The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-21
MISSOURI SOLDIERS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
Captain Peed Writes of the Voyage of the
Thirty-Second to Manila and Its Expert
enCeS on the Islands.
SPECIAL CoREEsPoNpENcE.

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Caluluh. Philippine Islands. De. Ia. lSa9-
Ny last letter To The Republic was writ
ten AZ Honolulu. October l.. while our
transport was archorod in the harbor. The
work oi coajiHE. putting in lie and taking
on about $3.50 pounds of fresh beef was
not completed until y O'Clock October Il.
when the "Elue Peter was unfurl,d from
The mast of our vessel. which was the an
nounconout that thu vessel was ready to
sail. 1t was. however. 80 before the garg-
plank was pulled IN ana our little vessel
steamed away from the wharf and started
on its long voyage Of So" miles for Ma
Mia. with tho member Of tho ghirty-second
Ro@im'nt. United States Volunteers.
After TWO days OF roush sea. the waves
suhsid-i and good weather and smooth sea
obtained about al tho tim. The first week
cont in't no Friday, rs that day was lost
in crossing a." International date line.
which occurred at tic one hundred ana
"igh-:"th degree "f latitude. when the log
book Of the snip pushed forward its date
from October Il. To October q. Thus in a
shorter period than is required to record
This incident. roCkuned by time. We found
ourselves twcnty-four hours nearer the end
"f our journey. and that we had passed
from Thursday 70 Sa;urdf Y
An incident occurred On the morning Of DC
to!cr = which Will doubtless be lpnsas,
remembered of anything in connection Fith
The voyage. Al 5 o'clock in the morning the
wheels II our vessel ceased TO rcvoIve m!
the ship came To- "a staudsjiIl in the midst
a. 4 calm sea about +,"-i miles from iant.
The hum Of machinery Was suddenly re
placed by the SOUND If Slcige-hammers r.
in" enEiue-rvom in the repair Of some of
the machinery which had given way. The
ship rus" and fell with the waves, ca
Te-nesl from side TO side in an apparently
helpless manner. That which had been a
thing Of life. "f tuOyant spirits. riding the
waves rs "a master, had suddenly fallen
AWAY. perfectly inanimate. until nothing
seemed more completely at the mercy Of
the cruel waves. which tossed il about Is
q mere toy. in the majesty of tEciT powe..
T" ia" noise Of hammer was added the
,foakiu- 81 tn" thinkers Of the ship, until
each breeze. c'ntl" though il was. seemed
{" carry with il the echoes of Il funeral
'iircn. while the noise Of the hammer in The
bottom of ia" vessel a. welded Ly StaiWa.t
arms suggested the noise of the gray.dig-
ger when ra,tlirG the first clodS upon the
coffin Of "a near and dear departed fricn,i.
Hour after hour this condition continued
until siN hours had interviewed before
the needed repairs had leen completed.
This - doubtless no new experience to
those who have gone down TO the S-a in
ships"
On TIE morning Of October -, when about
4 thousand miles out from Manila. W.
I5S~cd the FaTrou volcano. II WAS about =
O'Clock in The morning. The volcano pre-
scented the appearance Of a great mountain
of fire which had burned 20 a dull coal as
Il lowered above the waves which cease
lcsSly beat about it. It WAS watched by all
with that raE"rnrSS which character!zes
those who had so long looked upon nothing
bat the rolling waves Of the sea and the