The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-07-18
(From Thursdays daily.)

T~HE United States training ship
Mohlcan, Commander a. Il. Cou-
j den, arrived in port at II o'clock
yesterday morning, after a 5S
days passage from Yokohama. Many
people feared that the vessel had met
with some mishap because OF her long
passage, but she arrived safe and as
sound as she ever was. Naval ships
are so well manned, provisioned and
differed that it Is seldom that anything
happens to them except in war
The Mohican left Yokohama intend
ing to make the trip along the regular
northern trade route, which at this sea-
son of the year is expected to carry
fair wind. But the vessel failed to find
favorable wind and met with all sorts
of Gains and foul winds until she had
been driven so far north that the COM
mander thought 1t prudent to put into
Dutch Harbor on June q for coal. In
this far northern port she took in about
$50 tons of coal and remained for two
days. Leaving Dutch Harbor on June
ly under sail and partly by steam. In
latitude 81 degrees north and 155 de-
grees east she spoke French bark
whose descriptive letters were III. 5.
f. c." bound from Newcastle to San
Francisco.
The Mohican has 3l3 cadets aboard
and these became very tired of their
long and tedious voyage. Walking
about the bird deck of the vessel, where
the rated cadets live, a reporter was
greeted with all kinds of questions and
remarks. Tell 'em we've had very
bum grub aboard" said one. do you
know how soon they pay the wheels
out to u.s." How would a guy get on
| ashore here IL he left the ship" But
most of the men seemed particularly
happy, although the Mohican is a bad
ly overcrowded training ship. on the
gun deck dozens of recruits were seat
! ed with small boxes between their
knees writing letters to friends in all
parts of the United States. Guess the
governor will come down when he sees
this. Told him l was robbed in Yoko-
hama and will need cash when we get
to Puget Sound Going ashore to-
day?" queried one. mo. How the
blazes would you go ashore before we
get paid OFF, answered the one ad-
dressed. There were all sorts of lads.
all strapping looking fellows and tam
ned deeper than South Sea Islander
pictures OF health every one of them.
Come this way, mister, and III show
you the cadets lover" said strapping
young fellow. Yes, it's our lover; not
quite a girl, but n better thing than a
girl as far as / can make out" And
the cadet led the visitor below to the
bird deck, where a little room surround
ed by a wire grating contained desks
and a steel safe. That's it," he said;
"landsmen call that the paymaster's
office, but we call 1t the lover"
And out of that little Office on the
gun deck some $4,000 will be paid away
today to the youngsters on the Mo-
hcan. The boys are all eagerly wait
ing for ii and there will be a big time
among them when it reaches their
hands IL will never reach their pock-
cts. as it viii all be left In Honolulu
in the hands of business people. as the
youngsters intend to have a good time
ashore after their long passage.
Every piece of metal on the ship Is
polished as bright as a new gold piece.
The decks are almost snow white and
to look at the kit bags in the gun deck
one would think that all of them have
just been made out of new cloth-as
white and clean as elbow grease and
soap can make them. On the gun deck
eighteen marines are quartered. and as
the marines are supposed TO be the
dudes of ship ID was nothing I'M
usual TO see them squatted on the deck
mending and cleaning clothes, and one
man making clothing on a small hand
sewing machine.
Had the Mohican made a better pas
sage from Yokohama she would have
remained here about two weeks. but II
is now unlikely that she will stay here
longer than I'VE or six days. She Is an