Arizona republican., 1898-07-20
..MlNING SUPPLIES.
TRIp TO HAWAII.
A Reoion which Will Become the
 Richest of States.

The following letter from Corporal Zander of the Wyoming volunteers, descriptive of the third Philippines ex- pedition as far as Honolulu, was re- ceived yesterday by c. M. Zander or The Republican:
 Dear Brother: The third expedi- ton, consisting of the transport ships Ohio, Indiana, City of Paris and Nor gan City, sailed on Monday, May 27, carrying, with the two ships Valencia and Newport, which did not sail until Wednesday, May 29. about 5000 troops. including, of course, the Wy oming battalion. We sailed on the Ohio and were eight days at sea, ar irving at Honolulu July without ac- c;dent or incident. The people of San Francisco turned out en masse and bade the boys in blue a farewell such as only American people can give to those whom they love and cher ish, and it does not peed 3 reminder at this hour that the American people love their soldiers.
 When we steamed out through the Golden Gate we were escorted by all the harbor craft that could be pressed into service and the shops and mills together with the boats in the bay kept up an incessant whistling and tcoting, answered occasionally by our own majestic ship. The wharves and piers were packed with people, all anxious to outdo his neighbor in cheer ing and waving handkerchiefs. It was a continual ovation from the city front the full length of the Golden Gate, ceasing only when we were out on the bread Pacific.
 "Once at sea and before we were out of sight of land there was such a moaning and grooming as I never heard, nor was I exempt either. found a corner and by myself pro- ceeded to furnish my own scenery and entertainment for an hour and half I did not get entirely over it until the next day.
 'sThe rest of the voyage was un- eventful and rather monotonous There was no change of scenery, twas the same deep blue everywhere.
 I've sighted but one ship in the whole voyage and it was about forty miles away.
 Tuesday morning, June 5, about o'clock, we sighted Hawaii. the largest island of the group. stretching away te the south of us. We were in sight ol it for about three hours. when we sighted an island to the northwest o1 us upon which the city of Honolulu is situated. There are eight islands in the group and this one is the smallest of the eight, having about 50( square miles. The total area is some thing like 60,000 square miles. Homo lulu is prettily situated, but is not 2 very pretty city on account of thf streets being narrow and crooked, bu, it could be made into one of the mosi beautiful cities of the world, with its fine foliage, it's broad expanse oi ocean view, and high mountain run ming parallel with the coast about two miles to the rear of the city.
 sFThe place is full of Chinese and Japanese. These Japs are progress i've people, but the Chinamen seem to be travelling the other way. They ap- pear worse than those in our owr country. The real people of this place are treating the troops in ele- gant style. They have made use oi the park and capitol grounds which adorned the palace of the queen, fol an immense dining park, where there are leu every udy Dy WHOle DfISaOeS the boys in blue. We sit down to . feast of wholesome food. sandwiches bread and butter, coffee, cold meat un- til you can't rest, and oranges, pine apples, bananas and other fruits toe numerous to mention
 ''I have another word to say about these islands and then I will close This island has about fifty miles oi railroad, and more building. Though the smallest of the group, there is land lying idle, waiting for some one to lay on a hand of thrift and industry The other islands, learn, to a large extent have never been explored by white men and over which wild game