Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-14


and almost every hour Of the day has
~ duty. At a. M. rcveillc II sounded
at $50 breakfast. az 7iii the sick call. AZ
: guardmountinE, nt 10 Inspection and
nt " dinner. a. .. M. there " another
sick call, at thirty minutes after sunset
inspection. at 8 y. m. supper at s;45 call
70 quarters. and y. M. taps. when
iEhts are out and all are supposed to
be IN bed.
The ventilation Of the mems quarters
u an Interesting feature. They sleep In
many cases below the water line. and
when u was planned to turn freight
steamers into troop ships Il was n qucs-
ton as Ia how the men could live In
such quarters, Yankee Invention. how
ever, provided a system N ventilation
which IL entirely successful liy means
% steam fans, coolers aud water pipes.
Registers. etc. air of Just the right tenn.
pcratufe OF heat or cold u sent at win
through every part of tho ship This N
also the case with the ships transport
ing animals. u which write further on.
HOW THE OFFICERS LIVE.
In addition TO the quarters for the
common soldiers there are on each ~
the steamers cabins Tor the officers and
special table at which they eat, pay
INK an amount per day which Just about
equals the cost OF the food consumed.
The cabins and other rooms Of this part
" the ship are as comfortable ana as
well equipped as those Of a large ocean
steamer and the table h NJ good as man
could wish. Here. FOR Instance, u sam
pie dlnnvr bill oi faro on the Mcpherson.
II IN one which ! saved during my trip.
Soups.
oyster. Rice. Tomato.
baked blue with wine sauce.
Entrees.
Saint Of duck and olives. Shrimp patties
Calveahead IN tortue.
Boiled.
corncd beef aud string beans,
Roast.
Ribs OF beef. Veal with dressing.
Vegetables.
Mashed ana sweet potatoes. Stewcd
parHnipa,
Egg plant
salad.
Tapiocn pudding. wlne sauce. Apple and
burberry pies, Wine jelly. As
sorted cake. Fruits.
Orangca Grapes. Pears, Nuts. Prunea
Crackers and cheese. coficc and tea.
For meals like this We each pay 80
cents, Or 81 20 per day ! am not surc.
but think the meals on the ships to the
Philippines cost only a dollar day.
The common soldiers are well fed, al
though. Of course. they do not have such
a variety as that above described.
No LACK OF FOOD HERE.
In order to show that there r. no lack
" food l have taken from a recent re-
port sent 10 the commlasary general the
amount Of various articles which the
transport Sherman had on board when
starting out. with i6i officers and 1880
men. ON a recent trip to Manila;
Fresh beef, H.0IS pounds, bacon,
G,0OO pounds; veal. 900 pounds; flour,
262000 pounds; hnrdtack, 10000 pounds.
baking powder, a,3gs pounds, rice, 1000
pounds. potatoes. il,00o poundsi NUT
ton, 1900 pounds, beans, 1900 pounds
sugar, 5000 poundsi butter, 1000
pounds; loaf sugar 1000 pounds, chew
ing tobacco, 5000 pounds; smoking to-
baccu. 10000 pounds; toilet soap. $4,000
pounds; cigarettes, $4,000 PACKAGE.
tooth brushes, 1000; combs. 1000,
matches. 10000 boxes; towels, 1000.
pairs OF shoe strings. 1000, barrels Of
pork. 81 and bologna sausage 2ii
1t must be remembered that many Of
the above articles are Kept on the ship
TO be sold 20 the men and that only
ordinary food N free, The supply OF
these ana other things, however. ia
large enough 10 M u wholesale grocery
store. For Instance, In addition TO the
above the sherman had about 5000
pounds OF onions. 200 pounds OF coffee.
5000 pounds OF salt, 1900 cans of apples,
2i9 cans OF aprlcots, 1900 pounds OF
cheese ana about 1000 cans OF deNilled
ham. II had $40 cans of Holsters, 23i
cans OF Mushrooms, loo cans Of cove
oysters, sil cans OF green peas, s3s cans
OF preserved plneapploa 1900 cans OF
dnmHon pluma and 1000 pounds OF
prunpH. II carried $4,000 cans of salmon,
1900 boxeB Of sardlnes, 500 cans OF cur
rant jelly 1000 bottles " lime juice,
1900 Jars Of pickles and 1000 cans OF
cranberry sauce. IL had spices of all
kinds, thousands OF cigars % an makes
and everything TO delight the palate. Il
carried fresh chickens, wild ducks, par
tridgcs and squads. II had 30 OK tails,
100 sweet breads. kegs of picked pigs
feet. 5000 cans OF fresh oysters and
200 cans Of soft shell clans. II carried
wines and liquors, among which We're
AZ dozen bottles 0f claret, 72 dozen white
wines IS dozen bottles OF brandy and
as dozen OF rum. IL had asparagus
string beans. sourkraut, spinach. Brus-
sells sprouts, macoaronl and spaghetti
and $40 bottles OF clam broth. II had
500 yeast cakes. 1900 bottles Of ginger
ale and AZ bottles OF Tnbaaco sauce. II
carried 40 tons Of Ice and all sorts Of
clothing most In demand among the
soldiers.
The packing away of the goods on the