The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-22
lEElANAW HERE
WITH MANY MULES
Transport Arrives From San
Francisco Bound for
Manila.

The United States transport Leela-
nav arrived in port early yesterday
morning from San Francisco, en- route
to Manila with 265 mules and Is horses.
She left San Francisco on the 10th in
slant, the day before the Zealandia
sailed, and was delayed on the way by
rough weather. Major Thomas Cruise
is in command of the transport and w.
l.. Williamson, NJ. d. ", is in charge
of the live stock. Captain Storrs is the.
navigating officer.
Although the greatest care was taken
of the animals and everything was
managed in the most thorough manner
the beasts suffered a great deal as
result of the rough weather. They were
knocked about, bruised, cut and torn
and many, twenty-five or thirty, are
now on the sick list. Two mules died
on the voyage. Pneumonia was the
trouble, The fifteen horses belong to
officers now in the Philippines.
The mules are a splendid lot and
wicked lot, too. They are nearly all
unbroken California mules and pos
sess every imaginable evil propensity
to which a mule is heir. They come
from the San Joaquin valley and many
of them had never seen a man before.
Three men had their legs broken in
San Francisco while loading the ami
mails. Two men were kicked yesterday
morning while unloading the mules
preparatory to taking them to the Gov
eminent paddocks for few days rest
ashore. DR.. Williamson was one of the
men kicked yesterday. He was not
much hurt, however, having lodged the
full force of the blow.
Sixty-four teamsters, or "skinners"
as they call themselves, look after the
| live stock. They are mostly picked
men and know their business. Then
there are forty men in the ships crew.
| John L. Burkart, M. D., looks after
| the mems health aboard the transport.
! Many of the SINNERS have been in
/ the Philippines before and are expert
! teamsters. A record in unloading a
stock transport was established here
yesterday morning. The 265 mules and
fifteen horses We're transferred from
Athe ship to the wharf in exactly two
hours and ten minutes.
DR.. Williamson has been here several
times before and is we'll known in Ho-
nolulu, having many friends in the city.
His first trip here was in the Tacoma.
Since then he has been one other trip
to Manila and has also been to Nome
Several hundred escort wagons COM
pose the greater part of the Leelanaw' s
cargo. She also carries the harness
and complete pack-train outfit for one
hundred mules.
Major Thomas Cruise, who commands
the transport, was recently ordered to
the States from Porto Rico. He thought
at first that he was destined for China
but, after thirty days, he was ordered
to San Francisco to take charge of the
Leelanaw. The Majors family viii
probably join him in the Philippines
before very long.
For eighteen years Major Cruise wa:
a member of the Sixth Cavalry. He is
the proud possessor of the United
States Medal of Honor.
1.-THE Congress to First Lieutenan
Thomas Cruise reads the inscription
18th Cavalry. For distinguished con
duct in action with hostile Indians a
Big Dry Fork, Arizona, July II, 1882.
, Major Cruise is a Kentuckian and {
fighter. He also holds the record fo
! buying horses and mules for the Gov
eminent During the recent war h
. purchased 1850 mules out of abou
. 10000 which were bought. He ais
. bought $500 horses.
: The Leelanaw expects to sail 70
Manila at the end of the week.