Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-13
A SERIAL LETTER,
Or an Imperfect Diary Kept b Celsael
Jsnes from Saturday, June S5th, T.
the Tine Of Reaching Hsnolulu.
iCnntinued from last week.l


To-day l saw my first flying fish
They have appeared quite numerous
The birds have left us, not one hs.
been 10 sight to-day.
Il is our expectation tonight to reach
,Hono!uluto-morrow night between mid
night and day. cannot imagine what
will be in waiting for us there. We
hope to get some good news OF some
sort, and mail from home.
To-day, Tuesday, opens clear, hot
and bright. am having my men per-
form the home work Of summing blank
cts and bedding. l shall put them I'M
der the shower baths again. Tonight
We hope to reach Honolulu and to-mor-
row, il We should go ashore, l wait
them to look clean.
am greatly pleased at the fact that
my men are so we'll and have been so
ever since leaving Boise. Other regi-
.ments lost number by death in San
Francisco, but l only lost one, Adam
son. and his death was caused By his
own imprudence. l Was the only COM
mander who took all his men with
him on sailing. / have no case of Sc
rious sickness on hand. am feeling
,frst-class as we approach the tropics.
could not stand the chilly winds and
fogs at Camp Merritt. l was uncom-
Portable there almost all the time. /
cannot tell you what awaits us at Hon.
.olulu, nor how long we shall remain
there. AT our boats speed, it will take
at least twenty days sailing from Hon
olulu to Manila counting good weather
and smooth sailing on the way. NY
life On the ocean for the trip going and
returning will satisfy me with life at
sea, although l can realize its pleas
ures and comforts when comfortably
situated. l do not want you all to un-
derstand that / am dissatisfied with NV
trip. am making the most of it. OF
course get the best, have state-room
TO myself and have every attention
from the boats crew, but it is tiresome.
day in and day out, to look out upon
the never-changing waste OF water.
AT this writing we are nearer than
4Oo miles to Honolulu and begin to see
more birds of different species and
more flying fish than we have seen.
Late this afternoon We shall begin the
use OF our glasses looking for the sight
of land.
Lieut.. Edgar Hawley has about the
hardest time of all the men aboard to
adjust himself to the conditions of the
rolling ship. He gets sick and then
well and then sick again. All others
recovering once keep we'll afterwards.
The Blackfoot boys stand the trip
spiendidly. A great many of MT men
begin making enquiries about dis
charges in the Philippines as If shev
have thoughts of renaining there if
the country meets expectations. But
I nave no idea that discharges will be
granted there. We will return IN
Boise City for discharges.
We are reaching the point of the
compass where the sun is directly over
head at IL o'clock noon, where we do
not make a shadow. The water has
lost none OF its blueness as we travel
southwark but it is growing warmer in
temperature. To-day's sailing is very
smooth: but last night during a rain
storm 1t was quite rough. A little
change to roughness does not effect the
men as it did at first They are getting
20 De real seamen. The rocking and
shaking up seems to whet their appc-
'ites. AT noon to-day the captain of
Inc ship sent me this report: Latitude
- degrees, 40 minutes NJ; longitude
Io4 degrees, 80 minutes W.: course s.
30 W.; distance 249 miles; total dis
lance from San Francisco, 1853: dis
lance from Honolulu, 235 miles. which
means Honolulu tomorrow morning a,
IL O'Clock. What rejoicing there will
ne when land again appears in sight
The sun has gone down on another nm
eVentful day, but when we wake In
morrow we expect TO sight the islands
To-day has been as delightful as we
could ask for. have enjoyed it and
am feeling as we'll as ever did IN
Idaho. Tonight l am going 10 have
the Glee Club come in front Of NV
state-room and give me some vocal
music. (They are here and I stop 70
hear them.) They sang several pretty
pieces.
wednesday morning: Men were nm
early and looking for land from everr
point OF observation. We are now in
sight OF the islands. To me they 70.
sembie the foothills towards the Carl.
poo away north of Fort Half Tho
mountains here are very much like |
idaho mountains and buttes. Rgarv
omcer likens what he sees to s:dime
mountains or foothills near his ba,mo
capt. Hamer is very positive that the
li'is are Ike hills in Fremont COUNTY
every man OF my command is in better