The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-29
A Series of Letters From a Com
pany A Officer.
LANDING IN HONOLULU
Mild Censure of the Food and Accommo-
acknowledgements Boardman's
Impressions in
Hawaii.

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city from their son. who is a lieuten-
ant in Company A. The letter is in
teresting from the fact that it covers
the entire strip from the start at San
Francisco to the landing in Honolulu
n he sailing from that port. That
the censure of the food and accommo-
dations is so mild is due, undoubtedly,
to the fact that Lieutenant Broadman
messed with the other officers and his
experience with the food supplied to
the rank and file was only from obser-
walton. The letter reads as follows:
AT sea, July 20, 1ssS.-we sailed
from San Francisco on Tuesday, July
10. and therefore have been at sea for
o u days now. We were most of US
seasick, but nearly everyone is now in
The best of health. and as the weather.
is all that could be desired, we are
pretty well satisfied SO far. We ex-
pect to reach Honolulu about next
Wednesday. and will stay there a
couple of days at least, n perhaps
more.
THE Pennsylvania is an Empire line
steamer, which just came around the
Horn from Philadelphia. She is about
$50 feet long n is fairly well fitted
up. but is not. large enough for the
number of men on board. We only
have accommodations for 1000 men,
while there are over 1900 on board.
h makes the room somewhat
cramped, and when most of them
are on deck 1t is almost impossible to
pass from one part of the ship to IN
other. We ave our own regiment on
board n also 300 recruits on the
way to join the LIST California. 1t is
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Honolulu, and we will hope that this
win be done, as it will leave the ship
very comfortable. We expect to be
about 80 days on the voyage, and the
chances are that the war will be ended
and that we shal be brought back in a
short time.
July Give expect to reach Homo
lulu some time tomorrow, so the time
Tor writing is short and ] wish to sem
letters to a great many to whom / a
promised TO write. The sea is rather
rough and writing at best is difficult.
We have been out Of sight OF land for
over a week and have only seen one
ship, and that at a distance. We have
seen one whale and a number of fly
ing fish, and aside from these things
life on board ship has been monotonous
n the extreme. Owing TO the over
crowded condition of the ship, the voy-
age has been uncomfortable to every
one. but we are hoping for some relief
at Hawaii. A sea trip may be a very
line thing. If you go irst-class on
an ocean liner, but IL you travel on
a troop ship. I would prefer something
else.
IT was in hopes that we would be
paid before leaving San Francisco, but
we do not know when We shall be paid
now. We officers have to pay $3.50 a
day for board, and do not have any
extra fine food. either.
July 2S.-Our ship Keeps on In the
even tenor of its way without any
thing TO break the monotony. We are
able to see a few land birds this morn
ing, n will reach the islands some
time during the night. Our life is the
same each day; breakfast is served to
the men at z a. m. and TO the officers
at s p. m. Then we have inspection of
quarters at 10 o'clock and dinner for
the men at IL m. and for the officers at
1 p. m. There is nothing more during
the day except supper at $3.50 and $50
p. m. After supper nearly everybody
gathers on deck and listens to music
by the band and various singers. The
moonlight Is fine and the evenings are
by far the most enjoyable part of the
day. We all go to bed quite early, so
you see we rave a very dull time.
at is now nearly noon and | must
go and attend to the mess for the men.
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day. and does not consist of any too
much in quantity. For breakfast they
have soft bread. coffee and meat; for
dinner soup, beef. potatoes and hard
tack; for supper coffee, pork and beans
and bareback. Everything is relished
except the bareback. and very few of
the men eat that. Consequently they
are without bread of any kind for two
meals. ] hope that all will have an
opportunity to get well filled up at
Honolulu with something more palat-
able than they receive here.
Honolulu. July 2S.-we are tied at
the dock in that place which Mark
Twain says is nearer paradise than n
other place on earth. Yesterday We
sighted and for the first time in over a
week, and this morning when We woke
up we were sailing into the harbor.
This is a beautiful place, and one
where / think ] should like TO i've al
ways We shall probably stay here
several days, and l hope to have an
opportunity to see something of the
town. / have had to stay on the ship
all day save one hour and a half this
morning. which / spent in wandering
around the town near the dock. 1t IS
very warm and I am sitting on the
bridge of the boat under the awning
I have just seen two sailing vessels
lying near here get under sail. One SC
bound for San Francisco and the other
for New York. The water is filed with
Kanaka boys, who are the most ex-
nert divers and swimmers l have ever
seen. The harbor is filled with ship
ping and presents a most animated
appearance. There is one American
gunboat. the Mohican.
This is a wonderland. From the
ship all o can see is a sort OF forest
with an occasional building peepinE
through the verdure. Back a short dis
lance from the harbor mountains rise
abruptly until their peaks are lost in
the clouds. and in the distance can be
seen peaks on other islands. American
rags are flying from stafs all ove tlc
city. although the American flag has
not been officially raised as yet. aud n
IS expected that the ceremony viii TAX
place about Aug. 6. and We may be bore
20 take part in IL. I hope that we shall.
as II will give Is an excellent oppO-tu-
nifty to see the town and its penrle.
All over the town you can see palm
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