The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-02-10
JOSHED THE ROCKIES
VETERANS ON MEADE JOKE
THOMAS ROCKIES.
Manila Bound Transport Soldiers Bonn
barded With Volleys of Taunts for
Five Hours Yesterday Afternoon.

The spectacle of two big transports
lying side by side in the Navy slip was
Witnessed yesterday for a few hours
The Meade which had put in Saturday
morning for coal was at Naval wharf
No 1 and about 12:45 o'clock i'm the
afternoon the transport Thomas came
into the same slip from San Francisco
CO. route to Manila.
on the homeward bound boat was as
reckless a crowd Of soldiers as has
ever struck this place while on the
other vessel was as COrrespOndingly
nice a looking set as could be found in
the service. But looks did not have
much impression on the Meade soldiers
for they realized that the men on the
Thomas were nothing but a crowd of
rockies" unaCquainted with war and
above all, with war as she is waged in
the Philippines so the returning crowd
proceeded to amuse themselves by
piagueing the green hands.
That's all right rookie bawled out
q deep voiced sergeant, you'll come
back but it win be in a long box when
YOU dO.'
Say you men over there, don't be
foolish and go down there to certain
death, jump aboard here and come on
back home, it's the last chance you will
ever get We know, don't we boys.
We've been there.
"You bet your life we have" howled
the Meade's men, "and it's home boys,
home, it's home we ought to be- they
sang as they took up the famous Home
Song of the gunbOat Petrol. "To hell
with the Philippines, it's home we
ought to be-"
The clean appearance and new uni
forms of the Thomas men as contrast
ed with the campaign features and
travel worn clothes of the Meade'S
men did not escape the humOrists from
the Philippines. you look like a SER
geant now, with your new uniform &"
one Of them shouted to a passing
Rookie" but the next time you're
here you'll look like thirty cents"
From 1890 O'Clock in the afternoon
when the Thomas came within hailing
distance, until 5:15 p. m, when the
Meade backed out into the stream and
pointed out of the harbor, bound for
San Francisco, the returning soldiers
indulged in such cheering comments
70 their less experienced brother. The
latter were not very rich in repartee
and had to listen to the contemptuous
taunts and bear them, with the salts
faction of knowing that they might
have the similar chance to Josh" other
rockies at the end of three years, pro-
vided of course, that the CHASTITY jest
Of the sergeant and about the wooden
box did not become a reality
The Meade got away at Sis p. m.
for San Francisco. There was a big
crowd to witness the departure. She
expects to make the trip up in seven
days which will be very good time
considering the fact that she is very
foul from having been in the water so
long.
The Thomas brought two days later
mail and news from the Coast She
delivered a number Of tons of supplies
for the local post, and some recruits
for the battery also arrived Among
her passengers is General Burt. He
was hrigadier general of volunteers
during the Spanish war and is now to
assume command of his old regiment.
the Twenty-fifth which is one of the
cclored infantry regiments In the army.
AccOmpanying the transport in a civil
liam capicty, is Lieutenant Butler.
When a private in Burts regiment
Butler captured the Spanish flag at the
El Caney block house. for which he
was commissioned lieutenant i'm the
49Eh REGIMENT now in the Philippines.
The Thomas will leave for Guam
and Manila tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock