Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-19
ROUGH VOYAGE.
w ]. White Tells of the Trip TO
Honolulu.

Earthly ParadiSe-MeR are Getting
Along NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Encoun-
tered But Now Gone-Excellen Dis
cipline Soon Start for Manila.
U. S. Transport Hancock,
HONOLULU, Hawaii,
Nov Goth 1899.
My Dear Glasscock:-I have not re-
eeiyed any answer to my last letter,
but will expect to find one at Manila
when we arrive,
We left San Francisco on Monday
Nov. goth 1899 at 5-23-ll e. IN. and
arrived here yesterday (2sth) at Sis
a. III. The voyage was very rough
and we did not have a day of good
weather all the way over, The dis
lance as sailed is about 2l00 miles,
and from here TO Manila is 1850
| We expect to leave here on Friday or
Saturday of this week and are due at
Manila IS days later, SO you see If we
have no bad luck we will eat Xmas
dinner over there which i find by add
ing the milage from Morgantown via
Leayenworth aud San Francisco
makes 9,S40 miles from Morgantown
/ We had dreadful time with the sea
sick men. They seemed to give up
hope of living and for about 81 days
scarcely anybody was able to be
around. The Transport is arranged
with every modern convenience known
to troop ships, but the storm required
the closing OF the principal sources OF
fresh air and that made 1t very hard
on the men, Their hunks are wire
springs about two feet wide and ar
ranged one above another with about
20 inches interval. Six men thus oc-
cupy a space and 6 feet. The gang
ways between hunks are II TO feet
wide and there are no seats at all.
Co. and X with 205 men have a
space about 35x50. The men are al
lowed to stay on deck nearly all the
time from a. m. until $50 D. m.
which is very pleasant for them now
that we are out of the storm. Ny
Captain was detached the day before
we sailed, and remained at San Fran
cisco, which leaves me in command
and with the responsibility OF the
company for all the voyage and | don't
know how long after. The care OF a
company on ship is a dreadful task,
far more so than on land. We have
inspection at 10 a. m. and 4:30 p. m,
and at each the men are required to
be cle21 and TO have their quarters
Thoroughly policed. One cannot con-
ceive the meaning Of cleanliness as it
is enforced here until attending an in
spection. However, the life and
health Of the men depends upon the
thorough sanitation of the ship.
We are being given good chance
TO see the city. The men were given
to understand that IL they behaved
we'll, that liberal shore leave would be
given. So this afternoon one half OF
each company were allowed to go
ashore from IL to p m. and the 9th
er half from $50 to $40 p. m. The
afternoon people all returned In good
condition and / feel confident that
the remainder will come back without
any trouble. There has been less
complaint made against this regiment
than any OF the Others SO far as can
learn. Tomorrow we are to parade |
in the city and help to celebrate the
Holiday. / spent hours on shore to-
day, and DR.. Furhush and myself
drove about the city most Of that |
time. Honolulu is paradise The |
business portion seems rather cramped |
but the stores are modern and bust /
ness seems very good. The residence |
part battles description. Nearly every |
home has botanical garden around
it. | saw Royal Palms, cocoanut |
palms, palmettos, banana plants by
thousands, with fruit in all stages OF
growth, and rice fields, with the rip |
ening grain, all at one time. The |
principal driveway is from the city to |
Diamond Point the Southeastern end |
OF Oakio, and 1t was along this road |
that we saw so many tropical plants. |
The Banana field was interesting. |
The plants were along ridges Of earth |
between irrigating bitches. and as
fast az a plant produces bunch of
fruit it is cut off at the ground, and
at once new sproughts start up thus
renewing the crop and in the same
field the fruit is ripening all the year
around.
The Palace, now used as govern
ment offices is square stone build
ing Of large dimensions when consid-
cred as home and stands il the cen
ter of square fiat Of, / should guess,
Is or 20 acres. The grounds are ele-
gantly arranged and are in fact a
beautiful park. Across the palace is
the u. S. Court Rooms and various
other departments, In large stone
| building. One of the Judges was
holding court and OF course I went in
| for short time to see the proceed
ings Two prize fighters were on
trial for conspiracy to defraud ma
tive. One OF them was from Yer
mont and the other from Australia.
They had demanded jury OF Ameri-
cans, and the proceedings were about
like we have at home. The jury by
the way, was one OF the most intelli-