The Green Forest tribune., 1899-10-19


 scramble to get into line, but we 10 not eat every time first, so We have to wait until our time comes, and sometimes we have to wait us long as an hour and half before our times comes 10 go to the table. We wait as eagerly as if the pay master was a: the head ot the line.
 Weare six days out now, and that seems long time, but it is too early to begin complaining yet, as we have at least 2S or 30 days more sailing ahead of us. The sea Is getting rougher and rougher the farther out we get, and 1t IS begin. ming to get warmer and warmer, and they say it will get hotter and hotter before we reach our desti- nation. We will reach Honolulu Sunday morning, and we are told that we will take a couple of days rest, which will certainly be apprc- ciated by all.
 Oh, must tell you about the flying fish saw this morning. know this will sound fshy to you, but it's fact. They seemed to be two or three inches long, and had wings, They would raise above tho water and fly ashort distance aud dart under the water again. There are few fowls to be seen. They call them sea guIIs. They follow our ship for miles and miles hunting for the waste that falls from the ship.
 Sept, 9. Today Is as hot as I eyer saw it in Arkansas. " . have had to tochango our clothes. The uniforms We now have on are per IeclIy white aud made of much lighter weight goods than tbat ot our blue suits. We have two suits Of this grade of goods, two of blue and one ot broWn-tho regulation kakha (Ilaita) and tan shoes. The hakha suit is the one we W II wear while campaigning, which duty We vii! enter upon as soon as We Teach the islands. " 6 aretUIiy equipped for the emergencies, and il is our orders to go direct from Manila to the firing line. Well, all we want k a chance and then will tel 9oa now 1t was done. itIs my predie. tion that tho war won't last long alter the 34th gets turned loose. You know never joke.
 We are equipped with the famous Krag Jagerson rifles, the finest machine guns ased ln the army.
 We are @lI anxious to arrive at HonoIulu as it Is rumored that the paymaster desires to form our acquaintance, and we are all auX- ious to meet him.
 Sept. B. In the morning will find Us in Honolulu. We are in formed by our officers that we will be at liberty to go where we please while We are there. Our trip still remains pleasant. We have only two cases ot sickness on board, and I am informed that they are not serious. hope to be able to tell yoo the rest of my story when lcach Honolulu As nothing else oeeurs to ne just now will state that l am nov over 5,09Q miles from home, but I expoct to be back there to help yon all ceLe- brate the 4lb of July, 1901.
 Honolulu, Il, 1, Sept. 24 We arrived here this morning and have been given perfect liberty to visit all parts of the city, which is a delightful place. must say 1t is a beauty in every sense ot the word. 1 cannot begin to tell you what Ill I have seen here. IL would be entirely too much oEa job for me. send you under separate cover some specimens of flowers which collected this morning 1 have just return, d from ex.Qaeeo LjI's palace. 1t s a great place, to be sure. l visited Japanese church which amused me very much. Have seen lots "t bananas, oranges, cocoa nuts, and oh, so many other things, but l can recall the names There ara quite number of Americans here. Other inhabitants, except the na. tives, are Japanese and Chinese.