Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-23

Small boats came alongside loaded with
ladies and friends of the recruits of the
First California. At 10:45 the Pennsyi-
vania weighed anchor and then from
across the bay came the s%ereeching of
whistles and the boom of cannon, echo
| ing Tar across the waters. Soon wa
We're under Roadway and accompanied
by our escort amid loud cheers and
beautiful songs we passed out through
the Golden Gate to the broad ocean.
Here we espled our first whale spouting
water up ten feet in the air. The first
man to get sick was Captain Keown of
Company c. but there were others. It
was comical in the extreme to hear the
jokes and jibes with which each seasick
man was greeted. The sea has been
growing rougher and less than one-halc
the regiment reported at meals. The
meals are good and we'll served but slow.
At supper there was less than at the
previous meal. Those who were crowd
ing the main deck are not to be seen 50
it is a foregone conclusion that they are
not well. The sky is clear. but this
waves are running mountain high.
July 2O.-It was a hard night and many
of the men were sick and wanted no
breakfast. Many of them wished them
sand and fleas. Have just been to din
ner and enjoyed it very much e. Every
thing was flying around the table-soup.
coffee. plates, knives and forks, etc. The
olCh are 1eellHS better, the OLlefS are
just commencing. We are in the midst
OF music. Chaplain Stull is out on the
upper deck with an organ which was pre-
scented to the regiment. In one place is
q bugle, in another a flute. while down in
the steerage is heard the beat of a drum.
The bandmaster is footing a Dutch horn
which beats them all n affords great
amusement.
July give have about 5000 sacks OF
mail aboard. all for the Philippines. We
will be the bearers of the news of the i'm
portant events at Santiago. There are a
great many kicks at the quality Of food,
but as a whole the men are remarkably
good natured and many deserve great
credit for the manner in which they con-
duct themselves while others are too
mean to live anywhere. The California
boys get along very nicely. Owing to the
crowded condition of the boat, there is
some talk of leaving them at the islands
for the Rio Janeiro" which follows us
three days later. On the upper decks
this morning some or the officers started
a Jack pot" and are having a good time.
Others are occupied in various ways,
some sleeping. some talking in merry
groups or reading the magazines and pa
pers which have been so generously dis
tributed by the Red Cross. Occasionally
the band gets together and plays several
sweet airs. which serve to brace up the
men amazingly. There is nothing SO
cheering as music to awaken and
OTlgnten up a hungry and motley mass Of
men who have nothing to do. Some of
the boys are getting odd details on the
boat and get their meals with the ships
mess. Corporal Hunter is developing
some plates for the ships officers. Wag-
oner Watson is in the engine room and
Sergeants Tucker and Dowd are helping
in the ships kitchen. Babe" Williams is
serving as cabin boy and Sergeant Nc
Closkey has a job with the ships carpen-
ter. This will keep thcm busy, besides
helping out their mess and will not inter-
fere with their duties. We lave made 718
miles and five days more will find us in
the Sandwich Islands. The officer of the
day Captain Green placed under arrest
two men who We're found smoking below
decks. Their pipes and tobacco were
taken away from them and they were
placed in a dark room for forty-eight
hours on bread and water. This is a very
serious matter as a fire, with all the pow
der and ammunition or board, would be
disastrous.
Col. Wallace has endeared himself to
the men by the interest he has taken in
p%ortunity to show them some favor. The
men say they would follow him to h
il necessary.
Here one has an opportunity to study
nature in her solitude. Ihave dwelt on the
prairie and in the mountains, the dense
wooded forests of America and Cam
ada, but here the broad ocean gives no
sound. In the evening I lighted my pipe
and went to the stern of the boat and
sat dow to enjoy the strange antics OF
the phosphorus which lights up the wat
err and leaves balls of fire in the wake of