The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01
HOW A REGIMENT IS
FED ON THE TRANSPORTS

The transport Grant docked at the Gov
ernment wharf early yesterday morning,
and a few hours later all the soldiers were
ashore. The steamer is to be sent back
to Manila as speedily as possible, so to-
day she will go to Hunters Point drydock
and on Monday she will be back at the
wharf getting ready for another voyage.
The amount of stores required by one
of these vessels for round trip is some
thing enormous. Take the provisions for
one day used on the Grant for instance.
On Sunday last the soldiers had for break
fast curry Of salmon and rice, bread and
coffee. For dinner they had braised beef,
stewed tomatoes, potatoes, plum pudding
and sauce and coffee. For supper they
had stewed apples. rice and tea. To get
these meals ready required 10 cases
salmon, 10 cases tomatoes, 10 cases pola-
toes, Is bags flour, 300 pounds rice, "a
pounds lard, 200 pounds ralSlns, 100 pounus
figs. 10 pounds baking powder 500 pounds
sugar, 20O pounds apples, 10 pounds tea
200 pounds coffee, pounds curry powders,
3 pounds corn starch, one gallon wine, lUJO
pounds fresh beef.
The above was for the soldiers alone.
The officers had for breakfast watermelon,
oatmeal and cream, broiled sirloln steak,
broiled spring chicken and bacon, cream
toast Saratoga chips, plain boiled pota-
toes. Parker House rolls. doughnuts, choc-
olate and coffee. For dinner the officers
had mulligatawny soup, broiled mackerel,
saute a la Boheme, spaghetti, prime sir
loin of beef, chicken with Jelly. maSned
plain boiled potatoes, peach taploca puo-
plain boiled potatoes, peach aploca pud-
ding and wine sauce, punch la cardinal.
assorted cakes, crackers and cheese and
coffee Chief Steward w. Herbert is the
only one of the crew left who came around
the Horn in the Grant, and judging by his
record he is not likely to leave the vessel
for long time to come. unless of his own
yolitioh. The quarters under his care are
as clean as new pin, and the bills of
fare speak for themselves.
The transport Warren Is loaded ana
ready for sea. She will probably get away
to-day The work of fitting out the Co
lumbiais progressing rapidly and the Cen
tennial will be ready for horses next
week The Sherman was taken TO the roll
ing mills yesterday, rs some repairs are 10
he made on her by the Union Iron Works.
The Hancock will be practically a new
shin when the repairs and alterations now
going on are all made. A new hurricane
deck has been put on her and lot or
cabins and staterooms are pelng ADDED
The engines are being thoroughly over
hauled and in all about $3oO.OOO Will De
snent on the vessel before she goes into
service again. The Aztec is being got
ready for her cargo of horses, and the
sikh is having extra passenger accommo-
dations built on her main deck. Inc
steamer Victoria is now on her way mere
from Puget Sound, and as soon as she
arrives viii be fitted out for transport
The navy transport Solace sailed from
Manila for San Francisco on August a.
Sha bas a great number of naval officers
and a lot of discharged men aboard.
Dewey is to be properly remembered in in
Montpelier, Vt, when he arrives in New
tured from the Spanish warship Castella
We're sent overland last night, and on on
their arrival at Montpelier they will be
mounted and got ready TO fre as soon, as
meU,ny,s arrival is announced Montpelier
peIeE ie admiral Dewey's birthplace. and his
townsmen want to celebrate his return, SO
thew sent a request to the Secretary OF the
Nayv and he placed the cannon at their
dienosaI. They We're brought here from
Manila and have been at the navy yard
for some time. Yesterday they were
broueht down on the steamer Herald and
Uiera shinned East One of them weighs
10 665 and the other 1910 pounds.