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

steamer II matter Of lmp1nist
Everything has lta place. ana igl.H
90 law, everything must De- no N.I IA
lis place that the quartormuat0f 0f re-
IN charge can put his fingers nH 10 'rHl
dark. The hold IL divided 90 .Hti ID
compartments, four ~ which ACE nff
up by ambulance wagons. ummurts
etc. In another field ranges are ralI
and In another the quurtrfmiiii
supplies are found.
SHIPS FOR HORSES AND MULEt
one Of the most serious matier !
the transportation " an army Il n
carrying ~ the animals. The quar
" water ana food on the voyage afff|
the Pacific Il an important one t-
the transport division has nov firlr
ships which are fitted up aa cal.
transports. These ships sail frdm ~
Francisco. Seattle and Tacoma fof MI
Philippines. ana Will carry 600 hrH
aud mules 10 Manila before ChHnnn
They have already transported iht
sands ~ cavalry. They nre espadilI
nttcd up for the purpose with was
ntorg, 20 that the horses away d1ua
the bowels of the ship have p.t1u n
air, They have hospitals Tor ths "a
IN which The animala have b a. lffniI
and places where they can b. uis
about FOR moderate exercise Each -
has condcnHorH, which mako alx fitlI
of water a day Tor each animal ciuhi
10 ~ TO not disturb the tanks kefi Oh
Tor emergencies Each shin carries "a
tons Of hay. i.5o0 tons N oats. or u 81
$500 tons 81 forage. and also 5000 'a
OF lumber. II carries Wl
Urinary surgeon and siahlemen.
REFIrrING THE sHPS
The work OF transforming old tsii
steamers into troop ships b. no hW
task. Il takes a great deal uf iime lll
q Rront deal % money The iunfnI
altogether have cost number " o.
Hons. the price paid by Uncle San III
SOME being M hlHh as four hundnl q
five hundred. thousand dollars each nj
remndHiiug of each of tho lHrFa tut
ports has Gust more than one hual.a
and furtv-nye thousand dollafa N,I
work cf rvhltinE IN very important ~
the best officers OF he service lfI
chosen TO watch the work and 60 mii'
age the transport system. Among OF.
who have made specially of ihh 2
vision OF the uunrtormaHtprs delar
ment " Maj John NJ. Carson w. ~
was connected with the qunrtefmaHff
office In san Juan, Porto Rico. ana Y.
u now ~ Philadelphia superlninni.i
the recruitment Of the ThumhA =.
VIII BE- the commanding quafiernlff
NJ thu Thum,r on her voyage 10 MaiIi
and from there, after Htudylng n
needs 81 the transport service ~ "
islands, win come back to the ung'
States via san Francisco. hls idel
Ing TO got practical knowledge Of "
erythlng connected with the service
THE ORIGIN OF THE TRANsPod
SYSTEM.
The transport system was created Y
our war with Spain. when me MA
was blown NJ Uncle Sam saw ihe
Of Il. and Alnddln-hkf, he took 9ls
his old lamp and rubbed u, ana
genii of american brains and Amel.
capital placed II before him, Ihf Ky,
of the lamp In this cnEc was COZ ~
Bird, head OF the transport dlflilel
Washington, who, under QuafleIina
General Ludington. sent telegram,
shlp-oN nora u this country ana 9'...
the vessels which afterwnrd -.
transports. II was very dliicuN VI
ships. The navy had taken eNeis,lr.1
In sight and vessels had 20 pc p,ss
wherever possible. the ohH ~
available Were frelghters, ana thsl n
to be n'fltted at once for lahlhs
army 60 cuba, ..s,
Il was nrrt thought that the ~,
would land near Havana ana tnll NJ
would be the center u war opellsNA
Tho hcu journey was TO be onlg
eight hours, and even FOR THIS uls
question NJ water was very lnl 49,
and wine casks were w.
by the hundreds and charfel leg,...l
purpose, a tank steamer OF thf
ard on company with n cipnsW T..
COO 900 gallons was chartered wv ~.
snowa which carried 10000 galleh ,t'n
bou.ht. Thon upon some OF 'hu n
machines were pu', ~ me-
quurtcTmaater'a department VIZ, ntl
pared for shipping tho troops - ~
moment the base Of war opeli,,n e ,hIii
10 Santiago, ana wy I'M
had to be- changed 70 that thel 4.
take care OF the army for four la, ~,
stead OF two. The change WIZ Gaf
ami tne rmy was talIeh N ai, mo
60. 00n men were carried 70 foiW az
and Cuba, and nt the close ~ I'M %
brought back and others M.,g ,eari
their placeH. The most or w. ,.nf
We're returned at the time thhi "a 4.
fever WA epidemic In Cuba ~ -.
though cloggcd by the quafahuisN,., n ~
ldtions at savannah, such hIIai,,.,t iarl
were made as Ia dlsinfcction NV ~ ID
ING that the army was muht' h-.ug,i
with0 II the yellow fever being ,nst b.
Into the country and .lmost wlls's,' b.
people W owing that the troops w Z
Ing dismissed. The detailed vistqr
the work Of the qunrtcrniasie M =
ment during the war ana flh.s ,teri D
1uite o. Interesting A. the ol ,si .
Tho Held. ut II n one that
be written. ,,sNrER