The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-29

found that there were 40 persons aboard.
with lifebOat accommodations for 2l3.
In the meantime the men below. ignCr-
ant OF their extreme peril. were passing
buckets and singing What the He'll Do
We Careg' while the ship rolled help
lessly on the ocean with matches closed
The heat was intense until the typhOon
passed and then the Picking. which had
retraced her course about seventy miles,
came alongside the Manauense which was
rolling so heavily that the soldiers in the
hold could al each roll see the Picking
through the matches overhead Colonel
James 5. Petit commander OF the ThIr-
ty-frst Volunteer Regiment. ordered the
Manauense 70 proceed 70 Guam and await
relief but the captain OF the Manauense
demurred. the officers say. because the
Government was renting the ship for 800
q day.
Throughout the voyage the engines OF
the Manauense failed frequently. and the
ship would roll for a few hours while the
engines We're being repaired then -he
steamer would proceed again for q few
hours The meat and vegetables rotted
because Of the failure OF the TeIrigeratcrs,
and were. thrown overheard
After the storm the water supplied 20
the ship at Honolulu had 10 BE- used tor
the boilers ard there was little or none
for drinking. II fact. X IS asserted that
nen lived almost entirely on whisky beer
and bareback The officers and soldiers
were entirely exhausted when they
reached Manila They declare that the
Engineers were grossly incompetent The
officers also say that the behavior OF the
troops was beyond praise. For days they
worked in the dark. suffocattng hold. with
the water sometimes up 20 their shoulders
and blanks washing about in manner
dangerous 70 life and limb The officers
took the lead in baling and encouraged
the men.
The CAPTAIN or the ship promised the
men = cents day for baling, but he now
proposes % pay them 3 50 The soldiers
talk OF attaching the ship.
lad - f40ga- p "a
on the Picking 10 garrison several ports
on the island or Mindanao-
When the Afanauense left San Francisco
or October % she was considered in every
respect a seaworrhv vessel She had
been inspected by Captain John Metcalre.
surveyor for LIyods. both when she was
repairing and when on the drydock. and
he pasSed her as =eaWOrthy in every re-
spect Then Captain BarnesOn. the marine
SirpArinteudenr OF the transport service.
ana Captain Matthews, the supertnteuC-
ing engineer, examined her Tor the trans
port service, and lastly Captains Bolles
and Bulger. the inspectors OF hulls and
boilers, examined her for the Govern
ment All these gentlemen were satisfied
that the Manauense was seaworthy, and
so passed upon her
The fact that the ship lived out a
tvDhoor that lasted three days i proof
positive that she was seawOrthy, said
Captain Metcalfe. That fact alone would
carry conviction 20 a seafaring man
The ManAuense nau crew OF EOrly-
nine all told. and was prOviSiOned FOR a
six months cruise In fact. the supplies
put aboard the vessel cost over $500. She
left Honolulu on November ). and the
City OF Picking sailed fourteen hours later
The Instructions 10 the captain Of the
Nanauense were 70 20 along slowly and
wait for the Picking. Both vessels reached
Manila Yesterday. and 70 have done &C
must have averaged ten knots an hour
throughout the passage There must
therefore be some eXaggeratton in the
Geographic accounts OF the straits IN
which the Manauense was when caught
in the typhoon. The transport undoubt-
eddy had a hard time OF IL in the typhoon
i as what vessel would not? Some OF tbs
other transports bear the marks Vet OF
I their encounter with the tail-eud OF one
SO those on the Manauense should b,
thankful that the ship still floats and thai
3 they are alive 70 tell the tale.