New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-18
ON THE GRANT FOR MANILA.
EXPERIENCES ABOARD THE TROOPSHIP
CROSSING THE ATLANTIC
FROM W-YORK-GRANT's OLD COM
MAND on THE VESSEL BEARING
HIS NAME-TWO THOUSAND IN
COMFORT on THE BIG
TRANSPORT


COMFORT on THE BIG
TRANSPORT.
on Board T. s A. Transport Grant. Of Santa
Maria Azores Jan. Is (SpeciaD -"Land" The
soldiers ~ the expedition TO Manila have
changed the old cry Of Water" Of the Western
| plains 10 the Of the Atlantic ocean.
We have~just sighted Santa Maria Of the Azores.
II Is now II 90 ships time. and eyes that have
sought for glimpse Of land since early dawn.
on this. the ninth day out. are bright with re-
lief McTamany. ~ Company II, says 10 his
"bunky." II guess the fellow with eye m
discover that could a coyote about four miles
off" Meanwhile Captain Arey. having verified
his reckoning has pointed the Grant to the
southwark of his easterly course. and We are
headed for the Rock Of Gibraltar.
Gratifying as n would be II the contrary We're
true the 4th Infantry and battalion Of the
18th do not constitute the first body Of United
States troops 70 sail from the New World 70 the
old by the Atlantic route In the war with
Trpoli company Of artlerymen was with
Decatur. Lieutenant Monroe son Of the
ex-President and an early graduate Of the Mil
| itary Academy at West Point. was with the
company and was wounded in the tight
The 4th Infantry is, however the first regi-
Il is a remarkable turn Of the wheel that car
ries Grants old regiment. on a boat bearing the
name Of the great commander. from the tomb
al Riverside 10 It's new station and duties In the
far-away Eastern land Strange. too. is another
coincidence Of names in that Fort Sheridan was
| our last home station and Sheridan was also %
the 4th Infantry In the early DAYS in the gar
West
GooGbvs that last morning In the harbor OF
New York. as We lay off Bedow's Island, were
not limited 10 ones own friends Everybody
not going said g0odby to everybody who was.
McTamany said as he watched the guard hustle
down the ladder 10 the waiting tug below the
TWO newsboys who had tried the stowaWay
game: There's TWO fellers ! amt said goodoy
10 yet: too late row. | reckon. but they are the
only ones 7 have missed. All right And then
N.Tamanv's top sergeant remarked. Nc
Tamany you had better 20 along and help that
detail put the baggage down in the basement
McTamanv went below and didn't hear the
little girl IN blue on the tug CRY out with all the
love Of chndhod Daddy. I know you have to
go but do come back Il viii he 50 lonesome,
and I know the pony will he lonesome. too.
Nor did he see the officer who was leaning over
the rail and wishing with all his heart that ex-
mansion was A word meant only 10 apply To
hearts and hopes not territory, smile oraVely
back n the little girl In blue and say. "Goodhy'
Goodbyr' while city and sea blurred before his
eyes
COMFORT on BOARD THE TRANSPORT
The Grant carries Major General H W. Law
ton and staff. General r. r. Hall and sixteen
comnanies Of infantry and the regimental band
of the 4th. with a number Of families Of officers
Oficers. men. families and crew number nearly
! two thousand souls and every thing for their
| comfort and we'll being has been anticipated.
! The shin has five decks The orlop deck and
tween decks are by us called the berth decks.
and what to the andsman is the first basement
! is the main deck Sailors and sold RS disagree
as 10 the nomenclature thai makes the spar
| deck not the main deck. ON The spar deck are
the cabin accommodations for the ships officers
! saloon gaIev. bakery. etc. and above these. m
/ the bridge deck are Other Statarooms the mas
It's cabin. steam launches ard boats Above
all and over al IS the bri Ice. where even the
/ stars of major general or brigadier- genera
shin- not. except at the invitation Of the one IN
whose hands We feel our lives are placed. on
the berth decks built mp i'm tiers Of three are
the hunks Of the mon. of galvanized piping, with
canvas bottoms laced 70 the side framework
A complete system Of forced ventilation keeps
!
sweet The air space alone is ample, hut the
vertilating engines work ceaselessly The great
! main deck for almost the entire length Of 400
feet = the ship H. given over 70 the messing ar
rangaments 4 great galley amidshp. where
/ all cooking is done 10y steam. and Of quite a.
great capacity the kitchen in the general
mess Al Fort Sheridan. p0urs forth three uines
d idy barrels Of coffee other barrels or tommy
or oatmeal great piatters Of beef mutton or the
every welcome SUM the old soldiers depen-
d.nca i'm fair weather or foul Across the snip
j. a complete bakery. Wnere seven hundred
hounds Of flour Is nightly worked NJ, me re-
I fnafnder ~ The bread ration being supplied from
/ the hold. whence box after box or nardta X
comes forth. Tomatoes turnips capoa2e car
T0ts and canned tiuIt comp Iete llS' from "ilCh
ample meals are served A great space is given
over 10 mess tables and benches. These are
folded and stored IN overhead racks between
meals thus giving additional room for eXer-
Cisne.
In the after part II the mess deck is the hos
pitaL with some sixty beds. and no cry Of lack
Of surgeons or attendants can ever De raIsed'
In addition 20 the five surgeons. there are tWen-
weight hospital men. and the four Red cross
nurses in charge Of Miss Marjorie Henshall.
and on the kindly miuistrations Of these young
women much viii depend in case II need. The
spar deck is where he men mostly consregate
for an airing for themselves and their blankets
This is done hourly IN rehefs FOR 'Wo tours tach
dav. the remainder of the time the deck is free
for all Ample lavatories with shower baths.
are on the main deck ana these haths are per
hans the chief Of all the comforts devised for
the men II must boz nm ers'o1d mat this IS the
first real transport that has been sent out. those
boats that did transport duty last summer being
only nakeshifts The Grant is complete. steady.
and. above an. IN good hands
MAY PREVENT LANDING AT GIBRALTAR.
II was Intended by the War Department that
We should land Gibraltar, and pay a salute
to the flag Of england there SO securely planted
In acknowledgment OF the Increasing friendship
Of Britain FOR America, but three cases Of
measles that have appeared IN one company OF
the 18th may Illustrate the plan, and We Will
probably be prevented by the health officers
from giving England's flag salute and the
English garrison the measles.
our daily routine Is. OF course. begun with the
familiar reveilie at Is. then breakfast at go
sick call 1:l5 and AT comes guard mount
preceded by the ceremony attendant upon hoist
lng IN. colnrs. The bind nlaNIng The star Span