Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-03-15
UNLOADING 4 1RG0psHlP.
flow uacie sam Gets Soldiers and Tag
gage Ashore.

To tire many thousands wiohave~arn
The government transports leak" The
San Francisco docks loaded with men.
horses anG mules and supplies f"r The
American army in the ~IhIlirl.n" *
lands it may prove interesting Ia kro"
how they are landed AT Manila. writes
the war correspondent Of The san r;til-
cisco Call. l say Manila. beca'i~I up
10 the present time all transports have
unloaded their cargoes 1T the capital
city of the island OF LuZou, In the fu-
ture they may 90 to ports Soutl % this
point.
The vessels anchor in Manila bay.
from one To two miles outside the city.
A. soon as their arrival Is made
kItcwC a government tug towing four
or five raScoes. is immediately sent
alongside ana made fast The troops
first disembrk, taking with them their
light baggage and only sufficient IA
tons for q meal or two. The ci>cheS
are lowed up the Pasig river about half
4 mile from its mouth 10 The foGt If tie
lunet. the city's main driveway. where
the men first set foot on our new
possessions in the Orient. Generally Il
casco is assigned to n company. ans! All
the men and property of that organi-
cation are put ashore before ii becomes
available for another company. If
properly managed II trip is sufficient
to land each company, all It's baggage
and equipment.
! have seen an entire regiment. with
all the personal property of the officers
III men. regimental baggage AMI
amp equipagc. landed in a few hours.
In fact. l remember one Instance
where q regiment was ordered TO the
front five miles from Manila. II ON
menced to diSembark at noon and two
of its batalions, eight companies. ate
supper the same night on the firing
line.
The horsesoand mules are loaded ly
means of age from the transports 70
Il large vessel similar to 4 ferrHboat.
All animals are unloaded at the loot
of the luneta. The little ferryDoat,
if we may call it such, will carry about
fifty animals, and these are led ashore
through Il chute.
was present at the unloading Of
the first lot Of horses and mules Teceiv-
ed at Manila from the United States
on the transport Tacoma. and those
who We're there at the time Will bear
me out in saying that q finer lot OF
horses and mules were never received
at any point of destination.
The horses were Immediately turned
over to the use of the Fourth Calvary.
The mules were kept in the quarter
masters corral for q day or two and
then performed excellent service.
Right here l might say that Il drove
Of 200 elephants going up market
street could not attract more attention
than these eighty-one horses ana ll9
mules did to the Inhabitants of MANILA.
The natives stood with open mouths
and gaZed at them as they We're led
through the streets to the c~orrals.
Directly opposite the luneta, and on the
opposite side Of the River Pasig. are
located the large quartermaSte" and
"ommiSsary storehOuSeS. in VIII are
stored the supplies for I'll" : Ghth
Army Corps. These supplies are fur
lished under contract, and mostly
rom the United States. IlicN ~" also
1nloaded from the Transports ~ III ans
If canoes.
1t may be said 70 the credit Of i:'e"
two staff departments. AS well - AZ.
other staff departments OF tic aF1l!
in the Philippines. that not ~ call OF
demand has beef made upon them
that has not been filled.