The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-09

4 Il coal, the United States army
transport Garonne was obliged
to put into this port to replenish her
bunkers. She is from Manila, via
Nagasaki, and was bound from the
latter port, by the great circle route, 10
San Francisco. After getting as far
north as the forty-fourth degree of
latitude, however, it was found advis-
able to bring. the vessel to Honolulu,
as it would have been Impossible to
take the boat to San Francisco with
the small amount of coal in her bunk
ers.
The Garonne sailed from Iloilo, where
the Twenty sixth Infantry, now aboard
the transport, had been stationed, on
March 6. She left Manila on the Sth
and arrived at Nagasaki on March 16
A great deal of rough weather was met
with on the trip from Manila to Maya
| saki. The transport was seven days
| making the run, whereas it is usually
accomplished in five days. 1t was
necessary to stop the vessel for several
F.! hours that some slight repairs might
| be made to the machinery. The re-
pairs to the machinery took place off
the island of Formosa, and occupied
halfNa day.
| Nagasaki was left at Z o'clock in the
morning of March 10th, and for the
first two days out of that port good
weather was experienced. After that
the transport had all the bad weather
She wanted.
! A terrific gale travelling from north
northwest to north northeast, struck
| the Garonne and kept her keeled over
at an angle of 43 degrees, two degrees
| from danger point, for some time.
| Huge waves broke over the decks and
| the cabins and saloon We're flooded.
| During the 31st of March and the
| 1st of April this fearful weather con-
| tinued, and soldiers and sailors alike
We're compelled to take their meals
under difficulties
| Havoc was wrought with the furni-
ture of the main saloon. Chairs were
smashed and tables splintered by the
| banging they got, one against the
other. A lot of baggage was thrown
| against a valuable piano, and the IN
strument was ruined It was in lati-
tude 43 degrees 45 minutes north, and
longitude It's degrees and 22 minutes
west that the worst weather was had.
! During the gale it was discovered that
there was barely enough coal in the
| bunkers to take the vessel TO Honolu-
| lu, and that there was no possible
chance of it's holding out until San
/ Francisco was reached. The transport
! had been losing time, making very lit
! tie more, on an average, than 200 miles
! a day.
| While the vessel was in northern lat
itudes the troops suffered on account
! of the cold. They asked for extra
blankets but were not allowed to have
| them. There were plenty of blankets
aboard, and they could have been got
| ten at very easily, but for some rea-
son or other the men were not permit
ted to make themselves comfortable
| in this respect. They were forced to
sleep in several suits of underclothes
| in order to keep warm.
| The soldiers also complained about
having to drink brackish water
When they found out that the Ga
rome was coming to Honolulu instead
OF continuing on the run to San Fran
cisco, they were very much pleased at
the prospect of speedily getting into
a warmer zone.
| The Garonne was sighted early yes
terday morning. She was moored to
the Naval wharf before O'Clock. and
not long afterwards many of her
troops We're permitted to land. There
was no sickness among the soldiers
| The Twenty-sixth Infantry is aboard,
besides 6 hospital corps men, general
| pIlSOHeIS, 5 ulSCIdTSed men ana sew
eral cabin passengers. There are over
900 men on the transport; of this num-
Der SAT are members of the Twenty
sixth Infantry. There is also portion
of the regimental band aboard, and a
concert was given yesterday morning,
as the vessel lay at Naval wharf No. 2.
There are several stowaways, They
are being worked as members Of the
] ships crew, and will be taken on to
San Francisco. The Garonne expects
to sail for the Coast tomorrow even
ing. She is at present engaged In TAX
| ing aboard about 500 tons of coal.
/ The following is a list Of the passen-
gers on the transport: Lieutenant
| Colonel j. t. Dickman. Major e. D.
Anderson, Major F. a. Cooke, Major
Surgeon C. F. Mason, Captain Surgeon
| F. A Washburn, First Lieutenant Sur
geon r. S. Griswold, Captain and Ad-
jutant H. Pendleton. Captain and
| Quartermaster w. F. Meeks, Captains
G. o. Hubbard. F. H. Peck. A. L. Bar
kerr C. N. Brownell, ]. Hickey. w. H.
Cornell. A. Greig Jr.. T. Talbot, R. A.
! Whipple and T. Mcdonald; First Lieu
| n Elliot n Avery Ir p