The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-22

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scIupulOusly clean. During my jour
Hey on the Mcpherson. I went over tn
ship and examined every part OF it
spending some time in the hold and il
places which on other ships have often
sive smells. There was nothing OF tn,
kind on the Mcpherson. Every bit o.
| il was like a Dutch kitchen. The decl
was kept so secured that You could set
| every grain OF the wood of the floor
and We could have eaten our meals up
on the deck without soiling the food
DISCIPLINE.
| Soldiers on a trip like that TO Manila
are under as strict discipline almost Is
on shore. Each company is in charge
! OF its officers. and everything moves
| like ClOCkwOrk. The hours for exercise
are prescribed. The men are regularly
| inspected by the surgeon. They have
| 70 get up and go 10 bed at a given tine.
and almost every hour OF the dav has
its duty. At a. IN. reyeille is sounded.
a. $50 breakfast, at 1:l5 the sick call.
at guardmOunting. at 10 inspection.
and at L dinner. At p. m. there is
another sick call, at thirty minutes af-
ter sunset inspection, at p. m. supper.
at $40 call TO quarters, and at D. m
taps, when lights are out and al are
supposed to be in bed.
The ventilation of the mems quarters
is an interesting feature. They sleep
in many cases below the water line
and whenitwas planned to turn freight
steamers into troops ships il was a
question as TO how the men could live
in such quarters. Yankee invention.
however, provided system of ventila-
ton which is entirely successful. BY
means OF steam fans, coolers and water
pipes, registers, etc. air of lust the
right temperature of heat or cold is
sent at will through every part Of the
ship. This is also the case with the
ships transporting animals, of which |
write further on.
HOW THE OFFICERS LIVE.
In addition to the quarters for tie
common soldiers. there are on each Of
the steamers cabins for the officers and
a special table at which they eat, pay
ing an amount per day which Just
about equals the cost of the food con-
sumed. The cabins and other rooms of
this part OF the ship are as cOmforta-
bic and as well equipped as those of a
large ocean steamer and the table is as
good as man could wish
IN order TO show that there is no
lack of food / have taken from a recent
report sent to the commissary general
the amount of various articles which
the transport Sherman had on hoard
when starting out, with 161 officers and
500 men, on a recent trip TO Manila
Fresh beef. 4,07S pounds; bacon. g.
Geo pounds; veal, 900 pounds; flour,
26G0O0 pounds: bareback, 10000
pounds; baking powder, 1898 pounds,
rice. 5000 pounds; potatoes, 1900
pounds: mutton. $500 pounds; beans, |
$4,000 pounds; sugar, $4,000 pounds:
butter, 1000 pounds; loaf sugar, 1000
pounds; chewing tobacco. S,000pounds; |
smoking tobacco, 10000 pounds: toilet |
soap. $4,000 pounds; cigarettes. $4,000 |
packages; tooth brushes, 1000; combs, |
? 900; matches, $4,000 boxes: towels, |
1000; pairs of shoe strings, 1000; bar
rels of pork, 81. and bologna sausages, |
2i1 pounds.
NECESSARIES AND LUXURIES.
It must be remembered that many of |
the above articles are kept on the ship |
TO be sold TO the men and that only or |
binary food is free. The supply of these |
and other things, however. is large |
enough TO fill a wholesale grocery store. |
For instance, in addition TO the above |
the Sherman had about 5000 pounds Of
onions, 1920 pounds of coffee, 5000 |
pounds of salt, 1000 cans OF apples, 219 |
cans of apricots. $500 pounds of cheese, |
and about 1000 cans of deviled ham.
1t has 316 cans of Holsters, 231 cans of
139 cans of cove oysters.
SAL cans of green peas, S3S cans OF pre-
served pineappleS, 1000 cans of dam
son plums and $500 pounds of prunes.
1t carried $4,000 cans of salmon, 1900
boxes of sardines. 500 cans of currant
Jelly. 1000 bottles of lime juice 1000
jars of pickles and 1000 cans of cram
berry sauce. It had spices OF all kinds,
thousands of cigars Of all makes and
everything to delight the palate. 1t
carried fresh chickens. wild ducks, par
tridges and squads. 1t had so OK tails,
100 sweet breads. 6 kegs of picked
pigs feet. 1000 cans of fresh oysters
and 1000 cans of soft shell clans. 1t
carried wines and liquors, among which
were - dozen white wines, IS dozen
bottles OF brandy and IS dozen Of rum.
l. had asparagus, string beans, sour
kraut. spinach, Brussels sprouts, mac
clam broth. 1t had 500 yeast cakes, 49,
900 bottles of ginger ale and AZ bottles
of Tabasco sauce. 1t carried 40 tons o.
ice and all sorts of clothing most in
demand among the soldiers.
The packing away of the goods on
the steamer is matter of Importance.
has it's place, and according
to law, everything must be so well in
its place that the quartermaster or man
in charge can put his fingers on it in
the dark. The hold is divided up into
six compartments, four of which are
taken up by ambulance wagons, am
&C. In another field ranges
are stored, and in another the quarter
masters supplies are found.
SHIPS FOR HORSES AND MULES.
One of the most serious matters in
the transportation of an army is the
carrying of the animals. The question
of water and food on the voyage across
the Pacific is an important one, and the
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