the cleaning which follows
lasts until o'clock. Then until supper
men are TO lnG everywhere where they nav
go; sleeping. writing, yarning. playing
cards, singing.
OF course, there is daily guard mount
iEs. an improvised guardhouse with its SUD-
ti''cL: day and night and the courts-lna rtis,I
tor the enlisted man finds ways for getting
INTO trouble. even on a transport.
Variety of AmuScments
In the way of amGsements We have sucn
Variety as we may devise. a sample of
which is given in the following program
1t was 'midocean entertainment aboard
the CLited States transport Peru, Satur-
day, August 13, 1898. beginning at pm.
The order of exercises was as follows:
Overture, piano and violin, Messrs. Farliny
ana Bowers. the celebrated Maccaroni
Ferry Band, with kind permission of
Uncle Coilis;" tenor solo. A. w. Wallace.
Take Back Your Gold and Give Me NIX
lean Silver" shirt stories, j. w. Cole: rag
time on the piano, Paddywhisky Dunphy,
May Heaven Help the Piano ono hairsl :
barotone solo and free for all Hay
Barnes Payne. Hula-hula dance, WAIKIKI
Austin: intermission for ices, &c
Part included musical solo, Farling and
Bowers more fine execution, more deadly
mar hne; baritone solo. A. r. Wad-
dtngson: legerdemain. Prof. J. O. Don
nell, esq. (N.B.-Look out for your silk hat is
and wstches); "A Little Off Co,or," Billy
kersands: wind sclo, J. J. Menefee: Choir
uses. Soldiers Farwe!l,' America" in
which all join. N. B-No flowers over
the footiights. Refreshments at .: sam
PANS at 10. Entertainment committee.
Sydney Ashe, Stuart Webster, Paul Dun
ply.
The first day two out it was hard to
teach everybody that all refuse of every
kind. from the ash of cigars, the peel Of
an orarge, the waste from the meal must
go overheard, not on the deck A good
many harsh punish ments were given trans
gressors. ranging in cause frcm fcrgetfu.-
Eess to spite. Few escaped. That and he
obvious sense of the order soon prevailed.
Little improvement could be made now in
the cleanliness of the ship.
But the first day out! Decks and berths
covered with partly eaten fruit. peeinSs,
flowers, food. until walking was difficult.
What preparation for a sea voyage!
anu quite rouSn as II was Ter the 1lrSt
thirty-six hours. what condition pre-
vailed Enough that sea sickness is rarely
fatal, and that the mighty Pacific seeks
rarely to assert its might.
The crowding is expected. Insufficient
and Improperly cooked food, which re-
duces the bill CT fare to coffee hardtaek
soup and stew, few grumble at. We don't
kick at even unreasonable hardships If a
little distributed. for these are war times.
But-seyenty cubic feet of air space per
man where we sleep! No provision for
artificial supry! And this is the fourth
expedition! VIII the good Lord keep the
waters still? We have dropped anchor in
Honolulu.