The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-17
THUS FAR IT'S BEEN PRETTY ROCKY
But Tney All Write Letters Home That Are in Good Spirit
and They Started Of for Manila With
Stout Hearts.

men than hunks. The are at least so,
too many men on board, and the mer
all suffered intensely as a result of thi.
criminal over crowding of the boat. II
has been impossible to feed the men
the ships galley has been found totally
inadequate to mess the men. The ex
pertinent OF giving the men only two
meals a day was tried, and even then IL
took nearly all day to feed them.
Then the water supply has been found
to b totally insufficient, and to-day
one-half of the men aboard are suffer-
Ing for a drink of fresh water and can
not get IL. Nc arrangements were
made by the management for condens-
ing water aboard ship, and the supply
brought from a Francisco was suffi-
cient for about 700 men.
1t was hard enough to crowd nearly
1,5OO men into a boat only big enough
Tor half that number of men, for
the men to be compelled to sleep be-
tween decks In dark, dismal, foul-smell-
ing dens not fit for cattle to live in,
without compelling them to go hungry
and thirsty.
The citizens who took up arms in
defense of the stars and stripes and
were assigned to duty on his expedi-
ton will never forget the horrors of
this trip. While no deaths have oc-
CURED thus far. it is much to be wan
dered at, for the cramped conditions OF
the boat have been frightful.
Hunger, thirst. heat, foul air lack of
room to exercise, sea sickness, vermin
all have added to the discomforts of
the voyage Inc helped to make the
hOVG from Nnntana n;~L -
of mountain air and the homes thew
left behind.
When the Pennsylvania teamed out
OF the Golden Gate on Tuesday morn
ing, July 10, the win was blowing
straight off sea. AS the last good-bye
or the hospitable people IF San Fran
cisco foated out over the water the
half a hundred soldiers who had climb
ed into the rigging began to feel the
efects of the strong swell. Lieut.. Geo.
Tilley of the signal corps climbed
the bridge inc waved a final fare
wen to MEMBERS of the corps posted on
the Preside heights. In two hours more
the hospitable shores of California had
from sight, and the PENNSYLVANIA
was rocking and rolling with her pre-
freight on the bosom of the broad
For the first six hours after leaving
he Heads the sea was lust rough
enough to be exhilarating. BY sunset
he wind had stiffened into a sharn gale
ana the sea was running high. Night
.ound the ship rolling in the trough of
sea that every few moments sent a
great wave dashing over the main
iecks. Then for IL hours ragged a storm
nat for severity was regarded as one
" the worst ever experienced in these
autudes. Old seamen said such a
torn was almost unprecedented. The
waves ran mountains high; the wind
lew a terrific gale; the big steel shin
oiled heavily from side to side. toss
the trunks and baggage of the Of
lcers around the cabins like so manv
ootballs.
AT abou 2 o'clock on Wednesday
nornlng he first officer of the boat
anne on deck n carefully looked
yer the situation. The ship was then
unnlng in the face of the gale and
'as catching the sea about quarter
n realizing that something must
zone Immediately, he signaled to he
to throw her around and
in pefore the wind. AS the PennsvI-
ANA swung around into the trough
[ the sea n gave a tremendous
irch, her deck rails dipped into the
a huge wave washed clear over
men were thrown from their hunks
dashed against the opposite walls. !
aptaln Preston's trunk, which had
cen left in the hallway in front of his
ioln, shot down the narrow passage I
ay ike a bullet and, striking the door {
the dining ROOM, smashed il to
7
The boys in the hold below were piled G
? ten deep. 1T was a thrilling mo- Y
ent and one that every man on board +,
remember for many a long day
come. Hardly a mar on board r
p bruises or scratches of some r
Not many on board at that mo- n
ent but heartily wished to be back
old Montana once more. a
By this time nearly every man aboard a
as sea sick. The scenes in the steer o
'e were disgusting beyond descrip- c
'n. Men were lying around so sick \
could mo- help themselves or any "
e else. The stencil was frightful. q
When the ship vas turned around so d
at she took the big waves straight Il
with the wind aft she ceased to roll I
badly, and some relief came. But Il
e was running out of her course and a
ling time. In a few hours she was s.
into her proper course again, is
( the sea and wind had subsidized b
mewhat and she began to make up n
2 time lost in the night. b
BY noon on Wednesday the weather
IS fine and the sea smooth. The men u
re still nearly all sick and remained N
Most of the men rap n
y, however. and Thursday morning OF
arly all reported for breakfast with
like wolves. h;
apt. lanes keown OF Bozeman had "a
ard tins of it. He a deathly sick m
several days and is only now re- CT
Iering. He declares that hereafter cl
the United States wants him 10 50
Up any foreign foe the fight must al
re place in the Gallatin valley. a
rom WRdnAgdav nnrrFp. ,,.n -